It seems that the five elements correspond to five flavors.

Five flavors correspond to five elements: Jin Mu, fire, water and earth. The Five Elements is a systematic view of China's ancient philosophy, which is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, geomantic omen, numerology, physiognomy and divination. The meaning of the five elements includes five basic dynamics through the evolution of yin and yang: water, fire, gold, wood and earth.

Ancient philosophers in China used the theory of five elements to explain the formation of all things in the world and their relationships. It emphasizes the whole and aims to describe the movement form and transformation relationship of things. Yin and Yang are ancient theories of unity of opposites, and the five elements are primitive system theories.

The Taoist theory of five elements was the earliest, aiming at describing the movement form and transformation relationship of things. The theory of five elements is an analogy theory in ancient China. It is not the five elements, but all things belong to five elements according to the nature of moistening, inflammation, straightness, culture and cultivation. It is different from the theory of earth, water, fire and wind in ancient western countries, and it is a theory that integrates philosophy, divination, fortune telling, calendar, traditional Chinese medicine and sociology.