Why did the Nazi Party choose the swastika?

"Ba" is the mantra of many ancient tribes, which appeared in the history of ancient India, Persia, Greece, Egypt, Troy and other countries, and was later adopted by some ancient religions. At first, people regarded it as a symbol of the sun or fire, and later people generally regarded it as an auspicious symbol. With the spread of ancient Indian Buddhism, the word "Wan Zi" was also introduced into China. This word is pronounced in Sanskrit as "a moment full of interests", which means "auspicious sea clouds", that is, auspicious symbols presented between the sea and the sky. Painted on the Buddha's chest, Buddhists regard it as "auspicious" and can emit precious light. "its light is dazzling, and there are thousands of things."

A classic work in the Northern Wei Dynasty translated it into the word "Wan", while Xuanzang and others translated it into the word "De" in the Tang Dynasty, emphasizing that the merits of the Buddha were boundless, and the female emperor Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty named it "Wan", which meant to collect all auspicious merits in the world. There are two ways to write "Wan Zi", one is right-handed and the other is left-handed ("Wan Zi"). Most Buddhists believe that the rotation of the right hand should prevail, because it is auspicious for Buddhism, and all kinds of Buddhist ceremonies held by Buddhists are carried out with the right hand. This mysterious symbol, regarded by Buddhists as auspicious and meritorious, was used by Hitler, the leader of German fascism, as his symbol of party flag. Of course this has nothing to do with Buddhism. Party flag designed by Hitler himself, with white characters on a red background and black Nazi party emblem embedded in the middle. Hitler was very satisfied with their design and thought that "this is a real symbol". In his book Mein Kampf, he said: "Red symbolizes the social significance of our movement, and white symbolizes nationalist thought. This word symbolizes the mission of winning Aryan victory. "Later, Hitler also designed swastika armbands and swastika symbols for his SS and party member.

Hitler chose "the swastika" as the symbol for several reasons. One said it was designed after the name of the Nazi Party. Nazi Party means "National Socialist Party". In German, the prefixes of "country" and "society" are both "S", and the two prefixes overlap and form the shape of "Wan Zi". However, the Buddhist "Ai" is gold, while the Nazi "Ai" is black. Another way of saying it is that American scholar Robert? Payne suggested it. Payne believes that Hitler had a strong desire to worship authority and pursue power since he was a child. When he was a child, there was an old monastery near his home. The corridors, stone wells, monks' seats and the sleeves of the dean's coat of the monastery are decorated with swastikas. Hitler worships the power of the dean, and thinks that "swish" is a symbol of the authority of the dean. He hopes that one day he can have supreme authority like the dean. Payne believes that this is why he later chose the word "Zi" as the symbol of party flag. There is also a saying that Hitler was influenced by an anti-Semitic organization called the New Knights Templar. This organization believes that Aryans are the best people, and only by maintaining their pure blood can the world have hope. This is consistent with Hitler's view. The founder of this organization is a missionary and astrologer. He divined for Hitler and predicted that he would become a person who would shock the world in the future. Hitler was very excited when he heard these words. The symbol of this organization is "Wan Zi". So he chose this symbol when he later designed party flag.