The round badge symbolizes the perfection and integrity of love, and the eight mang stars carved on it seem to have magical powers, showing the agility and exquisiteness of light in the colorful jewelry world. Besides imitating vines, Arabs also like to use geometric patterns, among which the most common pattern is an octagonal star, which consists of two squares. It can be seen everywhere in the streets of Cairo. Decorative patterns of floor tiles, exterior wall decoration, window sills and furniture are mostly octagonal stars.
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A variant of the Eight Mang Star, called 8/3 star polygon according to Schleif's law, is also a very common form of complex decorative patterns in mosques. It is said that this kind of star actually represents the sun, which is a kind of sun pattern, and it has appeared in Neolithic artifacts in various countries. For example, the jade eagle unearthed in Lingjiatan, hanshan county, Anhui Province, has an octagonal star in its abdomen, dating back more than 5,300 years.
The octagonal star and the swastika used by the Nazi Party are cultural symbols of many ethnic groups in China. Some scholars believe that the symbols of the swastika used by the mysterious Nazi Party are actually simplified variants of the octagonal star pattern, and they all represent the cyclical movement of the sun in a tropical year, that is, the cyclical changes throughout the year.