The octagonal star pattern and swastika symbol are the cultural symbols of many nationalities all over China. Some scholars believe that the mysterious swastika symbol is actually a simplified variant of the octagonal star pattern, and they all represent the apparent cyclic movement of the sun in a tropical year, that is, the cyclic changes throughout the year. Arab decorative patterns, in addition to simulating vines, also like to use geometric patterns, of which the most common pattern is the octagonal star, which is made up of two squares. In the streets of Cairo, it can be seen everywhere. Floor tiles, exterior wall decorations, window sills and furniture lines are all decorated with octagonal stars. A variety of octagonal star, according to Schleif's law (schl &; auml; Fli symbol is called "8/3 star polygon", which is also a very common form in the complicated decorative patterns of mosques. It is said that this kind of star actually represents the sun and is a kind of sun pattern, which has appeared in Neolithic unearthed objects in various countries. For example, the jade eagle unearthed in Lingjiatan, hanshan county, Anhui Province, is an octagonal star in its belly. More than 5,300 years ago, some scholars thought that this kind of ornamentation had a radiant sun, and the radiant octagonal also implied the boundless sky. The square in the middle symbolized the earth, taking the meaning of a round place as heaven, showing people's understanding of the world and their respect for the nature of heaven and earth. The national flag of Iraq1959-1963 is also an octagonal star, and the national flags of several countries that joined Russia also have this octagonal star symbolizing the sun, such as the national flag of Udmurt * * in Volga region. Because there are many prayer towers in mosques, Cairo is known as the city of thousands of towers. Among these towers, there are two most common styles. One is Mamluk style, which pierces the sky like a pencil, such as the worship tower of Mohammed Ali Mosque. There is also a more complicated form, which is also the most common Ottoman style. The worship tower is a regular octagon (eight vertices of an octagon are connected), and each side faces eight directions: east, northeast, north, northwest, west, southwest, south and southeast. Such as the tower of Fahd Mosque in Ramses Square. Arabs and Jews both belong to the descendants of semu and Abraham. Although there are still blood feuds, they have deep cultural and historical roots. The octagonal star and the six-pointed star of the big moon are both related to Zoroastrianism, which worships light. The cover of Tanakh, the earliest extant copy of the Jewish Bible, is a thousand years ago. The center of the pattern is a big satellite, but it is surrounded by an octagonal star. On the national flag of Israel is a huge six-pointed star ----“Star of David ",which symbolizes the famous King of David (1037bc-967bc). In neighboring Egypt, there is also a star shining everywhere, which is the octagonal star.

The octagonal star is reminiscent of a compass, sextant and rudder, like a sword facing in all directions. The eight angles of the octagonal star represent eight directions, which means eight forms of absolute chaos or chaotic energy (wind, thunder, water, volcano, etc.).

Painted pottery beans with octagonal star pattern, 1978, were unearthed at Dawenkou site in Tai 'an, Shandong Province. The neck is 26 cm, the foot diameter 14.5 cm and the height is 28.4 cm. Muddy red pottery, bean dish with round lips and oblique mouth, deep abdomen, trumpet-shaped high circle foot; A layer of crimson pottery is painted on the abdomen and the circle feet, and the oblique mouth is painted with white color along the surface, on which a pattern consisting of a half-moon and several vertical line segments is painted with brown and red colors, and five square-centered octagonal star patterns are painted on the crimson pottery with white color on the abdomen, and the octagonal stars are also separated by two rows of white vertical line segments; Draw two circles of brown ribbons at the foot of the circle, with white painted shellfish patterns on the ribbons. This is a typical Dawenkou cultural colored pottery.