A netter highlighted on Reddit today that the Primary 2 Chinese textbooks had a bloody satanic pentagram to represent “shapes”.
![](https://kuanyewism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Primary-2-satanic-chinese-homework.jpg)
“Didn’t know Satanist symbols were part of learning Chinese for primary school students,”
Reddit u/Themoltenbeacon
The symbols were found in the Chinese textbook by local publisher Marlinsons. Coconuts.co reached out to them for comments, and they said that it is “based on [Ministry of Education] syllabus” and suitable for students learning advanced and normal Chinese.
![](https://kuanyewism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Primary-2-satanic-chinese-textbook.jpg)
The symbol was together with other words like “triangle” and “square”. For these, they used more accurate images.
![](https://kuanyewism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Primary-2-satanic-chinese-homework2.jpg)
Even if they didn’t know that the symbol is satanic, why did they have to pick one that looks bloody?
![](https://kuanyewism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Primary-2-satanic-chinese-homework3.jpg)
Netters also pointed out that the example sentence in Chinese did not match the image. The example sentence says “two sisters were in the kitchen making cookies in different shapes”.
![](https://kuanyewism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Primary-2-satanic-chinese-homework4.jpg)
Is this an honest mistake?
There is definately a great deal to learn about this subject.
I like all of the points you’ve made.