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  2. Yellow Turban Rebellion - Wikipedia

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    The Yellow Turban Rebellion, alternatively translated as the Yellow Scarves Rebellion, was a peasant revolt during the late Eastern Han dynasty of ancient China. The uprising broke out in 184 CE, during the reign of Emperor Ling .

  3. Red Turban Rebellions - Wikipedia

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    The Red Turban Rebellions (Chinese: 紅巾起義; pinyin: Hóngjīn Qǐyì) were uprisings against the Yuan dynasty between 1351 and 1368, eventually leading to its collapse. Remnants of the Yuan imperial court retreated northwards and is thereafter known as the Northern Yuan in historiography.

  4. Zhang Jue - Wikipedia

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    He was the leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. [1] He was said to be a follower of Taoism and a sorcerer. His name is sometimes read as Zhang Jiao ([ʈʂáŋtɕjàʊ]), since the Chinese character of Zhang's given name can be read as either "Jiao" or "Jue". "Jue" is the traditional or literary ...

  5. Radical 50 - Wikipedia

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    Radical 50 or radical turban (巾部) meaning "turban" or "scarf" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes. In the Kangxi Dictionary , there are 295 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical .

  6. Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese mythology holds that the Jade Emperor was charged with running of the three realms: heaven, hell, and the realm of the living. The Jade Emperor adjudicated and meted out rewards and remedies to saints, the living, and the deceased according to a merit system loosely called the Jade Principles Golden Script (玉律金篇, Yù lǜ jīn piān

  7. Four Symbols - Wikipedia

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    Chinese constellations – Groupings used in Chinese astrology; Color in Chinese culture; Four Holy Beasts – Four sacred animals in Chinese mythology; Four Living Creatures – Class of heavenly beings; Four Mountains – Four deities, heroes or legendary mountains in Chinese mythology; Four Perils – Four malevolent beings in Chinese mythology

  8. Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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    Chinese bat (Chinese: 蝠; pinyin: fú) motifs often look like a butterfly. [16]: 11 A bat is a symbol of happiness. [1] Bats have an auspicious meaning as the Chinese words for hongfu (Chinese: 红蝠; lit. 'red bats') sounds similar to the phrase "abundant good fortune". [16]: 11

  9. Twenty-Four Protective Deities - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese, he is known as Dàfàntiān (大梵天), meaning "Brahma-deva", and Sìmiànshén (四面神), meaning "Four-faced god" as depicted in the Thai tradition. While he is considered to be the creator god in Hinduism, he is not regarded as such in Buddhism, which rejects the notion of any creator deities.