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Bamboo and Cranes, by Bian Jingzhao. Cranes (simplified Chinese: ιΉ€; traditional Chinese: ιΆ΄; pinyin: Hè) are an important motif in Chinese mythology.There are various myths involving cranes, and in Chinese mythology cranes are generally symbolically connected with the idea of longevity.
The red-crowned crane is also a symbol of nobility. Depictions of the crane have been found in Shang dynasty tombs and Zhou dynasty ceremonial bronzeware. A common theme in later Chinese art is the reclusive scholar who cultivates bamboo and keeps cranes. Some literati even reared cranes and trained them to dance to guqin music.
Tarvos Trigaranus or Taruos Trigaranos [1] is a divine figure who appears on a relief panel of the Pillar of the Boatmen as a bull with three cranes perched on his back. He stands under a tree, and on an adjacent panel, the god Esus is chopping down a tree, possibly a willow, with an axe.
Commonly, the cranes are assembled as 25 strings of 40 cranes each. [3] The size of the origami paper does not matter when assembling a thousand paper cranes, but smaller sheets consequently yield smaller and lighter strings of cranes. The most popular size for senbazuru is 7.5 by 7.5 centimetres (3.0 in × 3.0 in).
Birds in Chinese mythology and legend are of numerous types and very important in this regard. Some of them are obviously based on real birds, other ones obviously not, and some in-between. The crane is an example of a real type of bird with mythological enhancements.
The spots that appear on the stems of certain bamboos legendarily first appeared on the bamboo growing by the Xiang River, caused by the tears which fell upon them, shed by Ehuang and Nuying, the two Xiang River goddesses, mourning the disappearance and presumed death of their beloved husband, the Emperor and hero Shun. There are various ...
ΓερΞ¬να is a modified spelling of γΞρανος, which is the Ancient Greek word for crane. [2] It derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *gerh 2-en-/-eu-, meaning the same thing; cognate with the English word 'crane.' [3] It seems to be attested in Mycenaean Greek in the dative plural form gerenai (Linear B: ππ©ππ, ke-re-na-i), though Beekes expressed some doubt over it.
In Chinese mythology, Ling Lun is said to have created bamboo flutes which made the sounds of many birds, including the mythical phoenix. "In this way, Ling Lun invented the five notes of the ancient Chinese five-tone scale (gong, shang, jiao, zhi, and yu, which is equivalent to 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 in numbered musical notation or do, re, mi, sol, and la in western solfeggio) and the eight sounds ...