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Along with Chinese folklore, Chinese mythology forms an important part of Chinese folk religion (Yang et al 2005, 4). Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition: ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which presents a more mythological version (Yang et al 2005, 12–13).
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Chinese mythology (traditional Chinese: 中國神話; simplified Chinese: 中国神话; pinyin: Zhōngguó shénhuà) is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature throughout the area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology encompasses a diverse array of myths derived from regional and cultural traditions.
The Chinese idea of the universal God is expressed in different ways. There are many names of God from the different sources of Chinese tradition. [17] The radical Chinese terms for the universal God are Tian (天) and Shangdi (上帝, "Highest Deity") or simply, Dì (帝, "Deity"). [18] [19] There is also the concept of Tàidì (太帝, "Great ...
Chinese creation myths are symbolic narratives about the origins of the universe, earth, and life. Myths in China vary from culture to culture. In Chinese mythology, the term "cosmogonic myth" or "origin myth" is more accurate than "creation myth", since very few stories involve a creator deity or divine will.
Chinese Mythology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. ISBN 0-8018-6183-7. Ferguson, John C. (1928). "China". Mythology of All Races. Vol. VIII. Archaeological Institute of America. Qu Yuan (2011) [2nd century BCE]. Hawkes, David (ed.). The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets. Translated by Hawkes, David ...
Caishen (traditional Chinese: 財神; simplified Chinese: 财神; lit. 'God of Wealth') is the mythological figure worshipped in the Chinese folk religion and Taoism . He has been identified with many historical figures, viewed as his embodied forms, among whom Zhao Gongming ( 趙公明 , Wade–Giles : Chao Kung-ming ; also known as Zhao Gong ...
Mount Tai is the holiest of China's sacred mountains; according to mythology it formed from Pangu's head after his body's dissection. The official religion and ritual of the state of Qin (9th century BCE–221 BCE) was largely based on that of the Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 BCE–256 BCE).