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Pages in category "Chinese mythology in anime and manga" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Xianxia (traditional Chinese: 仙俠; simplified Chinese: 仙侠; pinyin: xiānxiá; lit. 'immortal heroes') is a genre of Chinese fantasy heavily inspired by Chinese mythology and influenced by philosophies of Taoism, Chan Buddhism, Chinese martial arts, traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese folk religion, Chinese alchemy, other traditional elements of Chinese culture, [1] and the wuxia genre.
A Chinese Odyssey is a fantasy comedy film made in Hong Kong 1995. Sun Wukong, portrayed by Stephen Chow, is remembered by a wide Chinese-speaking audience for the film's comedic elements and the profound meaning behind its abstract presentation. Journey to the West: Legends of the Monkey King consists of 52 episodes, [16] each no longer than ...
The story features four divine Dragon Kings, rulers of the four parts of the world according to Chinese myths. The brothers are reborn in the modern world, complete with supernatural powers and the ability to become the Dragons which are their true forms. They are content to live ordinary lives as long as nobody meddles with them.
In this story, a man named Xi Xuanzan (奚宣贊) meets a girl, her mother, and her grandmother; he falls in love with the mother — who is dressed in white — but the girl warns him that her mother has killed all her previous lovers. A Daoist exorcist exposes the mother as a white snake; her daughter is a black chicken and the grandmother an ...
Yaoguai (Chinese: 妖怪; pinyin: yāoguài) represent a broad and diverse class of ambiguous creatures in Chinese folklore and mythology defined by the possession of supernatural powers [1] [2] and by having attributes that partake of the quality of the weird, the strange or the unnatural.
The story involves Chinese mythology and history of China, in particular the last members of the Yin dynasty, and the plot to overthrow them. In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media .
The Red Thread of Fate (Chinese: 姻緣紅線; pinyin: Yīnyuán hóngxiàn), also referred to as the Red Thread of Marriage, and other variants, is an East Asian belief originating from Chinese mythology.