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  2. Red River (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Red River or Red Water (Chinese: 赤水; pinyin: Chishui; lit. 'red water') is an important feature in the mythological geography of Chinese literature, including novels and poetry over a course of over two millennia from the Warring States to early Han dynasty era poetry of the Chuci onward.

  3. List of mythological Chinese rivers - Wikipedia

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    Mythological Chinese rivers are an important motif in Chinese mythology, forming part of a mythological geography. Among mythological Chinese rivers are: Weak River or Weak Water: a river or body of such low specific gravity that no one can swim nor anything float, not even a feather; Red River or Red Water: one of the colored rivers flowing ...

  4. List of Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Mount Penglai: paradise; a fabled fairy isle on the China Sea; Moving Sands: a semi-mythological place to the west of China (the real Taklamakan Desert to the west of or in China is known for its shifting sands). Red River: the mythological river in the west, near Kunlun; Queqiao (鵲橋; Quèqiáo): bridge formed by birds flying across the ...

  5. Chinese mythological geography - Wikipedia

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    Various mythological geography is associated with the Red River, including one or more of the eight mountain pillars, especially the rivers thought to flow from or surround (mythological) Kunlun Mountain, the Weak River, the Black River, and intervening terrain, such as the Moving Sands. Jade Mountain was also in the vicinity (Yang 2005: 160-162).

  6. Chinese gods and immortals - Wikipedia

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    Chidi (赤帝, "Red Deity"), the Nándì (帝, "South Deity") or Nányuèdàdì (南岳大帝, "Great Deity of the Southern Peak"): he is Shennong (the "Divine Farmer"), the Yandi ("Fiery Deity"), associated with the essence of fire and summer, and with Mars. His animal form is the Red Dragon and his stellar animal is the phoenix.

  7. Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. River in China mysteriously turns blood-red - AOL

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    Then two hours later, the river suddenly turned blood-red. A paper manufacturer, food coloring and ... River in China mysteriously turns blood-red. Isabelle Chapman. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:16 PM.

  9. Category:Locations in Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Sacred mountains of China (1 C, 39 P) Pages in category "Locations in Chinese mythology" ... Red River (mythology) T. Tian; W. Weak River (mythology) Y.