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Laozi has long been identified with the persona Lao Dan (老聃, Lǎo Dān). [6] [7] [8] Dan similarly means "Long-Ear" or "the Long-Eared One". The character 耳 is the Chinese word for 'ear'. [9] Laozi is recorded bearing the courtesy name Boyang (伯陽, Bóyáng), whose Old Chinese pronunciation has been reconstructed as *pˤrak laŋ. [1]
Yue Lao (Chinese: 月下老人; pinyin: Yuè Xià Lǎorén; lit. 'old man under the moon') is a god of marriage and love in Chinese mythology. [1] He appears as an old man under the moon. Yue Lao appears at night and "unites with a silken cord all predestined couples , after which nothing can prevent their union."
The "Heshang Gong" version ... Laozi was the grand historian and astrologer Lao ... The Tao Te Ching is a text of around 5,162 to 5,450 Chinese characters in 81 ...
Tai Sui (太歲)—60 Heavenly Officials who will be in charge of each year during the Chinese sixty-year cycle; Wufang Shangdi. Color in Chinese culture; Xi (喜), a character sometimes added to form the set phrase: Fu Lu Shou Xi (福禄壽喜) Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Fu Lu Shou Xi coin.
The following is a list of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fiction originating from traditional folk culture and contemporary literature.. The list includes creatures from ancient classics (such as the Discourses of the States, Classic of Mountains and Seas, and In Search of the Supernatural) literature from the Gods and Demons genre of fiction, (for example, the Journey to the ...
In the olden days, when people began to build Pun Tao Gong shrines at other places, they would ask for incense from here. [7] [2] Sometimes Pun Tao Kong is known as Pun Tao Ma (Chinese: 本頭媽; pinyin: Běn tóu mā) a tutelar goddess. The shrines of Pun Tao Ma also spread in different places like Pun Tao Kong, sometimes both of them were ...
The following is a list of characters from the wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong. Some of these characters are fictionalised personas of, or are based on, actual historical figures, such as Wang Chongyang, Qiu Chuji, Duan Zhixing, Genghis Khan and Jebe.
Lao Gan Ma (Chinese: 老干妈; also called Laoganma) or Old Godmother is a brand of chili sauces made in China. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The product is sold in China and over 30 other countries. [ 2 ] Lao Gan Ma is credited with popularizing Chinese chili oil and chili crisp toppings in the Western world, and have inspired many Chinese-American chili-based ...