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The qilin (English: / tʃ i ˈ l ɪ n / chee-LIN; Chinese: 麒麟) is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or death of a sage or illustrious ruler. [1] Qilin are a specific type of the lin mythological family of one-horned beasts. The qilin also appears in the ...
Phoenix depicted at the Longshan temple, Taiwan. The Four Holy Beasts differs from Four Symbols in that Qilin replaces the White Tiger.The Four Symbols are the Azure Dragon (青龍) in the East, White Tiger (白虎) in the West, Vermilion Bird (朱雀) in the South, and the Black Tortoise (玄武) in the North.
A longma (lower left corner) on a rubbing from the Wu Liang shrines' reliefs. Longma or "dragon horse" connects with other creatures in Chinese folklore.While longma sometimes applies to the Qilin, [13] the closest relative is the legendary tianma 天馬 "heavenly horse" or the "Chinese Pegasus", which was metaphorically identified with the hanxuema 汗血馬 "blood-sweating horse" or Ferghana ...
Heiyu Qilin (translated as "Black Jade Unicorn",Chinese: 黑玉麒麟; pinyin: hēi yù qí lín): One of the Inverse Quicksand killers, who is also known as the Han Kingdom's number one assassin. His/Her gender is unknown in the animated TV series, but is a female (but lived in Spring and Autumn period) in the official webgame, and is a male ...
In the Nintendo DS game Pokémon Black and White, Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus have forms that are inspired by the Vermillion Bird, the Azure Dragon, and the White Tiger respectively. Later, Pokémon Legends: Arceus completed the set with Enamorus , which is inspired by the Black Tortoise.
Qilin was behind the attack on a pathology services provider which disrupted a number of London hospitals this week.
As depicted by Gan Bozong, woodcut print, Tang dynasty (618–907) The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch or by his Chinese name Huangdi (/ ˈ hw ɑː ŋ ˈ d iː /), is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, ().
After three hard days of teaching, he was dismissed and told to use his newfound powers to serve his people. When he turned back to talk to the man, he and his home had vanished. Using his power of alchemy and his magical fan, he created silver and gold coins from stones and saved people from poverty and famine.