Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ueki, Masatoshi (2003). "The Story of the Dragon King´s Daughter". In Robin Wang (ed.). Images of women in Chinese thought and culture, writings from the pre-Qin period through the Song dynasty. Indianapolis: Hackett. ISBN 0872206521. The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Chapters. Translated by Watson, Burton. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai. 2009.
The nine sons of the dragon is a traditional name for a set of mythological creatures whose imagery is used in certain types of decorations. The concept was first mentioned by Lu Rong in the Ming Dynasty, although similar set of creatures (not necessarily nine) is recorded even earlier.
The Chinese dragon or loong [1] is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture generally. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms, such as turtles and fish , but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs.
One aspect of the traditional Chinese characters used in the case of Zhurong's name is that the character 融 is composed by combining the character 鬲 which refers to a ritual cauldron or tripodal vessel with three hollow legs, which is well known from archeological reports as a characteristic Chalcolithic (Late Neolithic/Early Bronze) Age feature encountered in archaeological sites in ...
She is one of the major goddesses in Chinese mythology, Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. In modern times, Chang'e is the namesake of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program .
Taiyin Xingjun (Chinese: 太阴星君) is the Chinese goddess of the moon. [1] While often intertwined with the legend of Chang'e , Taiyin Xingjun is the original guardian of the moon. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Chinese folk religion also uses Chang'e as the incarnation of Taiyin Xingjun. [ 4 ]
The Four Holy Beasts (四靈、四聖獸、or 四大神獸) are Chinese astronomical and cultural Four Benevolent Animals that are spread in the East Asian cultural sphere. They are mentioned in the Chinese classic Book of Rites [ 1 ] and includes the Dragon (龍) in the East, the Qilin (麟) in the West, the Turtle (龜) in the North, and the ...
In Chinese mythology and yin yang theory, the three-legged toad is a Moon symbol and the three-legged crow is a Sun symbol (compare the yu 魊 "a three-legged tortoise that causes malaria"). According to an ancient tradition, the tripedal toad is the transformed Chang'e lunar deity who stole the elixir of life from her husband Houyi the archer ...