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  2. Eight Pillars - Wikipedia

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    The Eight Pillars (Chinese: 八柱, bāzhù) also known as Eight Pillars of the Sky are a concept from Chinese mythology. Located in the eight cardinal directions, they are a group of eight mountains or pillars which have been thought to hold up the sky. They are symbolically important as types of axis mundi and cosmology. Their functions in ...

  3. Nüwa - Wikipedia

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    The story of Nüwa patching the sky was being retold by Carol Chen in her book Goddess Nuwa Patches Up the Sky (2014) which was illustrated by Meng Xianlong. [ 43 ] In Shin Megami Tensei 5 , Nuwa (voiced by Ayana Taketatsu ) is the partner to Shohei Yakumo (voiced by Tomokazu Sugita ) as two of the main characters who aid the protagonist.

  4. List of Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Mount Buzhou (不周山): mythical mountain, generally considered to be one of the eight mountain pillars supporting the sky above the world (China). Damage by Gong Gong was thought to have caused China/the world to slant to the southeast, and thus the rivers to flow in that direction, and also displacing the Celestial Pole.

  5. Kunlun (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes Kunlun appears as a pillar of the sky (or earth)—sometimes appearing to be composed of multiple tiers, [14] with the commonality of "mystery, grandeur, or magnificence" being emphasized in its mythological descriptions. The base of Kunlun Mountain is said to penetrate far into the earth, while its above-ground part proceeds into the ...

  6. Wulingyuan - Wikipedia

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    Wulingyuan ([ù.lǐŋ.ɥɛ̌n], Chinese: 武陵源) is a scenic and historical site in the Wulingyuan District of South Central China's Hunan Province.It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. [1]

  7. Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    The geography of China, in which the land seems to be higher in the west and tilt down toward the east and with the rivers tending to flow west-to-east was explained by the damage Gonggong did to the world pillar Mount Buzhou, mountain pillars separating the sky from the world (China), which also displaced the Celestial Pole, so that the sky ...

  8. Chinese creation myths - Wikipedia

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    The azure sky was patched; the four pillars were set up; the surging waters were drained; the province of Ji was tranquil; crafty vermin died off; blameless people [preserved their] lives. Bearing the square [nine] provinces on her back and embracing Heaven , [Fuxi and Nüwa established] the harmony of spring and the yang of summer, the ...

  9. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park - Wikipedia

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    In 1982, the park was recognized as China's first national forest park with an area of 4,810 ha (11,900 acres). [2] Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is part of a much larger 397.5 km 2 (153.5 sq mi) Wulingyuan Scenic Area. In 1992, Wulingyuan was officially recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3]

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