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In Chinese, the word "Dong" means "winter" while "Zhi" means "arrival" giving the literal meaning of the festival "the coming of winter". Dongzhi celebrates the winter solstice, usually around December 21 to 23, and is observed on the longest night of the year.
Mowgli gives him the derisory epithet "Thuu" (meaning "it has dried") upon discovering that the supposedly deadly cobra's fangs are in fact withered and dried up from age and disuse. A version of him appeared in the Jungle Cubs episode "The Treasure of Middle Jungle", voiced by Jim Cummings. This version is a giant Indian cobra who guards man's ...
The following is a list of characters from the wuxia novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong. Some of these characters are fictionalised personas of, or are based on, actual historical figures, such as Zhu Yuanzhang , Chang Yuchun , Xu Da , Zhang Sanfeng and Chen Youliang .
Gong Zhi (鞏志), an adviser to Jin Xuan, the Administrator of Wuling Commandery. He urged his lord to surrender when Zhang Fei attacked Wuling but was ignored. Gong Zhi then killed Jin Xuan and surrendered to Zhang Fei. Liu Bei appointed him as Administrator of Wuling Commandery to replace Jin Xuan.
The term zhiguai is an allusion to a passage in the inner chapters of the Zhuangzi. [4]During the Six Dynasties, xian were a common subject of zhiguai stories. [5] They often had "magical" Tao powers including the abilities to "walk...through walls or stand...in light without casting a shadow".
The 108 Heroes are the main characters of the Ming dynasty classic Chinese novel the Water Margin, which was written in the 14th century and usually attributed to Shi Nai'an. The heroes are divided into the 36 Heavenly Spirits and 72 Earthly Fiends, groups that are based on a belief in Daoism that Ursa Major has 36 Heavenly stars and 72 Earthly ...
Yaoguai (Chinese: 妖怪; pinyin: yāoguài) represent a broad and diverse class of ambiguous creatures in Chinese folklore and mythology defined by the possession of supernatural powers [1] [2] and by having attributes that partake of the quality of the weird, the strange or the unnatural.
These characters are Caiyun Xianzi and the demons Gaoming and Gaojue. Caiyun Xianzi is a disciple of Sanxiao Shengmu ( Zhao Yunxiao , Zhao Qiongxiao , and Zhao Bixiao ). Seeking revenge for the death of Zhao Gongming , together with her teacher, she descended from the mountain to aid Wen Zhong 's army in their attack on Xiqi (the Western Capital).