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  2. List of legendary creatures from China - Wikipedia

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    Feng (mythology), an edible monster that resembles a two-eyed lump of meat and magically grows back as fast as it is eaten. Fenghuang, Chinese phoenix; Fenghuang. Feilian, god of the wind who is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and tail of a snake. Feilong, winged legendary creature that flies among clouds. Fish in Chinese mythology ...

  3. List of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese mythology (traditional Chinese: 中國神話; simplified Chinese: 中国神话; pinyin: Zhōngguó shénhuà) is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature throughout the area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology encompasses a diverse array of myths derived from regional and cultural traditions.

  5. Buruma - Wikipedia

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    Buruma may refer to: Buruma, Japanese for bloomers, specifically athletic bloomers; Bulma (ブルマ, Buruma), a character in the Japanese comic series Dragon Ball, by Akira Toriyama; Ian Buruma, pen-name of an author on Japanese culture; Buruma (Baucau), a village in East Timor in the district of Baucau

  6. Bad Elements - Wikipedia

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    Bad Elements is a book about contemporary Chinese history by Ian Buruma, published by Random House on November 20, 2001. The book's subtitle, Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing, indicates the main focus of the book. [1] Bad Elements is divided into three parts: The Exiles, Greater China and the Motherland.

  7. Cranes in Chinese mythology - Wikipedia

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    There are various myths involving cranes, and in Chinese mythology cranes are generally symbolically connected with the idea of longevity. [ 1 ] : 86–87 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In China, the crane mythology is associated with the divine bird worship in the animal totemism ; cranes have a spiritual meaning where they are a form of divine bird which ...

  8. Bowuzhi - Wikipedia

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    Bowuzhi (博物志; "Records of Diverse Matters") by Zhang Hua (c. 290 CE) was a compendium of Chinese stories about natural wonders and marvelous phenomena. It quotes from many early Chinese classics, and diversely includes subject matter from Chinese mythology, history, geography, and folklore.

  9. Three Great Emperor-Officials - Wikipedia

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    The Three Great Emperor-Officials (Chinese: 三官大帝; pinyin: sānguān dàdì), Sanguan, [1] or the Three Officials [1] are three of the highest shen in some branches of religious Taoism, and subordinate only to the Jade Emperor (玉帝 yùdì). The Three Great Emperor-Officials are the Heavenly Official (天官 tiānguān), the Earthly ...