Chinese dragon, the Glossary
The Chinese Dragon is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture at large.[1]
Table of Contents
277 relations: An Instinct for Dragons, Anime, Anthropomorphism, Armillary sphere, Asia, Associations of good-doing, Atmosphere of Earth, Atragon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Azure Dragon, Bagua, Bakunawa, Bali, Bashe, Bảo Đại, Birthmark, Bixi, Black Tortoise, Blue and white pottery, Bombyx mori, Brand Hong Kong, British Weihaiwei, Carved lacquer, Cetus (mythology), Chang Qu, Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z, Characters of the Street Fighter series, Chen Rong (painter), Chenghua Emperor, Chengyu, Chi (mythology), Chinese alligator, Chinese bronze inscriptions, Chinese calendar, Chinese characters, Chinese classics, Chinese constellations, Chinese culture, Chinese Eastern Railway, Chinese folklore, Chinese lacquerware table, Chinese martial arts, Chinese mythology, Chinese New Year, Chinese zodiac, Chiwen, Chiyou, Craig Clunas, Crest (feathers), Culture of Asia, ... Expand index (227 more) »
- Asian dragons
- Chinese dragons
- Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas
- East Asian mythology
- National symbols of China
- Water deities
- Yangshao culture
An Instinct for Dragons
An Instinct for Dragons is a book by University of Central Florida anthropologist David E. Jones, in which he seeks to explain the universality of dragon images in the folklore of human societies.
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Anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan.
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities.
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Armillary sphere
An armillary sphere (variations are known as spherical astrolabe, armilla, or armil) is a model of objects in the sky (on the celestial sphere), consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial longitude and latitude and other astronomically important features, such as the ecliptic.
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Associations of good-doing
The associations of good-doing are organised groups of the indigenous religion of Hebei province (河北民间宗教 Héběi mínjiān zōngjiào or 河北民间信仰 Héběi mínjiān xìnyǎng), or the "Pear Area" of China.
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Atmosphere of Earth
The atmosphere of Earth is composed of a layer of gas mixture that surrounds the Earth's planetary surface (both lands and oceans), known collectively as air, with variable quantities of suspended aerosols and particulates (which create weather features such as clouds and hazes), all retained by Earth's gravity.
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Atragon
is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
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Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender, also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in some regions, is an American animated fantasy action television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio.
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Azure Dragon
The Azure Dragon (Chinese: 青龍 Qīnglóng), also known as Qinglong in Chinese, is one of the Dragon Gods who represent the mount or chthonic forces of the Five Regions' Highest Deities (五方上帝 Wǔfāng Shàngdì). Chinese dragon and Azure Dragon are Chinese dragons.
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Bagua
The bagua is a set of symbols from China intended to illustrate the nature of reality as being composed of mutually opposing forces reinforcing one another.
Bakunawa
The Bakunawa is a Serpent, that looks like a Dragon in Philippine mythology. Chinese dragon and Bakunawa are Asian dragons.
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Bali
Bali (English:; ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Bashe
Bashe was a python-like Chinese mythological giant snake that ate elephants. Chinese dragon and Bashe are creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Bảo Đại
Bảo Đại (大, lit. "keeper of greatness", 22 October 191331 July 1997), born Nguyễn Phúc (Phước) Vĩnh Thụy, was the 13th and final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty, the last ruling dynasty of Vietnam.
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Birthmark
A birthmark is a congenital, benign irregularity on the skin which is present at birth or appears shortly after birth—usually in the first month.
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Bixi
Bixi, or Bi Xi, is a figure from Chinese mythology. Chinese dragon and Bixi are Chinese dragons.
Black Tortoise
The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.
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Blue and white pottery
"Blue and white pottery" covers a wide range of white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide.
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Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori, commonly known as the domestic silk moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Bombycidae.
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Brand Hong Kong
Brand Hong Kong (or BrandHK) is a government programme launched in 2001 designed to promote Hong Kong as "Asia’s World City".
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British Weihaiwei
Weihaiwei or Wei-hai-wei on the northeastern coast of China, was a leased territory of the United Kingdom from 1898 until 1930.
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Carved lacquer
Carved lacquer or Qidiao is a distinctive Chinese form of decorated lacquerware.
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Cetus (mythology)
In Ancient Greek ketos (κῆτος, plural kete/ketea, κήτη/κήτεα), Latinized as cetus (pl. ceti or cete.
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Chang Qu
Chang Qu (291–361), courtesy name Daojiang, was a Chinese historian of the Cheng-Han dynasty during the Sixteen Kingdoms period and the Jin dynasty (266–420).
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Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
Mary MacPherran (portrayed by Jameela Jamil), also known as Titania, is a social media influencer with incredible strength who is obsessed with She-Hulk, ultimately becoming her rival.
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Characters of the Street Fighter series
The main titles of the Street Fighter fighting game series have introduced a varied cast of 87 characters from the main series, and 34 from several spin-offs, for a total of 121 playable characters who originate from 24 countries, each with his or her unique fighting style.
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Chen Rong (painter)
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Chenghua Emperor
The Chenghua Emperor (9 December 1447 – 9 September 1487), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Xianzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Jianshen, changed to Zhu Jianru in 1457, was the ninth emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned from 1464 to 1487.
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Chengyu
Chengyu are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions, most of which consist of four Chinese characters.
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Chi (mythology)
Chi means either "a hornless dragon" or "a mountain demon" (namely) in Chinese mythology. Chinese dragon and Chi (mythology) are Chinese dragons.
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Chinese alligator
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), also known as the Yangtze alligator, China alligator, or historically the muddy dragon, is a crocodilian endemic to China.
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Chinese bronze inscriptions
Chinese bronze inscriptions, also commonly referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, are writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on ritual bronzes such as zhōng bells and dǐng tripodal cauldrons from the Shang dynasty (2nd millennium BC) to the Zhou dynasty (11th–3rd century BC) and even later.
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Chinese calendar
The traditional Chinese calendar (l; informally l) is a lunisolar calendar, combining the solar, lunar, and other cycles for various social and agricultural purposes. Chinese dragon and Chinese calendar are Chinese culture.
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Chinese characters
Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Chinese dragon and Chinese characters are Chinese culture.
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Chinese classics
The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC.
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Chinese constellations
Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese xīng guān).
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Chinese culture
Chinese culture is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands of years ago.
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Chinese Eastern Railway
The Chinese Eastern Railway or CER (Китайско-Восточная железная дорога, or КВЖД, Kitaysko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga or KVZhD), is the historical name for a railway system in Northeast China (also known as Manchuria).
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Chinese folklore
Chinese folklore encompasses the folklore of China, and includes songs, poetry, dances, puppetry, and tales.
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Chinese lacquerware table
This carved lacquerware table in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
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Chinese martial arts
Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu, kuoshu or wushu, are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China. Chinese dragon and Chinese martial arts are Chinese culture.
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Chinese mythology
Chinese mythology is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature throughout the area now known as Greater China. Chinese dragon and Chinese mythology are Chinese culture and east Asian mythology.
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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival (see also § Names) is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.
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Chinese zodiac
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Chinese dragon and Chinese zodiac are Chinese culture.
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Chiwen
Chiwen is an roof ornamental motif in traditional Chinese architecture and art. Chinese dragon and Chiwen are Chinese culture and Chinese dragons.
Chiyou
Chiyou (蚩尤; Old Chinese (ZS): *tʰjɯ-ɢʷɯ) is a mythological being that appears in Chinese mythology.
Craig Clunas
Alistair Craig Clunas (born 1 December 1954) is Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the University of Oxford.
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Crest (feathers)
The crest is a prominent feature exhibited by several bird and other dinosaur species on their heads.
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Culture of Asia
The culture of Asia encompasses the collective and diverse customs and traditions of art, architecture, music, literature, lifestyle, philosophy, food, politics and religion that have been practiced and maintained by the numerous ethnic groups of the continent of Asia since prehistory.
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Datong
Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China.
Dilong
Dilong (lit. "earth dragon") is a Chinese dragon name that is also used to mean "earthworm" in traditional Chinese medicine and Geosaurus in zoological nomenclature. Chinese dragon and Dilong are Chinese dragons.
Dog (zodiac)
The Dog (狗) is eleventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Draco (constellation)
Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky.
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Dragon
A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide.
Dragon (zodiac)
The dragon is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. Chinese dragon and dragon (zodiac) are Chinese dragons.
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Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival (p) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar.
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Dragon King
The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a Chinese water and weather god. Chinese dragon and Dragon King are Chinese dragons.
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Dragon robe
Dragon robes, also known as gunlongpao (hangul: 곤룡포) or longpao for short, is a form of everyday clothing which had a Chinese dragon, called long (龍), as the main decoration; it was worn by the emperors of China.
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Dragon Throne
The Dragon Throne was the throne of the Emperor of China.
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Druk
The Druk (འབྲུག, འབྲུག་) is the "Thunder Dragon" of Tibetan and Bhutanese mythology and a Bhutanese national symbol. Chinese dragon and Druk are Asian dragons.
Dynasties of China
For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.
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East Asia
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
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East China Sea
The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China.
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East Sea (Chinese literature)
The East Sea, one of the Four Seas, is identified as the body of water east of the mainland according to ancient Chinese geography.
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, and singer.
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Eight Treasures
The Eight Treasures, also known as the Eight Precious Things, are popular symbols often depicted in Chinese art and on Chinese numismatic charms.
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Elm
Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus in the family Ulmaceae.
Emblem of Hong Kong
The Regional Emblem of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China came into use on 1 July 1997, after the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
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Emblem of Macau
The Regional Emblem of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China came into use on 20 December 1999, when the sovereignty of Macau was handed over from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China.
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Emoji
An emoji (plural emoji or emojis; 絵文字) is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram, or smiley embedded in text and used in electronic messages and web pages.
Emperor Gaozu of Han
Emperor Gaozu of Han (2561 June 195 BC), also known by his given name Liu Bang, was the founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty, reigning from 202 to 195 BC.
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Emperor Huizong of Song
Emperor Huizong of Song (7 June 1082 – 4 June 1135), personal name Zhao Ji, was the eighth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song dynasty.
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Emperor of China
Throughout Chinese history, "Emperor" was the superlative title held by the monarchs who ruled various imperial dynasties or Chinese empires.
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Emperor Taizong of Tang
Emperor Taizong of Tang (28January 59810July 649), previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649.
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Empress Yang (Song dynasty)
Empress Yang (30 June 1162 – 18 January 1233), formally titled Empress Gongsheng, was a Chinese empress consort of the Song dynasty, married to Emperor Ningzong of Song.
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European dragon
The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.
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Feilong
Feilong (lit. "flying dragon") is a legendary creature that flies among clouds in Chinese mythology. Chinese dragon and Feilong are Chinese dragons.
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Feilongus
Feilongus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian–Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao, Liaoning, China.
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Fenghuang
Fènghuáng are mythological birds found in Sinospheric mythology that reign over all other birds. Chinese dragon and Fenghuang are creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and Yangshao culture.
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Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
Fish in Chinese mythology
Fish are an important motif in Chinese mythology.
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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was an era of political upheaval and division in Imperial China from 907 to 979.
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Flag of the Qing dynasty
The flag of the Qing dynasty was an emblem adopted in the late 19th century featuring the Azure Dragon on a plain yellow field with the red flaming pearl in the upper left corner.
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Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.
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Four Seas
The Four Seas were four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China.
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Four Symbols
The Four Symbols are mythological creatures appearing among the Chinese constellations along the ecliptic, and viewed as the guardians of the four cardinal directions.
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Fuxi
Fuxi or Fu Hsi (伏羲) is a culture hero in Chinese mythology, credited along with his sister and wife Nüwa with creating humanity and the invention of music, hunting, fishing, domestication, and cooking, as well as the Cangjie system of writing Chinese characters around 2900 BC or 2000BC.
Fuzanglong
In Chinese mythology, the Fuzanglong is the Chinese dragon of hidden treasures and an underworld dragon which guards buried treasure, both natural and man-made. Chinese dragon and Fuzanglong are Chinese dragons.
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Goat (zodiac)
The Goat (sometimes also translated Sheep or Ram) is the eighth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Goatee
A goatee is a style of facial hair incorporating hair on one's chin but not the cheeks.
God Is Dead (comics)
God Is Dead is a comic book series created by Jonathan Hickman and Mike Costa, published by American company Avatar Press.
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Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
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Gun (staff)
A gun (pronunciation, English approximation) or bang is a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts.
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Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
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Hebei
Hebei is a province in North China.
Hipparion
Hipparion is an extinct genus of three-toed, medium-sized equine belonging to the extinct tribe Hipparionini, who lived about 10-5 million years ago.
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History of Yuan
The History of Yuan, also known as the Yuanshi, is one of the official Chinese historical works known as the Twenty-Four Histories of China.
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Hong (rainbow-dragon)
Hong or jiang is a Chinese dragon with two heads on each end in Chinese mythology, comparable with Rainbow Serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese dragon and Hong (rainbow-dragon) are Chinese dragons.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
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Hongshan culture
The Hongshan culture was a Neolithic culture in the West Liao river basin in northeast China.
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Hongwu Emperor
Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328– 24 June 1398), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Ming, personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, courtesy name Guorui, was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1368 to 1398.
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Horse (zodiac)
The Horse (⾺) is the seventh of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
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Investiture of the Gods
The Investiture of the Gods, also known by its Chinese names and is a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods and demons (shenmo) genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).
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Japanese dragon
Japanese dragons (日本の竜/龍, Nihon no ryū) are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore.
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Jessica Rawson
Dame Jessica Mary Rawson, (born 20 January 1943) is an English art historian, curator and sinologist.
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Jiangxi
Jiangxi is an inland province in the east of the People's Republic of China.
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Jiaolong
Jiaolong or jiao (chiao, kiao) is a dragon in Chinese mythology, often defined as a "scaled dragon"; it is hornless according to certain scholars and said to be aquatic or river-dwelling. Chinese dragon and Jiaolong are Chinese dragons and creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
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Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
The Jin dynasty, officially known as the Great Jin, was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 1115 and 1234 founded by Emperor Taizu (first).
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Jinci
The Jinci or Jin Temple (晉祠) is the most prominent temple complex in Shanxi, China.
John Boardman (art historian)
Sir John Boardman, (20 August 1927 – 23 May 2024) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian of ancient Greek art.
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Journey to the West
Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en.
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Khải Định
Khải Định (chữ Hán: 啓定; born Nguyễn Phúc Bửu Đảo; 8 October 1885 – 6 November 1925) was the 12th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam, reigning from 1916 to 1925.
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Korean dragon
Korean dragons are legendary creatures in Korean mythology and folklore. Chinese dragon and Korean dragon are Asian dragons.
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Kowloon
Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon.
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Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (Ozero Baykal; Baigal dalai) is a large rift lake in Russia.
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Language
Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.
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Languages of Asia
Asia is home to hundreds of languages comprising several families and some unrelated isolates.
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Languages of East Asia
The languages of East Asia belong to several distinct language families, with many common features attributed to interaction.
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Legendary creature
A legendary creature (also called a mythical or mythological creature) is a type of fantasy entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before modernity.
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Lei Chen-Tzu
Lei Chen-Tzu, also known as Lei Jen Zu, is the name of a supernatural Chinese hero.
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Leviathan
The Leviathan (Līvyāṯān; Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology.
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Liangzhu culture
The Liangzhu culture or civilization (3300–2300 BC) was the last Chinese Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta.
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Liao dynasty
The Liao dynasty (Khitan: Mos Jælud), also known as the Khitan Empire (Khitan: Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur), officially the Great Liao, was an imperial dynasty of China that existed between 916 and 1125, ruled by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people.
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Lingzhi (mushroom)
Lingzhi, Ganoderma sichuanense, also known as reishi or Ganoderma lingzhi is a polypore fungus ("bracket fungus") native to East Asia belonging to the genus Ganoderma.
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List of Chinese empresses and queens
The following is a list of empresses and queens consort of China.
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List of dragons in mythology and folklore
This is a list of dragons in mythology and folklore.
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List of dragons in popular culture
This is a list of dragons in popular culture.
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List of thunder gods
Polytheistic peoples from many cultures have postulated a thunder god, the personification or source of the forces of thunder and lightning; a lightning god does not have a typical depiction, and will vary based on the culture.
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Liu Kang
Liu Kang (Chinese: 刘康) is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios.
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Long gu
Long gu are remains of ancient life (such as fossils) prescribed for a variety of ailments in Chinese medicine and herbalism.
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Longma
The longma is a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Chinese dragon and longma are Chinese culture and Chinese dragons.
Longmu
In Chinese mythology, Longmu, transliterated as Lung Mo in Cantonese, was a Chinese woman who was deified as a goddess after raising five infant dragons.
Lu Rong
Lu Rong (1436–1494) was a Chinese scholar.
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Magic (supernatural)
Magic is an ancient practice rooted in rituals, spiritual divinations, and/or cultural lineage—with an intention to invoke, manipulate, or otherwise manifest supernatural forces, beings, or entities in the natural world.
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Mahjong
Mahjong (English pronunciation) is a tile-based game that was developed in the 19th century in China and has spread throughout the world since the early 20th century.
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Makara
Makara (translit) is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology.
Mako: Island of Secrets
Mako: Island of Secrets is an Australian television programme for children and teenagers created by Jonathan M. Shiff.
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Manchu people
The Manchus are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia.
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Mandarin (character)
The Mandarin is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.
Marco Polo Bridge
The Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge is a stone bridge located 15 km southwest of Beijing's city center in the Fengtai District.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios.
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Mekong
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
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Mirage
A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.
Monkey (zodiac)
The monkey (猴) is the ninth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Monkey King
The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is a literary, and religious figure best known as one of the main players in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West (first).
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Monster High
Monster High is an American multimedia-supported fashion doll franchise created by toy designer Garrett Sander and launched by Mattel in 2010.
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Moon rabbit
The Moon rabbit or Moon hare is a mythical figure in East Asian and indigenous American folklore, based on interpretations that identify the dark markings on the near side of the Moon as a rabbit or hare.
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Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992.
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Motif (visual arts)
In art and iconography, a motif is an element of an image.
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Mulan (1998 film)
Mulan is a 1998 American animated musical coming-of-age action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures.
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Mulan II
Mulan II is a 2004 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and DisneyToon Studios and distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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Mushu
Mushu is a fictional character in Disney's Mulan franchise, first appearing in the 1998 animated film of the same name.
Mythic fiction
Mythic fiction is literature that draws from the tropes, themes, and symbolism of myth, legend, folklore, and fairy tales.
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Nanyue
Nanyue, was an ancient kingdom founded in 204 BC by the Chinese general Zhao Tuo, whose family (known in Vietnamese as the Triệu dynasty) continued to rule until 111 BC.
Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik (born 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction.
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National emblem
A national emblem is an emblem or seal that is reserved for use by a nation state or multi-national state as a symbol of that nation.
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Nature worship
Nature worship also called naturism or physiolatry is any of a variety of religious, spiritual and devotional practices that focus on the worship of the nature spirits considered to be behind the natural phenomena visible throughout nature.
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Nāga
In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art.
Nezha
Nezha is a protection deity in Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese folk religion.
Nguyễn dynasty
The Nguyễn dynasty (chữ Nôm: 茹阮, Nhà Nguyễn; chữ Hán: 朝阮, triều Nguyễn) was the last Vietnamese dynasty, which was preceded by the Nguyễn lords and ruled the unified Vietnamese state independently from 1802 to 1883 before being a French protectorate.
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Nine Dragons (painting)
Nine Dragons (九龍圖卷) is a handscroll painting by Chinese artist Chen Rong. Chinese dragon and Nine Dragons (painting) are Chinese dragons.
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Nine sons of the dragon
The nine sons of the dragon are Chinese dragons who are the mythological sons of the Dragon King. Chinese dragon and nine sons of the dragon are Chinese dragons.
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Nine-Dragon Wall
A Nine-Dragon Wall or Nine-Dragon Screen is a type of screen wall with reliefs of nine different Chinese dragons. Chinese dragon and nine-Dragon Wall are Chinese dragons.
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Northern and Southern dynasties
The Northern and Southern dynasties was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty.
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Oracle bone script
Oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC.
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Outline of life forms
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to life forms: A life form (also spelled life-form or lifeform) is an entity that is living, such as plants (flora), animals (fauna), and fungi (funga).
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Ox (zodiac)
The Ox (牛) is the second of the 12-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar, and also appears in related calendar systems.
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Panlong (mythology)
Panlong (lit. "coiled dragon") is an aquatic dragon resembling a jiaolong 蛟龍 "river dragon; crocodile" in Chinese mythology, an ancient motif in Chinese art, and a proper name. Chinese dragon and Panlong (mythology) are Chinese dragons.
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Pākhangbā
Pakhangba is a primordial deity, often represented in the form of a dragon, in Meitei mythology and Sanamahism, the indigenous religion of Manipur.
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Phoenix (mythology)
The phoenix is an immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again.
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Pig (zodiac)
The Pig (豬) or sometimes translated as the Boar is the twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in Chinese zodiac, in relation to the Chinese calendar and system of horology, and paralleling the system of ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches.
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Pig dragon
A pig dragon or zhūlóng is a type of jade artifact from the Hongshan culture of neolithic China. Chinese dragon and pig dragon are Chinese dragons.
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Political cartoon
A political cartoon, also known as an editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion.
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Proverb
A proverb (from proverbium) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience.
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Pulao (dragon)
Pulao, known in some early sources also as tulao (徒牢), and Pu Lao, is a Chinese dragon, and one of the nine sons of the dragon. Chinese dragon and Pulao (dragon) are Chinese dragons.
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Puyang
Puyang is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Henan province, People's Republic of China.
Qi
In the Sinosphere, qi is traditionally believed to be a vital force part of all living entities.
Qianlong Emperor
The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper.
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Qilin
The qilin is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a sage or illustrious ruler.
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.
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Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake, also known by other names, is the largest lake in China.
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Qiulong
Qiulong or qiu was a Chinese dragon that is contradictorily defined as "horned dragon" and "hornless dragon". Chinese dragon and Qiulong are Chinese dragons.
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Rabbit (zodiac)
The rabbit (兔) is the fourth in the twelve-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Radical 212
Radical 212, 龍, 龙, or 竜 meaning "dragon", is one of the two of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 16 strokes. Chinese dragon and radical 212 are Chinese dragons.
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Rainbow Serpent
The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the creator God, known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many different Aboriginal peoples.
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Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment
Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment (founded and formerly known as Videocraft International, Ltd. and Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.) was an American production company located in New York City, and known for its seasonal television specials, usually done in stop motion animation.
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Rat (zodiac)
The Rat or Mouse (鼠) is the first of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar system (with similar systems in use elsewhere).
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Republic of China (1912–1949)
The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, as a sovereign state was based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949, when the government retreated to Taiwan, where it continues to be based.
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Roi Et province
Roi Et (ร้อยเอ็ด,; ร้อยเอ็ด) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) lies in central northeastern Thailand also called Isan.
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Rooster (zodiac)
The Rooster is the tenth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Ruyi Jingu Bang
Ruyi Jingu Bang, or simply Ruyi Bang or Jingu Bang, is the poetic name of a magical staff wielded by the immortal monkey Sun Wukong in the 16th-century classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
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Sanggar Agung
Sanggar Agung Temple or Hong San Tang (Chinese: 宏善堂) is a Chinese temple in Surabaya dedicated to Chinese deities and other Asian religious icons.
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Sanxing (deities)
The Sanxing are the gods of the three celestial bodies considered essential in Chinese astrology and mythology: Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Canopus.
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Sea monster
Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and are often imagined to be of immense size.
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Seal knob
Seal knob (印纽), refers to carving or small decorative reliefwork at the top or side of a seal.
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Seal script
Seal script or sigillary script is a style of writing Chinese characters that was common throughout the latter half of the 1st millennium BC.
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Shadowrun
Shadowrun is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist.
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Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty, was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty.
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Shang-Chi (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Xu Shang-Chi (t) is a fictional character portrayed by Simu Liu in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) multimedia franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi.
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Shanghai
Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China.
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Shapeshifting
In mythology, folklore, and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means.
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Shen (clam-monster)
In Chinese mythology, the shen or chen is a shapeshifting dragon or shellfish-type sea monster believed to create mirages. Chinese dragon and shen (clam-monster) are Chinese dragons.
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Shenlong
Shenlong, (literally "god dragon" or "divine dragon", Japanese: 神竜 Shinryū) is the spirit dragon from Chinese mythology who is the dragon god of the tempest and also a master of rain. Chinese dragon and Shenlong are Chinese dragons.
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Shennong
Shennong (神農), variously translated as "Divine Farmer" or "Divine Husbandman", born Jiang Shinian (姜石年), was a mythological Chinese ruler known as the first Yan Emperor who has become a deity in Chinese and Vietnamese folk religion.
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Shinjitai
are the simplified forms of kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Tōyō Kanji List in 1946.
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Shuowen Jiezi
The Shuowen Jiezi is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen, during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–206 CE).
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Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south.
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Sinosphere
The Sinosphere, also known as the Chinese cultural sphere, East Asian cultural sphere, or the Sinic world, encompasses multiple countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia that were historically heavily influenced by Chinese culture. Chinese dragon and Sinosphere are Chinese culture.
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Snake (zodiac)
The snake (蛇) is the sixth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Snakes in Chinese mythology
Snakes (also known as serpents) are an important motif in Chinese mythology.
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Solar deity
A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof.
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Son of Heaven
Son of Heaven, or Tianzi, was the sacred monarchial and imperial title of the Chinese sovereign.
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Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279.
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Song Lian
Song Lian (1310–1381), courtesy name Jinglian (景濂), was a Chinese historian and official of the Ming dynasty.
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South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
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South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.
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Spirit screen
A spirit screen, also called a spirit wall, screen wall, yingbi, or zhaobi, is used to shield an entrance gate in traditional Chinese architecture.
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State of Vietnam
The State of Vietnam (Quốc gia Việt Nam; Chữ Hán: 國家越南; État du Viêt-Nam) was a governmental entity in Southeast Asia that existed from 1949 until 1955, first as a member of the French Union and later as a country (from 22 July 1954 to 26 October 1955).
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Stupa
In Buddhism, a stupa (lit) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.
SUNY Press
The State University of New York Press (more commonly referred to as the SUNY Press) is a university press affiliated with the State University of New York system.
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Surabaya
Surabaya is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta.
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Surcoat
A surcoat or surcote is an outer garment that was commonly worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.
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Taotie
The Taotie is an ancient Chinese mythological creature that was commonly emblazoned on bronze and other artifacts during the 1st millennium BC.
Taschen
Taschen is a luxury art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany.
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Temeraire (series)
Temeraire is a series of nine alternate history fantasy novels written by American author Naomi Novik.
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Temple of Confucius, Qufu
The Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province, is the largest and most renowned temple of Confucius in East Asia.
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Ten thousand years
In various East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese, the phrase "Wànsuì", "Banzai", "Manse", and "Vạn tuế", respectively, meaning "myriad years" is used to wish long life, and is typically translated as "Long live" in English.
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Teng (mythology)
Teng or Tengshe is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology. Chinese dragon and Teng (mythology) are Chinese dragons.
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The Flight of Dragons
The Flight of Dragons is a 1982 animated fantasy film produced and directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. loosely combining the speculative natural history book of the same name (1979) by Peter Dickinson with the novel The Dragon and the George (1976) by Gordon R. Dickson.
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The Legend of Korra
The Legend of Korra (abbreviated as TLOK), also known as Avatar: The Legend of Korra, or more rarely simply as Korra, is an American animated fantasy action television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon.
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Throne
A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign (or viceroy) on state occasions; or the seat occupied by a pope or bishop on ceremonial occasions.
Tianlong
Tianlong (lit. "heavenly dragon") is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology, a star in Chinese astrology, and a proper name. Chinese dragon and Tianlong are Chinese dragons.
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Tiger (zodiac)
The Tiger (虎) is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
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Toghon Temür
Toghon Temür (Тогоонтөмөр.; Mongolian script:;; 25 May 1320 – 23 May 1370), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Huizong of Yuan bestowed by the Northern Yuan dynasty and by his posthumous name as the Emperor Shun of Yuan bestowed by the Ming dynasty, was the last emperor of the Yuan dynasty and later the first emperor of the Northern Yuan dynasty.
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Trevor Slattery
Trevor Slattery is a character portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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Twelve Symbols national emblem
The Twelve Symbols national emblem was the state emblem of the Empire of China and the Republic of China from 1913 to 1928. Chinese dragon and Twelve Symbols national emblem are national symbols of China.
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Ulmus pumila 'Pendula'
The Siberian Elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Pendula' is from northern China, where it is known as Lung chao yü shu (Dragon's-claw elm).
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Unicode
Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard, is a text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized.
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Vermilion Bird
The Vermilion Bird (p) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.
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Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
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Vietnamese dragon
Vietnamese dragons (Rồng;; Sino-Vietnamese: Long) are symbolic creatures in Vietnamese folklore and mythology. Chinese dragon and Vietnamese dragon are Asian dragons.
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Vietnamese National Army
The Vietnamese National Army (VNA; lit,; lit) was the State of Vietnam's military force created shortly after the Élysée Accords, where the State of Vietnam was recognized by France as an independent country ruled by Vietnamese Emperor Bảo Đại.
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Wang Fu (Han dynasty)
Wang Fu (about 82 AD – 167 AD), courtesy name Jiexin was a Chinese essayist, historian, philosopher, and poet during the Eastern Han dynasty.
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Warring States period
The Warring States period was an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, bureaucratic and military reform, and political consolidation.
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Wat
A wat (វត្ត,; ວັດ, vat; วัด,; 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」(waD+Dha); 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」 (w+Da2)) is a type of Buddhist and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan, the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
Water and Land Ritual paintings
The Water and Land Ritual paintings (水陆画) are a style of traditional Chinese painting based on religious or Chinese mythological subjects.
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Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior is a 2006 American martial arts fantasy film released as a Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) and starring Brenda Song and Shin Koyamada.
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Whiskers
Whiskers or vibrissae (vibrissa) are a type of stiff, functional hair used by most mammals to sense their environment.
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White Tiger (mythology)
The White Tiger, is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.
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Wild boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.
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Wuyue
Wuyue was a dynastic state of China and one of the Ten Kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
Xi'an
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province.
Xinglongwa culture
The Xinglongwa culture (興隆洼文化) (6200–5400 BC) was a Neolithic culture in northeastern China, found mainly around the Inner Mongolia-Liaoning border at the Liao River basin.
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Xishuipo
Xishuipo (Chinese: 西水坡; Pinyin: Xīshuǐpō) is a Neolithic site in Puyang, Henan, central China, associated with the Yangshao culture. Chinese dragon and Xishuipo are Yangshao culture.
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Yang Shen
Yang Shen (1488–1559) was a poet in the Chinese Ming dynasty.
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Yangshao culture
The Yangshao culture was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.
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Yellow Dragon
The Yellow Dragon (is the zoomorphic incarnation of the Yellow Emperor of the center of the universe in Chinese religion and mythology. The Yellow Emperor or Yellow Deity was conceived by Fubao, who became pregnant after seeing a yellow ray of light turning around the Northern Dipper (in Chinese theology the principal symbol of God). Chinese dragon and yellow Dragon are Chinese dragons.
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Yellow Emperor
The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch or by his Chinese name Huangdi, is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and an individual deity (shen) or part of the Five Regions Highest Deities in Chinese folk religion.
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Yinglong
Yinglong is a winged dragon and rain deity in ancient Chinese mythology. Chinese dragon and Yinglong are Chinese dragons.
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Yingzao Fashi
The Yingzao Fashi is a technical treatise on architecture and craftsmanship written by the Chinese author Li Jie (李誡; 1065–1110), the Directorate of Buildings and Construction during the mid Song Dynasty of China.
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Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty, officially the Great Yuan (Mongolian:, Yeke Yuwan Ulus, literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its ''de facto'' division.
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Zhao Mo
Zhao Mo (Triệu Mạt) was the grandson and successor of Zhao Tuo and the second ruler of Nanyue, a kingdom encompassing parts of modern-day southern China and northern Vietnam.
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Zhulong (mythology)
Zhulong or Zhuyin, also known in English as the, was a giant red solar dragon and god in Chinese mythology. Chinese dragon and Zhulong (mythology) are Chinese dragons and creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
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Zodiac
The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year.
Zoomorphism
The word zoomorphism derives from and.
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
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9
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding.
See also
Asian dragons
- Apalala
- Azhdaha
- Azhdahak (mythology)
- Bakunawa
- Bhoma
- Chinese dragon
- Chinese dragons
- Dragon (Ninurta)
- Druk
- Korean dragon
- Serpents in the Bible
- Tannin (monster)
- Tiamat
- Vietnamese dragon
- Vishap
Chinese dragons
- Ao Bing
- Ao Guang
- Ao Run
- Azure Dragon
- Bixi
- Chi (mythology)
- Chinese dragon
- Chiwen
- Dilong
- Dragon (zodiac)
- Dragon Dormant
- Dragon King
- Dragon dance
- Dragon turtle
- Dragon; Tiger
- Feilian
- Feilong
- Fuzanglong
- Hong (rainbow-dragon)
- Jiaolong
- Longma
- Luoshan dragon
- Nine Dragons (painting)
- Nine sons of the dragon
- Nine-Dragon Wall
- Panlong (mythology)
- Pig dragon
- Pulao (dragon)
- Qiulong
- Radical 212
- Shen (clam-monster)
- Shenlong
- Southern Dragon kung fu
- Teng (mythology)
- Tianlong
- White Dragon Horse
- Yellow Dragon
- Yinglong
- Zhulong (mythology)
Creatures described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas
- Bashe
- Bifang
- Biyiniao
- Chinese dragon
- Fenghuang
- Fuzhu
- Heluo fish
- Jiaolong
- Kui (Chinese mythology)
- Luanniao
- Nine-headed bird
- Nine-tailed fox
- Three-legged turtle
- Yuqiang
- Zhulong (mythology)
- Zouyu
East Asian mythology
- Ainu mythology
- Chinese dragon
- Chinese mythology
- Japanese mythology
- Korean mythology
- Mongol mythology
- Qianlima
- Three-legged crow
- Tibetan mythology
National symbols of China
- Bamboo
- Blue Sky with a White Sun
- Chinese dragon
- Cup of Solid Gold
- Giant panda
- Great Wall of China
- Heirloom Seal of the Realm
- Historical Chinese anthems
- List of Chinese flags
- Mao suit
- National symbols of China
- National symbols of Taiwan
- Praise the Dragon Flag
- Tune of Li Zhongtang
- Twelve Symbols national emblem
Water deities
- Atlahua
- Bunzi
- Chinese dragon
- Haurvatat
- Kianda
- Latis
- List of water deities
- Lympha
- Olokun
- Omizunu
- Oshun
- Poubi Lai
- Qʼuqʼumatz
- Sea and river deities
- Sprite (folklore)
- Underwater panther
- Wangpulen
- Water gods
- Yemọja
- Yesseus Mazareus Yessedekeus
Yangshao culture
- Banpo
- Chinese dragon
- Diaoyutai Site
- Feng Shui
- Feng shui
- Fenghuang
- Jiangzhai
- Johan Gunnar Andersson
- Li Ji (archaeologist)
- Three-legged crow
- Xishuipo
- Yangguanzhai
- Yangshao culture
- Yangshao, Mianchi
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon
Also known as Asian dragon, Chinese Dragons, Dragons in Chinese mythology, East Asian dragon, Eastern Dragon, Imperial dragon, Imperial dragons, Jade Dragon, LOONG, Lóng, The Chinese Dragon, .
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