...ed 5th, behind the dragon, phoenix, winged horse and sea horse. In ancient China, statues of Pi Xiu were also used as tomb guardians.
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...s in the appearance of the qilin, even as seen in a single country such as China, owing to cultural differences between dynasties and regions.
In the Ming dynasty of China the Qilin is represented as an oxen-hooved animal with a [[dragon]]-like he
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==In China==
When Buddhism entered China, it encountered stiff opposition from the Confucian adherents to ancestor w
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* Eberhard, Wolfram. 1968. ''The Local Cultures of South and East China''. E. J. Brill.
* Groot, J.J.M. de. 1910. ''The Religious System of China'' 6. E. J. Brill.
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In the mid 1700's, babies were dying in what is now Beijing China. Wherever they struggled for life, an owl was always observed nearby. Heari
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*Eberhard, Wolfram. 1968. ''The Local Cultures of South and East China''. E. J. Brill.
...us_system_of_china/volume_6/groot_religious6.doc ''The Religious System of China'' 6]. E. J. Brill.
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...the Yao people (a tribe located at the lower reaches of the Chang Jiang in China) and a canine shapeshifter that married an emperor's daughter and founded a
Thousands of years ago, in the country now known as China, there lived a king named Gao Xin. One day, his wife, the queen, suddenly g
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...have occurred among a rare species of predatory feline (such as the North China Leopard) which caused the growth of a bony protrusion from the skull. Among
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Haetae sculptures in architecture was widely used in China and other Asian countries. Sculpture of this sacred animal may have differe
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...oma-inu (lion dogs), is a variation of the guardian lions ("fu dogs") from China.
When a certain emissary to China returned from one of his voyages to the court at Shuri Castle, he brought w
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...cruel tyrant Zhou Xin (紂辛 Zhòu Xīn), the last king of the Shang Dynasty in China. A nine-tailed fox spirit who served Nüwa, whom Zhou Xin had offended, ent
...een traditionally linked to taboo and sexuality. Nowadays in some areas of China, there still exist “Fox Fairy Temples” that are erected especially for
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...ularity in folklore can be traced to the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China (712 to 756). According to Song Dynasty sources, once the Emperor Xuanzong
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...d a creature called '''kutabe''', thought to be identical to the Bai Ze of China, once appeared on Mount Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture and predicted that a
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Su Kong Tai Djin was born in 1849 in a poor province of China. His parents were superstitious as were most Chinese at that time. When the
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There are numerous temples dedicated to Dragon Kings in China. One temple in Beijing was built during the Yuan Dynasty and renovated in t
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'''Wu Tou Gui''' 无头鬼- Ghost of the beheaded. In ancient China, people who committed heavy crimes were sentenced to decapitation, and thes
...try, the Chinese regard them as brutal murderers of countless commoners in China and South East Asia during World War II. The appearance of such a ghost giv
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...ay in areas of extremely high poverty and overpopulation, such as parts of China and India [http://www.gendercide.org/case_infanticide.html]. Female infants
...can partially be to blame. The illegal use of ultrasound is widespread in China, and itinerant sonographers with plain vans in parking lots offer inexpensi
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...ted Ox head existed in Buddhist writings, but when Buddhism spread through China, the folk people preferred things in symmetry. Hence he was then matched wi
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...s Willern de. 1913. [http://fax.libs.uga.edu/GR830xD7xV8/# ''The Dragon in China and Japan'']. J. Müller.
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Apsarases are often depicted in Buddhist art as far afield as Cambodia and China, however. They are a common motif in the decorations of the Angkor temples.
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