...ese: 伏藏龍; pinyin: Fúcánglóng), '''Futs-Lung''' or '''Futs-Long''', are the Chinese underworld dragons which guard buried treasures, both natural and man-made.
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..."spirit dragon", Japanese: 神竜 Shinryū) is a spiritual dragon from Chinese mythology that controls wind and rain.
...ng governed the wind, clouds and rain on which all agrarian life depended. Chinese people took great care to avoid offending them, for if they grew angry or f
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...f birds, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.
* Well (Chinese: 井; pinyin: Jǐng)
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In Chinese mythology, the '''Peng''' and '''Kun''' (Chinese: 鯤; pinyin: kūn) are different forms of the same creature.
...sea, the Peng will fly to the southern sea. They travel three thousand li (Chinese miles) in one flap of their wings. They can fly for six months without rest
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...(黄龙, Yellow Dragon) (Korean: Hwang-Ryong) is a hornless dragon in Chinese mythology.
...ity is the guardian of the center and it represents the element earth, the Chinese quintessence, as well as the changing of the seasons.
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'''Zhu Rong''', also known as Chu Jong, is a God of Fire from Chinese mythology. He is regent of the southern quarter of heaven and helped in the division
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'''Yecha''' (夜叉) are nature spirits in Chinese mythology.
The Chinese term ''ye cha'' translates to ''night ghost'' but is sometimes referred to
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* Legs (Chinese: 奎; pinyin: Kuí)
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'''Gong Gong''' is a Chinese water god that takes the form of an immense black dragon attended by a nine
In Chinese mythology, Gong Gong was ashamed that he lost the fight to claim the throne of Heaven
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The '''Hsigo''' or '''Hsiao''' is a creature of Chinese folklore that resembled an owl but had a human face, the body of a monkey,
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...ity is the guardian of the center and it represents the element earth, the Chinese quintessence, as well as the changing of the seasons.
Huang Long doesn't appear in Japanese mythology: the fifth element in the Japanese elemental system is Void. So there canno
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Tibetans call this creature Dzu-Tehy. Other Chinese names include Kung-Lu and Tok.
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Chinese literature assigns this creature a variety of descriptions, but most often
One plausible theory is that the Chinese derived its name from a destructive meteor that hit China sometime in the 6
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...-xia or ba-xia) is a chimeric dragon and the Lord of the Rivers in Chinese mythology.
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...), and it represents the north and the winter season. Although its name in Chinese, Xuánwǔ, is often translated as Black Tortoise in English, it is usually
* Dipper (Chinese: 斗; pinyin: Dǒu)
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In Chinese mythology, the '''xiezhi''' is a legendary creature that act as guardian of holy plac
...symbol of justice and water, due to tits fire-eating qualities. In Chinese mythology, the xiezhi is credited with the ability to distinguish between right and w
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...s: Pai Tse), or '''hakutaku''' (白沢) in Japanese, is a fantastic beast from Chinese legend which is said to advise only kings of virtue.
* Harper, Donald (December 1985). "A Chinese Demonography of the Third Century B.C.". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
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[[Image:Ki-Lin.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Ki-Lin, The Chinese Unicorn]]
A mythical being of Chinese mythology, comparable with the western [[unicorn]]. Ki-lin personifies all that is go
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'''yāoguài''' or '''yaomo''' (妖魔) or '''yaojing''' (妖精) is a Chinese term that generally means "demon".
...lly referred to as guài (literally, "freak") or mó (literally, "demon") in Chinese. There are also yaoguai kings (mówáng) that command a number of lessor de
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...ian]] (Horse face) are two fearsome guardians of the Underworld in Chinese mythology.
In the Chinese classic novel ''Journey to the West'', at one point Horse-Face and Ox-Head
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'''Chinese dragons''' are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese a
...inology, a dragon is yang (male) and complements a yin (female) fenghuang "Chinese phoenix".
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...mplified Chinese: 青龙; pinyin: Qīng Lóng) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations and one of the four guardian spirits of Japanese cities.
...l characteristics and origins. They have been portrayed in many historical Chinese myths and fiction, and also appear in many modern Japanese comic books and
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...e-Giles: t'ien lung; lit. "heavenly dragon") is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology
In Chinese Buddhist terminology, ''tianlong'' means either "heavenly [[Naga]]s (dragon
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...en''' or '''Poisonfeather Birds''', are poisonous birds referenced in many Chinese myths, annals and poetry.
...' (Chinese: 迴陽; pinyin: huíyáng) and the female is called ''Yin Harmony'' (Chinese: 阴氳; pinyin: yīnyūn).
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...its certain quadrumana, besides actual human beings, mountaineers alien to Chinese culture, perhaps a dying race of aborigines."
...Michael. 1990. [http://sealang.net/sala/archives/pdf4/carr1990chinese.pdf "Chinese Dragon Names"], ''Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'' 13.2:87-189.
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...de-Giles: lung-ma) was a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particularly one of
The Chinese word longma combines long 龍 ''dragon'' and ma 馬 ''horse''.
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...iles: pa-she) was a mythological giant snake that ate elephant in Chinese mythology.
''The Shanhaijing'' is an ancient Chinese mytho-geography. Chapter 10, the ''Haineinan jing'' 海內南經 ''Classic
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The '''Yeren''', variously referred to as the '''Yiren''', '''Yeh Ren''', '''Chinese Wildman''', '''Wildman of Shennongjia''', '''Man-Monkey''', or '''Ren Xiong
...he local fauna, adding to its mystique. It has been connected with ancient Chinese legends of magical forest [[ogre]]s and man-like bears.
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It is often represented with the head of a Chinese dragon.
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The '''Pénghoú''' (彭侯) is a tree spirit from Chinese folklore also known as '''Hōkō''' in Japan.
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In Chinese mythology, the four '''Dragon Kings''' (龍王; pinyin: Lóng Wáng) are the divine r
...led descriptions were given of the finery of their crystal palaces. In the Chinese classical novel ''Journey to the West'', a Dragon King is one of the main c
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The Chinese characters are also a Japanese (and Chinese) word for ''orangutan'', and can also be used in Japanese to refer to someo
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'''Pixiu''' or '''Pi Yao''' (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: pí xiū) is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature and a protector to practitioners of Feng Shui.
Originally known as Pi Xie (辟邪; to avoid evil spirits in Chinese)
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...oguai]] with the head of a bull that appears in ''Journey to the West'', a Chinese novel was written and published anonymously by Wu Cheng'en in the 16th cent
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...iu-Tou]] (Ox head) are two fearsome guardians of the Underworld in Chinese mythology.
In the Chinese classic novel ''Journey to the West'', at one point Horse-Face and Ox-Head
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[[Image:Yatagarasu.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Three legged bird commonly found in mythology and art.]]
In Chinese mythology, the sun is in the form of a three-legged golden crow (金烏/金乌). Acco
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...羅), also called '''Yan Wang''' is the senior king of the ten courts of the Chinese underworld. He looks into the former lives of the dead and assigns them to
The name Yanluo is a shortened Chinese transliteration of the Sanskrit term "King Yama". In Korean, the same chara
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...dragon") is a dragon with a human head worshipped as a Sun God in Chinese mythology.
* Carr, Michael. 1990. ''Chinese Dragon Names", Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area'' 13.2:87-189.
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In Chinese mythology, the '''shen''' or '''chen''' (Chinese: 蜃; pinyin: shèn or chèn; Wade-Giles: shen or ch'en; literally "large c
...zes that the chen < *dyən 辰 phonetic series (using Bernhard Karlgren's Old Chinese reconstructions) split between *dyən "dragon" and *tyən "thunder". The fo
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...iai Chai, Chiai Tung''', or '''Kai Tsi''') is a mythical creature known in Chinese and other East Asian cultures.
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'''Shui-mu Niang-niang''' was a Chinese water demon whose evil doings caused yearly floods, claiming numerous lives
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'''Xing Tian''' (Chinese: 刑天; pinyin: Xíng Tiān) is a Pre-Qin Dynasty mythological headless gi
* Xing Tian was played by Nicky Wu in the TV series based on another Chinese Myth ''Jingwei tries to refill the Sea'' (精卫填海 )
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...sant with nine heads. She is a character featured within the famed ancient Chinese novel ''Investiture of the Gods''.
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The '''Shang Yang''' is a magical bird from Chinese mythology.
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'''Zhong Kui''' (Chinese: 鍾馗; pinyin: Zhōng Kuí; Japanese: '''Shōki''') is traditionally rega
...er Zhong became king of ghosts in Hell, he returned to his hometown on the Chinese New Year's Eve. To repay Du Ping's kindness, Zhong Kui gave his younger sis
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[[Image:chinese-phoenix-from-nanning.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Fenghuang sculpture, Nanning cit
...鳳凰 hō-ō; Korean: 봉황 bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) are mythological Chinese birds that reign over all other birds.
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...ade-Giles: ying-lung) is a winged dragon and rain deity in ancient Chinese mythology.
应龙 (ying-lung) in Chinese means ''responsive dragon''.
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...ed kirin. Japanese art tends to depict the qilin as more deer-like than in Chinese art. Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd. is named after the animal, and the word ki
...imals, the qilin is ranked as the second most powerful creature (after the Chinese [[dragon]]), but in Japan, the kirin occupies the top spot.
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...from jade pipa, is a fictional character featured within the famed ancient Chinese novel ''Fengshen Yanyi''.
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*In 2007, Zhuo Yongsheng, a Chinese TV reporter said he had shot a 20-minute video of six unidentified creature
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