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Meet the qilin - China's most beloved mythical creature. Deer body, dragon scales, ox tail, and a single horn. From Confucius's omen at birth to modern feng shui, the qilin's story.
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The Pixiu is a Chinese mythical wealth beast with a dragon's head and a lion's body - and no anus, so it only takes in. Where to place one, how Pixiu differs from Piyao, and why the bracelets are everywhere.
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The Kunpeng from Zhuangzi - a fish so large it became a bird whose wings span the sky. The Southern Sea, the 90000-li wind, and the Chinese idiom for limitless ambition.
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The Jade Rabbit of Chinese mythology - companion of Chang'e on the moon, pounding the elixir of long life with mortar and pestle. The Mid-Autumn Festival, the Apollo comparison, and the rabbit's many afterlives.
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Huli jing - the fox spirits and fox immortals of Chinese mythology who cultivate themselves into human form. Daji, Yang Guifei, and the modern afterlife.
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Nuwa, the half-woman half-serpent creator goddess of Chinese mythology, shaped humanity from yellow earth and mended a shattered sky with five-colored stones. Here is the origin story behind the mother of all Chinese people.
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Erlang Shen is one of the most beloved warrior gods in Chinese mythology β the three-eyed deity who fought the Monkey King, defied the Jade Emperor, and became a folk symbol of justice against overwhelming odds.
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Meet the Eight Immortals of Chinese mythology β the outlaws, recluses, and oddballs who became gods. From a woman who crossed the sea to a poet who drank himself into legend.
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Discover the legend of η²Ύε«ε‘«ζ΅· (Jingwei Filling the Sea), the transformed soul of Emperor Yandi's daughter who vowed to fill the Eastern Sea one twig at a time.
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Discover the legend of 鲧禹治水 (Gun and Yu Taming the Floods), father and son who shaped China's destiny through sacrifice, perseverance, and working with nature.
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