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The Tianma is a flying horse was sometimes depicted with chimerical features such as dragon scales and was at times attributed the ability to sweat blood, possibly inspired by the parasite Parafilaria multipapillosa, [1] which infected the highly sought-after Ferghana horse (大宛馬), sometimes conflated with Tianma. Tianma, the flying horse ...
Beginning around the 3rd century BCE, Chinese classics mention Bole, a mythological horse-tamer, as an exemplar of horse judging. Bole is frequently associated with the fabled qianlima (Chinese: 千里馬) "thousand-miles horse", which was supposedly able to gallop one thousand li (approximately 400 km) in a single day (e.g. Red Hare, sweats blood horse).
The temple is situated on the Heavenly Horse (天 马, Tianma) peak of White Horse Mountain (白 马 山, Báimǎ shān) in the Wudang Mountains. The Wudang Mountains are home to a complex of Taoist temples and monasteries and are associated with the Lord of the North, Xuantian Shangdi.
Tianma (天馬; English: Heavenly Horse) is the Chinese mythological version of the pegasus. Tianma may also refer to: Tianma Tea House, Datong, Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai Tianma Circuit, the Tianma motor racing circuit of Shanghai, China; Gansu Tianma, the Tianma soccer club from Gansu, China; Tianma Wan (English: Pegasus pill), a traditional ...
Horses are real creatures, of the family Equidae—quick-paced, hoofed quadrupeds, existing now and historically, in China, among other places. Many breeds have been used or developed for food, transportation, and for military power for thousands of years, in the area of China, and elsewhere, as well as sometimes being loved or cherished, as pets companions, or inspirations for art.
A longma (lower left corner) on a rubbing from the Wu Liang shrines' reliefs. Longma or "dragon horse" connects with other creatures in Chinese folklore.While longma sometimes applies to the Qilin, [13] the closest relative is the legendary tianma 天馬 "heavenly horse" or the "Chinese Pegasus", which was metaphorically identified with the hanxuema 汗血馬 "blood-sweating horse" or Ferghana ...
Tianma or "heavenly horse" (Japanese reading Tenma), a creature similar to Pegasus in Eastern mythology; Mara (demon) (also known as Tenma in Japanese), a malignant celestial king who tempted Gautama Buddha; TENMA, a house brand of Premier Farnell, used for bench power supplies and electronic measuring equipment
The strategic role of horses in large numbers for military defense against steppe invaders is well documented. The furthest Chinese conquests to the north and west were achieved under the Han, Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties thanks to extensive military-managed horse-farms, involving hundreds of thousands of horses. Horses were highly valued and ...