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Ueki, Masatoshi (2003). "The Story of the Dragon King´s Daughter". In Robin Wang (ed.). Images of women in Chinese thought and culture, writings from the pre-Qin period through the Song dynasty. Indianapolis: Hackett. ISBN 0872206521. The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Chapters. Translated by Watson, Burton. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai. 2009.
Xiaolongnü (小龍女; Xiǎolóngnǚ) is the fictional female protagonist of the wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong.In the novel, her physical appearances is described as follows: "skin as white as snow, beautiful and elegant beyond convention and cannot be underestimated, but appears cold and indifferent". [1]
The love story between Han Xiangzi and Dragon Girl (Longnu) is a famous folktale in China [9] and has been adapted to many television series as well as opera. It was said that one day Han Xiangzi visited the East Sea and played his flute on the shore. The 7th daughter of the Dragon King was curious to the beautiful melody and emerged from the sea.
Avalokiteśvara with Longnü (left) and Sudhana (right). Sudhanakumāra (traditional Chinese: 善財童子; simplified Chinese: 善财童子; pinyin: Shàncáitóngzǐ; Wade–Giles: Shan 4-ts'ai 2 T'ung 2-tsŭ 3), mainly known as Sudhana and Shancai or Shancai Tongzi in Chinese, and translated as Child of Wealth, along with Longnü "Dragon Girl" are considered acolytes of the bodhisattva ...
During a drought, therefore, Wen Shi asked her dragon children to summon the rain for her village. When rain came and ended the drought, the grateful villagers gave Wen Shi the name "Mother of Dragons" (龍母) or "Divine Human" (神人). Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the Qin dynasty, received word of Wen Shi and her dragons.
Concept-art done for Sintel, 3rd open-movie of the Blender Foundation. Artwork : David Revoy. This is a list of dragons in film and television.The dragons are organized by either film or television and further by whether the media is animation or live-action.
Dragon bones have been prescribed in Chinese medicine since at least the Shennong Bencaojing, composed circa 100 AD. [9] There is historical discussion regarding the origin of long gu recorded in the Bencao Gangmu , which compiles a wide variety of Chinese medical sources.
One such early form was the pig dragon. It is a coiled, elongated creature with a head resembling a boar. [30] The character for "dragon" in the earliest Chinese writing has a similar coiled form, as do later jade dragon amulets from the Shang dynasty. A snake-like dragon body painted on red pottery wares was discovered at Taosi (Shanxi) from ...