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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 ...
The four heroes of Journey to the West, Tang Sanzang on the second from the left, riding on the White Dragon Horse. Painted decotation in the Long Corridor at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. The White Dragon Horse, known as Bai Long Ma (Chinese: 白龍馬; pinyin: Bái Lóng Mǎ; Wade–Giles: Pai² Lung²-ma¹; lit.
"Longma" means dragon-horse, or horse-dragon. Among other accounts, a longma was said to have revealed the Yellow River Map, an early example of a mathematical magic square. Indeed, the presence of a longma was used as a sign of connection with the manifestation of one of the legendary sage-rulers of legend, particularly one of the Three ...
Chinese dragon-horse (longma). While horses feature in various beliefs and traditions, they do not hold the same significance in Chinese culture as mythological animals such as cranes, phoenixes, dragons, and tigers. [19] The association of the qilin with the unicorn—and by extension, the horse—remains a subject of debate.
This creature was called "Ma Nin Mangkorn" (Thai: ม้านิลมังกร, "ceylonite dragon horse"), it is depicted as it has diamond fangs, ceylonite scales, and a birthmark on the tongue. It was a mixture of horse, dragon, deer antlers, fish scales, and Phaya Nak tail, with has black sequins all over. Its appearance resembles a qilin.
Qilin, a hooved dragon-like creature with antlers and the body of an ox, deer, or horse. Qilin at Qingyang Palace Qilins and Elephants at a Spirit Way. Qianlima, a winged horse that can run a thousand miles at a step. Qingniao, messenger birds of the Queen Mother of the West. Qiongqi, a winged tiger, one of the Four Perils. [5]
The White Dragon Horse (白龍馬) is the third son of Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea. He was originally supposed to be executed for accidentally destroying a pearl gifted by the Jade Emperor , but Guanyin saved him and brought him to Yingchou Stream ( 鷹愁澗 ) in Shepan Mountain ( 蛇盤山 ).
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).