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Qianlima was a literary Chinese word for people with latent talent and ability; and Spring (1988:180) suggests, "For centuries of Chinese history, horses had been considered animals capable of performing feats requiring exceptional strength and endurance. [1]
North Korea has no official national animal, but the mythological winged horse Chollima is taken to be a national symbol. [11] North Korean Siberian tigers are considered unofficial symbol of both Koreas as it represent the Korean people and nation. [12] The national dog is the Pungsan dog.
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [35] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [35] Italy: Italian wolf ...
The 100 Cultural Symbols of Korea [1] [2] (Korean: 백대 민족문화상징; Hanja: 百大 民族文化象徵; RR: Baekdae Minjongmunhwasangjing; MR: Paektae Minjongmunhwasangjing) were selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (at the time of selection, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) of South Korea on 26 July 2006, judging that the Korean people are representative among ...
A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda . In the first personifications in the Western World , warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength ...
Two brown bears, a lion, a couple of yaks, five cockatoos, 25 pheasants and 40 mandarin ducks. These were among dozens of wild animals Russia sent to North Korea in the latest display of the ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of North Korea (7 C, 18 P) Pages in category "National symbols of North Korea" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The animals were “a gift from Vladimir Putin to the Korean people”, the Russian government said. ... It is not the first time Russia has given animals to North Korea, as the two most heavily ...