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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.
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).
Birds in Chinese mythology; Black Tortoise, a turtle that represents the cardinal point North and Winter. The Black Tortoise. Bo beast,a horse-like beast with one horn that eats tigers and leopards. [3] Bovidae in Chinese mythology; Boyi, a sheep-like beast with nine tails and four ears and eyes on its back. A man who wears fur of boyi will ...
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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 ...
Mythology [ edit ] 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.
Ox-Head and Horse-Face in the Hell Scroll at Seattle Asian Art Museum. Ox-Head (simplified Chinese: 牛头; traditional Chinese: 牛頭; pinyin: Niútóu; Wade–Giles: niu 2-t'ou 2) and Horse-Face (simplified Chinese: 马面; traditional Chinese: 馬面; pinyin: Mǎmiàn; Wade–Giles: ma 3-mien 4) are two guardians or types of guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology.
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.