* Aquila ( Chinese astronomy ), a traditional constellation

There are also numerous historical constellations not recognized by the IAU, or constellations recognized in regional traditions of astronomy or astrology, such as Chinese, Hindu and Australian Aboriginal.

In classical Chinese astronomy, the northern sky is divided geometrically, into five " enclosures " and twenty-eight mansions along the ecliptic, grouped into Four Symbols of seven asterisms each.

Classical Chinese astronomy is recorded in the Han period and appears in the form of three schools, which are attributed to astronomers of the Zhanguo period.

Native Chinese astronomy flourished during the Song Dynasty, and during the Yuan Dynasty became increasingly influenced by medieval Islamic astronomy.

In Chinese astronomy, constellation Capricornus lies in The Black Tortoise of the North ( 北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ ).

* Capricornus ( Chinese astronomy )

* Crux ( Chinese astronomy )

In Chinese astronomy, the stars of Cetus are found among two areas: the Black Tortoise of the North ( 北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ ) and the White Tiger of the West ( 西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ ).

* Cetus ( Chinese astronomy )

In Chinese astronomy, the stars of Centaurus are found in three areas: the Azure Dragon of the East ( 東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng ), the Vermillion Bird of the South ( 南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què ), and the Southern Asterisms ( 近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu ).

* Centaurus ( Chinese astronomy )

* Cygnus ( Chinese astronomy )

In Chinese astronomy, the stars that form Chamaeleon were classified as the Little Dipper ( 小斗, Xiǎodǒu ) among the Southern Asterisms ( 近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu ) by Xu Guangqi.

Chamaeleon ( Chinese astronomy )

In Chinese astronomy, the stars of Dorado are located in two of Xu Guangqi's Southern Asterisms ( 近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu ): the White Patches Attached ( 夾白, Jiābái ) and the Goldfish ( 金魚, Jīnyú ).

Dorado ( Chinese astronomy )

In Chinese astronomy, the stars of Delphinus are located within the Black Tortoise of the North ( 北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ ).

Delphinus ( Chinese astronomy )

In Chinese astronomy, the stars that correspond to Equuleus are located within the Black Tortoise of the North ( 北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ ).

In Chinese astronomy, the stars that correspond to Fornax are located within the White Tiger of the West ( 西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ ).

* Fornax ( Chinese astronomy )

The English sinologist Cullen emphasizes the point that there was no concept of a round Earth in ancient Chinese astronomy:

The Chinese applied the use of double-piston bellows to pump petrol out of a single cylinder ( with an upstroke and a downstroke ), lit at the end by a slow-burning gunpowder match to fire a continuous stream of flame ( as referred to in the Wujing Zongyao manuscript of 1044 AD ).

Originally formed by the stream of business expansions from Monterey Park ( now a heavily mainland Chinese enclave ), which is the undisputed " Chinatown " of Los Angeles, Rowland Heights has become an area comparable to a " Chinatown " by itself largely populated by Taiwanese.

Philosophical Taoism or Daoism ( 道家 ; Dàojiā ; Tao-chia ; " School of the Way ") developed into the second most significant stream of Chinese thought.

An average of two to five fortress villages in a small valley along a mountain stream, known in local Chinese as gou, make up a village cluster ( cun ).

In their 1982 book Cosmic Serpent ( page 155 ) Victor Clube and Bill Napier reproduce an ancient Chinese catalogue of cometary shapes from the Mawangdui Silk Texts, which includes a swastika-shaped comet, and suggest that some of the comet drawings were related to the breakup of the progenitor of Encke and the Taurid meteoroid stream.

Later in the year, Wah Yan Middle School was re-established as the Chinese stream of the College.

In 1950 the Chinese stream of the College was closed down.

Mamenchisaurus means ' Mamenchi lizard ', from the Chinese Pinyin mǎ ( 马 ' horse ') and mén ( 门 ' gate '), while chi is a transliteration of xī ( 溪 ' stream ' or ' brook '), combined with the suffix-saurus ( from Greek sauros meaning ' lizard ').

Chinese artillery fire caused a steady stream of casualties upon the western soldiers.

The Chinese name Tsak Yue Chung ( 鰂魚涌 ) reveals it was a small stream where crucian carp ( 鰂魚 ) could be found.

The Chinese name, 水坑口 ( Shui Hang Hau ), means the mouth of water trench, reflecting the mouth of a stream from Victoria Peak.

It is a pedestrian bridge that spans a mill stream on the River Great Ouse and is, as the name suggests, built in an ostensibly Chinese style.

The Chinese stream was phased out in 1986.

Today the organization provides services ranging from social services, training in personal and commercial conflict issues and mediation, preserving Chinese Culture as well as helping Chinese Americans to integrate well with main stream groups, being involved with Chinese-American interests, engages in charity events, sponsorships to educational related activities, and advocate for small businesses.

Chinese chronicles proclaim that in the 8th century, Chenla was split into land Chenla and water Chenla.

Independently, the Chinese developed their own advanced water clocks （ 水鐘 ） in 725 A. D., passing their ideas on to Korea and Japan.

Panfried water chestnut cake ( 馬蹄糕 ), a type of Chinese gao dessert

The trend is similarly evident in industries such as soft drink and bottled water manufacturing, as well as global cocoa, chocolate, and sugar confectionery manufacturing, forecast to grow by 5. 7 % and 10. 0 % respectively during 2008 in response to soaring demand in Chinese and Southeast Asian markets.

The history of Chinese inks can be traced back to the 18th century BC, with the utilization of natural plant ( plant dyes ), animal, and mineral inks based on such materials as graphite that were ground with water and applied with ink brushes.

In Hong Kong's cha chaan tengs (" Chinese diner ") and Southeast Asia's kopi tiams (" coffee shop "), macaroni is cooked in water and then washed of starch, and served in clear broth with ham or frankfurter sausages, peas, black mushrooms, and optionally eggs, reminiscent of noodle soup dishes.

Daoshi act as interpreters of the principles of Yin-Yang 5 elements ( fire, water, soil, wood, and metal p. 53 ) school of ancient Chinese philosophy, as they relate to marriage, death, festival cycles, and so on.

This text also mentioned the use of the first known multistage rocket, the ' fire-dragon issuing from the water ' ( huo long chu shui ), used mostly by the Chinese navy.

Tonyukuk was a " guardian of Türk values " and rejected Taoism and Buddhism as unsuitable to a people of warriors, advising the Turks to " follow the water and the grass " ( i. e. to adhere to their nomadic lifestyle ) to avoid annexation by the Chinese Empire, as they numbered " less than a hundredth part of the Chinese ".

Among the green leafy vegetables that are usually eaten raw in the meal or as a side dish in Thailand, the most important are: Phak bung ( morning-glory ), hōrapha ( Thai basil ), bai bua bok ( Asian pennywort ), phak kachēt ( water mimosa ), phak kat khao ( Chinese cabbage ), kra thin Thai ( ipil-ipil ), phak phai ( Praew leaves ), phak kayang ( Rice Paddy Herb ), phak chī farang ( Eryngium foetidum ), phak tiu ( Cratoxylum formosum ), phak " phaai " ( Yellow Burr Head ) and kalampī ( cabbage ).

* The Song Dynasty Chinese engineer Qiao Wei innovates the first known use of the double-gated canal pound lock for adjusting different water levels in segments of the Grand Canal of China.

* Zhang Sixun, a Chinese astronomer and engineer, employs the use of liquid mercury in order for the escapement mechanism of his astronomical clock to function and for metal parts not to rust by using hydraulics ( water ) or to freeze in winter.

Many pieces of carved furniture dating from the 18th century — in particular, mirror frames — depict rocks, shells, and dripping water in their composition, frequently in association with Chinese figures and pagodas.

The Chinese character for fǎ denotes a meaning of " fair ", " straight " and " just ", derived from its water radical.

The water pipe employed since the Qing dynasty can be divided into two types: the homemade bamboo bong commonly made and used by country people, and a more elegant metal version employed by Chinese merchants, urbanites, and nobility.

Male deer of all species ( except the Chinese water deer ) and also female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year.

**** Chinese water deer ( Hydropotes inermis )

By the 2nd century AD, during the Han Dynasty, the Chinese also used chain pumps that lifted water from lower elevation to higher elevation.

Plumbing originated during ancient civilizations such as the Greek, Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese cities as they developed public baths and needed to provide potable water and drainage of wastes, for larger numbers of people.

This allowed ships to wait within a gated space while the water could be drained to appropriate levels ; the Chinese also built roofed hangars over the space to add further protection for the ships.

Chinese engineers built a dam to divert the Wen River to the southwest in order to feed 60 % of its water north into the Grand Canal, with the remainder going south.

The traditional Chinese response of building higher and higher levees along the banks sometimes also contributed to the severity of the floods: When flood water did break through the levees, it could no longer drain back into the river bed as it would after a normal flood as the river bed was sometimes now higher than the surrounding countryside.

In the last decade, demand for manta gill rakers — the tough, cartilaginous structures protecting the gills and straining plankton from the water — has been growing in Traditional Chinese Medicine practices, although the remedy calling for dried gill rakers has not been shown to be traditional.