For example: in Africa, the bronze heads of the Kingdom of Benin ; in Europe, Grecian bronzes typically of figures from Greek mythology ; in east Asia, Chinese bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasty — more often ceremonial vessels but including some figurine examples.

However, in Chinese mythology, there are other stories about Guanyin's origins that are not directly related to Avalokiteśvara.

Despite this there are many variants of the story in Chinese mythology.

* Chinese mythology

In Chinese mythology ( cosmology ), there were originally ten suns in the sky, who were all brothers.

The Deity of the Sun in Chinese mythology is Ri Gong Tai Yang Xing Jun ( Tai Yang Gong / Grandfather Sun ) or Star Lord of the Solar Palace, Lord of the Sun.

In Chinese mythology, a carving of a Tree of Life depicts a phoenix and a dragon ; the dragon often represents immortality.

In Chinese mythology, there is a love story of Qi Xi () in which Niu Lang (, Altair ) and his two children ( β and γ Aquilae ) are separated from their mother Zhi Nü (, lit.

Though the qilin (), a creature in Chinese mythology, is sometimes called " the Chinese unicorn ", it is a hybrid animal that looks less unicorn than chimera, with the body of a deer, the head of a lion, green scales and a long forwardly-curved horn.

* Qilin ( unicorn-like creature in Chinese mythology )

Animalistic guardian spirits of day and night wearing Han Chinese clothing | Chinese robes, Han Dynasty Chinese paintings | paintings on ceramic tile ; Michael Loewe writes that the Hybrid ( mythology ) | hybrid of man and beast in art and religious beliefs predated the Han and remained popular during the first half of Western Han and the Eastern Han.

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* Ao ( turtle ), a creature in Chinese mythology

Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore.

* Zulong () or Zhuyin () was a giant red draconic solar deity in Chinese mythology.

* Chinese mythology

* Fish in Chinese mythology

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Despite its Taishan ( Toisan ) background, there are various colorful stories about its origin, which Davidson ( 1999 ) characterizes as " culinary mythology ": Some say it was invented by Chinese immigrant cooks working on the transcontinental railroad in the 19th century.

* East Sea ( Chinese mythology ), a sea in Chinese mythology

* Pan Lei, Chinese scholar and mathematician

* August 15 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier ( b. 1940 )

The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum ( Chinese: 李鄭屋古墓 ) is composed of a brick tomb ( E. Han or slightly later ) and of an exhibition hall adjacent to it.

* Louie ( surname ), a Taishanese variation of the Chinese surname Lei ()

* Lei ( surname ), a Chinese name

Although someone named Lei Feng probably existed, the accounts of his life as depicted by Party propaganda are heavily disputed, leading him to become a source of cynicism and subject of derision among segments of the Chinese population.

Chinese leaders have praised Lei Feng as the personification of altruism.

The impossible details of Lei Feng's life according to official propaganda led him to become a subject of derision and cynicism among segments of the Chinese populace.

As John Fraser recalled, " Any Chinese I ever spoke to outside of official occasions always snorted about Lei Feng.

" In a 2012 interview with the New York Review of Books, Chinese dissident blogger Ran Yunfei remarked on the moral and educational implications of the Lei Feng campaigns, noting the counterproductive nature of teaching virtues with a fabricated character.

* Rai ( surname ) (, ), a Japanese surname derived from the Chinese Lei ()

On September 21, 2006, Chinese billionaires Duan Yongping ( Zhejiang University alumnus ) and Ding Lei ( Zhejiang native ) donated together a one-time endowment of 40 million US dollars to Zhejiang University.

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Numerous systems of kung fu include " Drunken Boxing " forms ( e. g. Choi Lei Fut and Drunken Monkey ), and the Taoist Eight Immortals are popular staples of Chinese culture and art.

The Book of Common Prayer is called 公禱書 in Chinese ( pinyin: Gong Dao Shu, Jyutping: Gung Tou Sy ).

* In the Chinese language, common era ( 公元 ， Gong yuan ) has been predominantly used to refer to the western calendar without any religious connotation.

The " Gong An story " （ 公案小说, literally ：" case records of a public law court "） is the earliest known genre of Chinese detective fiction.

Some well known stories include the Yuan Dynasty story Circle of Chalk ( Chinese: 灰闌記 ), the Ming Dynasty story collection Bao Gong An ( Chinese: 包公案 ) and the 18th century Di Gong An ( Chinese: 狄公案 ) story collection.

Stephen A. Kent analyzes and summarizes the use of the brainwashing meme by non-sociologists in the period 2000-2007, finding the term useful not only in the context of " New Religions / Cults ", but equally under the headings of " Teen Behavior Modification Programs ; Terrorist Groups ; Dysfunctional Corporate Culture ; Interpersonal Violence ; and Alleged Chinese Governmental Human Rights Violations Against Falun Gong ".

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* Zeng Gong, Chinese historian, travel writer, and poet

* Gong Di succeeds Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Western Wei Dynasty.

* Zeng Gong, Chinese historian and scholar ( d. 1083 )

* Zeng Gong, Chinese historian and scholar ( b. 1019 )

** Liu Gong, third emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty

Western academics have described Falun Gong as a qigong discipline, a " spiritual movement " based on the teachings of its founder, a " cultivation system " in the tradition of Chinese antiquity, and sometimes a religion or new religious movement.

Although the practice initially enjoyed considerable support from Chinese officialdom, by the mid-to late-1990s, the Communist Party and public security organs increasingly viewed Falun Gong as a potential threat due to its size, independence from the state, and spiritual teachings.

Human rights groups report that Falun Gong practitioners in China are subject to a wide range of human rights abuses ; hundreds of thousands are believed to have been imprisoned extrajudicially, and practitioners in detention are subject to forced labor, psychiatric abuse, torture, and other coercive methods of thought reform at the hands of Chinese authorities.

In the years since the suppression campaign began, Falun Gong adherents have emerged as a prominent voice in the Chinese dissident community, advocating for greater human rights and an end to Communist Party rule.

Falun Gong echoes traditional Chinese beliefs that humans are connected to the universe through mind and body, and Li seeks to challenge " conventional mentalities ", concerning the nature and genesis of the universe, time-space, and the human body.

The Falun Gong teachings use numerous untranslated Chinese religious and philosophical terms, and make frequent allusion to characters and incidents in Chinese folk literature and concepts drawn from Chinese popular religion, including such concepts as spirit possession.