Yinglong
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Yinglong is a winged dragon and rain deity in ancient Chinese mythology.
Yinglong illustration from the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Ancient tomb painting of Fuxi and Nüwa
Great Flood (China)
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The Great Flood of Gun-Yu, also known as the Gun-Yu myth, was a major flood in ancient China that allegedly continued for at least two generations, which resulted in great population displacements amo
Emperor Yao. Inscription reads: "The Emperor Yao, Fang Xun, was humane like Heaven itself, and wise like a divine being; to be near him was like approaching the sun, to look at him was like gazing into clouds".
Emperor Shun performs divination in the palace, with Yu present
Yu the Great and his human and chelonian associates, fighting the flood. Relief outside the Water Resources and Hydro Power Lab, Wuhan University (2005)
The Xihe brothers receive orders from emperor Yao to organise the calendar