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Post by Montezuma on Apr 17, 2022 19:49:31 GMT -5
Gaint Pandas are very unique animals to the chinese culture. The chinese revered them too much, and pandas are seen in such mythologies that we could'nt even imagine that. In fact, pandas have more significance place in chinese culture than the brown bear or black bear, so lets see!  |
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 17, 2022 19:53:29 GMT -5
"Pandas have become a symbol of China and they are really significant to the Chinese culture. From the eyes of the Chinese people, pandas are like warriors because of the qualities they possess."
"It has even been said that pandas are as strong as tigers. This proves that they are tough, like warriors, and China wants to be seen in that way as well. In addition to symbolizing strength, the panda also symbolizes peace and friendship because they have a gentle temperament and aren’t known for attacking others."
"Also, the black and white color of the panda is seen as the physical representation of Yin and Yang, and how the balance between these two bring about harmony and peace. Furthermore, pandas are significant to the Chinese people because they are seen as neighbors, since both Chinese people and pandas resided in China in the early ages of time."
"Many works of literature include the panda. This animal is also believed to have powers to combat evil spirits. Therefore, news of pandas being born is really exciting for the Chinese because the panda is really significant in both Chinese history and culture."
www.thedailychina.org/the-significance-of-the-panda/
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 17, 2022 20:03:41 GMT -5
"The Panda has appeared throughtout chinese historical texts called as mo, zouyu, quixipi, flowery bear, iron eating bear, bamboo bear."
"About 4000 years ago, two tribes fought in china in Henan province. On of the tribe's fiercess warrior was named quixipi. At that same time, another named leader Dayu recieved a panda skin after flood management."
"The panda became a symbol of status and achievment and was later used by emperors. Emperor Dowager Bo (170 bc) decided to be buried with a Panda's skull. The Emperor Hanwu (100 bc) estemmed pandas by making them one of his hunting animals. Emperor Tang Tangzoin (600 ad) held a 14 guest banquet with Panda pelts."
"The Panda also developed a symbol of friendship and peace. In became popular in historical chibese texts that they hurt or kill no animal or human in its neighbourhood and coexists peacefully. For example, in historical gesture, the emperor of Tang dynasty (618-907), send two live Pandas and many panda skins to Japan as a symbol of friendship and peace."
books.google.com.pk/books?id=VVU0CwAAQBAJ&printsec=copyright&source=gbs_pub_info_r#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 17, 2022 20:18:37 GMT -5
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Apr 18, 2022 4:36:11 GMT -5
/\ This article reminds me of Kung Fu Panda. While Kung Fu Panda is only cartoon, calling the main character named Po, a panda, the dragon warrior has similarities to the article above.
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 18, 2022 20:56:53 GMT -5
"Chinese people adored this gentle giant, regarding them as a symbol of peace. As such, they are offered as valuable gifts to royalty or politicians and a gesture of goodwill to foreign countries, till today. Considered symbols of strength and bravery, the early Chinese emperors kept them to ward off evil spirits and natural disasters and warriors were often compared to giant pandas."
Legend: The Panda and the Shepherdess or how Panda got the black marks
"How the Panda got his marks. Once upon a time a beautiful shepherdess called Dolma, lived in Wolong Valley, beloved by everyone for her kind heart. The shepherdess always took her sheep into the hills surrounding the valley and every day a young panda bear cub, back then known as beishung would join her flock. In those days pandas were all white so possibly the panda thought the sheep were other pandas.
However, one day the panda cub was gamboling with the sheep and lambs but suddenly a leopard attacked the panda. The shepherdess grabbed a big stick, and in turn attacked the leopard. The panda was able to escape from the jaws of the leopard but the leopard killed the beautiful young girl.
The other pandas heard of this terrible event and mourned the beautiful shepherdess who had saved the panda cub. They all came to her funeral and to show their respect they covered their arms with ashes, as was the custom at that time.
The funeral was a very sad affair and the pandas were overcome with grief and sadness.
They sobbed and wailed, sobbed and cried out in their painful sorrow, wiping their eyes with their paws. They cried so hard and their sadness was so loud that they covered their ears with their paws to block out the noise. Wherever they touched their white fur, the ashes stained their fur black.
That is why to this very day, all pandas bear the dark marks of the ashes on their fur in memory of the kind and loving shepherdess. The shepherdess’s three sisters also overcome with grief and sorrow, threw themselves into her grave. The earth rumbled and shook and a huge mountain sprang up from the grave. That mountains, still stands there today and is known as the Four Sisters’ Mountain (Siguniang). Each sister was transformed into one of its peaks, guarding and protecting the panda bears to this day."
www.earthstoriez.com/china-panda-history-mythology/
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 18, 2022 21:06:03 GMT -5
Tibetian Legend: How Pandas got their Black marks
"Long, long ago, the Giant Pandas lived in the high mountains of Tibet. Their fur was completely snow white. They were friends with young shepherdesses, who watched their flock in the mountains around their village. One day a mother and her cub were playing with the shepherdesses and their flock when a strong and hungry leopard attacked the cub. The shepherdesses tried to save the cub but were unsuccessful and the leopard killed them.
All the Giant Pandas in the area were very sad and held a memorial service for the shepherdesses and to remember their sacrifice for the cub. The local custom in the mountains was to cover your arms with ashes to honor the deceased. The Giant Pandas wept. They wiped their eyes with their paws, covered their ears to block the sounds of crying and hugged each other for comfort. The ashes blackened their fur. The Giant Pandas did not wash the black off their fur as a constant reminder of the girls.".
"It is written in the Annals, Biographies of Five Emperors, that 4000 years ago, Emperor Huang used to have pandas (pixiu – ancient name for the Giant Panda) for the purpose of fighting."
"Bai Juyi considered that pandas had mystical powers capable of making natural disaster go away or evil spirits disappear."
www.earthstoriez.com/china-panda-history-mythology/
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 18, 2022 21:15:54 GMT -5
"The famous Chinese historian Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty notes in Records of the Five Emperors, as early as 4000 years ago, a head of a tribe, called Huangdi, used tamed wild animals to defeat another tribe headed by Yandi at Banquan (now Zhulu County of Henan Province). Among these animals, there were tigers, leopards, bears and 貔貅 Pixiu."
"Giant Pandas were considered an animal that was brave and mighty as tigers and leopards; for that reason, ancient warriors were compared to Giant Pandas, whose name Pixiu was used to symbolize victory in all wars."
"It is also said, that people feared pandas and described them as metal-devouring black-and-white “tapirs.”
www.earthstoriez.com/china-panda-history-mythology/
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 18, 2022 21:22:36 GMT -5
"In the West Jin Dynasty (1700 years ago), Giant Panda was called 周瑜 Zhouyu. For it eats bamboo only, and does not hurt other animals, so it was seen as an “animal of justice’, that is, an animal of peace and friendliness.
When warring armies took to the battlefield, if one army raised a flag with an image of the Zhouyu, the battle would immediately be called to a halt and a temporary peace would ensue."
www.earthstoriez.com/china-panda-history-mythology/
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Post by Montezuma on Apr 20, 2022 20:48:41 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Jun 15, 2022 22:45:05 GMT -5
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