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Wutong Township
Wutong may refer to: Mythology * Wutong Shen, a group of five sinister deities from southern China ** The Wutong Spirits, a ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio ''Liaozhai zhiyi'', sometimes shortened to ''Liaozhai'', known in English as ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio'' or ''Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio'', is a collection of Classical Chinese stories by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling, ...'' story based on the Wutong Shen ** Another Wutong Spirit, another ''Strange Tales'' story Plants *'' Firmiana simplex'', or the Chinese parasol tree *'' Platanus × acerifolia'', known in China as the French wutong, or simply wutong Places * Wutong, Yongzhou (), a subdistrict and the seat of Lengshuitan District in Yongzhou City, China * Wutong, Tongxiang, a subdistrict and the seat of Tongxiang City in Zhejiang Province, China * Wutong Mountain (), a mountain in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China {{disambiguation, geo, plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wutong Shen
Wutong Shen (五通神) or Wulang Shen (五郎神) are a group of five sinister deities from the southern region of China. Their cult began in the Tang dynasty and are usually depicted as one-legged demons. By nature wanton and lascivious, the Wutong often disguised themselves as handsome gentlemen to seduce unsuspecting and vulnerable women. Women who were ravished or possessed by these creatures lost consciousness and endured painful fits and convulsions lasting for days, even weeks, which often brought them to the brink of death. As a controversial deity Wutong are gods of sudden and undeserved wealth, who granted money to husbands in exchange for their wives’ favors. However, the slightest offense would cause the spirits to repossess whatever largesse they had granted. In 1685, Tang Bin 湯斌 (1627–1687), the governor of the province of Jiangsu, undertook the destruction of the Wutong temples at Suzhou, the provincial capital, and then throughout the entire province, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wutong Spirits
"The Wutong Spirits" () is a short story by Pu Songling first published in ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio''. It follows locals in Southern China who are terrorised by one of the Wutong Shen, a group of five malevolent spirits. The antagonist reappears in the following ''Strange Tales'' story titled "Another Wutong Spirit". Plot The Wutong Shen, Wutong that roams regions as Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the southern counterpart of the northern fox spirit. Unlike the fox, however, the Wutong is far less easy to exorcise. This allows him to forcibly impose himself upon women, with their parents and husbands unable to defend them. One night, Yan (), the wife of Wu County, Wu pawnbroker Zhao Hong (), is raped by a Wutong spirit named "Fourth Master" (), who tells her that he will return in five days. Zhao learns of his wife's ordeal, after returning home from work, but is both too afraid and ashamed to do anything. Fourth Master returns on the fifth day, this time with two of his brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio
''Liaozhai zhiyi'', sometimes shortened to ''Liaozhai'', known in English as ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio'' or ''Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio'', is a collection of Classical Chinese stories by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling, comprising close to 500 stories or "marvel tales" in the ''zhiguai'' and ''chuanqi'' styles, which according to some critics, served to implicitly criticise societal problems. Written in the late 1600s, its earliest publication date is given as 1740. Since then, many of the critically lauded stories have been adapted for other media such as film and television. Publication history Pu is believed to have completed the majority of the tales sometime in 1679, when he wrote the preface to the anthology, though he could have added entries as late as 1707. However, according to Chinese scholar Zhang Peiheng (), the original ''Liaozhai'' comprised eight volumes, the earliest and latest of which were completed around 1681 and 1707 to 1714 respect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Wutong Spirit
"Another Wutong Spirit" () is a short story by Pu Songling first published in ''Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio'' and whose titular antagonist first appears in another ''Strange Tales'' story titled "The Wutong Spirits". In "Another Wutong Spirit", a scholar falls in love with a dragon princess and enlists her help to get rid of a sinister spirit tormenting his niece. Plot A Suzhou scholar named Jin () is visited one night by a beautiful lady named Xia () and her housemaid. Lady Xia offers to keep Jin company but he declines because he is both fearful that she might be a demon and worried that his reputation would suffer if she were a neighbour's daughter instead. After the housemaid takes her leave of her mistress, Lady Xia cajoles Jin into making love with her. The maid later returns to fetch her and the duo exit into the forest; henceforth, Lady Xia visits Jin nightly. One night, Jin tries to stalk her home, by following the light emitted from her luminescent pearl bracelet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firmiana Simplex
''Firmiana simplex'', commonly known as the Chinese parasol tree, Chinese parasoltree, or wutong (), is an ornamental plant of tree size assigned to the family Malvaceae that was formerly in the family Sterculiaceae in the order Malvales, and is native to Asia. It grows up to tall. Description It has alternate, deciduous leaves up to 30 cm (12 inches) across and small fragrant, greenish-white flowers borne in large inflorescences. A flowering tree varies in fragrance with weather and time of the day, having a lemony odor with citronella and chocolate tones. A tall, stately specimen grows in the botanical garden in Florence, Italy. Bumble bees and Giant Mason Bees readily visit the flowers in Maryland, U.S. People grow this tree as an ornamental in warm regions of North America. Uses Due to its sonic properties, the wood is used for the soundboards of several Chinese instruments, including the ''guqin'' and ''guzheng''. According to an article in the journal ''Nature'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platanus × Acerifolia
''Platanus'' × ''acerifolia'', ''Platanus'' × ''hispanica'', or hybrid plane, is a tree in the genus ''Platanus''. It is often known by the Synonym (taxonomy), synonym London plane, or London planetree. It is usually thought to be a Hybrid (biology), hybrid of ''Platanus orientalis'' (oriental plane) and ''Platanus occidentalis'' (American sycamore). Some authorities think that it may be a cultivar of ''P. orientalis''. Description The London plane is a large deciduous tree growing , exceptionally over tall, with a trunk up to or more in circumference. The Bark (botany), bark is usually pale grey-green, smooth and exfoliating, or buff-brown and not exfoliating. The leaf, leaves are thick and stiff-textured, broad, palmately lobed, superficially maple-like, the leaf blade long and broad, with a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The young leaves in spring are coated with minute, fine, stiff hairs at first, but these wear off and by late summer the leaves are hairless or n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wutong, Yongzhou
Wutong () is a subdistrict and the seat of Lengshuitan District in Yongzhou Prefecture-level City, Hunan, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... The subdistrict is located in the middle southwest portion of Lengshuitan District and was formed in January 2003, it has an area of with a population of 43,699 (as of 2010 censusthe population of 2010 census in Wutong Subdistrict, according to the ''History of Lengshuitan District'' - 冷水滩区历史沿革, sexzqh.org (2016-01-11)/ref>). In 2015, the subdistrict was divided into 3 communities, its seat is at ''Wutong Community'' ().''Introduction of Wutong Subdistrict'' - 梧桐街道办事处简介: seLengshuitan.gov.cn (2015-9-14) also selstnews.cn/ref> References External linksOfficial website of Wutong Subdistr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tongxiang
Tongxiang City () is a county-level city, part of Jiaxing, in northern Zhejiang Province, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the north. It had a population of 1,029,754 as of the 2020 census even though its built-up (''or metro'') area is smaller. Nevertheless, as the city is expanding east quickly, its now nearly conurbated with Jiaxing built-up (or metro) area by Xiuzhou District. Tongxiang was the birthplace of 20th-century novelist and cultural critic Mao Dun. The scenic town of Wuzhen is part of Tongxiang. Administration Tongxiang administers three subdistrict, nine towns and one township. * Wutong Subdistrict (梧桐街道), seat of the administration * Fengming Subdistrict (凤鸣街道) * Longxiang Subdistrict (龙翔街道) * Gaoqiao Subdistrict (高桥街道) * Puyuan Town (濮院镇) * Tudian Town (屠甸镇) * Heshan Town (河山镇) *Wuzhen Town (乌镇镇) * Shimen Town (石门镇) * Dama Town (大麻镇) * Chongfu Town (崇福镇) * Zhouquan Town (洲泉镇) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
