Lian may refer to:
Fiction
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Gao Lian (''Water Margin''), a character in the ''Water Margin'' series of novels
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Lian the Great
Lian or Lien the Great () was a figure in Chinese mythology. In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', Sima Qian's account of the origins of the House of Ying states that he was one of Fei the Great's two sons, along with Ruomu. He is said to be ...
(, ''Dalian''), a figure in Chinese mythology
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Jia Lian
''Dream of the Red Chamber'' (''Honglou Meng'') or ''The Story of the Stone'' (''Shitou Ji'') is a novel composed by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. One of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, it is known for ...
, a character in the novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''
People
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Lian (given name) Lian is a given name, and may refer to:
Given Name
* Gao Lian (dramatist) (16th century), Chinese writer
* Hu Lien (1907–1977), Chinese general
* Ju Lian (1828–1904), Chinese painter
* Lian Ann Tan (born 1947), Chinese Singaporean chess master ...
, a list of people with this given name
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Lian (surname)
Lian/Lien (wiktionary:連, 連/wiktionary:连, 连), (wiktionary:廉, 廉) is a Chinese language, Chinese surname.
Origin 連
The Chinese Lian (wiktionary:連, 連) family originated from the Gaoxin (高辛) family, Lianao (連敖) of Chu (state ...
(連 and 廉), Chinese surname
Places
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Lian, Batangas
Lian, officially the Municipality of Lian ( tgl, Bayan ng Lian), is a 3rd class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 5 ...
, a municipality in the province of Batangas in the Philippines
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Lian, Iran
Lian ( fa, ليان, also Romanized as Līān) is a village in Baraan-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Per ...
, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran
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Lian, Norway
Lian is a recreational area located west of the city centre of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is situated on the border between the neighborhood of Byåsen and the forested area of Bymarka. The site came into popular recreational use i ...
, a recreational area located in the border between Bymarka and Byåsen in Trondheim, Norway
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Lian (station)
Lian Station is the terminus of Gråkallbanen, the remaining part of the Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway. The Lian terminus serves as the main access point to the city's largest recreational area, Bymarka, which is west of Byåsen
Byåse ...
, the terminus of Gråkallbanen
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Lian Island
Lian Island () is the largest island in Lianyun District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China. The island is located inside Haizhou Bay in the Yellow Sea. It is long from east to west across the island and it has an area of . 80% of the island is covered ...
, the largest island in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China
Other
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Lian Ensemble Lian Ensemble is a Persian classical music ensemble based in Los Angeles, California, USA.
History
The Lian Ensemble was established in 1996 by Pirayeh Pourafar, Houman Pourmehdi. The group has performed throughout the U.S. and internationally. ...
, a Persian classical music ensemble
See also
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Chuu-Lian
Chuu-Lian Terng () is a Taiwanese-American mathematician. Her research areas are differential geometry and integrable systems, with particular interests in completely integrable Hamiltonian partial differential equations and their relations to di ...
, a Taiwanese-American mathematician
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Kim-Lian
Kim-Lian van der Meij (born 1 October 1980 in Beverwijk) is a Dutch musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter.
Biography
Kim-Lian comes from a musical family. Both her parents were professional dancers. Kim-Lian won a number of dance co ...
(born 1980), Dutch musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter
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