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- Chiwen abstract "Chiwen (Chinese: 螭吻; pinyin: chīwěn; Wade–Giles: ch'ih-wen; literally: "hornless-dragon mouth", Chi Wen) is a chinese dragon, and one of the 9 sons of the dragon in Chinese mythology. He is depicted in imperial roof decorations and other ornamental motifs in traditional Chinese architecture and art.This Chinese dragon name chiwen 螭吻 compounds chi 螭 "hornless dragon; young dragon" and wen 吻 "(animal's) mouth; lips; kiss". Chishou 螭首 and Chitou 螭頭 (both literally meaning "hornless-dragon head") are related architectural ornaments or waterspouts, comparable with Western gargoyles. Chiwen and Chishou are not the character in chinese mythology.Chiwen 螭吻 is alternatively written chiwen 鴟吻 ("owl mouth"), using the homophonous Chinese character chi 鴟 "owl; sparrowhawk; bird of prey". The chiwei 鴟尾 ("owl tail") and chimeng 鴟甍 ("owl roof-ridge") are additional birdlike roof decorations.The chiwen is listed second or third among the Long sheng jiuzi 龍生九子 ("dragon gives birth to nine young"), Nine Dragons (Chinese: 九龙; pinyin: jiǔlóng), which are tranditional mythology creatures and become traditional Chinese fengshui architectural decorations. Each one of those creatures have a protective function. The Nine dragon are also used in many place names, such as Kowloon (nine dragon in Cantonese), in Hong Kong, but also numerous lakes, rivers or hamlets in mainland China.According to the Ming Dynasty Wuzazu 五雜俎 (tr. Visser 1913:101), "The ch'i-wen, which like swallowing, are placed on both ends of the ridgepoles of roofs (to swallow all evil influences)."Welch describes chiwen as "the dragon who likes 'to swallow things'".This is the fish-like, hornless dragon with a very truncated body and large, wide mouth usually found along roof ridges (as if swallowing the roof beams). His presence on roofs is also said to guard against fires. A paragraph in the Tang dynasty book Su Shi Yan Yi (苏氏演义) by Su E (苏鹗) says that a mythical sea creature called the chi wen [sic] was put on the roofs of buildings during the Han dynasty to protect the structures from fire hazards. This dragon is still found on the roofs of traditional Chinese homes today, protecting the inhabitants from fires. (2008:122-3) In Fengshui theory, a chiwen or chiwei supposedly protects against not only fire, but also flood and typhoon.The Japanese language borrowed these names for architectural roof decorations as Sino-Japanese vocabulary. Shibi 鴟尾 "ornamental roof-ridge tile" is more commonly used than chifun 螭吻 or shifun 鴟吻. In Japanese mythology, the Shachihoko 鯱 "a mythical fish with a carp's arched tail, tiger's head, and dragon's scales" roof decoration is believed to cause rain and protect against fire. This 鯱 is a kokuji "Chinese character invented in Japan" that can also be read shachi for "orca".".
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- Chiwen wikiPageExternalLink dragon_in_china_and_japan.txt.
- Chiwen wikiPageExternalLink ninedragonscroll.htm.
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- Chiwen wikiPageRevisionID "645187520".
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink 9_sons_of_the_dragon.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_architectural_history.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_architecture.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_culture.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_dragons.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chinese_words_and_phrases.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Chi_(mythology).
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- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Compound_(linguistics).
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Feng_shui.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Fengshui.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Gargoyle.
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- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Imperial_roof_decoration.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Japanese_language.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Japanese_mythology.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Kanji.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Killer_whale.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Kokuji.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Mainland_China.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Ming_Dynasty.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Ming_dynasty.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Nagoya_Castle.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Nine_Dragons.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Nine_sons_of_the_dragon.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Orca.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Shachihoko.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Shibi_(roof_tile).
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Sino-Japanese_vocabulary.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Taiwan.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Taiwan_Confucian_Temple.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:_鯱.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:吻.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:螭.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLink Wikt:鴟.
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLinkText "Chiwen".
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLinkText "chiwen".
- Chiwen wikiPageWikiLinkText "fish".
- Chiwen c "九龙".
- Chiwen c "螭吻".
- Chiwen hasPhotoCollection Chiwen.
- Chiwen l "hornless-dragon mouth".
- Chiwen p "chīwěn".
- Chiwen p "jiǔlóng".
- Chiwen w "ch'ih-wen".
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- Chiwen subject Category:Chinese_architectural_history.
- Chiwen subject Category:Chinese_architecture.
- Chiwen subject Category:Chinese_culture.
- Chiwen subject Category:Chinese_dragons.
- Chiwen subject Category:Chinese_words_and_phrases.
- Chiwen hypernym Dragon.
- Chiwen type Article.
- Chiwen type Person.
- Chiwen type Art.
- Chiwen type Article.
- Chiwen comment "Chiwen (Chinese: 螭吻; pinyin: chīwěn; Wade–Giles: ch'ih-wen; literally: "hornless-dragon mouth", Chi Wen) is a chinese dragon, and one of the 9 sons of the dragon in Chinese mythology. He is depicted in imperial roof decorations and other ornamental motifs in traditional Chinese architecture and art.This Chinese dragon name chiwen 螭吻 compounds chi 螭 "hornless dragon; young dragon" and wen 吻 "(animal's) mouth; lips; kiss".".
- Chiwen label "Chiwen".
- Chiwen sameAs Chīwěn.
- Chiwen sameAs チ吻.
- Chiwen sameAs m.04n2ydy.
- Chiwen sameAs Q758019.
- Chiwen sameAs Q758019.
- Chiwen sameAs 螭吻.
- Chiwen wasDerivedFrom Chiwen?oldid=645187520.
- Chiwen isPrimaryTopicOf Chiwen.