dragon ✓

leaping up (animal)

motif

auspicious cloud

Fire

dragon pearl

cloud motif

cloud

holding something

robe

imperial portrait

motif of waves crashing against tall peaked rocks

scarf used to tie around the waist

decorative object worn on ears

court hat

shoes

great waves

court dress

standing (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

riding the clouds

clouds of five colours

hat

formal dress

dragon robe

ornament at the top of a hat

accessories (dress and personal adornment)

attendant

ornament at the front of a hat

eight treasures

head jewellery

cupping one hand in the other before the chest

tree

emperor

water waves

vines entwined around flowers

sitting with feet touching the ground

upper garment

cape

throne

imaginary vehicle drawn by animal

personal mount

imperial honoured consort

animal motif

lotus

beard (human face)

spreading wings (animal)

The Classic of Mountains and Seas

battle helmet

horse

phoenix

cushion

bringing palms together

tiger

blossom

making up

riding a dragon (achieving immortality)

barefoot

girdle

rivers

rock

character 'shou' motif

facial ornament

footrest

guardsmen brigade

coloured ribbon

sitting (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

commander-general

twelve symbols

lower garment

winter clothes

lion

sun

human figure

golden pheasant

headkerchief

large army flag

mouth open (animal)

imperial bodyguard

snake

bovine

flag (official procession)

summer clothes

pine tree

palace

vehicle

alms-bowl

snapped twig

wheel

hair worn in a burn or coil

thickly growing plants

trousers

bottle gourd

swastika motif

roof

fish (general)

bat

moon

weaponry

arhat

canopy (official procession)

walking on water (imaginary transport)

seated meditation

Qu Yuan

treasure

hat and headcloth

bracelet

motif derived from the character 'hui'

rug

fan (official procession)

long narrow banner (official procession)

kneeling down and stretching both arms to the ground with the head touching the feet of the venerable

Sudhana

holding in both hands

Lord of the River

water bottle

halo behind a figure

armour

dog

hare

zodiacal animal

chicken

monkey

pig

implement of dharma

goat-antelope

shore

jar

auspicious beast

walking stick

scroll

Five Hundred Arhats

cart or carriage compartment

walking (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

unadorned naturally hanging hair

blooming of flowers

tree peony

whirlpool motif

turning head (animal)

leaf

skirt

coiled-dragon coat

eaves

pillar

incense burner

leaving one's coat or shirt unbuttoned

bow-string motif

chrysanthemum

official

boots

Subduer of Dragons

riding a horse

fish

arrow

bow

female attendant

rain

sword

tablet held by official in audience

mouse and rat

chair

kāṣāya

low-saturation blue-green cliff rock

kneeling (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

flower roundel

passion flower pattern

frame of the main motif

scroll foliage

standing (animal)

prayer beads

belt plaque

running (animal)

necklace of precious stones

garden rock

balustrade

beast head

reed wind instrument of vertical pipes

salute

flight of steps

pillar and plinth

foundation of a building

storied building and pavilion

plant motif

woman in the imperial palace

court necklace consisting of one hundred and eight beads

Qi of Xia

playing music

halo

washing bowl

watching

gathering

wind

chen (Earthly Branches)

explanation of dharma

horsetail whisk

serving tray

travel by a conveyance

canopy of a vehicle

head (human body)

heavenly deities

belt end

clumps of green plants

cliff face

water flow

accessories worn on the waist

glossy fungus

Chinese character

Dragon Maiden

baby

holding in arms

cowl-like winter hat

Guanyin the Bringer of Sons

swimming (animal)

clumps of flowers

ridge of a roof

prince's residence

regimental commander

earl

marquis

duke

vanguard brigade

Sanskrit

music performed at the orderly return of triumphant troops or the imperial return to the palace

triumphant return

pair of phoenixes

empress or empress dowager's procession

governor-general

provincial governor

regional commander

provincial military commander

imperial field headquarters

sericultural ceremony of the empress

music performed at the sericultural ceremony of the empress

cross flute

sacrificial rite (Confucianism)

music performed at the sacrificial rite and other major state occasions

dance performed at the sacrificial rite and a major state occasion

scholar

dougong brackets

holding a scroll

tiled floor

table

wave motif

imperial boat

shaved head

young woman of an official's family

hairstyle

hat with a red tassel

female immortal

Subduer of Tigers

cattail mat

fight

Nezha

qian-kun ring

Zhurong

auspicious deer

eight trigrams

white hare

Taiji

animal (myth)

drum

vertical bamboo flute

driving a vehicle

creature with a beast head and a human body

bird (general)

fog

dense cloud

wei (Earthly Branches)

mao (Earthly Branches)

shen (Earthly Branches)

zi (Earthly Branches)

si (Earthly Branches)

you (Earthly Branches)

hai (Earthly Branches)

wu (Earthly Branches)

xu (Earthly Branches)

yin (Earthly Branches)

chou (Earthly Branches)

incense burner with a handle

statue

Buddhist assembly

wading

monk's staff

bamboo hat

fossil

harness

cliff rock

peak

feather

sculpture

flying apsaras

bodhisattva

Neptune

image of a deity

mountain

bamboo

branch

Fei Changfang

medicine seller turning a walking stick into a dragon

pot

flower bud

petal

Emperor Xuanzong of Ming

palace maid

painted screen

bank

rock on a slope

single-edged sword

cliff

basket

houseboy

plate

Daoist immortal

long narrow banner attached to a spearhead pole (official procession)

mountain spring

pigweed walking stick

Chinese parasol tree

low table

courtyard

rose

beasts

vajra warriors

brocade pattern

beast clenching a ring

woman

saddle

butterfly

poling a boat

shouldering the load suspended from each end of a carrying pole

man

yin and yang

banana leaf pattern

pagoda

Buddhist scriptures and texts

cape

inkstone

immortal crane

an undergarment covering the chest and abdomen

royal ease

children's hairstyle

imperial garden

window

enclosing wall

spray

Western-style multi-storied building

fountain

sky

chief executive official in a princely establishment

imperial procession guard

viscount

baron

first rank (civil official)

vice commander-in-chief

second rank (civil official)

first rank (military official)

defender general of the state

commander-in-chief

empress dowager

prince by blood

Bordered Yellow Banner

Plain White Banner

official robe embroidered with gold designs of pythons

consort-in-ordinary

imperial consort's procession

spittoon

Plain Yellow Banner

large flag at the inner gate of the imperial field headquarters

basket of flowers

pair of castanets

fan

Covert Eight Immortals

pheasant-feather dance prop

shield-shaped dance prop

imperial ceremonial dress

Buddhist monk

deer (general)

curtain

red-crowned crane

crab

imperial ancestral temple

wall

crewman

army flag

object motif

eighteen arhats

leaping (animal)

coat

sleeveless upper garment

fragrant pouch worn on the waist

winter hat

Daoist deity

jug

ancestral portrait

Sixteen Arhats

cross-legged sitting

posture of relaxation

performing magic arts

The Birth of Nezha

Ao Bing

Corpse of Geng of the Xia

chu-bird

Three-Faced people

Goumang

Ape-Strength

Rushou

Long-Thighs people

catching fish

When Ping Summons up the Rain

God of Rain

God Sent down Lord Yi

killing by shooting

Goddess of the Luo River

Hou Yi

Where Does the Bright God Hide

Ancient Beginning of Things

red crow

The River Earl

bell

panpipes

The Lord of the East

mirror

spirits of plants and animals (myth)

seven-stringed zither

Sun God (myth)

The Lesser Master of Fate

Lesser Master of Fate

dance prop

The Greater Master of Fate

Greater Master of Fate

The Lord within the Clouds

Lord of the Clouds

full moon

lotus leaf

lotus seat

white lotus flower

Nāgārjuna

Kapimala

sitting on a rock

pointing

running away (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

eminent monk

flying (animal)

wonder-working pearl (Seven Treasures)

turning head (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

Jiachen Spirit Named Meng Feiqing

Guanyin

riding (animal)

decorative coral

white elephant

peacock

cloth wrapper

shoulder pole

musical instrument

Emperor Gaozong of Qing

blue crown passion flower

mother and child (animal)

relationship between parents and children (animal)

dragon playing with the cub

Yao and Shun Had Those They Could Trust with Office

axe-shaped dance prop

dancer

archaic flute used as a dance prop

We Played the Nine Songs and Danced the Shao Dances

Prince Xingxian of Ming

The Goddess of the Xiang

The Lady of the Xiang

Consort Shao of Emperor Xianzong

sunlight

I Knelt on My Outspread Skirts and Poured My Plaint Out

Till I Came to Where Chonghua Was and Made My Plaint to Him

watercraft

sailing

holding a fan

deity (myth)

riding on a crane

playing a reed wind instrument of vertical pipes

feather fan

Far-off Journey

Empress Zhang the Wife of Emperor Xiaozong

Harness Flying Dragons to Be My Coursers

all peaks

mountain slope

Empress Xu the Wife of Emperor Chengzu

O Soul, Come Back, in the South You Cannot Stay

fox

non-Han ethnic group

li (eight trigrams)

zhen (eight trigrams)

kan (eight trigrams)

dui (eight trigrams)

kun (eight trigrams)

qian (eight trigrams)

gen (eight trigrams)

xun (eight trigrams)

Empress Xia the Wife of Emperor Wuzong

Empress Zhang the Wife of Emperor Renzong

wife

being hit by an arrow

snowpack

Crossing the River

Empress Wang the Wife of Emperor Xianzong

Empress Qian the Wife of Emperor Yingzong

Emperor Guangzong of Song

Emperor Xuanzu of Song

Consort Zhou of Emperor Yingzong

Nüying

twenty-five-stringed zither

Traversing the Blue Sky, I Was Wandering Freely

Ehuang

dance

club

In the Morning I Drank the Dew That Fell from the Magnolia

Empress Li the Wife of Emperor Zhenzong

Mulam ethnic minority

offering sacrifices to god

set of five coloured flags

stroking one's beard

encounter with Ananyagāmin Bodhisattva

other figures (Buddhism)

encounter with King Mahāprabhā

simurgh and phoenix

Wang Zheng

Lady Wang of Grand Perfection

red leaf

shrimp

aquatic animal

sea

dragons (Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings)

Nāga listening to the teachings of the Lotus Sutra in the Nāga Palace

Maya

bathtub

birth of Shakyamuni

lotus flowers blooming under baby Shakyamuni's feet

female musician

Maya giving birth to Shakyamuni under a tree

nine dragons bathing baby Shakyamuni

squatting on the heels (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

Shakyamuni Buddha

Bathing Buddha's Image

waters

Wang Xuanfu

qingjingshi pill

Wang Yuanfu and Deng Boyuan taking the qingjingshi pill

Deng Boyuan

Goddess of Lightning

lightning

Zhuanxu

All Keeping Close in Step, on and on We Galloped

divine tortoise

beating a drum

instrumental ensemble

playing a vertical bamboo flute

striking lithophone

stringed instrument

bamboo cross flute with both ends sealed

lithophone

flower container

ridgepole and main-beams

King Cheng of Zhou

partition board

virtuous official

cypress

holding a flower in one hand

distant mountain

Amitabha Sutra

dharma protector

offerings

uṣṇīṣa

raising the hands to the head in making obeisance

Buddhist donor

preaching mudrā

Amitābha

Pure Land

gesture of meditation

hair treasure

stand

vajra bell

vajra weapon with one prong at each end

cornucopia

Star Lord of Willow

hands and arms (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

thunderstorm

potted landscape

basin

liverworts and mosses

container for cut flowers

vitality

cracked ice motif

Chinese windmill palm

flowers in a vase

trunk

bamboo branch

fist-like rock

bamboo leaf

Symplocos sumuntia

winter jasmine

warm and radiant spring

lotus seedpod

precious fruit

fruits and vegetables

Chinese chestnut

water chestnut

maturation (fruit)

peach

lotus seeds

lotus root

bamboo walking stick

tall pine tree

arch bridge

two-handled cup

stamen

red plum blossom

Emperor Xizong of Ming

Concubine Liu of Emperor Guangzong

Consort Wang of Emperor Guangzong

Empress Guo the Wife of Emperor Guangzong

Emperor Guangzong of Ming

Consort Wang of Emperor Shenzong

Empress Wang the Wife of Emperor Shenzong

Emperor Shenzong of Ming

Consort Li of Emperor Muzong

Empress Chen the Wife of Emperor Muzong

Empress Li the Wife of Emperor Muzong

Emperor Muzong of Ming

Consort Du of Emperor Shizong

Empress Chen the Wife of Emperor Shizong

Emperor Shizong of Ming

Empress Sun the Wife of Emperor Xuanzong

Empress Wu the Wife of Emperor Gaozong

Emperor Lizong of Song

Emperor Ningzong of Song

hand towel

Empress Cao the Wife of Emperor Renzong

Emperor Taizu of Song

Empress Yang the Wife of Emperor Ningzong

Emperor Gaozong of Song

stars

Yu (chuan shuo)

clearing the way for the imperial entourage to return to the palace

flying flag

boat pole

flowerpot

gaily painted pleasure boat

potted flower

vermilion balustrade

gnarl

willow

mast of a boat

bridle

head ornament of a horse

horse finery

clearing the way for the imperial entourage to leave the palace

leaning on a balustrade

mountain path

shelf

articles for pet animals

white hawk

turning head (bird)

round fan

pond

reading the Buddhist scripture

incense box

brush for writing or painting

fleshy fruit

whale

Rhapsody on the Goddess of the Luo River (Cao Zhi)

mottled fish

paddling

imperial lake

dragon boat

oar

servant

roof animal figures

Three Offices

Officer of Water

Three Daoist Officers' inspection tour

Officer of Earth

dry land

suanni

qilin

imaginary traffic

Officer of Heaven

waterfall

huge rock

holding a staff

sunset hibiscus

round silk fan

cotton rose

autumn

plantain

water vat

washing the moon

lying prone (animal)

dragon scale

various blossoms

aquatic bird

terrestrial bird

lotus petal pattern

Buddha's hand citron

seal script

wrestling (animal)

strange rock

ring-necked pheasant

Occident

tiger skin

zigzag ribbon motif

Manchu script

island of immortals

mountain inhabited by immortals

common carp

endless knot (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

treasure elephant

tribute paid by a vassal state

sign of great peace

Western Regions

landscape

plum

flowers of four seasons

garden

perching (terrestrial bird)

clappers

football

porter

brookside kiosk

boating

houseboat

fish transforming into a dragon

decorated archway

shoal

snail

flock of cranes

hero double vase

bear

hawk

letter 'S' motif

nipple motif

'Phags-pa script

pestle and mortar

Lady in the Moon

praying for artistry

Double Seventh Festival (seventh evening of the seventh lunar month)

Lunar Palace

raft of domestic geese

resting by water (water bird)

flying downward (bird)

elephant

looking upward (bird)

tortoise-shell motif

God of Emolument

legendary sea horse

jewelled crown of buddha

nirmāna-buddha

two braided burn or coil on the top of the head

terrace of a building

door

Haiyan Tang

timepiece that announces correct time

miscellaneous trees

twelve double-hour periods

Plain Red Banner

Plain Blue Banner

Bordered Red Banner

Bordered White Banner

Bordered Blue Banner

mounted musketeer brigade

third rank (civil official)

fifth rank (civil official)

fourth rank (civil official)

member of the imperial nobility who encroaches on the eight privileges

beile

full blossom (flower)

gui pannier for offerings of grains

travelling gown

flag by the inner curtain wall

seventh rank (civil official)

prince

honoured consort

campstool

equipment (official procession)

Green Standards

tablet bearing the character 'ling'

flock of magpies

bamboo percussion instrument used to accompany chanting of folk tales

peach of immortality

music performed at the agricultural ceremony of the emperor

agriculture ceremony of the emperor

winnowing-basket-shaped musical instrument to keep time

realm of hell denizens

passerine (general)

torture

ghost jailer

cycle of rebirth

armour and battle helmet

tomb

mourning garments

cangue

death (human life)

torrent

Wheel of the Law

ranseur

beggar

holding a court trial

spike club

six realms of rebirth

cock

prostrating oneself (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

club (official procession)

soul

peasantry

official's gauze hat

artisan

city wall

merchant

future birth

King who Turns the Wheel of Rebirth

passing over a bridge

sutra story

doctrine (Buddhism)

The Ordinances of Heaven

dou stemmed cup for offerings of food

sacrifice to ancestors

jue goblet (ritual objects)

presenting offerings

ritual objects

sacrificial offerings

animal (sacrificial offerings)

candle

candlestick

palace lantern

Vermilion Bird

Black Tortoise

east

White Tiger

Green Dragon

north

south

west

scull

porthole

rowing a scull

memorial archway

flagpole

Water

house

fruit

filigree flowers placed in hair

portrait

collar band

metal headband

kerchief

summer hat

court girdle

Emperor Shizong of Qing

Jade Sovereign

Zhongyuan Festival (fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month)

conferring registers of ordination

common reed

Bodhidharma

wind-and-fire wheel

God of Thunder

implement (Daoism)

iron whip

blue sky

Marshal Wang

fabulous animal

continuous downpour

huge cliff rock

willow branch

grotto

bridge

Putuo Shan

Chaoyin Dong

Sunakṣatra

metamorphosis

state of being unclothed

Dulongguiyi

Qiao Lie Takes Refuge on Five Dragon Mountain; Gongsun Sheng Besieges the Hundred Valleys

chasing after

falling (animal)

Gongsun Sheng

warrior

Qiao Lie

Yuan Hong

Fire Attack on Panlong Ling

dragon tendon

removing dragon's tendon

trident

washing one's hands, face and feet

Mount Penglai

tortoise and turtle

Horn

light

official procession

presenting something to a superior

Aśvaghoṣa

hiding

dragon ascending

blue-green banner

Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings

Virūḍhaka

Jiazi Spirit Named Wang Wenqing

Dingsi Spirit Named Cui Shiqing

Jiawu Spirit Named Wei Shangqing

Dingwei Spirit Named Shi Shutong

Jiayin Spirit Named Ming Wenzhang

Dingchou Spirit Named Zhao Ziren

Jiaxu Spirit Named Zhan Zijiang

Dingyou Spirit Named Zang Wengong

Dinghai Spirit Named Zhang Wentong

Jiashen Spirit Named Hu Wenchang

Dingmao Spirit Named Sima Qing

brook

worshipping Buddha

bamboo grove

flatiron

carrying on back

practising according to and cleaving to a certain scripture

shouldering a load

hairdressing

beast skin

armrest

fabric

wish-granting sceptre

drinking utensil

stool

Consort Irgen Gioro of Emperor Gaozong

Consort Niohuru of Emperor Gaozong

Consort Wang of Emperor Gaozong

Honoured Consort Daijia of Emperor Gaozong

Honoured Consort Barin of Emperor Gaozong

Honoured Consort Lu of Emperor Gaozong

Consort Yehe Nara of Emperor Gaozong

Empress Weijia the Wife of Emperor Gaozong

Honoured Consort Jinjia of Emperor Gaozong

Honoured Consort Su of Emperor Gaozong

Honoured Consort Gaojia of Emperor Gaozong

Empress Fuca the Wife of Emperor Gaozong