In Chinese mythology , Heluo fish ( simplified Chinese : 何罗鱼 ; traditional Chinese : 何羅魚 ; pinyin : Héluóyú ) and Zi fish ( simplified Chinese : 茈鱼 ; traditional Chinese : 茈魚 ; pinyin : Zǐyú ) are fish with one head and ten bodies.
5-520: Heluo may refer to: Heluo fish from Chinese mythology Heluo, Henan , town in Gongyi, Henan, China Heluo, Shandong , town in Laiyang, Shandong, China Hoklo people or Heluo people, a Han Chinese subgroup Hokkien or Heluo language Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-679: A dog, they all knew that it was a Heluo fish. Old Duo then explained the difference between the species: "One smells heavenly, and the other extremely foul." In the 16th century, Yang Shen wrote in Encomiums on Strange Fish ( 異魚圖贊 , 1544) that, just like the Kun fish (which can transform itself into a bird ), the Heluo fish can also change into a bird known as Xiujiu ( 休舊 ), notorious for stealing husked rice and falling into mortars, dead. The Xiujiu bird often shrieked as it flew by at night and unlike
15-585: Is a mountain called Mount Burnbright. The River Burning rises here and flows west to empty into the Great River . The River Burning contains many what-not fish [Heluo fish] with one head and ten bodies. They make a noise like a dog barking. If you eat them, they will cure cancerous growths. ...The River Limpid rises here and flows northeast to empty into the sea. This river contains many fine cowrie shells and numerous red-dye fish [Zi fish] which look like perch. They have one head and ten bodies, and they smell like
20-552: The scent-herb. If you eat them, you won't have attacks of farting. In the 1827 fantasy novel Flowers in the Mirror by Li Ruzhen , the protagonist Tang Ao encountered such a creature in a fishing net at the "Country of Black-bottomed People" and wondered whether it was the fragrant Zi fish. His brother-in-law Lin Zhiyang smelled it and retched, whereupon Duo Jiugong—their companion—laughed and suggested kicking it. When it barked like
25-565: The title Heluo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heluo&oldid=1228247937 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Heluo fish The ancient text Classic of Mountains and Seas explains (trans. Anne Birrell): ...Four hundred leagues further north
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