Hwang Collection

Young-Cho Hwang Marathon 19 August 1992 Date: 19 August 1992

Young-Cho Hwang & Koichi Morishita Olympic Marathon 08 August 1992 Date: 08 August 1992

KUANG HSU (1871 -1908)
KUANG HSU Named emperor in 1875, he ruled with his regent and aunt Tzu Hsi. She later imprisoned him for trying to issue modernizing reforms. Date: 1871 - 1908

Feng-Hwang Bird
or Ho-Wo bird, the Japanese equivalent of the phoenix; the male is known as Ho, the female as Wo : they appear only on special occasions eg birth of an emperor

FUNG HWANG
The magic bird FUNG HWANG (variously spelt) - equivalent to the Phoenix of western folklore, though not identical

Chinese River Magic
CHINA Priests wear masks, the better to frighten demons and prevent further flooding of the Yellow River (Hwang Ho)

Raising Water Level
CHINA Wang-che-tchen, who learnt the magic secret of how to raise the water level of rivers - he is depicted raising the Yellow River (Hwang Ho)

Chinese Magic Charms
CHINA The immortal Hwang-sien-che, renowned designer of magic charms

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