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 tāo tiè
 tou tetsu
Taotie Scroll

In ancient China, 饕餮 was a ferocious mythological animal and the fifth son of the dragon king.

饕餮 can also refer to a zoomorphic mask motif found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes.

As an adjective, this can mean gluttonous, sumptuous (banquet), covetousness, greed, avarice, or intense desire.

 fù huó jié
Easter Scroll

復活節 is the Chinese and old Korean way to write Easter.

Easter is not a well-known holiday in China, but Chinese Christians tend to follow the American tradition of the Easter egg ritual, etc. Non-Christians may think it's a celebration of rabbits that can lay eggs.

South Korea has a higher percentage of Christians than any other Asian country, so they celebrate Easter with plenty of enthusiasm.

Duty to Defend and Protect Country

 shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
Duty to Defend and Protect Country Scroll

守土有責 is a Chinese proverb that expresses one's duty to defend the country.

守 means to guard, defend, keep watch, abide by the law, and/or observe (rules or ritual).
土 means land, earth, or soil.
有 is a possessive modifier in effect meaning “is a.”
責 means duty or responsibility.

So you get a literal translation of “Protecting [the] land is [a] duty/responsibility.”

Kowtow - The deepest bow

 kòu tóu
 koutou
Kowtow - The deepest bow Scroll

叩頭 is the term that seems to be known worldwide as kowtow.

In Japanese and Chinese, it simply means a deep bow, especially one so low that one's head touches the ground in submission. However, in western culture, it has sometimes come to mean “giving in” or “surrendering to someone else's will.” Sometimes even said of a person who stoops to flattery at the expense of their dignity.

I don't know if you would really want this on a wall scroll, but enough people have searched for this term on our website that I guess it was time to add it. It just feels strange to see such a word on a wall scroll, so please order with caution. 叩頭 is antiquated in both Japanese and Chinese. The act is seldom done anymore and is seen as an ancient ritual.

Zen Buddhism

 chán zōng
 zen shuu
Zen Buddhism Scroll

禪宗 is one way to title “Zen Buddhism.” Because the original pronunciation of Zen in Chinese is Chan, you'll also see this expressed as Chan Buddhism.

From the Buddhist Dictionary:
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect is usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan, 道信 Daoxin, 弘忍 Hongren, 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools.




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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 rei / re
    れい

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Respect
(1) (See お礼・1) thanks; gratitude; (2) manners; etiquette; (n,ctr) (3) bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; (4) reward; gift; (5) ceremony; ritual; (6) (abbreviation) (See 礼金・2) key money; (personal name) Reiji


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    li3
li
 rai
    らい

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Respect
gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
(personal name) Rai
Worship, offerings, rites; ritual, ceremonial, decorum, courtesy, etiquette.

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門.

饕餮

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tāo tiè
    tao1 tie4
t`ao t`ieh
    tao tieh
 toutetsu / totetsu
    とうてつ

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Taotie
ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king; zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes; gluttonous; sumptuous (banquet)
(1) (hist) taotie (Chinese mythological creature commonly represented as a motif on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties); (2) (archaism) covetousness; greed; avarice
intense desire

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ǎn
    an3
an
 on
    おん
(interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff something in one's mouth; (used in buddhist transliterations) om
(interjection) (See オーム) om (ritual chant in Hinduism, etc.); aum
oṃ; auṃ; 'a word of solemn affirmation and respectful assent (sometimes translated by yes, verily, so be it, and in this sense compared with Amen). 'M. W. It is 'the mystic name for the Hindu triad', and has other significations. It was adopted by Buddhists, especially by the Tantric school, as a mystic spell, and as an object of meditation. It forms the first syllable of certain mystical combinations, e. g. 唵?呢叭 061971 吽 oṃ maṇi padme huṃ, which is a formula of the Lamaistic branch, said to be a prayer to Padmapani; each of the six syllables having its own mystic power of salvation from the lower paths of transmigration, etc.; the formula is used in sorcery, auguries, etc.; other forms of it are 唵?呢鉢頭迷吽; 唵麽抳鉢訥銘吽.


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chiri
    ちり
dust; dirt; earth
(1) dust; (2) trash; garbage; rubbish; dirt; (3) (usu. as 塵ほども...ない) negligible amount; tiny bit; (4) hustle and bustle (of life); worldly cares; impurities of the world; (5) (abbreviation) {sumo} (See 塵手水) ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean
guṇa, in Sanskrit inter alia means 'a secondary element', 'a quality', 'an attribute of the five elements', e.g. 'ether has śabda or sound for its guṇa and the ear for its organ'. In Chinese it means 'dust, small particles; molecules, atoms, exhalations'. It may be intp. as an atom, or matter, which is considered as defilement; or as an active, conditioned principle in nature, minute, subtle, and generally speaking defiling to pure mind; worldly, earthly, the world. The six guṇas or sensation-data are those of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and thought.

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shǒu
    shou3
shou
 kami
    かみ
to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
(hist) (See 国司,長官・かみ) director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system); (personal name) Morinori
Keep, guard, observe.

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shì
    shi4
shih
 shiki
    しき
type; form; pattern; style
(n,n-suf) (1) way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type; (2) ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration; (3) wedding (ceremony); (4) equation; formula; expression; (5) (hist) (See 律令) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes); (given name) Shoku
Style, shape, fashion, kind.

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yǒu
    you3
yu
ritual bonfire

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    fu2
fu
 harae
    はらえ
    harai
    はらい
to cleanse; to remove evil; ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
purification; exorcism

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    xi4
hsi
 misogi
    みそぎ
semiannual ceremony of purification
(noun/participle) {Shinto} purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions; (female given name) Misogi


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    ma4
ma
(arch.) religious ritual on setting out for war


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zhāi
    zhai1
chai
 hitoshi
    ひとし
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)
(surname) Hitoshi
To reverence: abstinence; to purify as by fasting, or abstaining, e.g. from flesh food; religious or abstinential duties, or times; upavasatha (uposatha), a fast; the ritual period for food, i.e. before noon; a room for meditation, a study, a building, etc., devoted to abstinence, chastity, or the Buddhist religion; mourning (for parents).

お礼

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 orei / ore
    おれい
(1) (polite language) thanks; gratitude; (2) (polite language) manners; etiquette; (3) (polite language) bow; (4) (polite language) reward; gift; (5) (polite language) ceremony; ritual

九字

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jiǔ zì
    jiu3 zi4
chiu tzu
 kuji
    くじ
{Buddh} (See 臨兵闘者皆陣裂在前) nine-character charm chanted with ritual gestures to ward off evil (esp. by mountain ascetics and adherents of Esoteric Buddhism)
The nine magical characters 臨兵鬪者皆陳列在前 implying that the armed forces are arrayed against the powers of evil. After reciting these words, four vertical and five horizontal lines, forming a grid, are drawn in the air to show that the forces are arrayed. It was used among Taoists and soldiers, and is still used in Japan, especially when going into the mountains.

仏具

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 butsugu; bugu
    ぶつぐ; ぶぐ
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings); (surname) Butsugu

仏式

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 busshiki
    ぶっしき
Buddhist ritual

仕切

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 shikiri
    しきり
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) partition; division; boundary; compartment; (2) settlement of accounts; (3) (sumo) preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; (4) directing; controlling; managing; taking responsibility for; (surname) Shikiri

修法

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xiū fǎ
    xiu1 fa3
hsiu fa
 shuhou; zuhou(ok); suhou(ok) / shuho; zuho(ok); suho(ok)
    しゅほう; ずほう(ok); すほう(ok)
to amend a law
{Buddh} prayer and austerities
[esoteric] ritual

倭鞍

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 wagura
    わぐら
    yamatogura
    やまとぐら
Japanese-style ritual saddle

儀典


仪典

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yí diǎn
    yi2 dian3
i tien
 giten
    ぎてん
ceremony
ceremony; rite; ritual; service; (given name) Yoshinori

儀式


仪式

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yí shì
    yi2 shi4
i shih
 gishiki
    ぎしき
ceremony
ceremony; rite; ritual; service; (place-name) Gishiki
儀軌 Mode, style, manner.

儀礼

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 girei / gire
    ぎれい
(1) courtesy; etiquette; formality; protocol; (2) (religious) observance; ritual; rite; (given name) Girei

先腹

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 sakibara; senpuku; senbara(ok)
    さきばら; せんぷく; せんばら(ok)
(1) (See 後腹・あとばら・3) child from an earlier wife; (2) (さきばら only) (See 追い腹) preceding one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)

冠禮


冠礼

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guàn lǐ
    guan4 li3
kuan li
the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man

切腹

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qiē fù
    qie1 fu4
ch`ieh fu
    chieh fu
 seppuku
    せっぷく
harakiri (formal Japanese: seppuku), a samurai's suicide by disemboweling
(noun/participle) (1) seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; (noun/participle) (2) (hist) seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

号令

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 gourei / gore
    ごうれい
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) order (esp. to a number of people); command; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

呪法

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 juhou / juho
    じゅほう
(1) {Buddh} esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; (2) magic

和鞍

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 wakura
    わくら
Japanese-style ritual saddle; (surname) Wakura

唐鞍

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 karakura; karagura
    からくら; からぐら
(See 大和鞍) Chinese-style ritual saddle

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Taotie饕餮tou tetsu / toutetsu / to tetsutāo tiè / tao1 tie4 / tao tie / taotiet`ao t`ieh / taotieh / tao tieh
Easter復活節
复活节
fù huó jié
fu4 huo2 jie2
fu huo jie
fuhuojie
fu huo chieh
fuhuochieh
Duty to Defend and Protect Country守土有責
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
shou3 tu3 you3 ze2
shou tu you ze
shoutuyouze
shou t`u yu tse
shoutuyutse
shou tu yu tse
Kowtow - The deepest bow叩頭
叩头
koutou / kotokòu tóu / kou4 tou2 / kou tou / koutouk`ou t`ou / koutou / kou tou
Zen Buddhism禪宗
禅宗
zen shuu / zenshuu / zen shuchán zōng
chan2 zong1
chan zong
chanzong
ch`an tsung
chantsung
chan tsung
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