Ok so I have this HUGE art that has the Kirin Ichiban logo on it. But I got to thinking.... what is a Kirin?? Its kinda pretty and creepy looking at the same time. Any ideas?
2006-07-10 05:52:17 · 8 answers · asked by socalgrrrl05 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
Kirin
A qilin, also spelled kylin and qilin (麒麟 pinyin: qi2 lin2; Cantonese: kay-lun), is a mythical horned Chinese deer-like creature that is said to appear only when a sage has appeared. It is a good omen that brings Rui4 (瑞 roughly translated to serenity and prosperity). It is often depicted with what looks like fire all over its body. In most drawings, its head looks like that of a Chinese dragon. The qilin is sometimes translated as unicorn in English, because it is superficially similar to the unicorn in being a hooved imaginary beast having a single horn on its head. It was also the animal of the ancient emperor Yao's minister of justice, Gao Yao. The Qilin could recognise whether a person was guilty or not.
Although it looks fearsome, the Qilin only punishes the sinners; when it walked on grass, it could not trample it. Being a peaceful creature, its diet did not include flesh.
In Japanese, the qilin is called a kirin. Japanese art tends to depict the qilin as more deerlike than in Chinese art. The word kirin has come to be used in modern Japanese for a giraffe.
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Kirin is also a Japanese brewing company named after the Japanese pronunciation of the qilin, a depiction of which is used as its logo. ( http://www.kirin.com/home.html )
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Kirin is also an older spelling variant for the Chinese province of Jilin (吉林 pinyin ji2 lin2). NE China in E Manchuria, capital Changchun, area 72,201 square miles (187,723 square kilometers), population 24,658,721
2006-07-10 05:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by LuckyWife 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Kirin Logo
2016-10-15 07:10:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Whats a Kirin?
Ok so I have this HUGE art that has the Kirin Ichiban logo on it. But I got to thinking.... what is a Kirin?? Its kinda pretty and creepy looking at the same time. Any ideas?
2015-08-10 04:56:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kirin is a Japanese beer
The kirin animal is a mythological creature--the herald of good fortune
2006-07-10 05:56:03 · answer #4 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a mythical dragon-like critter. (Japanese mythology.) I first made friends with it 40+ y ears ago when I drank a lot of Kirin Beer in a nice little GI town over there. You're right -- it is a creepy looking thing! But it looked kinda cute after two or three bottles of pretty decent beer.
2006-07-10 05:55:33 · answer #5 · answered by Jack430 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. But in the games she has things like Thousand Meter Punch and The Almighty Sakura.
2016-03-14 01:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a very dry, light and refreshing Japanese beer . . goes really well with sushi
2006-07-10 06:11:48 · answer #7 · answered by Joy L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a really refreshing Japanese beer
2006-07-10 05:56:14 · answer #8 · answered by Lucy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋