Editing Chinese mythology (section)

====Heavenly realm====
{{Further|Chinese constellations}}
[[File:Guo Xu album dated 1503 (11).jpg|thumb|The creation of the [[River of Heaven]] (Milky Way) across the sky.]]
[[File:众神图changsha.jpg|thumb|Ming dynasty [[Shuilu ritual paintings|Shuilu ritual painting]] of celestial deities]]
The Heavenly realm is described by the Chinese word "Tian," which can be translated into English as both "[[Heaven]]" and "sky." Sometimes this was personified into a deity (sky god). In some descriptions, this was an elaborate place ruled over by a supreme deity, or a group of supreme deities, Jade Emperor being associated with Daoism and Buddhas with Buddhism. Many astronomically observable features were subjects of mythology or the mythological locations and settings for mythic scenes. These include the sun, stars, moon, planets, Milky Way (sometimes referred to as the [[River of Heaven]]), clouds, and other features. These were often the home or destination of various deities, divinities, shamans, and many more. Another concept of the Heavenly realm is that of the Cords of the Sky. Travel between Heaven and Earth was usually described as achieved by flying or climbing. The Queqiao ({{zh|labels=no|c=鵲橋 |p=Quèqiáo}}) was a bridge formed by birds flying across the Milky Way, as seen in [[The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl]] mythology surrounding the [[Qixi Festival]]. The [[Galactic Center|hazy band of stars]] of the [[Milky Way]] was referred to as the "Silvery River" or the "River of Heaven".