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Nian

Dragon who attacked people during the Chinese New Year
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Nian

Summary

Nian ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Nian's image is recorded as Lion dance costume.jpg[2].
  • Nian's subclass of is recorded as mythical hybrid[3].
  • Nian's part of is recorded as Chinese mythology[4].
  • Nian's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020b9w[5].
  • Nian's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/nian[6].
  • Nian's different from is recorded as The Sitter[7].
  • Nian's different from is recorded as Nyan Cat[8].
  • Nian's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 20039506[9].

Why It Matters

Nian ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (244 views/month).[1] Nian has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] Nian is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_nian_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Nian}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/nian}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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