...This chapter focuses on the nuisances, risks, dangers, and other hazards involved in the gathering of rattan canes. Bees and wasps are common occupational nuisances in rattan gathering, along with snakes. Southeast Asia is home to a rich diversity of venomous snakes such as cobras, pit vipers...

... such as snakes and dragons, both long and jiao. Finally the chapter establishes the parallel between the demonic jiao and the crocodile, particularly as explored in the essays and poems of Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu. Fujian Jinjiang district Jin River Jiulong River Mulan River Putian district Quanzhou...