Xuanwu

Xuanwu is:

• the Chinese name for the Taoist deity of the Dark Warrior (Xuanwu 玄武)
• the Chinese name for one of the four symbols of the Chinese star constellations, the black turtle (Xuan Wu 玄武)

Xuanwu is also a place name that occurs several times in China:

• the urban district 宣武区 of the Chinese capital Beijing, see Xuanwu (Beijing)
• the municipality 玄武区 of the city of Nanjing, see Xuanwu (Nanjing)
• the large community 玄武 镇 of Luyi County in Henan, see Xuanwu (Luyi)
• the Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.