Bian or BIAN may refer to:
Places
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Bian River in China
* Bian (), the Chinese abbreviation for
Kaifeng
Kaifeng ( zh, s=开封, p=Kāifēng) is a prefecture-level city in east-Zhongyuan, central Henan province, China. It is one of the Historical capitals of China, Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and ...
, Henan Province, China
* Bian, a former district of the
Duchy of Lu
Lu (; 249 BC) was a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China located around modern Shandong. Founded in the 11th century BC, its rulers were from a cadet branch of the House of Ji () that ruled the Zhou dynasty. The fi ...
in ancient China
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Bian River in Indonesia
* Bian, a former name for
Uiseong
Uiseong County (''Uiseong-gun'') is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, South Korea. Located near the center of the province, it is bounded by Andong on the north, Cheongsong on the east, Gunwi County o ...
County, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
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Bian, Hamadan
Bian (, also Romanized as Bīān and Bayān) is a village in Gamasiyab Rural District, in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is ...
, a village in Iran
People
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Bian, a Chinese surname
* Bian, short for
rezubian
Records of men who have sex with men in Japan date back to ancient times. Western scholars have identified these as evidence of homosexuality in Japan. Though these relations had existed in Japan for millennia, they became most apparent to schol ...
, the Japanese term for lesbians
Others
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Banking Industry Architecture Network e.V. (BIAN), a nonprofit banking organization
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Bian (carriage), a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle
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Bian (weapon)
The bian () or tie bian () and gang bian (), also known as Chinese whip or hard whip, is a type of tubular-shaped club (weapon), club or rod weapon designed to inflict blunt damage with flagellation, whipping motion.
Despite having a rigid constr ...
, a Chinese weapon also known as a "hard whip"
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Bi'an (monster), a Chinese monster considered a tigerlike dragon
See also
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Bian lian
''Bian lian'' ( zh, s=变脸, p=biàn liǎn, t=變臉, l=face-changing, first=t) is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music. The ...
in Chinese drama
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