Meanings
- A town in Shennongjia, Hubei, China.
Tour companies offer “yeren discovery” packages, and various restaurants in the forestry district’s main town of Muyu proudly feature yeren in their signage.
2018 August 26, “Dreamers, crackpots or realists? The diehards on the trail of China’s ‘Bigfoot’”, in South China Morning Post, archived from the original on 25 Aug 20182 more examples
To reach the reserve from Muyu, either flag down Songbai-bound buses on the main road (note that the reserve gates are as far up this road as foreigners are allowed to travel) or bargain with the Xingshan minibus drivers for a charter (about ¥50 to the reserve gates, or ¥400 for the day), who otherwise run back to Xingshan until the afternoon.
2011, David Leffman, Rough Guide to China (Rough Guides), 6th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 441Subsequent individuals were photographed and released unless they differed from the previous specimens in such attributes as pattern, gender, or age. Specimens were deposited with the museum officials in Shennongjia, headquartered in the town of Muyu.
2015, Kevin R. Messenger, Yong Wang, “Notes on the natural history and morphology of the Ningshan Lined Snake (Stichophanes ningshaanensis Yuen, 1983; Ophidia: Colubridae) and its distribution in the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, China”, in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, volume 9, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 112, column 2 - A village in Muyu, Shennongjia, Hubei, China.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 木魚 /木鱼
- 木魚 /木鱼 (Mùyú)town and village in central China
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Muyu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Muyu
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