Editing Wan Hu (section)

==Popular culture==
{{in popular culture|date=January 2022}}
*In a 2004 [[MythBusters (2004 season)#Episode 24 .E2.80.94 .22Ming Dynasty Astronaut.22|episode]] of the television series ''[[MythBusters]]'', an attempt was made to recreate Wan Hu's flight using materials that would have been available to him. The chair exploded on the launch pad, with the [[crash test dummy]] showing what would be severe burns. An attempt was also made using a chair with modern rockets attached; however, the uncontrollable craft proved that there were far too many complications for such a thing to have succeeded. It was determined that small rockets that can be strapped to a chair cannot provide sufficient [[thrust]] to effectively lift it, giving the legend the label of myth "busted". The view the crew members had of the first test's performance matched what the legend said; after the smoke from the explosion had cleared, both the dummy and the chair had disappeared, though the dummy and the remains of the chair were found next to the "launch-pad".
*In a show about inventions on [[Chinese Central Television]] called ''Tiān Gōng Kāi Wù'' (天工开物), Wan Hu was said to be able to lift himself by only about a foot (30 cm) using rockets. In most Chinese versions of Wan Hu's story{{cn|date=May 2021}}, he is described as an unfortunate pioneer of [[Human spaceflight|space travel]] who was burnt to death because of the explosion caused by the rockets, instead of becoming the first astronaut in history.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
*In the [[BioWare]] game ''[[Jade Empire]]'', the player can read about a character named "Cao Shong" who straps rockets to a chair in an effort to fly. The chair explodes, killing him.{{fact|date=May 2021}}
* In the [[Tokyo DisneySea]] attraction ''[[Soarin'|Soaring: Fantastic Flight]]'' a painting of the story of Wan Hu can be seen in the rotunda of the Museum of Fantastic Flight queue area alongside other paintings of legendary attempts at human flight.
* In [[Kung Fu Panda (film)]], the main character Po straps himself to a chair with fireworks attached and launches himself into the sky in order to attend the Dragon Warrior reveal ceremony. According to the film's director's commentary the idea was based on "a myth of a low level Chinese official from the Ming Dynasty who tried to go to the moon by strapping rockets to a chair."
* In [[R.A.P. Ferreira]] & [[Fumitake Tamura]] 's "47 rockets taped to my chair" appearing in the album ''the First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap''