Kirin, also known as "Kirin", is an animal recorded in ancient books in China. It is also called "Four Spirits" with phoenix, turtle and dragon, and is the mount of God. The ancients regarded Kirin as a benevolent and auspicious beast. The man's name is Qi and the woman's name is Lin. In reality, giraffe is often regarded as the prototype of Kirin, and Kirin is often used as a metaphor for outstanding people. Kirin is an auspicious animal. It is peaceful and long-lived. There is a folk saying that Kirin gives birth to children. Kirin is mainly deer, which combines the characteristics of cattle, sheep and horses. Its comprehensive aspects are not as extensive as those of Longfeng, but its reputation is not small. The difference between Kirin and dragon, and the difference between the four spirits. Kirin is a sacred object in the sky, not on the ground, and often appears with gods. This is a shrine belonging to the fire department. Generally speaking, it can't fly, but adult Kirin can fly. Adult Kirin can be big or small, usually kind, and extremely fierce when angry. The master is wise and auspicious. Adult Kirin has comprehensive skills. Like dragons, they can fly into the water and have wings, but they don't fly by clouds without wings. The record of Kirin first appeared in the book "Hutuluo". The legend records the adult unicorn. According to legend, during crouching, the parishioners in crouching "tied ropes and fished in nets" and raised livestock, which promoted the development of production and improved people's living conditions. Therefore, good luck is a godsend. There is a kind of beast, which leads the horse with wings and is eight feet and five inches high. It was approved by Longlin and Ling Bo to tread water, like treading water, carrying map points, entering the Tuhai River from the Yellow River (now Baihe and Songzhuang Township, Mengjin County, Luoyang City) and swimming in the Tuhai River. People call it the dragon horse. The dragon horse is an adult unicorn with a dragon head, a horse body, a forest and wings. Adult Kirin has wings. This is what later generations often say. Every time Kirin appears, it will be a very special period. According to records, Fuxi, Shun, Confucius, etc. They all appeared with Kirin, with God's instructions, and finally went to victory. Zhao Ming Zhenyuan's "Re-opening the House for the Yuan Family ■ (Yuan Keli Zi)": "Jing Liang Jiang is safe in the world, and the painting is auspicious; Guan Bashu drinks the Central Plains, and the deer dog Kirin is sandwiched. "
As far as its external shape is concerned, it is a collection of photos (19 photos) of dragon head, antlers, lion's eyes, tiger's back, bear's waist, snake scales and unicorn, and it can also be written as ostrich and deer in ancient books. A tail like an ox; Hooves are like horses; There is a diagonal line at the top of the round head. But it is said that the beginning of Qijia is roughly like a deer. It was regarded as a god beast and a benevolent beast by the ancients. Kirin has a long life span and can live for two thousand years. Can spit fire, sound like thunder. "A caterpillar is 360, and Kirin is long" (a caterpillar refers to a hairy animal). Kirin is a fictional animal created by ancient people in China. This model concentrates all the advantages of those cherished animals on the structure of Kirin, an imaginary beast. The boudoir emblem of Yipin Guan in Qing Dynasty is decorated with Kirin, which shows that its position is second only to that of dragon. In the Qing Dynasty, only royalty were qualified to wear the dragon symbol. The emperors included Huanglong, Zilong, Prince, Brother, Baylor and Beizi, and the dragon pattern was 1. Kirin is a mythical animal in legend and may not exist in real life. Kirin is second only to dragon in all animals. According to the ancient legend of China, Kirin, dragon and phoenix and tortoise are combined into four spirits, and they are the king of hairy beasts. Kirin is a godsend of ordinary people. There is a folk saying that "Kirin gives a gift". It is said that Confucius gave it to Kirin. Kirin is made of scattered stars, so it is one of the most famous auspicious animals. Kirin contains benevolence and righteousness. In the ancient culture of China, there are many legends about the rise and fall of emperors and Kirin. 5. Like the phoenix, Kirin is male and female, Qi is male, Lin is female, and elk, oxtail, fish scales and feet are even-toed (but there is also a saying that Kirin has five toes). 6. Kirin is a kind of mascot, which was often used in political affairs in ancient China. Historically, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built the Qilin Pavilion in Weiyang Palace, painted heroic images as a reward, and showed the world his love for talents. Kirin is divided into three categories: sending Kirin, praying Kirin, and town house Kirin. Its name represents its meaning, and many ordinary people have it in their homes today. Kirin is endowed with noble, kind and auspicious meanings by culture, so nowadays Kirin is mostly made of high-quality materials such as jade, gold, red Qi Diao, copper, obsidian or glass. 7. Kirin is also widely used in official clothes. The boudoir emblem of Yipin Guan in Qing Dynasty is decorated with Kirin, which shows that its position is second only to that of dragon. In the Qing Dynasty, only royalty were qualified to wear the dragon symbol. The emperor was Huanglong and Zilong, and the prince, brother, Baylor and Beizi were all dragon designs. 8. Kirin may be a giraffe? In the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He brought back giraffes from Africa after returning from the Western Ocean. At that time, the Ming people had never seen such a large animal that only produced in savanna, and thought it was a unicorn! This is why the friends above say that Kirin is a giraffe! The word "Kirin" means giraffe in Japan. 9. The image of Kirin can still be seen now. The most famous unicorn image in China is the unicorn in the tomb of Nan Dynasty. There are many kinds of beasts guarding the site in the tombs of the Southern Dynasties, but they all evolved from the image of unicorns. Outside the Zhongshan Gate in Nanjing, there is a sculpture, which is a symbol of Nanjing and is based on the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Southern Dynasties outside Nanjing. This sculpture is gorgeous, and its body tends to the image of liger. It is carved from huge stones, and its height is about 3 meters. This sculpture is tall and curved, with open eyes and a short and wide neck. The body decoration of animals is very decorative, and the body feeling is strong and heavy. On the basis of attaching importance to the whole sense, it pays more attention to exaggeration and deformation, making it look magnificent and lively. 10. Because of its profound cultural connotation, Kirin is made into various ornaments for underage children to wear in China traditional folk customs.
2. Suzaku,
"Meng Qian Bi Tan" Volume 7: "Look around, black dragon and white tiger, suzaku, tortoise and snake. Only Suzaku knows nothing, but the bird's name is Zhu, and the feather family flies red, and the set must be attached to the wood. This is also the image of fire. Call it a long distance ... or a cloud, a bird is a phoenix. " "Songs of Chu Xi Poems": "Birds are pioneers." Wang Yi's note: "Suzaku God Bird, guide me." In China, the phoenix is a symbol of happiness. There are many kinds of prototypes. Such as golden pheasants, peacocks, vultures, mandarin ducks, blackbirds (swallows), etc ... Some people say it is a Buddhist Dapeng golden winged bird. According to the phoenix myth, the phoenix has a chicken's head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck, a fish's tail and five-color stripes. There are five kinds of * * * in the legend, namely, Suzaku, Lanqingluan, Yellow Gull, White Honghu Lake and Purple Gull. Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars, which is the general name of the seven nights in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird. Think of it as Suzaku. Scarlet, like fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the characteristics of being reborn from the fire, just like the immortal birds in the west, so it is also called the fire phoenix. The four most terrifying and powerful beasts in ancient China were Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Qinglong is the God of the East; White tiger is the god of the west; Suzaku is the god of the south; Xuanwu is the god of the north, and the tortoise and snake are one. So there are "Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Tiansiling, Tongfang and Wangzhi temples." . Suzaku is one of the four elephants in China traditional culture and one of the four ancient beasts. According to the theory of five elements, it is a god beast representing the south, with red color and summer season. Among the twenty-eight lodging houses, Suzaku is the general name of seven lodging houses in the south (well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird). Suzaku is the god of the South in ancient mythology. Seven wells, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings and cymbals in the south are connected into a bird shape, also known as "Zhu Bird". Many people think that Suzaku is equivalent to Phoenix, but it is not exactly the same. Suzaku is a sacred animal representing the South. Strictly speaking, Suzaku is limited to "Southern Fire Phoenix" and is a subspecies of Phoenix. In modern times, influenced by the myth of the rebirth of the western phoenix and Japanese popular culture, Chinese people sometimes regard fairy birds as suzaku or phoenix in translation and cognition. According to the theory of yin-yang and five elements, "the phoenix is red and the five elements belong to fire, which is the image of Suzaku in the south for seven nights." Since ancient times, there has been a saying that phoenix birds belong to fire. The ancient book "Spring and Autumn Annals" said: "Phoenix, fire essence." "Spring and Autumn Yuanqu" said: "Fire is a phoenix." "Guanzi Wandu Eighth" also mentioned: "Phoenix, quail, firebird, Yang Jing." Yesterday, Cai Hengyun said: "There are five kinds of phoenixes, the red one is a phoenix, the green one is a bear, the yellow one is a chicken, the white one is a swan, and the purple one is a partridge." It can be seen that the phoenix does not refer to a single kind of bird, but generally refers to a kind of bird. There are many different subspecies. Different phoenixes have different colors. So Suzaku is a kind of phoenix, commonly known as Fire Phoenix. "Meng Qian's pen talk" Volume 7: "Only Suzaku knows nothing ... or clouds, birds are phoenixes." The ancients represented different spirits in different directions, among which the spirit beast assigned to the south was the phoenix bird. In the five elements theory, the south belongs to fire and the color is red, so the southern god beast is called Suzaku. It's just that after the phoenix was rowed to the south, it was given the symbol of fire because of the southern fire, or it was rowed to the south because of the southern fire. There is no textual research. There are many prototypes about Phoenix. Such as golden pheasant, peacock, vulture, mandarin fish, blackbird, etc. And it is said to have evolved from the Buddhist Dapeng golden winged bird. The ancients said: "The image of phoenix is also the image of phoenix, stork, turtle, swallow and chicken, with all colors." Because it is the length of "feather worm", the legendary dragon with the length of "scale worm" has gradually become a pair, an ever-changing one and a beautiful one, which complement each other in folk customs. Phoenix was once regarded as yang, because the five elements belong to fire and represent men; Dragon and five elements belong to water and are regarded as yin, representing women. Later, because the image of the dragon was more popular with emperors, it was changed to symbolize the sun, and the phoenix (the phoenix is male and the phoenix is female), which was originally divided into yin and yang, gradually became the representative of pure yin after being opposite to the dragon. Xuanniao's statement can be found in the Book of Songs, Ode to Shang Dynasty, Xuanniao:' Xuanniao's life was born in Shang Dynasty, and it was full of yin. The ancient emperor ordered martial arts soup, and appropriate sites were everywhere. "It is the descendants of the Shang Dynasty who said that their ancestor Qi was born by a mysterious bird and established a powerful Shang Dynasty. So Xuanniao became the ancestor of merchants. Historical Records Yin Benji also recorded this history: "Yin Qi, whose mother's name is Zhu Di, has a velvet daughter, Di Ku's second princess, ............................................................................................................................., in addition to the Shang Dynasty, the ancestors of Qin, Manchu and Silla in the Warring States Period also had the legend that fairies swallowed black eggs. Of course, both the legend of the mysterious bird and the legend of the phoenix have evolved with the continuous development of religious myths. After the rise of Taoism, Suzaku is one of the seven constellations and four elephants in southern Taoism. The seven hotels in the south (Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi and Zhu) are 28 hotels, with a dark image, located in the south, belonging to fire and red in color. They are collectively called Suzaku, also known as "Suzaku". In Volume 44 of Emperor Taizong Zuo Zhai Yi, the names of the Southern Suzaku Star King are: "Su Jing Tianjing Star King, Ghost House Tiankui Star King, Liu Su Chutian Star King, Su Xing Tianku Star King, Zhang Su Libra Star King, Yi Su Tian Tian Xing King and Ji Su Tian Xing King." As for its image, there are seven clouds in "Jiao Tong's Must-Use Collection": "South Suzaku, the height of many birds, the metamorphosis of Dandong, the blue thunder flowing, colorful, and six images of the gods and instruments to guide me." At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of "Seven Chapters and Clouds" quoted the "Four Gods Dan" in the ancient classics, saying: Suzaku, Nandingbing fire cinnabar, liquid planing into a dragon, gas into a bird. Its qi rises to heaven, and its mass array is the ground, so it is also the foundation of the Great Dan. It flies when it sees fire, so it is obtained.
3. Xuanwu,
Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Xuan means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the turtle divination as follows: the turtle's back is black, and the turtle divination first invited the turtle to ask questions in the underworld, brought back the answers and showed them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. First of all, the father of Yu, the founder of Xia Dynasty in China, was called "Gun", or Xuanwu. He helped Shun manage water before the famous Dayu. Because it only uses blocking instead of dredging, it has not succeeded despite the help of the gods. Generally speaking, guns are the embodiment of turtles, while Tu Shanshi, a Xia clan, thinks snakes are his ancestors. After Xuanwu is regarded as a god by Taoism, there is a saying that turtles and snakes are in harmony. Source 2: Xuanwu is black, and the image is that a snake is wrapped around a turtle. The Journey to the West mentioned that it later evolved into the second general of Tortoise and Snake under the seat of Emperor Xuanwu in the north. Emperor Xuanwu's Dojo is in Wudang Mountain, Hubei Province, so Wuhan embraces Guishan and Sheshan across the river (also named after its shape). Turtles and snakes were regarded as sacred animals in ancient China, symbolizing longevity. Before the Han Dynasty, nobles wore jade turtles, but now, influenced by ancient China, turtle patterns are widely used in naming and making emblems in Japan.
4. Qinglong
Qinglong is one of the four elephants in China traditional culture. According to the theory of five elements, it is a spirit beast representing the East. Qinglong is both a name and a family, and its orientation is east to left, representing spring. The orientation of the white tiger is west to right, representing autumn; Suzaku's orientation is south, representing summer; Xuanwu is located in the north, representing winter. Among the 28 constellations in China, Qinglong is the general name of the seven eastern stars (horn, sound, phase, room, heart, tail and dustpan). Dongqisu is also called the Black Dragon. The Dongqisu in the Black Dragon-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-is very dragon-shaped. As can be seen from their meanings, Jiao is the horn of the dragon, Kang is the neck, the side is the root of the neck, and the square is the arm, flank and shoulder. There is still a part of the dragon's heart, which some people call' fire', which is related to sunny and rainy days, and because Qinglong is a wood, it is also the age of Jupiter. In many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their national title. For example, Wei Mingdi in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is an example. It is also recorded in the history books that the Xia Dynasty belonged to the Mude Dynasty, so there is a good omen that' Qinglong was born in the suburbs'. In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the Southeast and Northwest Middle Schools, each with a beast and a god. Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Tiansi Spirit, taking the square as the square, the king ordered the palace pavilion to take the method. Bao Puzi Miscellaneous English quoted the Immortal Classic to describe the image of the old gentleman in Taishang, saying that there were twelve green dragons on the left, twenty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four suzaku in front and seventy-two Xuanwu in the back. Very imposing, really imposing. Later, the four elephants were gradually personified and had their titles. According to "The Secret of Seven Purple Flowers in the Arctic", Qinglong was named the God of Alina Zhang, White Tiger was named the God of Military Supervision, Suzaku was named the God of Light, and Xuanwu was named the God of Light. Soon, the belief in Xuanwu (that is, Zhenwu) gradually expanded and broke away from the four elephants. Fan Zhineng's "Yueyang Geography" in the Song Dynasty said: "There are two gods in Laozi Temple, called Qinglong and Baihu." Yao Ming's "Shu Guan, a Private Record of Changshu" said: "The two great gods who came to the entrance of the Taoist temple were the gods of Qinglong on the left and the gods of White Tiger on the right. Interestingly, the dragons in Shan Hai Jing are all riding, while the snakes of the same kind are holding, doing or wrapping their necks, which shows the difference between them. However, the five gods are different from the four gods, so I won't elaborate here. According to the auspicious record of "Qinglong was born in the suburbs" in ancient China, the male dragon is the one with horns; Double horns are called dragons, and single horns are called dumplings; Those with horns are poisonous snakes. In ancient times, there were often large and small Ssangyong in Yu Pei, and it was still called mother and son poisonous snakes. The status of dragons is much higher than that of India. Because it is sacred and supreme in the dragon, it is also a symbol of the emperor. It is also the representative of the east, and the five elements belong to wood. Because cyan belongs to wood, there is the saying of Zuo Qinglong and you Bai Hu. Among these 28 stars, seven stars in the East-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used on the stars. The ancients imagined them as Jackie Chan. Because it is located in the east, the five elements are colored according to yin and yang, and the east is blue, hence the name "Qinglong".
5. White tiger
In the traditional culture of China, it is one of the four images of the Seven Stars in Western Taoism. According to the theory of five elements, it is a spirit beast representing the west, a white tiger, and the representative season is autumn. Others: Qinglong Oriental Spring, Suzaku Southern Summer, Xuanwu Northern Winter. Twenty-eight Western Seven Hostels (Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, tapir, Shen), whose elephant is a tiger, located in the west, belongs to gold and is white in color, and is generally called the White Tiger. The emperor's father is like a vegetarian. Volume 44 says that the White Tiger Xi fights Xing Jun: "Xing Jun, a heavenly general in Su Kui, Xing Jun, a heavenly prison in Lousu, Xing Jun, Xing Jun, a celestial star in Bi Su, a celestial star in Li Su, and a celestial star in Shen Su." As for its image, the book "The Collection of Daomen's General Education Needs Use" has seven clouds: "The West should be a tiger, with the quality of Ying Ying, and the tone should be fixed. At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of Yun Qi Tanabata quotes the Dan of the four ancient gods, saying, "White tiger, western gold, is also true." Custom Yi Tong says, "The tiger, that is, the penis, is the leader of all animals and can crush, weaken and devour ghosts. "In the concept of five elements in the Han Dynasty, the white tiger was regarded as a western god beast.
6. Nine sons of Dragon God:
The eldest son is called prison cow: he loves music, so he often stands on the head of the piano. Such as Hu Qin of Han nationality and Qin Sang of Bai nationality. Ma Touqin in Mongolia may also be a variant of prison cattle.
The second son is Yazi: he loves to kill people, so he is often put on weapons to intimidate the enemy. At the same time, it is used in ceremonial ceremonies to appear more solemn.
The third son's name is Mo Chifeng: it is an animal-shaped dragon, which looks a bit like a dog. It is good at viewing, so it is often placed in the corner of the temple. It is said that it can deter demons and eliminate disasters.
The first Si Er is not old: people like to growl, so they put it on the clock, mostly the image of not old. It is said that it lives by the sea, but it is very afraid of whales. Once a whale attacks, it screams in fear. Therefore, people make the wooden pestle into the shape of a whale, which makes the bronze bell particularly loud.
The fifth son is a sister-in-law: shaped like a lion. It's imported, and it was introduced to China with Buddhism, so it's a bit like Buddha. It is so quiet and likes fireworks. Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's seat or incense burner to protect Buddhism.
Liuzi is a bully: also called scorpion, he looks like a turtle. Legend has it that in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains to make waves. After being appeased by Yu Xia, he made many contributions to Yu Xia. After flood control became an attack, Yu Xia accepted its advantages and let it recover on its own. So China's stone tablets are mostly carried by it.
The seventh son is an armadillo: also known as the Charter, it looks like a tiger. According to legend, it upholds justice and can distinguish between right and wrong, so it is placed on the top and bottom of the prison gate, the lobby of the gate, and the top of the sign of silence and avoidance when officials patrol, in order to maintain the awe-inspiring atmosphere of the court.
Eight sons are negative coffins: they are placed in two stone tablets because they love literature.
The first Jiu-Er was a kiss: also known as the fish-shaped dragon with tail. According to legend, it was introduced from India with Buddhism around the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is something under the rain god in Buddhist scriptures, which can put out fires. So the kiss was changed, so it was placed at both ends of the roof to eliminate disasters and put out fires.
Avoid evil spirits
That is, avoiding evil, evil means avoiding, and evil means fierce and bad. To ward off evil spirits is a symbol of remembering historical lessons and avoiding repeating the same mistakes. Broadly speaking, folk use of fire, water, soldiers and cars can all be called exorcism. For example, many merchants go to Guandi Pavilion to invite flying horses to ward off evil spirits. God beast in ancient legend. Like a deer, it has a long tail and two horns, and is also called a brave man. It has the spirit of town house to ward off evil spirits. According to legend, this spirit has a big mouth, no anus, can make money, can receive happiness and is very spiritual. "Urgent Articles" Volume III: "Shoot evil spirits and destroy evil spirits." Yan Shigu's note: "Archery to ward off evil spirits is the name of the animal ... to ward off evil spirits, it can ward off evil spirits." There are pottery tyrants, lions and rhinos in Hanshu Biography of the Western Regions. Yan Shigu quoted Kang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms as saying: "Taoba is like a deer with a long tail. One corner is a deer, and the other two corners are evil spirits. " Tang Qin Yu Tao's poem "Good Home" wrote: "Lichen town horn fragrant lion, curtain invasion hook embroidery to ward off evil spirits." Wen Yiduo's "Red Candle Sword Box": "I made it into layers of lace: there are panlong, phoenix, Tianma and exorcism lace." This evil beast is always called Fu Ba, and its horn is "Tianlu" (deer); The two horns are "evil spirits"; No horn is called "Fu Ba". In fact, Fu Ba is a tyrant and should always be called an "evil spirit". There are three kinds: to ward off evil spirits: winged liger (some winged lions are called "evil spirits"), Tianlu, Tianlu (an auspicious animal similar to Kirin), Taoba, Fu Ba or Fu Ba (a beast deified by antelopes), a beast in the ancient legend of China, which looks like a lion and has wings. "Urgent Articles": "Shoot evil spirits, destroy the group of fierce." Tang Yanshi drum note: "archery to ward off evil spirits is the name of a beast." ..... to ward off evil spirits, words can ward off evil spirits. " "Little Erya Yan Guang": "Break, except also." It can be seen that the meaning of exorcism is to exorcise evil and filth, and it is ominous to be exorcised. Ancient cloth, military flags, hooks, buttons, bell buttons and other things are often used as ornaments to ward off evil spirits. There are evil spirits vehicles on the map of Bo Gu. Stone carvings are often used in front of tombs in the Southern Dynasties to ward off evil spirits. According to archaeological research, exorcism means "Fu Ba". Now collectively referred to as "evil spirits."
8. black dragon
The Black Dragon's seven eastern lodgings-horn, health, mutuality, room, heart, tail and dustpan-are all very dragon-shaped. As can be seen from their meanings, the horn is the horn of the dragon, the health is the neck, the bian is the root of the neck, the room is the arm, and the tail is the tail. There is still a part of the dragon's heart, which some people call' fire', which is related to sunny and rainy days, and because Qinglong is a wood, it is also the age of Jupiter. In many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their national title. For example, Wei Mingdi in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is an example. It is also recorded in the history books that the Xia Dynasty belonged to the Mude Dynasty, so there is a good omen that' Qinglong was born in the suburbs'. In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the Southeast and Northwest Middle Schools, and each color was equipped with a beast and a god. The east is blue, with dragons. "Three Auxiliary Maps" says: "Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Tiansi Spirit, with the square as the square, the king makes the palace pavilion and the palace pavilion." . Bao Puzi Miscellaneous English quoted the Immortal Classic to describe the image of the old gentleman in Taishang, saying that there were twelve green dragons on the left, twenty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four suzaku in front and seventy-two Xuanwu in the back. Very imposing, really imposing. Later, the four elephants were gradually personified and had their titles. According to the Secret of the Seven Yuan Purple Extension in the Arctic, the name of Qinglong is Meng Zhang Shen Jun, the name of White Tiger is Shen Jun, the name of Suzaku is Ling Shen Guang Jun, and the name of Xuanwu is Meiji Shen Jun. Soon, the belief in Xuanwu (Zhenwu) gradually expanded, and it stood out from the four elephants and became the "Great Emperor". Qinglong and Baihu are included in the list of door gods, specifically guarding the Taoist temple gate. Fan Zhineng's "Yueyang Geography" in the Song Dynasty said: "There are two gods in Laozi Temple, called Qinglong and Baihu." Yao Ming's "Shu Guan, a Private Record of Changshu" said: "The two great gods who came to the entrance of the Taoist Temple, on the left, were the gods of Qinglong, and on the right, were the gods of White Tiger. The forty-four volumes of Taizhi call Qinglong Dongdou as follows: "In the suburbs, Tianmen, Kangsuting, Changsu Tianfu, Sufangtian Yixing Army, Xin Wangxingjun, Wei Sutian Jixingjun, Jisu Tianlu Xingjun. "As for its image, there are seven clouds in" Jiao Tong's Must-Use Collection ":"The Dragon Horn in the East is full of vigor and vitality, and it spits out clouds and glows. It is called thunder and flies around the four ghosts, standing on my left. In addition, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of "Seven Chapters of Clouds" quotes the Dan of the four ancient gods, saying: The dragon is a dragon, and the oriental wood is also mercury. It is clear and unwilling, not turbid, not desirable, far away, and infinitely hidden, so it is called dragon.
9. Last name
God also. Like a dragon, one foot, from the bush; Elephants have horns, hands and faces. "Four eyes open, one foot open" and "open" are Shun's courtiers, and they are said to have only one foot. "Confucius Cong" Lu Aigong asked Confucius, "I heard that one foot is different from others. Can you believe it? Confucius said, "I used to pay great attention to Li Jue, so I went in and asked for help." Shun said, "One bite is enough, not enough. Lu Aigong said, "Good". Well, not just a foot. Osmium is a legendary one-legged monster. According to Shan Hai Jing and Huang Da Jing, there is a Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, which is 7,000 miles into the sea. There is a wild animal on it, which looks like a cow. It is pale and has no horns. When you step into and out of the water, there will be a storm. Its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder. Its name is Kui. The Yellow Emperor got it, taking its skin as a drum and Lei Shou's bone as a branch, and it was heard to dominate the world within 500 miles. The real cow was a sacred animal in ancient times. It was born in Langshan in the East China Sea in ancient times. It looks like a cow, and its whole body is gray. It has no horns, only one foot. Every time it appears, there is a storm. It still shines like sunshine and moonlight, and its roar is deafening like thunder. Later, the Yellow Emperor got the beast, made a drum out of its skin, and used Lei Shou's bones as a mallet to beat the drum. The drum resounded five hundred miles away, which was a great shock to the world. ) The dragon patterns on bronzes are usually called Kuiwen and Longkui patterns. In the description since the Song Dynasty, all reptile-like objects on bronzes are called Solanum nigrum, which is a reference to "Kuiyi Foot" in ancient books. In fact, an animal with one leg is a profile of a biped, so the word Kuiwen is not used, it is called dragon pattern or dragon pattern.
10. Four unlike.
In China, the elk is also called the Four Elephants, and is regarded as a kind of spirit beast. The most famous image is Jiang Ziya's four different mounts in the classic novel Romance of the Gods. 1) gregarious and social structure. The commentary of the Biography of the Three Kingdoms Shu Wei Zhang Lu wrote: "Zhang Ludiwei refused to Julian Waghann, and thousands of wild elk rushed to the camp at night, which made the army frightened." "Guangling County Records" ... "The History of the Later Han Dynasty Dongyang": "There are many moose in the county." "Natural History" said: "Thousands of people gather to dig for grass roots, and the mud they make is called elk." "These show that elk live in groups. Wei Lue is a book explaining the origin and meaning of nouns, in which a section on the owl's tail says: "The big elk is called the owl, and the herd of elk follows it, all of which are spread by the owl's tail." The ostrich is the leading elk. This article vividly describes the relationship between the first elk and the herd. 2) Elk is a wetland animal. Elk live in wetlands and are good at swimming. They can escape to swamps or lakes and rivers when the enemy hurts them. Qu Hai Ji wrote: "Elk is good at living in Ze, and deer is good at saving water because of living in Ze." "Biography of Li Hui in Northern Qi Dynasty": "In Hejian, Cui relied on his brother Siam to draw pigeon feathers with elk horns. The painting replied rotten:' Pigeons have six purlins, but they are angry; Elk has four legs and walks into the sea (meaning Haizi and Lake)'. " 3) Self-defense methods. Living in groups is of certain significance to the self-defense of elk. In the Western Han Dynasty (about 77 ~ 6 BC), Liu Xiang wrote "Miscellaneous Words in the Garden", which said that even fierce tigers and leopards had no choice but to leave angrily in the face of many elk. 4) Strong living ability. In the Song of Gusutai written by Gao Shengjiao in the Tang Dynasty, there is a saying that "the elves in the mountains can be seen safely, and the wanderers live in the elk house". It shows that elk can still live in the mountains opened by people, which shows that their living ability is very strong, but human interference should not be too great.
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