to ward off evil spirits, southerners call it "brave" or "Tianlu". It is a kind of god beast in the ancient myths and legends of China. It has a dragon head, a horse body and a lion's feet, and it is shaped like a lion, with a gray coat and can fly. Fierce and mighty, it is responsible for the patrol work in the sky to prevent monsters, plagues and diseases from disturbing the heaven. In ancient times, people often used brave and brave as the name of the army. It has a mouth without anus, can swallow everything without diarrhea, can make a fortune, can only get in and out, and has special magical powers. Nowadays, many people in China wear jade products, which is why.
3. Make money and treasure to ward off evil spirits
The China Cultural Relics Society produced and distributed a series of restored products of "China's famous jade in past dynasties". 1 pieces of famous jade in the past dynasties, all exquisite, each with its different origin and unique cultural connotation. One of them was to ward off evil spirits during the Han Dynasty.
The exorcism selected in this restoration is 15.1cm high and 21cm long, and it is carved with the finest Xinjiang jade. It is reported that the work was written by Suzhou Zhuoyu master.
to ward off evil spirits, also known as the sky green and the brave and brave, is a kind of god beast in the ancient cultural legends of China and the ninth son of the dragon. It has a dragon head, a horse body and a unicorn horn. It looks like a golden toad, looks like a lion, is covered with scales, and is shaped like a unicorn. The dragon gave birth to nine children, and his magical powers were different. Legend has it that exorcising evil spirits is a thousand times better than his father's, and he can fly in the clouds, command thunder, ward off evil spirits and protect the hospital in the town.
It's said that the biggest feature of keeping away evil spirits and eating gold and silver is that it has a mouth but no anus. It is said that he was punished by the Jade Emperor because he had violated the dogma, so he could only enter but not leave. In addition to eating wealth, exorcism also eats all kinds of wild animals and evil spirits, and has a strong heart to protect the Lord, which has the function of exorcism in the town house, so it is called exorcism. As a result, exorcising evil spirits in people's eyes has become a magical beast that absorbs wealth and treasures, ward off evil spirits and blocks evil spirits.
To ward off evil spirits, people take wealth as their food, so businessmen like to ward off evil spirits instead of dragons. Many people like to put an evil spirit on the table or wear it with them. In the southeast coastal areas, people believe that exorcism has the function of town house. The local area is often ravaged by typhoons, and people pray for the protection of the gods. To ward off evil spirits is the most powerful of the nine sons of the dragon, and it never takes the initiative to attack, but waits for its opponents to come to the door. People think it is both brave and steady, and it is most suitable for guarding the home and protecting the hospital. In the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu, once named exorcism as a treasure for the emperor's exclusive use.
jade charms are mostly protective pendants that people carry with them. The idea that jade products can protect the body and ward off evil spirits has a long history in China. Jade has been bred in mountains and rivers for thousands or even hundreds of millions of years. Jade contains a lot of mineral elements, and people often say that "people raise jade and jade raises people".
It is said that exorcism is lazy, and he always likes to sleep on weekdays. Collectors had better play with it in their hands every day, just to wake it up, so that money will roll in. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "one touch to ward off evil spirits is prosperous, and then touch to ward off evil spirits, and the financial resources are rolling, and the three touches to ward off evil spirits are on the rise." From this point of view, it is reasonable that exorcism becomes a favorite collection of people.
According to legend, the raccoon dog is a fierce beast, and this beast can be divided into female and male, with the male named "raccoon dog" and the female named "raccoon dog". But none of them have been handed down < P >. First, they have the function of warding off evil spirits. Putting the brave and brave animals that have been opened at home can make the home run well, strengthen good luck, drive away evil spirits, have the effect of town house, become the patron saint of the home, and keep the family safe.
second, it has the function of seeking wealth and prospering wealth. In addition to helping the partial wealth, it is also helpful to the positive wealth, so businessmen who do business should also put it in the company or at home.
Third, it has the function of dissolving the evil spirits in wuhuang. It is used to transform the town house and prosperous wealth, especially in terms of wealth, and it has a more obvious role.
Kirin
Kirin, also known as "Qilin" or "Lin" for short, is a kind of animal in the ancient legend of China, which is called "four spirits" with phoenix, turtle and dragon. Known as the holy beastmaster. And it is the mount of God.
Kirin is an animal created by compounding ideas according to the way of thinking of China people. The male is called Qi, and the female is called Lin. From its external shape, the dragon head, moose body, oxtail, horseshoe (called "wolf's hoof" in historical records) and fish scales have two horns, which are dragon horns, and their horns are extremely hard. It is light gray, and this shape is a new combination after dismembering many real animals. It concentrates all the advantages of those cherished animals on the construction of unicorn, an imaginary god beast, which fully embodies China people's idea of "Jimei".
Xuanwu
Xuanwu is a kind of spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. The original intention of Xuanwu is Xuan Ming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Xuan means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the tortoise divination: the tortoise's back is black, and the tortoise divination is to invite the tortoise to the underworld to ask questions first, bring back the answers and show them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Since then, the meaning of Xuan Ming has been expanding. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so Xuan Ming became a water god; The tortoise lives long, and Xuan Ming has become a symbol of immortality; The original underworld was in the north, and the oracle bone divination in the Shang Dynasty was' its divination will be northward', so Xuan Ming became a northern god again.
Like other three spirits, Xuanwu has also changed from 28 stars in the world: fighting, ox, female, emptiness, danger, room and wall. In ancient times, people explained Xuanwu in the following ways.' Xuanwu' is a turtle. "Book of Rites. Quli Shang" says:' Line, before Zhu bird and then Xuanwu ...'' Xuanwu' is a tortoise and snake. Hong Xingzu's supplementary note in "Songs of the South. Traveling Far":' Xuanwu is called tortoise and snake. Located in the north, it is called Xuan. With scales, it is called martial arts. Xuanwu' is a combination of snakes, turtles and snakes.
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Qinglong
Qinglong is one of the four elephants in China traditional culture. According to the five elements theory, it is a spirit beast representing the East. Qinglong is both a name and a race, and its orientation is east and right, representing spring; The orientation of the white tiger is west and left, representing autumn; Suzaku's orientation is south and back, representing summer; The orientation of Xuanwu is north and front, representing winter.
among the 28 constellations in China, Qinglong is the general name of the seven eastern stars (horn, sonority, mutuality, room, heart, tail and dustpan).
The Seven Hostels in the East are also known as black dragon, and the Seven Hostels in the East in black dragon-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Bai-are very dragon-shaped. From their meanings, we can see that Jiao is the horn of the dragon, Kang is the neck, Bian is the root of the neck, and Fang is the arm.
There is also the part in the heart of the dragon. Some people call it a' fire', which has something to do with sunny and rainy weather, and because Qinglong is a wood, it is also Jupiter's old age.
In many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their title. For example, Wei Mingdi in the Three Kingdoms is an example, and there is also a record in historical records that the Xia Dynasty belonged to Mude, so he has the auspicious omen that "Qinglong was born in the suburbs".
In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story of Qinglong slowly began to spread. According to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the southeast, northwest and middle schools, and each color was matched with a beast and a god. Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, the four spirits of the sky, take the square as the square, and the king makes the palace pavilion take the method. ”。
Bao Puzi Miscellaneous Ying quoted the Fairy Classic to describe the image of the old gentleman in Taishang, saying that there are twelve green dragons on the left, twenty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four suzaku in front and seventy-two basalts behind. Very imposing, really imposing.
Later, the four elephants were gradually personified, and they had their titles. According to the Secret of the Seven Yuan Purple Extension in the Arctic, Qinglong was named "the God of Mengzhang", Baihu was named "the God of Guards", Suzaku was named "the God of Lingguang" and Xuanwu was named "the God of Ming".
Soon, the belief in Xuanwu (Zhenwu) gradually expanded, and it stood out from the four elephants and became the "Great Emperor". Qinglong and Baihu were listed as the door gods, guarding the mountain gate of Taoist temple. In the Song Dynasty, Fan Zhineng's "Yueyang Terrestrial Records" said: "There are two gods in Laozi Temple, which are called Qinglong and Baihu."
Ming Yao Zongyi's "Shu Temple View" says: "To the two great gods of Taoist Temple Gate, on the left is the God of Qinglong Mengzhang, and on the right is the God of White Tiger.
According to relevant records, Volume 44 of Tai Shang Huang Zhi Zhai Yi called "Star King of Qinglong Dongdou" as follows: "Star King of Tianmen in Jiaosu, Star King of Kangsu Tingting, Star King of Tianfu in Pleiades, Star King of Tianqi in Susu, Star King of Uranus in Xinsu, Star King of Tianji in Susu and Star King of Tianlu in Jisu." As for its image, "The Collection of Necessary Use of Daomen Tongjiao" has seven clouds: "The dragon horn in the East is full of vigor, spits clouds and glows, cries thunder, flies octupole, travels around the four ghosts, and stands on my left. In addition, Taoism also uses it in the terms of alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of "Seven Chapters of Clouds" quotes the Dan of the Four Gods in the Ancient Classics, saying: the dragon is the dragon, and the oriental wood is also mercury, which is clear and unwilling, and it is not turbid, which is not desirable, far away, and has endless hidden changes, so it is said that the dragon is also. There are many legends about dragons in Oriental Qinglong, and there are also many sayings about the origin of dragons. Some say that they were introduced from India, while others say that they were transformed from China. India itself is said by the dragon god, but the dragon's position in India is not high, and there is also a real thing-python.
In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, stories about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the southeast, northwest and middle schools, and each color was assigned a beast and a god. East is cyan, with dragon, west is white, with tiger, south is vermilion, north is black, with martial arts, and yellow is the central positive color.
among the gods in all directions, according to Shan Hai Jing, "Zhu Rong in the south is a beast with a human face, riding two dragons. 」； "In western Ru Shou, there is a snake in the left ear, riding two dragons. 」； "In the East, there is Ju Mang, a bird and a face, riding two dragons. 」； "Northern Yu Jiang, black hands and feet, by two dragons.
It's interesting that dragons in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are all riding, while snakes of the same kind are all being held or held or held or wrapped around their necks, which shows the difference between the two. However, the five gods in the five directions are not the same as the four gods in the four directions, so I won't elaborate on them here.
The auspicious omen of "Qinglong was born in the suburbs" is recorded.
In ancient China, the head with horns was a male dragon; Double horn is called dragon, and single horn is called dumpling; The horned one is a viper. In ancient times, there were often large and small Ssangyong in Yu Pei, which was still called the mother-child viper. The status of dragons is much higher than that of India. Because it is sacred and supreme in loong, it is also a symbol of the emperor.
It is also the representative of the East. The five elements belong to wood, and because cyan belongs to wood, there are sayings of Zuo Qinglong and You Baihu. Of the 28 stars, seven in the East-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used as the stars. The ancients imagined them as dragons. Because they are located in the east, the five elements are colored according to Yin and Yang, and the east is blue, hence the name "Qinglong".
And there is a folk saying that the dragon is lewd. When you have sex with cows, you will have a unicorn, and when you have sex with pigs, you will have an elephant. The so-called dragon gives birth to nine children, which is not like the dragon's saying.
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The eldest son is called a prison cow: he stands upright and loves music, so he often stands on the head of the piano. Such as the Hu Qin of the Han nationality and the Sangqin of the Bai nationality. Ma Touqin in Mongolia may also be a variant of prison cattle.
The second son is Chi Pi: He loves to kill, so he is often put on weapons to intimidate the enemy. At the same time, it is used in ceremonial ceremonies to appear more dignified.
Saner is Mochifeng: it's a beast-shaped dragon, which looks a bit like a dog. It's good at watching, so it's often placed in the corner of the temple. It is said that it can intimidate demons and eliminate disasters.
The first Si Er is Bulao: People like to roar, so they put it on the clock, mostly in the image of Bulao. It is said that it lives on the seashore, but it is very afraid of whales. Once whales attack, it will scream with fear. Therefore, people made the wooden pestle into the shape of a whale to make the bronze bell particularly loud.
The fifth son is an elder sister-in-law: shaped like a lion. It is a foreign product, which was introduced to China with Buddhism, so it is a bit like a Buddha. It is so quiet and loves fireworks. Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's throne or incense burner to protect Buddhism.
The sixth son is Ba Xia: also known as Tiao, 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 soothed by Xia Yu, he made a lot of contributions to Xia Yu. After the flood control became an attack, Xia Yu took its merits and let it back on its own. Therefore, 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 right from wrong, so it is placed on the top and bottom of the prison gate, in the lobby and at the top of the sign that officials are silent and evasive when they are on patrol, so as to maintain the awe-inspiring atmosphere of the court.
The eighth son is the negative coffin: because it loves literature, it is often placed in two stone tablets.
The first Jiu-Er is a kiss: also known as the tail, a fish-shaped dragon. According to legend, it was introduced from India with Buddhism around the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is something in the Buddhist scriptures under the rain god, which can put out fires. Therefore, the kiss is changed from this, so it is placed at both ends of the roof to eliminate disasters and put out fires.
the white tiger
is one of the four images of the seven constellations in the west of Taoism in the traditional culture of China. 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.
The seven western lodgings (Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, tapir and Shen) in twenty-eight lodgings, which are located in the west, belong to gold and are white in color, and are collectively called white tigers.
In Volume 44 of Tai Shang Huang Zhi Zhai Yi, Bai Hu Xi Dou Xing Jun is called: "Kui Su Tian Jiang Xing Jun, Lou Su Tian Prison Xing Jun, Wei Su Tian Cang Xing Jun, Angsu Tianmu Xing Jun, Bi Su Tian Er Xing Jun, Li Su Tian Ping Xing Jun, and Shen Su Tian Shui Xing Jun." As for its image, the book "Collection of Necessary Use of Daomen Tongjiao" has seven clouds: "The west should lodge in the tiger, with Ying Ying's quality, calm down the sound, intimidate the animals, and stir the mountains to establish my right." At the same time, Taoism also uses it in the terms of alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of Yunqi Qixi quoted the Dan of the Four Gods in the Ancient Classics as saying: "The white tiger, the western Geng Xin Jin Bai Jin, also won a real position. "Jing" says: if a son gets everything done, a lady's different name, five elements of influence, is also caused by the essence. It can't move, so it's called tiger.
It's also an image of a fierce god. Volume III of Xie Ji Bian Fang quotes The Secret Pivot of Man Yuan: "A white tiger is also a fierce god in his middle age, and he often lives in his fourth birthday. Where you live, if you commit it, the Lord will be in mourning. " That is, as the saying goes, "Sang Men White Tiger" or "White Tiger for Refusing Money". According to the records in the twelve main stars: "When the white tiger is fierce, there will be disasters in the fleeting time. If you don't show filial piety inside, you will be unable to escape bloodshed."
Historical Records of the Heavenly Palace' black dragon in the East Palace, Zhu Bird in the South, Xianchi in the West Palace and Xuanwu in Bei Gong.' It's not a white tiger here, but a salty pool. The salty pond is the star of the main grain. In the main autumn, because the grain is harvested in autumn, it is put in autumn. But it is not an animal. How can it be combined with dragons, birds and turtles to form four spirits?
In Justice:' The three stars in the salty pool are among the five cars, and the sky is playing south, and the fish and birds are crying.' Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, it was questioned:' black dragon, Zhu Bird, Xuanwu, and the total seven nights are concerned. As for the salty pool, don't be a star, and stay away from 28 nights. There is another explanation for the salty pool, which is the place where the sun bathes. In Huai Nan Zi. Astronomy:' The sun rises from the valley, bathes in the salty pool, and blows on the hibiscus, which is called morning light'. It can be seen that Xianchi was originally regarded as the sunrise place by Qiang people. Xianchi is also an alkaline lake, which should be a taro lake in Minshan area or Qinghai. It can be proved that the star palace celestial phenomena worshipped by primitive people do not have the concept of Qinglong White Tiger.