Qu is a one-legged monster in ancient myths and legends of China. According to Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Jing (East longitude of Huang Da), there is Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, which reaches 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.

Fang Bi is an image in ancient China mythology, who lives in Zhang 'e Mountain. According to Shan Hai Jing ·Xi· Shan Jing, Bi Fang is shaped like a crane with only one foot, blue feathers with red stripes and a white mouth.

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The appearance of the image of Fang Bi expresses the fear and yearning of primitive people for fire. The source of "Bi" in Fang Bi should exclude the meanings of "Duan" and "surname". People regard fire as a god, which is the origin of the "Bi Yue Bird".

In the decoration of bronzes in the late Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty, the real dragon pattern is one of the main decorative patterns, and the image is mostly that the dragon opens its mouth and rolls its tail. The shape is suitable for the structural lines of bronze decorative surfaces, with straight lines as the main part and arcs as the auxiliary part, which has the aesthetic feeling of Gu Zhuo.