Taotie is a ferocious beast in ancient Chinese legends. Its biggest characteristic is that it can be eaten.
It is an imaginary mysterious monster.
This kind of monster has no body because it can eat its own body. It only has a big head and a big mouth. It is very greedy and finally eats itself.
It is a symbol of greed, so it is often used to describe gluttonous or greedy people.
Later generations exaggerated the gluttonous part of the image of Taotie. Su Dongpo once wrote an "Ode to Lao Taotie" saying: "I gather the beauty of things to support my old Taotie", which added cuteness and liking to Taotie.
Food friends are also called "Gourmet people".
Extended information: Detailed description of Gluttony: Wang Aijun's collection "Gluttony" Explanation: Lu Xun's Spring and Autumn Anniversary: ??"Zhou Ding had gluttony, his head was missing, and he could eat people without swallowing them, causing harm to their bodies." This piece has eyes open and mouth open.
The opened bronze ornaments were passed down from generation to generation and were called gluttony.
It is impossible to say whether this ornament was also called "Taotie" during the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
After the Shang and Zhou dynasties, culture made great progress.
The steamed rice on the bronze vessel, not to mention the random decoration, should have a profound meaning, not just the steamed rice on the sacrificial vessel. Although it is for worshiping ghosts and gods, it also has the dual wishes of blessing and bad luck.
The gluttonous type mainly faces the animal's face, is symmetrical from left to right, and is symmetrical from left to right.
The face shape is naturally symmetrical.
Every country has a deep impression on animals and humans.
Because the face is a silent language, it not only shows expressions of joy, anger, sadness and joy, but also shows dignity, majesty, kindness, ferocity, sinister and mysterious attitudes.
Even though the Taotie pattern is based on the theme of "wonderful objects from mountains and rivers", these rare objects are elusive.
Ancient artists were different from painters in the heyday of civilization in that they had the ingenious technique of "painting ghosts and horses".
The original manuscript was faithful to realism and was gradually simplified by realism.
As a result, images captured by gluttony mode are mostly from sources, from common birds and animals, or close to humans.
The binge mode is based on the face, feet, body and tail, and the thunder mode is the ground mode.
The complete main pattern consists of crown, nose, eyes, eyebrows, horns, ears, mouth, teeth and other functions.
Gluttony mostly refers to negative images, but in the "Gluttony Map" in Mr. Yu Guangzhong's "When I Die", the "Gluttony Map" is used here to appropriately describe the poet's love for the motherland.