Pixi is to wealth for food, eat the four sides of the wealth, the Chinese tradition is the custom of "brave", and the dragon and lion, the same, will be the place to drive away the evil, bring joy and good luck role.
Pixi role
Pixi and Kirin is different, Pixi is a fierce beast, and the protection of the main heart strong. It has the function of suppressing the house and warding off evil spirits.
Pixi role in feng shui, can be divided into the following points:
One, there is the role of the house to ward off evil. Will have opened the light of bravery placed in the home, can make the home run well, good luck to strengthen, drive away the evil, have the effect of calming down the house, become the guardian angel of the home, to protect the family peace.
Second, there is a tendency to wealth and prosperity role. In addition to the help of partial wealth, on the positive wealth is also helpful, so the businessman is also appropriate to put the brave in the company or home.
Three, there is a role in resolving the five yellow big brake is used to resolve the brake to suppress the house and prosperity, especially in the financial aspects, brave is a more obvious role .
Legend
Pixi is also known as Tianlu, Pixi. Is an ancient Chinese myths and legends of a mythical beast, dragon head, horse body, Lin feet, shaped like a lion, gray fur, will fly. Pixi fierce and mighty, it is responsible for the patrol work in the sky, to stop the demons, plagues and diseases to disturb the heavenly court. In ancient times, people often also use brave to as the army called. It has a mouth without anus, can swallow all things and never diarrhea, can attract wealth and treasure, only in and out, the magical powers of the special. Now many Chinese people wear brave jade products because of this.
The Han book "western region" on a record: "Ugo mountain away from the state of peach plucked, lion, urine cow". Meng Kang note: "Peach pluck, a day Fu pluck, like a deer tail long, one-horned known as the deer, two-horned known as Paixie." Paixie is brave.
But after the dynastic transformation, the brave form is more unified, such as short wings, double horns, curly tail, mane and whiskers are often connected with the forehead or backbone, protruding eyes, long fangs. To now commonly seen braves are mostly one-horned, long tail. General manufacture of brave statue of the material has three categories:
A, metal - generally to copper to manufacture, because this kind of metal is relatively cheap, and polished color close to gold.
Second, wood - some old houses will use the quality of solid wood carved braves, and then placed on the beams, used to block the brake.
Three, porcelain - to different kinds of jade to manufacture.
Different substances made of bravery statues, can be placed in the feng shui of the auspicious position, many geographers believe that there is a role in catalyzing wealth, and in the eight different directions, generally placed in the copper made of bravery, catalytic power will be very strong. In fact, brave for positive or partial wealth will be beneficial, so brave like in recent years there are signs of popularity; however, the use of brave to promote wealth, always with a little religious color, so in the XuanKongDaGua positive god of the day when the god or the bird rabbit sun auspicious time, open the brave to promote the power of the strongest, regardless of the work belongs to the positive line or biased line of work. But there is a point to note, the treacherous people, Pixiu may not have the power to catalyze wealth, this is the characteristics of the spirit animal, and Pixiu and jade to catalyze the strongest power of wealth.
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It is said that the brave is the Dragon King's ninth prince, its staple food is even gold, silver and jewelry, naturally covered with treasure, and other auspicious beasts such as three-legged toad than the head of the more, so the Jade Emperor and the King of the Dragon King's favor, however, eat more will always have diarrhea, so one day may not be able to help but drowning anywhere, causing the Jade Emperor angry, a slap! Down, the results hit the buttocks, butthole was sealed up, from now on, the gold and silver jewelry can only come in can not come out, after this story spread, Pixi is regarded as the auspicious beast of fortune and treasure.
Pixi also has a male and female points, folklore says the male brave on behalf of the fortune, while the mother of the brave on behalf of the treasury, there is a treasury to have library to keep, so the collection of most of the brave collection of a pair, to be able to really attract wealth and treasure. But if you want to wear on the body, or a good, in order to avoid fighting, the above are legends, we refer to good !
Pixi's habits are lazy like sleeping, every day the best to take him up to touch, play, as if to wake him up, wealth will follow.
Another brave use of the brave is placed in the case of brave ornaments, if you can drive away bad men, to avoid unnecessary harassment.
According to ancient books, bravery is a beast, one of the five ancient beasts (dragon, phoenix, tortoise, unicorn), known as the beast of fortune. Pixi was once the totem of two ancient clans. Legend has it that it helped the two emperors of the Yellow Emperor in battle, and was given the title of " Heavenly Luk beast " that is, the meaning of heavenly blessings and fortunes. It is designed for the emperor to guard the treasure, is also a symbol of the royal family, known as the "emperor treasure". And because of the brave special food beasts and evil spirits, it is also known as "辟邪" Ancient Chinese feng shui scholars believe that the brave is to turn the disaster into auspicious beasts of good fortune.
Pixi has twenty-six shapes, seventy-seven forty-nine incarnations, its mouth, abdomen, no anus, only eat not pull, symbolizing the eight sides of the wealth, only in and out, at the same time, can suppress the house to ward off evil spirits, dedicated to the master of the gathering of wealth and power.
Ancient sages believe that life is doomed, but the course can be changed, so the folk have " a touch of Pixi luck prosperous, and then touch Pixi fortune rolling, three touch Pixi Pingbuyun" the good wishes.
Dragon's nine sons
Dragon in its image formation process, had the sea of the collection of a variety of strange beast image. Later, these strange beasts in the development of the image of the dragon at the same time combined one of the characteristics of the dragon, the formation of the dragon's nine sons of different sayings. But the nine sons of the dragon for what, in fact, who ranked the oldest who ranked the second, and there is no exact record. Folk also have a variety of sayings, not the same.
It is said that once Ming Xiaozong Zhu Yougong had a whim, asked Li Dongyang, known for his erudition of the Ministry of Rites: "I heard that the dragon has nine sons, nine sons of what is the name?" Li Dongyang actually can not answer, after retreating from the court, put together, pulled out a list. According to Li Dongyang's list, the nine sons of the dragon are: Paddy Pit, Mocking Wind, Jairus, Gui Tuo, Shu Tu, Chi-chi, Pu Jung, Mythical Beast and Prisoner Bull. However, the sons of the dragon in folklore are much more than these. Quodid, Pixi, Taotie and so on are all said to be the sons of the dragon. In fact, the so-called dragon has nine sons, not the dragon happened to have nine sons. Ancient Chinese traditional culture, often to nine to indicate that very much, and has the supreme status. Nine is an imaginary number and a noble number, so it is used to describe the dragon's son. If one had to choose nine sons, one should also choose the nine of them that had the greatest influence in the folklore. Li Dongyang was also in a hurry to deliver, and the list he proposed was not representative.
One of the most influential stories about the "Nine Sons of the Dragon" is that:
The first son was a prisoner of the ox, who was fond of music and stood on the head of the qin. Some valuable huqin still have the image of a dragon's head engraved on their heads and are called "dragon head huqin".
The second son, Jairus, looks like a jackal with dragon horns, staring angrily, with his horns pressed back against his back. Jairus is a man who loves to kill and fight, and is carved on weapons such as sword rings and hilts, or on ceremonial weapons to deter people from fighting.
Third son of the mocking wind, look like a dog, life is dangerous, today's corner of the temple beasts are its remains. These beasts arranged in a single line, standing in the front of the ridge, the leader of the beasts is a bird riding "immortal", followed by: dragon, phoenix, lion, Pegasus, seahorses, mythical beasts, fish, Xiezhi, bullfighting, and rows of Shi. They are placed in a strict hierarchy, only the Palace of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Hall of Supreme Harmony can be all ten kinds of, secondary halls are to be reduced accordingly. Mocking the wind, not only symbolizes good luck, beauty and majesty, but also has the meaning of deterring demons, clearing the calamity.
The fourth son, Pu Juan, shaped like a dragon but smaller than a dragon, loved music and chirping, carved on the bell knob. It is said that Pu Juan lived by the sea and was usually most afraid of whales. Whenever he was attacked by whales, Pu Juan screamed. So, people put his image on the bell and carved the long wood that hit the bell into the shape of a whale to hit the bell with it for its loud and bright sound.
The five mythical beasts (suān ní) are also known as Geibei (金猊) and Lingibei (灵猊). Mythical Geibi is originally an alias for lion, so it is shaped like a lion, likes to smoke and sits well, leaning on the foot of the incense burner, which was introduced to China with Buddhism. Since Buddha Shakyamuni had the metaphor of a "fearless lion", it was logical to arrange the animal as a seat for the Buddha or carve it into an incense burner so that it could enjoy the incense in style. In addition, the mythical animal is the mount of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Mercy, and there is a temple dedicated to the animal on Wutai Mountain, the Bodhisattva's homeland. Since the mythical beast is the fifth son of the dragon, the temple is called the Temple of the Five Masters, which is quite influential in the region. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the dragon decorations in the center of the neck collar of the stone or bronze lions are also images of mythical geibeys, which make the traditional Chinese door lions guarding the gates even more open and powerful.
Sixth Son Bi Xi bìxì, also known as Ba Xi, looks like a tortoise and likes to carry heavy loads. It is said that in the ancient times, it used to carry three mountains and five hills on its back to make waves. Later, it was subdued by Xia Yu, for whom it made a lot of achievements. After the success of the water treatment, Xia Yu took its achievements and let it carry them on its own back. Therefore, most of the stone monuments in China are carried by it. The Basha is very similar to the tortoise, but on closer inspection there are differences. The Basha has a row of teeth, while the tortoise does not, and the Basha and the tortoise also differ in the number and shape of the armor on the dorsal plate. The Basha, also known as the stone turtle, is a symbol of longevity and good fortune. It always strains to hold its head forward, its four feet desperately holding on, struggling to move forward, but always unable to move away.
Seven sons quodid (bì'àn), also known as the Charter, looks like a tiger, powerful, good prison lawsuit, people will be engraved and cast in the prison door, so the folk have a tiger's head jail. It is also rumored that it presides over justice, right and wrong, so it is also placed in the Yamen lobby two and officials on patrol to avoid the top of the card to maintain the solemn atmosphere of the public hall.
The eight sons of Xi Tuoi (xì), with the body of a dragon, are coiled around the head or both sides of the monument.
The last son, chi dragons (chī), also known as scops owls or owls (chī), fish-shaped dragons (some say they look like lizards with cut tails), like to look around, so they are situated at the two ends of the ridge of the temple. In Buddhist scriptures, chi dragon is the rain god under the seat of the thing, able to extinguish the fire. So it is placed in the ridge at both ends of the roof also has the effect of fire extinguishing.
It can be noticed that in this statement, the eldest son, Prisoner Bull and the fourth son, Pu Jung, are both fond of music, the third son, Mocking Fung, and the third son, Chi-ni, are located on the roof, and the sixth son, Gui Tuoi, and the eighth son, Negative Tuoi, are both surrounded by the stone tablets, which makes them repetitive. It would be better if we take one out of two of them and add some other common sayings:
Taotie (tāotiè), which looks like a wolf and is voracious for food, is located on bronzes and is now called taotie motif. Because it can also drink water, so the ancient times also carved in the middle of the outside of the bridge, to prevent the bridge from flooding. According to folklore, this monster is insatiable, eat all you can eat, and finally ate his body, and finally ate only a head, so fell a "head without a body" reputation.
The pit vipers, also known as centipede vipers, look like a fish is not a fish, good water, beautiful body, decorated in the top of the stone bridge railing.
Pepper Figure, similar to the shape of a screw clam, good closed mouth, docile, a little autistic, aversion to others into its lair, so people often carve its image in the door on the head of the store, or carved on the door.
Pixi, in the South and Southeast Asia are known as the ninth son of the dragon, big mouth without anus, only in and out, deep for the gamblers like. Macau casinos will be set up a jade braves, meaning that the mouth is big to eat four sides, only to earn not lose.
"No son of a tiger", the dragon so magical, can swallow clouds and spit, the wind and waves, become the idol of the Chinese people for thousands of years, its son is naturally not an idler. Dragons also have daughters, but not so famous, "Springtime Piggy" in the heroine is the little dragon lady. Dragon's children are strange, which is quite similar to the children of Zeus in Greek mythology. However, Europeans are more open-minded than the Chinese after all, in their mythology, Zeus is the god of the sky and even promiscuous typical, a moment into the horse a moment into the bull to molest women, our country's dragon is a rule, at best, also come to a "two dragons playing with pearls". In the eyes of the Chinese people, the dragon is a symbol of authority and dignity, we say we are the "children of the Yellow Emperor", but also say they are the "descendants of the dragon".
Also, in ancient China, bravery was an alias for the giant panda.
Tapir Ping Zan
Bai Juyi's work, "Tapir Ping Zan" (Changqing 3 years ago, about 823 AD, with the full text of the appendix below)
Tapirs, with the nose of an elephant and the eyes of a rhinoceros, the tail of an ox, and the feet of a tiger, are born in the valleys of the south. I used to suffer from headaches, and every time I went to bed with a tapir, I would see the tapir in my bed. I was sick with headache, every sleep and rest, often with a small screen to guard its head. Appropriately met with the painter, and occasionally made to write. According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, this beast eats iron and copper, do not eat other things. Because of some confusion. So for the praise said:
Taipei Taipei its beasts, born in the South. Its name is Tapir, non-iron does not eat. In the past, in the ancient times, the hearts of the faithful. The conquest of the order, from the Son of Heaven out. Swords and halberds, copper and iron envy overflow. When the tapir was there, it ate all day long. Since the Three Dynasties, the king's law has been different. Fuse iron for soldiers, Fan copper for Buddha. Buddha is increasingly, the blade of the day. What mountain is not (yin: yang)? What valley is not co?o? There is no tsetse left. Woe to the Tapir, no one is discouraged. Woo-hoo! The sadness of the tapir, but the sadness of the time!Recently, the most popular animal, is the cat and bear. In ancient China, it was also known as "tapir". And the literati depicted a lot of (Note: Taiping Yushan nine hundred and eight volumes, the beasts of the Department of twenty. There are many depictions by the literati (Note: Taiping Yuban, Volume 908, Beast Part 20, has detailed information), but the most interesting and special one is Bai Juyi's "Tapir Screen Praise". The origin of the article is as follows: Bai Juyi originally had a headache, and invited a painter to draw a picture of a cat and a bear on his screen. Why? Because it "sleeps on its side to ward off the plague, and draws its shape to ward off evil spirits". Its fur kept the body warm, and its image warded off evil spirits. Since then, the head is no longer suffering from the wind, so I wrote this "Tapir Screen Praise" to commemorate the occasion.
As for the content of the general idea: cats and bears eat iron to survive, since ancient times, the king has a way, not many weapons, copper and iron consumption is also small, cats and bears eat all day long, not also happy! Later, a large amount of copper and iron were cast into weapons and statues of Buddha. The cat and bear had to starve. Bai Juyi here on this lovely animal, reported to sympathize.
In fact, Bai Juyi's words have a hidden meaning: first, the depiction of "eating iron" in the Shanhaijing may not be entirely believable, and so there is the phrase "because of some confusion". In addition, the use of iron and copper was also criticized, as there were frequent wars and more and more weapons. The people are in fear, the statue of Buddha with the increase. However, there is no plan to take away the firewood from the bottom of the cauldron, the emperor can love the people like a son, do not lightly start the war, how can there be a shortage of copper and iron?
Generally speaking Jade or Jadeite best
The bank in front of the two people often say that the stone lions, in fact, is Pixi, rather than people think of the lion.