rosefinch

Phoenix is a symbol of happiness in China. There are many kinds of prototypes. Such as golden rooster, peacock, vulture, mandarin duck, blackbird (swallow), 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 phoenixes, which are divided into red phoenixes, Lan Fenghuang phoenixes, white swans, yellow phoenixes and purple phoenixes. They can also be called rosefinch or blackbird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits. Like the other three, it comes from the stars, which is the general name of seven small houses 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 attaching importance to fire. It is also called the Fire Phoenix, just like the immortal birds in the west.

turtle

Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Wu means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the tortoise divination as follows: the tortoise's back is black, and the tortoise divination is to ask the tortoise to ask his ancestors in the underworld, 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 Xuanming 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 Oracle Bone Inscriptions's divination in the Yin and Shang Dynasties was "divination must go north", so Xuan Ming became a northern god again.

White Tiger

In China, the white tiger is the god of war and war. Tigers have many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying and punishing evil, promoting kindness, getting rich and getting married. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Of the 28 stars, 7 are in the west: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, its whiteness is due to the west, and it belongs to gold in the five elements, and its color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.

Qinglong, the patron saint of the East in Taoism

Qinglong, also known as "Black Dragon", is the God of the East in ancient mythology. Dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation. Since the Yellow Emperor entrusted it to Tianhe and weiser, it has always been a symbol of the Chinese nation and even the whole of China, and its stereotype was in the Han Dynasty. Since the Great Han Dynasty, it has been identified as the symbol and representative of the emperor. In oriental legend, the dragon looks like a long snake, the head of a unicorn, the tail of a carp, a long beard, horns like deer, five claws and a frightening appearance, while in western mythology, the dragon is more like a lizard with wings.

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kylin

Kirin, also known as "Kirin" or "Lin", is an animal in the ancient legend of China, which is called "Four Spirits" together with phoenix, turtle and dragon. Known as the sacred beastmaster. It is the mountain of God.

phoenix

Everyone is familiar with the god bird. Its head looks like a chicken, its chin looks like a swallow, its neck looks like a snake, its chest looks like a rainbow and its tail looks like a fish. Birds of Five Virtues.

According to "Erya? Guo Pu pointed out that the Phoenix is characterized by "the head of a chicken, the chin of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the back of a turtle, the tail of a fish and five colors. It is six feet high." Go out of the country of oriental gentlemen, fly across the four seas, cross the Kunlun Mountains, drink the mainstay, break the feathers and look at the cave of Mount Mo, and the world will be at peace. 〡。 Shan Hai Jing? Tuzan said that there are five kinds of pictographs: "The first text is rich in wisdom, the wings are smooth, the back is ambiguous, the abdomen is full of faith, and it is like benevolence." 」

Turtle (one of the four spirits)

dragon

Dragon is a magical animal in China mythology, which is good at changing, stimulating and benefiting all things. It is said that it can be hidden and displayed, reaching the sky in the spring breeze and diving in the autumn wind. It can also cause clouds and rain. It was the leader of many scales, the head of the four spirits (dragon, phoenix, unicorn and turtle), and later became a symbol of imperial power. Emperors of all dynasties called themselves dragons, and their vessels were decorated with dragons.

Four murderers

The legendary beast-fierce man

Beasts in ancient legends.

According to legend, he is the son of Zhuan Xu, the Northern Heaven Emperor, with a proud and unruly name. From these names, we can also roughly infer its actions. Like Qiong Qi, Yao Yao later became one of the four leading soldiers.

Qiong Qi

According to Shan Hai Jing? The northern ocean classics show that Qiong Qi looks like a tiger, has a pair of wings and likes to eat people, even heads. He is a fierce animal. However, in Shan Hai Jing, Xishan Jing mentioned another image of Qiong Qi. Qiong Qi in this article looks like a cow with hedgehog hair, which is quite different from that described in Beijing at Home. But both of them are fierce beasts who like to eat people, and there is no difference in this respect.

muddledness

. The West Mountain Classic, the second volume of Shan Hai Jing, says: "Three hundred and fifty miles west of Tianshan Mountain, happy ever after, with realgar and clear water, flows in the Tang Valley in the southwest. There is a god bird, which is shaped like a yellow bag, red as fire, with six feet and four wings. It doesn't know how to sing and dance, but it's just Di Jiang. " Chaos is chaos, and the image of chaos is a bird that can sing and dance.

A person who loves ...

The legendary greedy monster. In ancient Zhong Ding, the shape of the head was carved on Yi vessels as decoration. "Lu Chunqiu? The first knowledge: "Zhou Ding is a glutton, with Kubinashi's body, cannibalism will not be swallowed, which is harmful to his health. "Magic classic?" "Southwest Famine": "There are many people in the southwest, hairy, wearing tapirs, greedy as wolves, good at gathering wealth, and don't eat people's valleys. The strong bring up the old and the weak, and are afraid of giving orders, which is called gluttony. "Song Shaobo recorded after listening" Volume 26: "Shao Shengchu, the ancestor was an official in Chang 'an, and sold soup and cakes in front of the Han Gaozu Temple in Xicheng." He got a piece of white jade with clouds and dragons carved on it, and it was built into a mountain in the sea, which was enough for gluttony and was a treasure of three generations. "

In addition to ancient beasts, ancient beasts are also praised in addition to free and ancient books.

Water unicorn

A creature with good nature and powerful demon power, who knows the world and God's will and can obey fate, the king's beast.

Red beast

Zhu Rong, the god of fire, and Zhu Rong, the god of water, are descendants of Shennong.

Baize

The beast on Kunlun Mountain, a famous beast, is white all over, can speak human words and understand the feelings of all things, and rarely appears, unless a saint ruled the world at that time and he came with a book. (Another way of saying it is a white horse)

heavy ming bird

In the seventy years of Yao's reign, one country raised a bird and a pair of clear words were in sight.

Bifang

A bird shaped like a crane has a foot, red stripes and a white beak.

The dragon has nine sons, each with his own unique temperament ―― brothers and sisters may be different in many ways.

Nine sons born in a dragon means nine sons born in a dragon, and none of them is Jackie Chan, so it's different. The so-called "dragon gave birth to nine children" does not mean that the dragon happened to have nine children. In the traditional culture of China, nine represents a lot and has a supreme position. Nine is an imaginary number and an expensive number, so it is used to describe the dragon son. There is a long-standing saying that dragons have nine sons, but there has been no saying about which nine animals are, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that there were various opinions. Some scholars' notes in the Ming Dynasty, such as Lu Rong's Miscellaneous Notes on Gardens, Li Dongyang's Collection of Huailu, Yang Shen's Collection of Climbing the Temple, Xu Li's Notes on the Old Man in the Temple and Xu Yingqiu's Talking about Yun Yun in Tang Yuzhi, all recorded the dragon's situation, but they were not unified.

Version 1:

Heavier: I am slim (Bi Xi), and I like lifting heavy things best, so I carry a stone tablet on my back.

Have a good look: kiss, who likes to look around most, is often decorated on the eaves. Look at the decorative animals on the fork ridges of ancient buildings in China.

Food is the most gluttonous, which can be eaten and drunk, and is often decorated on the lid of the tripod. Because it can drink water, it is also decorated on the bridge railing to prevent the bridge from being flooded.

Born black boy: Yazi, a killer who likes fighting, is often decorated on the knife ring and handle of weapons.

Armadillo, which hates crime most, is often decorated on the prison lintel.

Good fireworks: Sister-in-law (sour mud), good fireworks, often decorated on the cover button of incense burner cover.

Good water drinker: Pa Pa (Yinba Xia) is located in the favorite place to drink water on the bridge, and is often decorated on the top of the stone bridge railing. Lying on the four corners of the back door bridge, the shape is very beautiful.

Gentle-natured person: Jiao Rabbit hates others entering its nest and often decorates at the door.

Good singer: Young people who like music and roar best are often decorated on the knob of the big clock.

Version 2:

1, prickly (Bi,): It looks like a turtle and is easy to carry loads. Runges can be seen in palaces, ancestral temples and tombs all over the country. In all kinds of arguments of Longzi, it generally ranks first among the nine sons.

2. Kissing (Chi, Wen): I like to look around. I am often arranged on the roof of a building. I have a sword to fix it.

3, Pu (old): Rock temperament, love music, love to roar. It is used to decorate the top of the chime of ancient musical instruments, and he can also be seen on the knob of the temple clock.

4. Armadillo (Bi, An): in charge of the prison. It is often decorated on the lintel of death row. Because it is shaped like a tiger, there is also a saying that the tiger's head is tied.

5. Sister-in-law (Su An, Ni): He believes in Buddhism and likes to burn incense, which is on the incense burner cover. Moreover, sister-in-law is also the seat of Manjusri Bodhisattva, which can be seen in temples dedicated to Manjusri Bodhisattva. On Mount Wutai, the Dojo of Manjusri Bodhisattva, there is also a temple dedicated to sisters-in-law. Because my sister-in-law is the fifth son of the dragon, this temple is called Wu Ye Temple, which has great influence in the local area. When I swam through the temple, the incense was very strong.

6. Hao, Tie: Gourmet, gluttonous. There are often gluttonous patterns on bronzes unearthed in Xia and Shang Dynasties. They are ferocious monsters with Kubinashi's body.

7, Yazi (ya, zi): fierce and violent, like to fight and kill people. This is the meaning of the folk idiom "a grudge must be repaid". Usually, statues can be seen on the handles or rings at the ends of some weapons to enhance the murderous look.

8. Shu (Tu): Shaped like a snail, gentle and a little autistic. So he was placed on the door with a knocker in his mouth to avoid visiting at night.

9. Qi (Xiu): He is known as the ninth son of the dragon in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a big mouth and no anus, but it can't go in and out, which is very popular among gamblers. Macau casino then released a jade animal, and wanted to eat everywhere, only to make a profit.

The third edition:

In ancient times, there was a legend among the people that "dragons give birth to nine children, but they don't generate dragons, and each has its own merits". But what exactly is Jiuzi, there are different opinions. "China auspicious map" said:

The eldest of the nine sons is called prison cow, who likes music and squats at the piano head;

The second child, Masako, loves to kill and fight, and is carved on the knife ring and hilt.

The third child's name is mocking wind, and he had a narrow escape in his life. The beast in the corner of the temple is his portrait.

Four sons, Pu Tie, roared loudly when they were hit, and used it as Hong Zhong's animal button to lift the beam to help him sing further and wider.

Connie, who is shaped like a lion, likes to smoke, sit still, lean at the foot of the incense burner and smoke;

Liu Zi, also known as XX (Bi xi), is like a tortoise with teeth and likes to carry heavy loads.

Gambi, like a tiger, likes to go to court, and its image appears on both sides of the prison gate or the official hall;

Eight sons, positive and negative, like a dragon, elegant and gentle, coiled on the top of the stone tablet;

Laojiu's sting kiss, also known as sting kiss or sting kiss, is thick and easy to swallow, so it has become a spine-swallowing beast at both ends of Miaoling, which is used to put out fires and eliminate disasters.

The health of the son of the dragon

The wind of dragons

Kiss of the dragon

The death of the dragon son

Zi Long Zhipu Prison

Prisoner of the son of the dragon

Dragon's sister-in-law

Long de ya zi

other

Haitai

The famous god beast produced under the ancient divine judgment system is also known as the "law beast". According to Lun Heng and Huai Nan Zi? According to Xiuwu, it is as big as an ox and as small as a sheep, and its shape is roughly like a unicorn. It has thick dark hair, bright eyes and usually a unicorn on its forehead. It is said that people with broken horns will die. Some people have wings, but most people have no wings. Have high wisdom, can understand people's words, and will use horns to resist dishonest and disloyal people. Later generations often raise ordinary sheep instead of horses in temples.

ghost car

Alias nine-headed bird. The color is red, like a duck. The big one has a wide wing. It is blind day and night. When he meets a little haze, he will fly over. Loving others is inspiring. It is said that Jiuge used to be one of the dogs. They often bleed. Home of blood drops, there are monsters. (This doubt is an example)

It is contained in the book The Reflection, Lingbiao, Lu Yi, Zheng Zitong and Gu Feng.

Chisel teeth

Humanoid beast, with teeth three feet long, looks like a chisel and holds a shield (which should be intelligent). He shot for Yu Shouhua's Yuan Ye.

Shan Hai Jing (Overseas South Jing) and Huai Nan Zi (Jing Xun) are also included.

Henggong fish

Born in Shihu Lake, the lake is frozen. Seven or eight feet long, shaped like carp and red, he was in the water during the day and became a man at night. If you don't poke it, you won't die. If you cook it, you won't die. If you cook it with two pieces of ebony, you will die. If you eat it, you will get sick.

The miraculous classics (northern famine classics).

The legendary tiger-like beast, whose image was painted on the prison door.

Also known as xian Zhang. It looks like a tiger, powerful and good at controlling litigation, so people carve it on the door of the prison. Tigers are mighty beasts, so the use of armadillos is to enhance Yu's majesty and make guilty fans afraid.

Kyubi no Youko Fox/Kyubi no Youko Fox

The province is called "Kyubi no Youko" and "Kyubi no Youko Poultry". Legendary animals Living in the mountains of Qingshan Mountain, people eat people. Its theory began in the pre-Qin Dynasty and spread to the Han Dynasty as an auspicious beast, symbolizing the prosperity of kings. Moreover, world peace symbolizes the numerous interests of the descendants of the king.

Nanshan Jing: "There is a beast (the mountain of green hills), which is shaped like a Kyubi no Youko with fox ears and sounds like a baby. It can eat people, and people who eat it are not surprising. "

Legend of the White Tiger: "Virtue is a hundred birds and beasts, and the nine-tailed fox sees it."

roar

Shaped like a rabbit, the tips of two ears are very long, only more than a foot long. Lions are afraid of it, and it will rot if it is covered and drowned. "Talking about Yan Exposure".

Sanzuwu

Espeon in ancient China was also considered as the messenger of the sun. In ancient China, it was said that the sun was inhabited by three ancestors and five generations, and people worshipped the sun. Sanzu House is also worshipped as a symbol of good luck. It is said that there are ten three-legged Wu, who keep running in the sky, causing drought and burning pain on the ground. Emperor Yao ordered Hou Yi to shoot all three-legged birds. As a result, Houyi shot nine, leaving one. From then on, there was only one sun, and it set at night. Some people say that Sanzu House is an elf who serves the Queen Mother of the West.

Kuikui

Shan Hai Jing? According to the Wild Classic, 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. There will be a storm when you get in and out of the water. Its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder. Its name is Kui. The Yellow Emperor got it, with its skin as a drum and Lei Shou's bones as branches. It was heard within 500 miles to rule the world.

Legend has it that there is a "Liupo Mountain" in the East China Sea of China, and Wei Xiao lives in Shan Ye. Kui's body and head are like cows, but she has no horns and only one leg, and she is black and blue all over. It is said that Kui sends out the light of the sun and the moon and thunderous cries. As long as it goes in and out of the water, it will definitely cause a storm. In the war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, the Yellow Emperor captured Chiyou, made snare drum out of his skin, and made drumsticks out of his bones. As a result, the sound of drums can spread all over Fiona Fang for 500 miles, which greatly improved the morale of the Yellow Emperor's army and made Chiyou's army terrible.

Wei Xiao is with heaven and earth. There are only three or more drums in the world. The first and second drums were killed by Qin Shihuang, but Qin Shihuang did not have the achievements of the Yellow Emperor, so this drum made of Kui's skin is not so magical.

snake

Water beast. A man with a face, wings and a snake, his voice sounds like a growl. Call for water. Shan Hai Jing contains

Ying Zhao

People face horses with tiger stripes and bird wings, and sound like durian. It claims to be the god who looks after the garden for the Emperor of Heaven, but it looks like a god beast at best. Shan Hai Jing.

Dang Kang

Toothed pig, named for its sound. A good year can be foreseen. It is recorded in Shan Hai Jing.

Welted Thistle

Deer's body, like a sparrow, has horns and a plesiosaur. Some people call it Fengbo. But I think it is more reasonable to manipulate the wind and atmosphere. "Songs of Chu (Lisao)".

Several kinds of dragons in ancient legends of China

Ying Long 1. The dragon in ancient legend. According to legend, during Yu's flood control, he painted a river with a tail to let the water flow into the sea. 2. The god who is good at making clouds and rain in ancient legends.

According to etymology, "Ying Long" is a thousand-year-old dragon with wings, and the 500-year-old dragon is called Ceratosaurus. Dragons are extraordinary things, and their life span is extremely long. Ying Long is the most expensive dragon (of course, some people think that Ying Long can refer to ancient clan and tribe and mysterious ancient country-Ying Long family and Yingguo). In Tianwen, Qu Yuan, a great poet in China, was puzzled by how the dragon helped Dayu to control water and how to draw a river on the ground with his tail to introduce floods into the sea.

Guo Long tiancheng Xuan

There are two theories about killing dragons: one is about one of the sources of the legendary dragons in China. Also known as the dragon tail, it is a marine animal. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was said that dragons were watery and could prevent fire. It is suggested to put it on the roof to avoid fire. The second is that he is the second of the nine sons of the dragon. In an ancient book, it says, "The second is kissing and good sexual desire. The animal head in this house is also true. " It looks like a wild animal. Is its habit good or dangerous? It has become a dragon on the top of temples, towers and pavilions, or a beast on the roof. It can also put out fires. According to the above statement, the prototype of the dragon should be the gecko in our life.

This dragon is characterized by scales and fins.

Hongshuilong

Another example: Jiao Qiu (Jiao and Qiu. Qiu: A little dragon with horns in ancient legends. Also refers to the aquarium); Jiao Guo (dragon. Mantis: an animal said to belong to the genus Xiaolong); Jiaocheng (Dragon and Cow)

Another ancient book says it is a horned dragon.

Jiao is a dragon. Jiaozi has no horns. Rhyme club

The mainstream view is that ceratosaurus.

A legendary little dragon with horns.

Pinyin qiúlong

Explanation 1. There is no need for a small dragon with horns in ancient legends. Qu Yuan's Tian Wen: "Dragons give birth to bears". "Ruiying Map" in the Song Dynasty: "The dragon horse is the essence of the river, eight feet and five inches high, with long neck ribs, wings on it and nine hairs. See if you have a wise king. " Dragon is a legendary beast, "God horse", "horse is a dragon over eight feet" and "two-horned dragon".

Candle dragon

God beast in China ancient mythology. Also known as Yin Candle, he also wrote talon. A man with a dragon face and a candle in his mouth lit up the shadow of a dark place in the northwest. Legend has it that his power is extremely powerful. When he opens his eyes, the whole world is bright, that is, during the day; When you close your eyes, it is dark, that is, at night. Today's cultural historians believe that Candle dragon is the myth of the northern dragon totem clan, and its true colors should be the male roots evolved from male genitalia. It came into being later than the era of female worship.

Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Jing: "Beyond the Northwest Sea, to the north of Chishui, there is Zhang Weishan. There is a god, the snake's face is red, and his straight eyes are riding a horse, gloomy and bright. No food, no sleep, no rain. This is a nine-shade candle, which means Candle dragon. " Overseas classic: "The God of Zhongshan, named Yin Candle, regards it as day, feels it as night, blows it as winter, calls it summer, and calls it as wind without drinking or eating;" It is a thousand miles long, in the east of the cave. It is a thing, a face, a snake's body, and a red color. It lives at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. " See Gong's Outline of Primitive Worship.

Chu Ci Tian Wen: "Why is the northwest open?" What will Candle dragon do if the weather is bad? Another "big move": "There is a cold mountain in the north, and the dragon is forgiven. "

Candle dragon is in the north of Yanmen, covered by Yuwei Mountain, and can't see the sun. The man of God has a Zhang Long face and no feet. ("Huai Nanzi? Terrain training ")

There is no news of Yin and Yang before the day reaches the northwest, so there is a fire dragon shining in Tianmen. (Guo Pu annotated "Classic of the Great Northern Wilderness" and Candle dragon quoted "Rime Poetry" (1))

"Wan Jing" cloud: The sun follows the four directions. The ancient sage said: When Candle dragon traveled eastward, he was wiped out; When he travels to the west, he is very big when he travels to the south; He was badly killed when he traveled north. ("Yi Gan Weikun chisel degree? Volume ")

Overseas Classics: "The God of Zhongshan, named Yin Candle, regards it as day, feels it as night, blows it as winter, calls it summer, does not drink or eat, does not stop, and breathes it as wind; It is a thousand miles long, in the east of the cave. It is a thing, a face, a snake's body, and a red color. It lives at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. "

All theories are similar and obviously come from overseas classics and wild classics.

Panlong (note that it has no clouds)