The top ten ancient beasts in Chinese history have the unique ability to dominate one side. Each has its own legend and symbol. Some of them symbolize auspicious omen, while others symbolize bad luck. The following why network for your inventory of the history of China's top ten ancient beasts, as well as the introduction of the symbols of these beasts.
One of the ancient Chinese beasts: Qinglong
Qinglong, in China, the status of dragon is much higher than that of India. Because in China, the dragon is a God, is supreme, is also the symbol of the emperor.
Qinglong is also the representative of the East. In the five elements, it belongs to wood. Because Qingse belongs to wood, there is a saying about zuoqinglong and youbaihu.
The white tiger
In China, the white tiger is the God of war and the God of slaughter. Tiger has many kinds of magic power, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disaster, praying for abundance and punishing evil, promoting good, getting rich and getting married. And it's one of the four spirits, and of course it's made of stars.
It is composed of twenty-eight constellations and seven Western constellations: Kui, Lou, Wei, ang, Bi, Zui and Shen. So it is the representative of the west, and its white, because it is the west, the West in the five elements is gold, color is white. So it's called white tiger not because it's white, but from the five elements.
Phoenix: the third beast of ancient China
Phoenix in China, is a symbol of happiness. There are many kinds of prototypes. For example, the golden pheasant, the peacock, the eagle, the swan, the Xuanniao (swallow) and so on. It is also said that it is the golden winged bird of the Buddhist Mirs.
The Phoenix in myth has chicken head, swallow chin, snake neck, fish tail and five color lines. There are five kinds of Phoenix: red is Phoenix, green is Phoenix, white is Swan, yellow and purple Phoenix is rosefinch or Xuan bird.
Xuanwu: the fourth beast of ancient China
Xuanwu is a kind of spirit made up of tortoise and snake. The original meaning of Xuanwu is xuanming, which means black; Ming means Yin. Xuanming first described turtle divination: Turtle back is black, turtle divination is to ask turtle to ask ancestors, bring back the answer, and show it to the world in the form of divination.
Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so xuanming becomes the God of water; turtles live a long life, so xuanming becomes the symbol of immortality; the first divination was in the north, and the oracle bone divination of yin and Shang Dynasties means "the divination must go north", so xuanming becomes the God of the north.
The fifth beast of ancient China: Chaos
Chaos is an ancient evil god. It is said that it is fat and round in shape, red like fire, and has four wings and six legs. Although it has no facial features, it can be proficient in singing, dancing and music.
There is also a saying that chaos is an animal like a dog or a bear. Human beings cannot see it or hear it. It often bites its own tail and giggles. If it meets a noble person, chaos will be violent. If it meets a villain, chaos will obey his command.
Taowu (T & Aacute; o w & ugrave;)
There is a beast Yan, its shape is like a tiger and dog hair, two feet long, human face, tiger foot, pig mouth teeth, tail length of one foot eight feet, chaotic wasteland, name Taowu. It is used to refer to a stubborn and vicious person.
It is said that he was the son of Zhuan Xu, the northern emperor of heaven. He also had a name called Ao Hao, which is hard to teach. From these names, we can roughly infer his deeds. Like qiongqi, Taowu became one of the four murderers.
The seventh beast of ancient China: poverty and wonder
In Chinese legend, the evil god, who suppresses the good and promotes the evil, is as big as an ox, looks like a tiger, has hedgehog fur, has wings, barks like a dog, and lives on food. It is said that qiongqi often flies to the scene of a fight and bites off the nose of the reasonable party; if someone commits a crime, qiongqi will catch the beast and give it to him, and encourage him to do more bad things.
However, there is also a beneficial side to poverty. In a kind of exorcism ceremony called "Da Nuo", there are 12 kinds of beasts that devour evil spirits, which are called twelve gods or twelve beasts. Qiongqi is one of them.
Taotie (t ā o Ti & egrave;)
It is said that Xuanyuan fought against Chiyou. Chiyou was cut off and his head fell to the ground. There are clouds and beasts in the mountain and sea classics. It looks like a sheep with a human face. Its eyes are under the armpit. It has tiger teeth and human claws. Its sound is like a baby. It's called roe deer owl and it's cannibal. There is also a legend that it is one of the nine sons of the dragon.
Taotie is very greedy. He eats whatever he sees. Because he eats too much, he is held to death. It's a symbol of greed.
The ninth beast of ancient China: Hu
In the East China Sea, there is an animal named Yu, which can eat borneol and fly up and down in the air. Every time you fight with a dragon, you'll blow a few feet of fire in your mouth, and the dragon will be invincible. It is shaped like a horse. It is 12 feet long, scaly and full of fire. It can fly and is extremely fierce.
When fighting with the dragon, the dragon will be defeated by the fire. In Shuyi Ji, it is described that he feeds on dragons and is said to be the ancestor of Qilin.
Qilin: the tenth beast of ancient China
Qilin is a traditional auspicious animal in ancient Chinese myths and legends of the Han nationality. It has a mild temperament and can live for two thousand years. The ancients believed that there must be auspicious signs in the places where kylin appears. Sometimes it is used to describe a person with outstanding ability and both political integrity and ability. People call Qilin the five auspicious beasts together with Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque and Xuanwu. In fact, it's not Qilin, but Huanglong.
The ancients called the male Qi and the female Lin. Qilin is a benevolent animal in ancient times. It integrates dragon head, antler, lion's eye, tiger's back, bear's waist, snake scale, horse's hoof and ox's tail. It is a treasure of auspiciousness. From ancient times to the present, it is a decoration on the court hall for the purpose of boosting the official's prestige. It is also a symbol of power.
The ancients believed that the Dragon represented gods, heaven, emperors, Jiaotai and so on, so the dragon was gradually monopolized by the royal family. The phoenix also has the meaning of wisdom, temperament (a woman's moral character) and ambition. Therefore, Qilin and Xuanwu are widely spread among the people as their mascots.