White Tiger

In China, the White Tiger is a god of war and a god of killing. The tiger has various divine powers such as warding off evil, warding disasters, praying for wealth and punishing evil, making money and getting rich, and getting married. It is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also transformed from stars. It is from the twenty-eight stars, the seven Western constellations: Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Ju, and Shen.

Therefore, it is the representative of the West, and its whiteness is because it is the West. The West belongs to metal in the five elements and its color is white. Therefore, it is called the White Tiger not because it is white, but from the five elements.

Green Dragon

In China, the status of dragons is much higher than that of India. Because in China, dragons are divine objects, supreme, and symbols of the emperor. They are also representative of the East. They belong to wood in the five elements. Because blue is wood, there is the saying that the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right.

Among the twenty-eight constellations, the seven constellations in the east are the seven constellations in the east - horn, Kang, Di, Fang, Heart, Tail, Ji. The ancients imagined them as the image of a dragon. Because they are located in the east, according to the theory of matching the five directions with the yin and yang and the five elements, the color of the east is green, so they are called "Qinglong". There is also the saying that the dragon is lustful, and when it is combo with a cow, they produce a kirin, and when it is with a pig, there are also the saying that the dragon has nine sons, which are not like the dragon. It is like this: the eldest son is called the prick cow: it loves music on its flat body, so it often stands on the head of the prick cow. Such as the huqin of the Han people, the three-string prick cow, etc. The Mongolian horse-head prick cow may also be a variant of the prick cow. Er'er

Zi is Yapi: it loves to kill, so it is often placed on weapons to capture the enemy. At the same time, it is used on ceremonies to make it more majestic. San'er is mocking: it is an animal-shaped dragon, which looks a bit like a dog. It is good at looking at it, so it is placed on the corner of the hall. It is said that it can capture demons and eliminate disasters. The fourth child is Pulao: if you like roar, people place it on the bell, mostly in the image of Pulao. It is said that it lives on the beach, but is very afraid of whales. Once the whale attacks, it will be scared to scream. Therefore, people make the wooden pestle shape a whale to make the bronze bell particularly loud

Liang. The fifth child is a sacred man: it looks like a lion. It is an external product. It was introduced to China with Buddhism, so its personality is a bit like a Buddha. It is so quiet and loves fireworks. Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's position or incense burner to make it a Buddhist guardian. The sixth child is the Domineering: also known as the * sacred man, which looks like a turtle. According to legend, in ancient times it often carried the three mountains and five mountains to make waves. Later it was subdued by Xia Yu and made many contributions to Xia Yu. After the flood control was completed, Xia Yu gave it his achievements and let it carry it himself. Therefore, it is mostly carried by it. The seventh child is a sacred man: also known as the Charter, which looks like a tiger.

. According to legend, it upholds justice and can tell right from wrong, so it is placed in the prison gate, two yamen lobby, and the top of the sign that officials calmly avoid when they go out to patrol to maintain the solemn atmosphere of the court. The eighth son is the silhouette: because it loves literature, it is often placed in two silhouettes on the stone tablet. Mozi is Chiwen: also known as the pike tail, a fish-shaped dragon. According to legend, it was introduced by India's "Moji Fish" along with Buddhism around the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is a thing under the Rain God's seat in Buddhist scriptures, which can extinguish fires. Therefore, Chiwen changes from this, so it is mostly placed at both ends of the roof to eliminate disasters and extinguish fires.

Xuanwu

Xuanwu is a kind of spiritual object composed of turtles and snakes. The original meaning of Xuanwu is Xuanming. Wu and Ming is the ancient sounds of Ming. Wu means black; Ming means Yin. Xuanming initially described the turtle divination: the turtle's back is black, and the turtle divination means asking the turtle to go to the turtle to ask the turtle first, bring the answer back, and display it to the world in the form of a divination sign. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is a turtle. Later, the meaning of Xuanming continued to expand. The turtle lives in rivers, lakes and seas (including sea turtles), so Xuanming becomes the water god; the turtle lives long, Xuanming becomes the symbol of immortality; the original Ming is in the north, and the oracle bone divination of the Shang Dynasty's Yin and Shang dynasties means "the divination must go north", so Xuanming becomes the northern god again

Vermilion Bird

In China, the phoenix is ​​a spiritual object that represents happiness. Its original shapes are many, such as the pheasant, peacock, eagle, swan, black bird (swallow), etc.

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It is also said that it was turned into a golden-winged bird in Buddhism. In 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 patterns. There are also five varieties of phoenixes, divided by color: red is a phoenix, a blue is a phoenix, a white is a swan, and yellow and purple is a phoenix, which can also be said to be a vermilion bird or a black bird. Vermilion bird is one of the four spirits, and like the other three, it comes from the stars and is the general name of the seven constellations in the south: well, ghost, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen. It is associated with it. Zhu is red, like fire, and the south belongs to fire, so it is called a phoenix. It also has the characteristic of heavy body from fire, just like the immortal bird in the west, so it is also called a fire phoenix.

9 ancient beasts

1 water kilin

A creature with kind character and powerful demonic power, who understands the principles of the world, is versed in heaven, can listen to the destiny of heaven, and is the divine beast of the king.

2 Red Flame Beast

The fire god Zhurong and the water god Gonggong were descendants of the Shennong family.

3 Bai Ze

The divine beasts on Kunlun Mountain, the famous divine beasts, are snow-white all over, can speak human words and understand the feelings of all things, and rarely appear. Unless a saint ruled the world at that time, they came with books.

4 Double Blade

Yao reigned for 70 years and had a country with accumulating branches. He offered a bright bird and a double-day word in his eyes.

5 Bifang

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

The dragon has nine sons

The eldest son of the ox (qiúniú)

The second son Yazi (yázī)

The third brother mocks the wind (cháofēng)

The fourth old Pulao (pǔláo)

Old five silhouette (suānní)

Lao Liu Zi (bìxì)

Old seven-shaped squid (bìàn)

The eighth old man (fùxī)

Lao Jiu Chiwen/电影(chǐwěn/chǐweǐ)

Another saying is:

Boss 后(bìxì)

The second Chiwen/电影(chǐwěn/chǐweǐ)

Lao San Pulao (pǔláo)

The fourth old man's squid (bìàn)

Lao Wu Taotie (tāotiè)

The old sixth squid (bāxià)

Lao Qiyaozi (yázī)

Old Babian (suāní)

Lao Jiu pepper picture (shūtú)

3 lucky beasts

Pixiu, golden toad, prosperous talent

8 house-guarding beasts

Kirin, dragon, wind, turtle, lion, elephant, golden toad, Pixiu

Four Spirits

Dragon, Phoenix, Turtle, Rain

other

Unicorn (Xiefeng)

Thunder beast

roar

It is shaped like a rabbit, with its sharp ears long, only more than a foot long.

文口

It looks like a tiger and dog hair, two feet long, human face, tiger feet, pig teeth, and tail one or eight feet long

Kui

Its shape is like a cow, has no horns, is huge and dark, but only one foot supports it

Cycling yellow

People who ride it can live to be 3,000 years old

Xiqu

It looks like a cow, with black fur, and a baby's voice. It feeds on people and is extremely vicious.

Horse belly

Out of Yishui beside Manqu Mountain, he faces and tigers, and his screams are like a baby crying, and his temperament is cruel.

Fei

Out of Taishan, it looks like a cow, with a white head, one-eyed, snake tail, and an ancient plague beast.

Yonghe

Red-eyed and red-mouthed, yellow-haired, looks a bit like ape. The ancient god of panic is said to be accompanied by a great disaster when it appears.

Roe Roe Roe

Out of Gouwu Mountain, sheep's body and human face, eyes grow under the armpits, claws are like human hands and feet, also known as Taotie.

Snake

Human face, jackal body, wings, snake walking, voice like a shout

English tricks

The man faces and horse body have tiger patterns, bird wings, and the sound is like a grenade.

Mysterious bee

Giant bees have a big belly as big as a pot, sting people, are poisonous and can kill people.

Green cow

He is famous mainly as Lao Tzu's mount.

Screaming iron

The shape is like a buffalo, but it has huge horns, black fur, and feeds on iron. The excrement is as good as a strong one

Shanshao

The face and the body of the monkey are one foot, and can speak human words and change. They especially like to eat shrimps and crabs.

Fire Rat

Also known as Fire Beast, it weighs 100 kilograms, has a hair of nearly one meter long, as thin as silk, and dies when you see water.
To be continued...