"Shan Hai Jing Huang Da East longitude" records: "There is 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. When you step into and out of the water, there will be wind and rain. 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 the drum and the bone of Lei Shou as the guide, and it was famous in the world for 500 miles. "
Osmium, also known as osmium, is a one-legged monster in ancient myths and legends of China. Most of his images are a horn, a foot, an open mouth and a curly tail.
Decoration related to Kui:
In the decoration of bronzes in the late Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty, the real dragon pattern is one of the main decorative patterns, and the image is mostly that the dragon opens its mouth and rolls its tail. The shape is suitable for the structural lines of bronze decorative surfaces, with straight lines as the main part and arcs as the auxiliary part, which has the aesthetic feeling of Gu Zhuo.
The dragon patterns on bronzes are usually called Kuiwen and Longkui patterns. Since the Song Dynasty, all reptiles-like objects on bronzes have been called Kuiyi, which is a reference to "Kuiyi" in ancient books. In fact, an animal with one leg is a profile of a biped, so the word Kuiwen is not used, it is called dragon pattern or dragon pattern.
Solanum nigrum pattern is a traditional decorative pattern, which is common in ancient tripod vessels and is mainly popular in Jingdezhen porcelain in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Recently excavated in Sanxingdui archaeological site, after many searches, the newly unearthed bronze jar with square mouth also has dragon-like patterns, which strongly proves that Sanxingdui culture is inextricably linked with Central Plains culture in Yin and Shang Dynasties.