1. Alsophila spinulosa: also known as turtle. It looks like a turtle, so heavy. Carrying stone tablets for many years. People can see this hardworking Hercules everywhere in the ancestral hall of the temple. It is said that touching it can bring happiness to people.
2. Armadillo: Also called Charter. Looks like a tiger, powerful, and good at prison litigation, people carved it on the prison door. Tigers are powerful beasts, so the use of armadillos is to enhance the majesty of prisons and make criminals daunting.
3. Kiss: also called kiss, tail, Cape of Good Hope, etc. This dragon is shaped like a four-legged snake with its tail cut off. It looks around in dangerous places and likes to swallow fire. According to legend, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built the Bailiang Hall, it was said that there was a kind of fish in the sea, whose tail was like an ostrich, that is, an eagle, which could splash waves and rain and avoid fire, so it was molded in the corner, roof and roof of the hall.
4. Pepper map: Shaped like snails and clams, it is withdrawn. When it is invaded by foreign objects, it always closes its shell. Therefore, people often carve its ring image on the head of the gate, or carve it on the door panel to indicate that it is closed.
5. Prison Bull: Huanglong with scaly horns, good music. This musical dragon not only stands on the Hu Qin of the Han nationality, but also has the image of raising its head and opening its mouth on the Yue Qin of the Yi nationality, Qin Sang of the Bai nationality and some Tibetan musical instruments.
6. Not old: It's shaped like a dragon, but Buron is small and easy to sing. It is said that I don't live by the sea all the time, and what I fear most at ordinary times is whales. Whenever there is a whale attack, he will scream when he is not old. Therefore, people put their own image on the clock and carve the long wood that hit the clock into the shape of a whale to make it loud and bright.
7. Gluttony: Like a wolf, eat well. Ancient bronzes are often decorated with the shape of heads, which are called gluttonous patterns. Legend has it that the dragon gave birth to nine sons. Only a big head, a big mouth, eat whatever you see. Because I ate too much, I was finally killed.
8. Sister-in-law: Also known as Jin Heling. Sister-in-law is another name for a lion, so she looks like a lion. She is good at setting off fireworks and sitting well. Its style can be seen in Buddhist temples and incense burners. Lions that even tigers and leopards dare to eat are magnificent animals. They were introduced to China with Buddhism. Because Buddha Sakyamuni is known as the "fearless lion", people naturally arrange him in the Buddha's seat, or carve him on an incense burner to enjoy the incense.
9. Yazi: looks like a jackal, so he kills people. Often engraved on the scabbard of the handle. Yazi's original intention is to glare. The so-called "the virtue of a meal will be repaid, and Yazi's hatred will be reported." Bao couldn't help killing people, so the dragon son who looks like a jackal naturally appeared on the scabbard of the sword handle.
Four Great Beasts in Ancient Legends of China
Qinglong: In China, the dragon is sacred and supreme, and it is the symbol of the emperor. meanwhile
Is the representative of the east, in the five elements, the dragon is wood, cyan is also wood, so
Many of them are commensurate with Qinglong.
White tiger: The tiger is the head of all animals and the god of war. White tigers have the ability to ward off evil spirits.
Disaster, blessing, punishing evil and promoting good, getting rich and getting married and other divine powers.
Always follow the dragon.
Suzaku: Suzaku can also be called a phoenix or a mysterious bird. In ancient records, the phoenix is a kind of beauty.
Birds, and with their singing and demeanor as the king of birds, bring it to the world.
Lucky. And because it is the length of the feather worm, it is with the long dragon of the scale worm.
Legend has it that they gradually became a couple, one changeable and the other beautiful, and it is true.
They have become a complementary couple in folklore.
Xuanwu: Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. It is the northern water god with a long history.
The symbolic meaning of immortality. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked.
Yes Wu means black; Ghost, meaning yin, has been called by others in later generations.
For Zhenwu the Great.
"Gluttony" is a mythical beast in ancient legends in China, and its greatest feature is that it can eat. Gluttony is a fictional mysterious monster. This monster has no body, only a big head and a big mouth. It is very greedy and eats everything it sees. Because it ate too much, it finally choked to death. This is a symbol of greed.
Water unicorn
A creature with good nature and powerful demon power, who understands the world, understands God's will, listens to destiny, and is the beast of kings.
Red beast
Zhu Rong, the god of fire, and Miyamoto, the god of water, are descendants of Shennong.
Baize
The beasts on Kunlun Mountain, the famous beasts, are all white, can speak human words and understand the feelings of all things, and rarely appear, unless a saint ruled the world at that time, and he came with books.
heavy ming bird
In the seventy years of Yao's reign, there was a country offering a bird and a pair of clear words in sight.
Bifang
A bird shaped like a crane has one foot, red stripes and a white beak.
Lucky beast < 3 >
Brave golden toad, Wang Cai.
Town house beast < 8 >
Kirin, dragon, wind, turtle, lion, elephant, golden toad and mythical animals.
Four spirits < 4 >
Dragon, phoenix, turtle and forest