Qilin, also known as "Qilin", or "Lin" for short, is an animal recorded in ancient Chinese books. Together with the phoenix, turtle and dragon, it is called the "four spirits" and is the spirit of God. Mount, the ancients regarded Qilin as a benevolent and auspicious beast. The male is called Qilin, and the female is called Lin. In reality, giraffe is often considered to be the prototype of Qilin, and is often used to describe outstanding people. Judging from its external shape, it has a dragon's head, antlers, lion's eyes, tiger's back, bear's waist, snake scales, and unicorn photo collection (19 photos). It can also be written as a deer, which refers to a deer in ancient books; its tail is like a cow; its hooves are like a horse; The round top of the head has a pair of corners. But it is said that the beginning of Qi roughly resembles a deer. It was regarded as a sacred and benevolent beast by the ancients. Qilin has longevity and can live for two thousand years. He can spit fire and his voice is like thunder. "The hairy worm is three hundred and sixty, and the unicorn is as long as that" (hairy worm means hairy animal). Qilin is an imaginary animal created by ancient Chinese. This kind of shape concentrates all the advantages of those animals that are cherished by people into the construction of Qilin, a mythical beast in fantasy. Among the many folklores in China, although there are not many stories about Qilin, its unique preciousness and supernatural power are reflected in its ubiquitous presence in people's lives. The dragon is a virtual animal created after the Chinese nation entered the agricultural society. It is a water creature, and its emergence is related to the demand for water in agriculture. "Shuowen": Dragon, the leader of scale insects, ascends to the sky at the spring equinox and dives into the abyss at the autumnal equinox. "Scale insects" are water snakes, crocodiles and the like. The dragon usually lives in the water, and during the spring equinox, it ascends to the sky and turns into rain to nourish the crops. The image of the dragon is quite general, but the standard dragon shape is embodied in the emperor: Fuxi and Nuwa have the head of a human and the body of a snake. "Snake body" is a snake-shaped tattoo, which is a custom of the ancient Yue people. Later emperors no longer had tattoos, but the dragon on the yellow robe was still a slender, serpentine body. "Shuowen": Southern Barbarians, Southeast Yue, snake species. "Road History": Three Emperors Snake Body. "Yi Si Zhan": The clouds are like a dragon. These records indicate that the dragon pattern on the emperor's body originated from the snakes of Yue culture. Since ancient times, dragon and phoenix have been called together. The dragon is the rain and the phoenix is ??the wind.