An unknown monster appeared in the Qing dynasty, and people turned to Shan Hai Jing for help.

In the news pictorial in the late Qing Dynasty, many monsters appeared and left relevant records. People were very scared and thought it was a man-eating monster. In fact, it seems that it is just a strange and unusual animal, not a man-eating monster. Some busybodies opened ancient books such as Shan Hai Jing and tried to solve the mystery of monsters, but found nothing. Judging from the relevant news reports, the description methods in Shan Hai Jing are still used, such as "the dog's ponytail is pure red", which is elusive. Monsters can breed without natural history. Fish and the Beast The Pictorial of Dianshizhai in the late Qing Dynasty Fish and the Beast Shaoxing Huiji East Lane is a gathering place for farmers and woodcutters with dense trees and criss-crossing buildings. One day, people heard the river stirring, and a tall monster stood up like a man. Its body is like a pangolin, its head is like a deer, its horns are sharp, it is covered with scales, its belly is furry, it has four feet and a long tail. "Fish is scaly, animals are hairy, but I have never heard of any kind of animal with scales and long hair, which looks like an animal but has the habit of fish. What kind of monster is this? Everyone was so frightened that they were afraid of being eaten by monsters and ran away. The monster did not go ashore, but returned to the water. Someone rummaged through the ancient books such as Shan Hai Jing and Er Ya, and found no trace of this monster. Unfortunately, the locals don't know how to catch it. If you can catch it, send it to the museum for identification, and maybe someone will recognize it. I don't know what the monster here is, but it seems to be classified as an unknown species. From the image, it looks more like a dragon unicorn, or it may be a misinformation from animals such as crocodiles, because the distortion of the description is hard to recognize. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the stone Zhai pictorial was ordered, and the red dragon was greedy for bait. In Shishandu, Cixi, Zhang Ting, a red dragon came in late autumn. This monster, commonly known as the pig female dragon, likes to dig dams, and residents regard it as a disaster. I heard that Pan in Shangyu had a way to catch him and let him kill him. When Pan arrived, he made a careful investigation and said to people, "This guy can be caught. "Order people to prepare a pig's head, cut open the abdomen after slaughter, empty the internal organs, use the swim bladder to fill the pig with medicine and wine, and hide the hook inside. The next morning, the bait sank to the north bank of the ferry, and Jilong really jumped out and swallowed it. Pan and the others dragged the dragon to the shore. It turns out that the drug has taken effect, "it was drunk by the drug." The dragon is a crocodile. The painter of Dianshizhai Pictorial has never seen a crocodile, so he has to refer to the dragon-saving pattern in Compendium of Materia Medica, which is extremely strange. Crocodiles, as a fierce reptile, have always been magical in ancient times. Some people think that crocodiles are a kind of dragons. In literature, they are called Keelung, Longtu and Zhupo Long. These are all aliases for crocodiles. Because crocodiles can hurt people, they become fierce beasts in people's minds. The Change of Monsters The Change of Monsters The residents of Zhou Pu Town in Kunshan were greatly surprised to see a monster, which was as red as a cat and ran like lightning. Three days later, people saw the monster again. It is as big as a dog. Three days later, it was as big as an ox. That night, the chickens, dogs, cows and sheep raised by farmers all died. Look carefully, the eyes of these animals have been gouged out. Residents asked gunboat soldiers to besiege with guns, but this monster was good at changing and disappeared in a flash. The picture is signed by He Mingfu. In the works of painters of the same period, there is a monster map with the same shape, named "Black Chart". It is said that the sea is a transliteration of hyenas. Lu Xun mentioned this in Diary of a Madman: There is a thing called the sea, and his eyes and looks are ugly. He often eats dead meat, even huge bones, and chews them carefully before swallowing them. Hyenas are native to African grasslands. Why are there hyenas in Kunshan? Or overseas unfamiliar local grafting.