It means a vicious and greedy beast in legend; It is also a metaphor for vicious and greedy people, gluttonous people. Gluttony is a mysterious monster in ancient myths and legends of China. In ancient Zhong Ding, the shape of the head was carved on Yi vessels as decoration.
It is often said that gluttonous patterns are common patterns on bronzes and are considered to depict gluttonous animal faces. This pattern appears on the jade articles of Liangzhu culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but the gluttonous pattern is more common on bronzes, especially Ding Shang, as early as Erlitou Xia culture bronzes. ?
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Gourmet is also called "Gourmet Owl". The ancient book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas Bates" introduces its characteristics: its shape is like a sheep's face, its eyes are under its arms, and its hands have tiger teeth. The dragon gives birth to nine sons, and gluttony is the fifth son of the dragon. .
Later, gluttony became an inscription, engraved on various sacrificial vessels. There is a cloud in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals": "Gluttony, with its body, cannibalism does not harm its body, and words are more rewarding."
During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, gluttony was often engraved on the tripod. Its head is fierce, its eyes are bright and impressive, and its nose is prominent. The head has a pair of curved angles or feet, and the bending direction seems to be customized, or the inner hook is like an angle, or the outer curve is like an angle; The mouth is wide, sharp as a saw, slightly bent into a hook, or locked.
It is ostentatious, arched, with its head on the ground or watery, and has a pair of claws on both sides, like a dog's claw or a Tiger Claw. There are a pair of meat wings on both sides, which are shaped like ears.