According to legend, Liu Bowen is the god beside the Jade Emperor. There was chaos in the world at the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, and wars and famines continued everywhere. The Jade Emperor also sent Liu Bowen to assist the Ming army, so as to settle the world and benefit the whole people. He also gave the immortal sword to the Four Seas Dragon King. However, the dragon king is old and weak, and there are many things. So, he sent his only son, and these nine sons have their own stunts and miraculous powers. They became human beings and fought with Liu Bowen for many years. He laid a solid foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang and helped Judy seize the throne. Just as they retired and were ready to return to heaven, the ambitious emperor Judy wanted to keep these nine sons around forever and dominate the world by their strength. So in the name of repairing the Forbidden City, he took Liu Bowen's sword-cutting order to Jiuzi. Judy may have been carried away. The dragon son is a god beast, and Ren Huang relies on one sword alone. It's kind of ridiculous. The dragon flew into a rage when they learned about it. They immediately begged for rain to crush Judy's ambition. When Judy saw that chopping the sword was useless, she decided to use a trick. He said to Jiuzi's eldest son, "You are strong enough to carry anything. If you can hold this immortal tablet of our ancestors, I will let you go. " What stone tablet is this? This stone tablet is an inscription that records the public morality of the "True Dragon Emperor" before his death, with two generations of imperial seals on it. This is a stone tablet with infinite merits. This stone tablet was overwhelmed by Brother Long, and it was impossible to explore. The other eight sons couldn't bear to leave when they saw their eldest brother being crushed, so they decided to stay together, but vowed never to show up! Although Judy left nine sons in the world, she got nine statue-like beasts. When Liu Bowen learned of this, he was disheartened and died. Judy regretted it. In order to warn future generations not to repeat the same mistakes, he made the nine sons who had turned into statues stick to their posts in the world and spread them through the ages.
Indeed, Judy was carried away by possessiveness, which angered the gods. But it was also because of Judy's greed that he left nine sons in the world. The story of the dragon giving birth to nine sons has a long history, but the immortals didn't come for nothing. At that time, people knew that the dragon had nine sons, but it was really unclear which nine sons. Until the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Bowen led Jiuzi to fight, and the last Jiuzi. It belongs to both god and emperor. Where are the nine sons of this dragon? What does it look like? What kind of power they gave birth to, and where are they now? Please listen to me slowly to answer for you.
It is said that the nine sons of the dragon don't become dragons, and all of them are stunted and miraculous. As I said before, the dragon has great strength and good load. He is the eldest of nine sons, otherwise Judy wouldn't take him in and let him take the magic slate. The attentive audience may have guessed where the beast is, and it is. It is covered with scales. This is what turtles don't have. Now its image is the posture of the moment when the sacred stone tablet is pressed on it. It seems really hard to move. This heavy stone tablet can bear hundreds of years. I believe everyone has seen its image, but you may not know that it is a kind of dragon. It is usually the basis of inscriptions in front of temples and cemeteries. Figuratively speaking, I recommend you to the Ming Tombs, because it is the royal cemetery of the Ming Dynasty. There are thirteen tombs, and there is a stone tablet in front of each tomb. It is lifelike and well preserved. It belongs to the cemetery. The cemetery. I also recommend two temples, one is Tanzhe Temple and the other is Jietai Temple. These two temples are loyalty temples in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so there are more royal inscriptions. every
The boss was crushed under the monument, and the other eight dragons could not bear to leave, turning into statues and doing their jobs. Then who are the other eight dragons? In fact, according to the ancient records of China, these nine dragons are not unified. Let me introduce the most common saying to you first. They are: carrying heavy loads, love the water, taking risks, loving blood, closing the pepper map, swallowing kisses and singing general prison.
There is the Ming Yongle Bell in the Dazhong Temple in the North Third Ring Road of Beijing. It is said that there is also a son of a dragon living here. You can search every corner of Dazhong Temple, only the bell, not the dragon. Is this a rumor? Just when we were puzzled, a big clock museum in Dazhong Temple attracted our attention. There are dozens of big clocks in the museum during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, each of which is exquisite. Suddenly, we found the image of a dragon on the top of a big clock. Every big clock has the image of a dragon. The person who cast them on the clock was used to make the knob of the wall clock. According to the characteristics of Long's nine sons, this is a good chirping prison. But Buron is very small and lives by the sea. But it has a natural enemy, that is whales. Every time it is attacked by a whale, it cries loudly and its voice travels hundreds of miles. According to this story, people cast blue on the clock and made the hammer into the shape of a whale. Sound travels a hundred miles, so the sound of Zhong Zhu will be louder and farther. Every clock in the Dazhong Temple Clock Museum has the image of Bran, beautifully carved and dignified. Then why isn't there an image of it on Yongle Bell? In fact, there is an old image on the Yongle Bell, which is abstracted by craftsmen and only takes the ontology to make the image of Yongle Bell more concise, more atmospheric and more dignified. This is also an abstract artistic expression of the ancients.
Speaking of which, we found two sons of dragons and seven others. It takes a lot of work to find the other seven sons in a city as big as Beijing. Let's talk about the next dragon, and his discovery is even more legendary. It is a good water cockroach, but for an environmental treatment project in Beijing, cockroaches will always be a mystery.
Lying in a prone position like water can eliminate floods, which is a good omen. He is an expert in water conservancy in ancient Beijing. He found it under the back gate bridge in Shichahai, Beijing. In 2000, when he was cleaning the river, he found four vividly carved beasts on both sides of the river bank. But nobody knows what it is. Invite experts to have a look. This is not the legendary dragon. ! Because Houmen Bridge is an important water system in the ancient capital, people carved it under the bridge in order to let the love the water dragon take care of this important river and protect it from floods. This crouching croucher is lying around the river bank, grabbing the river bank with four claws and sticking his head out to stare at the water, which is very vivid. It is said that when the river is clear, there are many small squirrels underwater. This is really a wonder of Beijing.
You see, these dragons really show their magical powers and are all over the capital. It will take some time to find their trace. But not necessarily. Three dragons live together and are neighbors. It is appropriate to describe them without looking up. You don't have to work hard. In fact, we can often see their images. You just didn't notice. Where are they?
In fact, these three dragons are our most common ones, and we can see them wherever there are ancient buildings. Many animals with different images are carved on the roofs and eaves of ancient buildings in China. Depending on the level of the palace or house, the number of these statues in a group is different. Only the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City is decorated with 10 statues, which is also the most. There is a misunderstanding here. Some people think that these animals arranged together are the nine sons of the dragon. Actually, it's not. These statues of god beasts lined up in a single line are at the front end of the inclined vertical ridges at the four corners of the palace. The leader is an immortal riding animal, followed by dragon, phoenix, lion, Tianma, seahorse and fish. Bullfighting and hiking. But there is no dragon's son in this queue, so where is this dragon hidden? One of them is at the back of the line. It's called sarcasm. The mocking wind looks good and is very vigilant! Evil can be predicted, evil can be stopped, and danger can be saved. The placement of the full moon has changed the modeling specifications of the whole palace, achieving solemnity, vividness and harmony. The full moon is the keeper who finally completes the responsibility of the roof. Brother Moon kissed it, and it was easy to swallow. It swallowed the whole roof. Kissing is also called kissing the tail. Protect the house from fire. Now it can be seen in ancient buildings. On the roof, you can see a spineater at both ends of the roof, which is one of the kisses of the dragon. Didn't you say Sanlong was a neighbor? Where is the third one? Not on the roof, on the door. It's called Jiao Tu and looks like a snail. Why is there this dragon on the door? Because the pepper map is easy to close, just like a snail closes its shell when it is in danger. The map of pepper can predict the danger and close the door before it comes. People take it and stick it on the door for safety. Mocking wind, pepper maps, kissing and other images are the most common in the Forbidden City, and they are also the most exquisite and well-preserved sculptures. These three brothers have been driving away disasters for people in ancient buildings and gates.
So far, we have found six dragons and their positions. There are three others, and these three are the three with the biggest personality differences among the nine sons. Unlike other brothers, who are all helping others, their hobbies are so different ... and they are all hidden. We searched everywhere and finally found them.
The seventh dragon's hobby is really strange It is easy to sit. It only lives in a temple, and it is very restless. As a lion, it is called a lion. In fact, it is a lion. The lion followed Buddhism from India to China, and it was brought here. It is supported by temples. But it's too restless. It always sets fire to smoke everywhere. Take this sister-in-law as her own mount. Since then, sister-in-law has become a means of transportation for Guanyin Bodhisattva, and her image has also appeared on the incense burner. Because it is still smoking, it is made on the incense burner to make the incense more vigorous.
You see, this sister-in-law has a strange personality. No matter how weird, the latter two have no personality. A person who is good at killing a good music. This difference is too big! It seems that the skills of these two brothers are the most useless among the nine sons ... they are nemesis and prison cow respectively.
As one of the nine sons, Yazi is easy to be killed. It is said that when Liu Bowen led Jiuzi to crusade against the rebels, Yazi killed countless people, which was extremely bloody. Artistry's expression is extremely horrible, regardless of you and me, killing everyone, and the people are not spared. People are afraid of it. There is a folk saying. It means to deter criminals. Besides, another dragon prisoner is just the opposite of artistry's character. It is good at music and leads the snake body. This is a dragon with musical cells, and its image is carved on the Hu Qin. You see, the first eight sons are good for the people and avoid disasters. But this prisoner is good at music, and this music is of little use to the people ... you are really wrong. It brings happiness to life. You say that people like listening to music, how can they disturb social order? Prison cows have this magical ability. Carving it on Hu Qin's head is a beautiful music that makes people intoxicated. Don't you think it has much impact?
In ancient books, there are different opinions about which nine sons the dragon gave birth to. We have summed up the most common views and give you a brief introduction. According to records, gluttonous, romantic and unicorn are also sons of dragons. In fact, none of these nine sons were born in a dragon. In the traditional culture of China, nine is supreme and nine is a positive number. It is also an imaginary number. It can be seen that among Longsheng's nine sons, nine does not represent a real number. In fact, we don't have to argue about how many sons the dragon gave birth to. Because there are too many mysterious things in China's traditional culture, the moral content is also very broad. If we treat these stories with a vague mentality, we will only take their connotation and not correct their reality.