Qiu Niu is willing to be the head of the piano and listen to the music
The boss
Qiu Niu is the eldest of the nine sons of the dragon. He loves music all his life and is one of the many dragon sons. The most docile among them, it is neither bloodthirsty nor ruthless, and is fond of music. Legend has it that the imprisoned cow with a dragon head and a snake body has a very good ear and can distinguish the sounds of all things. It often squats on the head of the piano to enjoy the music of plucked strings, so its portrait is engraved on the head of the piano. This decoration is still in use today, and some valuable Huqin heads are still engraved with the image of a dragon head, which is called "Dragon Head Huqin". This musically gifted dragon son not only appears on the Huqin of the Han people, but also on the dragon-headed Yueqin of the Yi people, the three-stringed qin of the Bai people, and some Tibetan and Mongolian qins. .
Yaizu, the god of war, is the second of the nine sons of the dragon, and all grudges must be repaid
The second child
Yaizu is the second child. Legend has it that he was born with the head of a jackal and the body of a dragon, and his personality throughout his life. Fierce, aggressive and fond of killing, he is Longzi's god of war. The ferocious eyes of Yaizhen when angry were also used by the ancients to describe "glaring with anger". Sima Qian's evaluation of the paragraph "Fan Ju's Revenge" in "Historical Records" is that "the virtue of a meal must be repaid, and the hatred of Yaizhen must be repaid." So, , the idiom "Yiju must be repaid" was born. Jizhen likes to kill, so the ancients often carved it into the mouth where the blade and handle of the sword meet, which adds to the frightening power. It is not only decorated on the weapons of famous generals on the battlefield, but also widely used on the weapons of ceremonial guards and palace guards, making it even more majestic and solemn. Because the emperors believed that the emperor could defeat all evil.
Chao Feng, the third of the nine sons of the Dragonborn, is the vanguard of the corner of Chaofeng Palace
The third child
Chao Feng, who looks like a beast, is the third child. He is prone to danger and hope in his life. , the beast on the corner of the hall is its portrait. These animals lined up in a single line, standing upright at the front of the vertical ridge. The leader of the animals was an "immortal" riding a bird, followed in order by: dragon, phoenix, lion, Pegasus, seahorse, Suan Ni, Xiu fish, Haechi, Bullfighting, and entertainment. Chaofeng is the second one. There is a strict hierarchical system for their placement. Only the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing can have all ten of them. These 10 mythical beasts mean "perfection", and the number of secondary halls must be reduced accordingly. Chaofeng not only symbolizes good luck, beauty and majesty, but also has the meaning of deterring demons and eliminating disasters. The placement of the mocking wind makes the shape of the entire palace both strict and varied, achieving the harmony of solemnity and vividness, the unity of grandeur and exquisiteness. It adds a mysterious atmosphere to the towering palace.
Pulao, the fourth of the nine sons of the dragon, startled everyone with his roar
The fourth son
Pulao, shaped like a coiled dragon, ranks fourth and has a good reputation throughout his life. Roar, the dragon-shaped animal button on the Hong Bell is its portrait. It turns out that Pulao lives by the sea. Although he is a dragon, he has always been afraid of the huge whale. When a whale attacks, it roars loudly in fear to drive the whale away. According to the characteristics of "good nature" and "every bell wants to make a loud sound", people cast Pulao as a bell button and made the wooden pestle for ringing the bell into the shape of a whale. When ringing the bell, let the whale hit Pulao again and again, making it "ring into the sky" and "sound alone and far away". Today, almost every ancient bell across the country has Pulao on it.
The fifth of the nine sons of the Dragon, Suan Ni Incense Burner Leo
Lao Wu
Suanni, also known as Jin Ni and Ling Ni, looks like a lion and ranks fifth. , although he looks fierce, he likes to be quiet and does not like to move in his life. He likes to sit and likes fireworks. Therefore, the foot decorations on the Buddha's seat and the incense burner are his portraits. According to legend, this kind of suan Ni decorated on the Buddha's seat was introduced to China by Indians in the Han Dynasty. By the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it had been widely used in Buddhist art in my country. This shape was created by Chinese folk artists and gave it a unique The traditional Chinese style, which later became Longzi's Lao Wu, was mostly placed in front of statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas sitting cross-legged or cross-legged. The dragon-shaped decoration in the middle of the collar of the stone lion or bronze lion during the Ming and Qing Dynasties is also the image of Suanni, which makes the traditional Chinese door lion guarding the door more open and majestic. Suanni is also used as the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva. Today, in Wutai Mountain, the dojo of Manjushri Bodhisattva, there is still a temple where the ancients worshiped Suan Ni. Because Suan Ni ranked fifth, this temple is also called the "Wuye Temple".
Baxia, the sixth of the nine sons of the dragon, strives to pull up the mountain and carry merits
Baxia, also known as Bixi, looks like a turtle, and the sixth child
is the old man Sixth, he was fond of carrying heavy loads throughout his life and had great strength. The tortoise under the stele base is his portrait. The first legend is that in ancient times, Baxia often carried three mountains and five mountains on his back, making waves in rivers, lakes and seas. Later, Dayu conquered it when he was controlling floods. It obeyed Yu's command, pushed mountains and dug ditches, and dredged rivers, making contributions to flood control. After the flood was controlled, Dayu was worried that Ba Xia would go wild again, so he moved a very large stone monument standing high in the sky, on which was engraved the traces of Ba Xia's flood control, and asked Ba Xia to carry it on his back. The heavy stone monument made it unable to walk casually. Basia and tortoises are very similar, but there are differences upon closer inspection. Basia has a row of teeth, while tortoises do not. The number and shape of the carapace of Baxia and tortoises are also different. Baxia, also known as stone turtle, is a symbol of longevity and good luck. It always held its head forward with difficulty, holding on to its four feet desperately, struggling to move forward, but it could never move away. The bases of some of my country's most prominent stone monuments are carried by Ba Xia, which can be seen in the Forest of Steles and some historical sites. The second legend is that the dragon sons once descended to earth to help Zhu Yuanzhang conquer the Ming Dynasty. But when they were about to return to heaven to revive, Zhu Yuanzhang’s fourth son Zhu Di, who later became the founder of the Ming Dynasty, did not want to let them go, so he said to Ba Xia: "You If you can carry the merit monument of Emperor Taizu, I will let you go back." Ba Xia agreed without knowing what the plan was. After the pig was loaded on it, it could no longer move - because the merits are immeasurable, Ba Xia was suppressed from then on. Under the merit monument.
The Seventh of the Nine Sons of the Dragon: Bi'an, the nemesis of criminals
Old Seven
Bi'an, also known as Charter, looks like a tiger and is the seventh child. He was prone to litigation, but he was also powerful. The tiger head-shaped decoration on the upper part of the prison door is his portrait. Legend has it that the Piran is not only eager for justice and speaks out for justice, but also can distinguish right from wrong and make impartial decisions. In addition, its majestic image is not only decorated on the prison door, but also crouched on both sides of the lobby of the government office. Those who commit crimes are extremely intimidating. Whenever the yamen chief sits in the court, his image appears on the top of the chief executive's title plate and the silence card. He looks around and looks around to maintain the solemnity and uprightness of the court. In ancient times, the doors of prisons were engraved with the head of a tiger, so the prison was also commonly known as "Tiger Head Prison" among the people.
The eighth of the nine sons of the dragon, Fu Xi, loves calligraphy and inscriptions
The eighth lao
Fu Xi, with a body like a dragon and a head like a lion, ranks eighth. , a good writer all his life, is another elegant person among Longzi - he loves calligraphy. The Wenlong figures on both sides of the stele are his portraits. Our country's stone tablets have a long history and are rich in content. Some of them are simple in shape, smooth and bright, and the light is discernible; some are exquisitely carved, with graceful words and vivid writing; some are famous poems and stone carvings, which are popular among people. , praised throughout the ages. Fuyi liked this kind of inscriptions that shone with artistic brilliance very much. He was willing to turn them into patterned dragons to set off these handed down literary treasures, making the base of the stele more elegant and beautiful. They are coiled around each other and seem to be slowly squirming. Together with the base of the base, it looks even more spectacular.
Chiki, also known as the owl tail, is said to have the head of a dragon. The shape of the fish body first appeared in the "Bai Liang Hall" built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, some ministers suggested that there is a fish in the sea with a tail like an owl, that is, an owl. It can spray waves and rain. You might as well put its image on the palace to protect the palace from fire. Emperor Wu agreed. When the main hall was completed, officials rushed to ask what was on the ridge of the palace. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't know how to answer, so he named it "鸱tail" after its tail that looked like an owl. Later, it gradually evolved into the homophonic "Chi Kiss". ". It is also said that around the time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Indian ‘Moji Fish’ was introduced with Buddhism. It is the object under the seat of the rain god in Buddhist scriptures and can extinguish fire. Therefore, the chi kiss was transformed from this, so it is often placed at both ends of the roof ridge to eliminate disasters and extinguish fires. The dragon-shaped spine-swallowing beast is Lao Jiu, with a loud mouth and a habit of swallowing all his life. The curly-tailed dragon heads at both ends of the temple ridge are his portrait. "Taiping Yulan" has the following account: "In the Tang Hui Dynasty, after the disaster in the Liang Palace of the Han Dynasty, Yue Wu said, 'There are fish and turtles in the sea, with tails like owls, and strong waves will cause rainfall.' So he made his image on the tail to show the auspiciousness of the fire." .
"The "witches" mentioned in the article are alchemists and the like, and "Yuqiu" is the predecessor of Chiki. Chiki is water-based, and it is used as a suppressant to suppress evil and ward off fire. (There are other sayings, Baidu)