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China's four ancient auspicious beasts: Oriental Dragon, Southern Suzaku, Western White Tiger, Northern Xuanwu Dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, were originally the four gods worshipped by the ancient star gods in China, and evolved into the patron saint of the Quartet through Taoism. Based on the ecliptic of the sun, the ancients divided the stars into twenty-eight lodges, each named after four spirits, and the eastern horn, Yuan, Earth, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji were called Qinglong. Nanjing, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Wing and Bird are all Suzaku; Xi Huang, Lou, Wei, Chang, Bi, Gou and Shen are white tigers; Northern bucket, cow, female, virtual, dangerous, houses and walls are all basaltic. Four spirits are blue and white, which is based on the theory of five elements and five colors. "Book of Rites Quli Shang": "Before the trip, Zhu Bird followed Xuanwu, left Qinglong and right White Tiger." Taoism believes that as the guardian of the old man, such as "Bao Pu Zi Miscellaneous English", the old man said that "there are twelve dragons on the left, twenty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four suzaku in front, and seventy-two basalt in the back". There is a guard at the entrance of the Taoist temple, a dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right. Taoist practice also has the art of keeping god, believing that as long as you keep thinking about the image and name of god, you can get the protection of god. For example, "The Secret of the Seven or Six Purple Courts in the Arctic" said: "There is a dragon name on the left, a white tiger prisoner on the right, a suzaku name in front of it, and a Xuanwu name later. Hold the building every festival and surround me with bells and drums on my back for tens of millions of weeks. " The Quartet God is the main object of thinking about gods outside the body, but the images and names mentioned are not consistent. After the Song Dynasty, the Zhan Mu Dojo was said to unite for 28 nights to exorcise demons. See/view/1392131.html for details.