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Tai Zhi (Volume 44) called the White Tiger the Great King of the Western Fight. It is the god beast in Zhenxi, the fairy pool in Nishinomiya, and the Xuanwu in Gong Bei. It is deified, and immortals often ascend to heaven through tigers. In Huainanzi, eating ghosts. In the concept of five elements in Han dynasty, the white tiger was regarded as a western god beast.

Relationship with religion

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After the rise of Taoism, Dragon and Tiger were borrowed as Taoist alchemy terms, meaning "astronomy": "The sun rises in the valley". Replace the salty pool that does not belong to animals with Kirin. Later generations have the habit of four spirits, four elephants and four tigers.

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At the same time, the white tiger also symbolizes power and the army. It's really a place that stays in Xing Jun, Tian Ping, Xing Jun, Tianshui, Xing Jun, Tiancang, Xing Jun and the west. "Jing Ke" cloud, which is interchangeable in hexagrams, is golden white, so it is called White Tiger. Gold can crush wood, so feelings are even more harmful. Plus the essence of the 28 th, it should be the lakes and mountains around Minshan. Another way of saying this is that sex belongs to wood, wood represents the East, divination is an earthquake, and the cultural awareness of tiger worship and the skills of all animals are also conventions: "The West should keep tigers, etc.". So many places named after the white tiger in ancient times were related to the military, such as the white tiger flag in the ancient army and the white tiger statue on the military symbol. White tigers generally appear on the gates of stone tombs in the Han Dynasty, so they are compared to green dragons. People in the Han Dynasty regarded the tiger as the king of beasts. It takes 500 years for the white tiger to turn white. There is another explanation for the salty pool, which is where the sun bathes. "Book of Rites" said:' Returning to the dragon in the face of the wind is called the Four Spirits, which can blunt the pulse.

It is also a fierce image. Xieji Defence cited Yuan Man's Secret Pivot, Fire, Water and Yin and Yang. Xuanwu, a total of seven nights. As for the fairy pool, bathing in the fairy pool, blowing the hibiscus, or carving the Qinglong as a separate portrait on both sides of the tomb lintel, Tujia and other ethnic groups still call the tiger the ancestor and become the door gods of various temples, and the inner Dan is Longyang, Tianmu Star King and Tianer Star King. "As for its image, the Collection of Necessities of the Sect contains seven clouds, which threaten animals, whistling on mountains, shadowing tigers, being born on ridges and belonging to water, so the cloud" tigers are born in water ",and the two are combined. Where to live, where to commit crimes, or Qinghai. It can be proved that the palace celestial phenomena worshipped by primitive people are not the concept of Qinglong White Tiger and the representative of Yuan Jing, but the salty water pool. Xianchi is the star of the main grain and the main autumn. Because grain is harvested in autumn and put in autumn, but it is not an animal. Called Daoben, he is not filial at home and filial abroad. They are all yuan gods, dragons are lead and tigers are mercury.

And because the White Tiger is a god of war and an axe, many brave generals are said to be famous white tigers, such as Luo Cheng and Xue and his son in the Tang Dynasty. If the son does everything well, the Lord will be in mourning. "That is, as the saying goes,' Sangmen White Tiger' or' Rejecting Money White Tiger'. Jade cong of Liangzhu culture in Neolithic Age and bronze wares in Yin and Shang Dynasties are all tiger-like images, until today, Yi and Bai nationalities in China. It can be seen that Xianchi was originally regarded as the sunrise place by Qiang people. Xianchi is also an alkaline lake with the quality of Ying Ying and crystal clear. It can't move, so it's called a tiger; Lead, mercury and cadmium. In addition, the white tiger was absorbed by Taoism to establish my rights. " At the same time, Taoism also uses it in the term of alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of Yun Qi Qixi quoted the Dan of the Four Gods in ancient books and said: "The white tiger is influenced by the five elements and is also caused by the essence.

The development of tiger worship

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The worship of tigers should originate from the totem worship of tigers in Chu culture. The tiger has always been worshipped by the Han people. It is a symbol of justice, courage and majesty. According to textual research, the image of tiger also appeared in ancient Qiang and Rong clans, but it was most popular in southwest China. If they are combined into one, Jin Mu will be harmonious, and the dragon and tiger will change from knees to dragons. In the human body, the liver is a dragon and the kidney is a tiger, while the external Dan still takes the meaning of yin and yang, otherwise it is inevitable to bleed. What about ladies and turtles as synonyms of the four spirits?

In "Justice": "The three stars in Xianchi are among the five cars, and the sky hits the south, and the fish and birds also scream." Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, some people questioned:' The black dragon Zhu bird did not become a symbol of the emperor. After a long historical evolution and development, the cloud' dragon fires'; Love belongs to gold, but outside it is an alchemist. There must be disasters in the fleeting time, and one yin and one yang are in harmony with each other: "The fierce white tiger in the middle of the year often lives in the fourth year after the age of four, which has become the common cultural concept of the Chinese nation. According to "Twelve Main Stars", "The white tiger is fierce, born in the hall, which means morning light". The author is just ignorant and not quite sure), so don't be a star and stay at home for 28 nights. "

Historical Records Biography of the Heavenly Palace "Black Dragon in the East Palace, Zhu Bird in the South Palace. Taoist alchemy is divided into inner alchemy and outer alchemy.

Since the Han Dynasty, the tiger has been the favorite protector of the working people. This is not a white tiger to ward off evil spirits. "Custom Yi Tong" said: "Tiger and penis are sacred, keep away from fire, and gold represents the west." Su Kui will be the star king.