Qinglong Xuanwu fortune telling

Corresponding to Jin Mu's fire, water and soil. Qinglong is wood, white tiger is gold, Suzaku is fire, Xuanwu is water.

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu, also known as the Four Elephants, are the four gods in China mythology, representing the east, west, south and north respectively. They originated from the belief in the stars in ancient China, not Taoism, and were not absorbed by Taoism until the Han Dynasty.

Another major manifestation of the Four Gods in ancient China was militarily. During the Warring States period, there were "before Suzaku and after Xuanwu, left Qinglong and right White Tiger".

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu respectively represent 28 stars in four directions. For example, the dragon is the east corner, the sonorous, the mutual, the room, the heart, the tail and the dustpan, all of which are very dragon-shaped. As can be seen from their meanings, the horn is the horn of the dragon, the sonorous is the neck, and they are the roots of each other, namely. ?

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Ancient astronomers in China divided the stars in the sky into seven star regions: Three Walls and Four Elephants. The so-called "wall" is the "city wall". "Three Walls" is the "Wei Zi Wall", symbolizing the palace; "Taiweiyuan" symbolizes the administrative organization; The "sky wall" symbolizes the bustling market. These three walls are arranged in a triangle around Polaris.

There are four elephants around the three walls: East Black Dragon, West White Tiger, South Suzaku and North Xuanwu. That is to say, the stars in the east are like dragons, the stars in the west are like tigers, the stars in the south are like big birds, and the stars in the north are like turtles and snakes. As the earth revolves around the sun, the stars in the sky change with the seasons.

Every evening at the turn of winter and spring, the black dragon appears; At the turn of spring and summer, Suzaku rises; At the turn of summer and autumn, white tigers emerge; At the turn of autumn and winter, Xuanwu rises. People always call it "the Four Beasts".

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