Ancient god beast

China ancient god beast is divided into four layers.

Spirit: Kirin, Phoenix, Turtle, Dragon.

Gods: Dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu.

4 Meng: Chaos, Qiong Qi, delicious, gluttonous.

Four gods

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In China, the phoenix is a symbol of happiness. There are many kinds of prototypes. Such as golden pheasants, peacocks, vultures, mandarin ducks, blackbirds (swallows), etc ... Some people say it is a Buddhist Dapeng golden winged bird. According to the phoenix myth, the phoenix has a chicken's head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck, a fish's tail and five-color stripes. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: Red Phoenix, Lan Fenghuang, White Swan and Rayna Sue Phoenix, which can also be called Suzaku or Blackbird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars, which is the general name of the seven nights in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird. Think of it as Suzaku. Scarlet, like fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the characteristics of being heavy from fire. Like the immortal birds in the west, it is also called the fire phoenix.

turtle

Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Wu means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the tortoise divination as follows: the tortoise's back is black, and the tortoise divination is to let the tortoise go to the underworld to ask his ancestors, bring back the answers and show them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Since then, the meaning of Xuanming has been expanding. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so Xuan Ming became a water god; The tortoise lives long, and Xuan Ming has become a symbol of immortality; The first underworld was in the north, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions's divination in the Shang Dynasty meant "divination must go north", so Xuan Ming became a northern god again.

White Tiger

In China, the white tiger is the god of war and war. Tigers have many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, praying and punishing evil, promoting good, getting rich and getting married, etc. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Among these 28 stars, there are 7 in the west: osmium, building, stomach, ang, bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, and its whiteness is due to the west. The five elements belong to gold and the color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.

Qinglong-the patron saint of the East in Taoism

Qinglong, also known as "Black Dragon", is the God of the East in ancient mythology. Dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation. Since the Yellow Emperor entrusted it to Tianhe and weiser, it has been a symbol of the Chinese nation and even the whole of China, and its stereotype was in the Han Dynasty. Since the Great Han Dynasty, it has been identified as the symbol and representative of the emperor. In oriental legend, the dragon looks like a long snake, the head of a unicorn, the tail of a carp, a long beard, horns like deer and five claws, which is frightening. In western mythology, the dragon is more like a lizard with wings.

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kylin

Kirin, also known as "Kirin" or "Lin" for short, is an animal in the ancient legend of China, which is also called "four spirits" with phoenix, turtle and dragon. Known as the sacred beastmaster. It is the mountain of God.

phoenix

Everyone is familiar with the god bird. Its head looks like a chicken, its chin looks like a swallow, its neck looks like a snake, its chest looks like a rainbow and its tail looks like a fish. Birds of Five Virtues.

According to Guo Pu's note in Er Ya Shi Bird, the Phoenix is characterized by "the fishtail with the head of a dog's head and the jaw of a tortoiseshell is five colors, and it is six feet high". "Out of the country of the oriental gentleman, flying over the four seas, crossing the Kunlun Mountains, drinking the mainstay, breaking feathers and weak water, seeing Mosufeng Cave, the world is at peace. There are five kinds of pictographs in Shan Hai Jing Tu Zan: "The first word is virtuous, the wing is smooth, the back is righteous, the abdomen is pleasing, and it is like Ren Yue. " 」

Turtle (one of the four spirits)

dragon

Dragon is a miraculous animal in China mythology, fickle, sexually stimulating and beneficial to all things. It is said that it can be hidden and displayed, reaching the sky in the spring breeze and diving in the autumn wind. It can also cause clouds and rain. It was the leader of many scales, the head of the four spirits (dragon, phoenix, unicorn and turtle), and later became a symbol of imperial power. Emperors all claimed to be dragons, and their vessels were decorated with dragons.

Four murderers

The legendary beast-fierce man

Beasts in ancient legends.

According to legend, he is the son of Zhuan Xu, the Northern Heaven Emperor, with a proud and unruly name. From these names, we can also roughly infer its actions. Like Qiong Qi, Yaoyao later became one of the four leading soldiers.

Qiong Qi

According to Shan Hai Jing? Haibei Jing records that Qiong Qi looks like a tiger, has a pair of wings and likes to eat people, even heads. He is a fierce animal. However, in Shan Hai Jing, Xishan Jing mentioned another image of Qiong Qi. Qiong Qi in this article looks like a cow, with hedgehog hair, which is quite different from that described in Jinghua at Home. But both of them are fierce beasts who like to eat people, and there is no difference in this respect.

muddledness

The West Mountain Classic, the second volume of Shan Hai Jing, says: "Three hundred and fifty miles west of Tianshan Mountain, happy ever after, with realgar, flows in the Tang Valley in the southwest. There is a divine bird, which looks like a yellow sac, is as red as fire, and has six feet and four wings. It knows nothing about singing and dancing, but it's just Di Jiang. " Chaos is chaos, and the image of chaos is a bird that can sing and dance.

A person who loves ...

The legendary greedy monster. In ancient Zhong Ding, the shape of the head was carved on Yi vessels as decoration. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals": "If you are greedy, you can eat it, but if you don't swallow it, it will harm you." "Classic Wonder Book of Southwest Wilderness": "Southwest is a sea of people, hairy, greedy as a wolf, good at gathering money and not eating people's valleys. The strong take the old and the weak, and fear to fight, which is called gluttony. " Upon hearing this, Song Shaobo recorded: Volume 26: "Shao Shengchu, his ancestors were an official in Chang 'an House, and sold soup and cakes in front of the Emperor Gaozu Temple in Xicheng. He got a piece of white jade, carved with Yunlong, and built it as a mountain in the sea, which was enough for gluttony and was a treasure of three generations. "

In addition to ancient beasts, ancient beasts other than free and ancient books are also praised.

Water unicorn

A creature with good nature and powerful demon power, who understands the world, understands God's will, listens to destiny, and is the beast of kings.

Red beast

Zhu Rong, the god of fire, and Miyamoto, the god of water, are descendants of Shennong.

Baize

The beasts on Kunlun Mountain, the famous beasts, are all white, can speak human words and understand the feelings of all things, and rarely appear, unless a saint ruled the world at that time, and he came with books. (Another way of saying it is a white horse)

heavy ming bird

In the seventy years of Yao's reign, there was a country offering a bird and a pair of clear words in sight.

Bifang

A bird shaped like a crane has one foot, red stripes and a white beak.

The dragon has nine sons, each with his own unique temperament ―― brothers and sisters may be different in many ways.

Nine sons give birth to dragons, that is, nine sons give birth to dragons, and none of them are Jackie Chan, so they are different. The so-called "dragon gave birth to nine children" does not mean that the dragon just gave birth to nine children. In the traditional culture of China, nine represents a lot and has a supreme position. Nine is an imaginary number and an expensive number, so it is used to describe the dragon son. There is a long-standing saying that dragons have nine sons, but there has been no saying about which nine animals are, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that there were various opinions. In the Ming Dynasty, some scholars' notes, such as Lu Rong's Miscellaneous Notes on the Garden, Li Dongyang's Collection of Huailu Hall, Yang Shen's Collection of Climbing the Temple, Xu Li's Essay on the Old Man in the Temple, and Xu Yingqiu's Talking about Yun Yun in Tang Yuzhi, all recorded the dragon's situation, but they were not unified.

Old pepper map

Laoer Yazi (yázī)

Cai Mao

Rouse Plough (pǔláo)

The fifth brother

Old six (b √×)

Laoqi armadillo

Old eight bears a heavy burden (volts xι)

Laojiu Kiss/Tail

Another way of saying it ~ ~

Big brother (b √√)

Parenting the second child/tail (chǐwīn/chǐweǐ)

Lao San pu Lao (pǔláo)

Laosi armadillo

Old five gluttonous (tāotiè)

A six-year-old centipede

Lao qi ya zi

Old BaSao (suāní)

Laojiu Prison Cattle (qiúniú)

other

Nien

According to legend, in ancient China, there was a monster called Nian, which had a long unicorn head and was extremely fierce. Nian lived on the seabed for many years, and climbed ashore every New Year's Eve, devouring livestock and killing people.

Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people in the village fled to the deep mountains to avoid the harm of the "Nian" beast.

Haitai

The famous god beast produced under the ancient divine judgment system is also known as the "law beast". According to Lun Heng and Huai Nan Zi? According to Xiuwu, it is as big as an ox, as small as a sheep, and looks like a unicorn. It has thick dark hair, bright eyes and usually a unicorn on its forehead. It is said that those who have broken horns die. Some people have wings, but most of them have no wings. Have high wisdom, can understand people's words, and will use horns to resist dishonest and disloyal people. Later generations often raise ordinary sheep in temples instead of martyrdom.

ghost car

Alias nine-headed bird. The color is red, like a duck. Its big wings are wide and it is blind day and night. When he encounters a little melancholy, he will fly over. Loving others is inspiring. It is also said that Jiuge used to be one of the dogs and often shed blood. Home of blood drops, there are monsters. (This question is an example)

It is contained in the introduction of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lingbiao Lu Yi, Zhengzitong and Gu Feng.

Chisel teeth

Humanoid beast, with teeth three feet long, looks like a chisel and holds a shield (which should be intelligent). He filmed Yu Shouhua's The Wilderness.

Shan Hai Jing (Overseas South Jing) (Wild South Jing) and Huai Nan Zi (Jing Xun) are included.

Henggong fish

Born in Shihu Lake, the lake is frozen. Seven or eight feet long, shaped like a carp, red, he is in the water during the day and becomes a man at night. If you don't stab it, you won't die, and if you cook it, you won't die. If you cook it with two pieces of ebony, you will die. If you eat it, you will get sick.

"Divine Classic" (Northern Famine Classic).

Zhuqi

A man with a leopard face, cow ears, long tail and a loud voice. Walk with a tail, and roll it at rest. Shan Hai Jing (Beishan Jing).

The legendary beast resembling a tiger, whose image was once painted on the prison door.

Also known as Xian Zhang. Like a tiger, it is powerful and good at litigation, so people carve it on the door of the prison. Tigers are mighty beasts, so the use of armadillos is to enhance the majesty of Yu and make guilty fans daunting.

It seems that this is one of the nine sons of the dragon. =)

Gumiho/Kyubi no Youko Fox/Nine-tailed Fox

The province is called "Kyubi no Youko" and "Kyubi no Youko Poultry". Legendary animals Living in the mountains with green mountains and green waters, eating people. Its theory began in the pre-Qin dynasty and spread to the Han dynasty as a auspicious beast, symbolizing the prosperity of kings. And the world is at peace, symbolizing the numerous interests of the descendants of the king. Nanshan Jing: "There is a beast (the mountain of green hills), which is shaped like a Kyubi no Youko with fox ears and sounds like a baby. It can eat people, and people who eat it are not surprising. " Legend of the White Tiger: "Virtue is a hundred birds and beasts, and the nine-tailed fox sees it."

roar

Shaped like a rabbit, the tips of two ears are very long, only more than a foot long. The lion is afraid of it, and it will rot if it is covered and drowned. "Talking about Yan Exposure".

Sanzuwu

Espeon in ancient China was also considered as the messenger of the sun. In ancient China, it was said that the sun was the place where Sanzu House lived, and people worshipped the sun. Sanzu House is also worshipped as a symbol of good fortune. It is said that there are ten three ancestors and five * *, who keep running in the sky, causing drought and scorching pain on the ground. Emperor Yao ordered Hou Yi to shoot all the birds with three legs. As a result, Houyi shot nine, leaving one. From then on, there was only one sun, and it set at night. Some people say that Sanzu House is an elf who serves the Queen Mother of the West.

Kuikui

According to Shan Hai Jing and Huang Da Jing, there is a Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, which is 7,000 miles into the sea. There is a wild animal on it, which looks like a cow. It is pale and has no horns. When you step into and out of the water, there will be a storm. Its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder. Its name is Kui. The Yellow Emperor got it, with its skin as the drum and Lei Shou's bone as the branch, and it was famous in the world for 500 miles.

Legend has it that there is a "Liupo Mountain" in the East China Sea of China, and Wei Xiao lives in Shan Ye. Kui's body and head are like cows, but she has no horns, only one leg, and she is black and blue. It is said that Wei Xiao emits the light of the sun and the moon and thunderous cries. As long as it goes in and out of the water, it will definitely cause storms. In the war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, the Yellow Emperor captured Chiyou, made snare drum out of his skin, and made drumsticks out of his bones. As a result, the sound of playing this drum can spread all over Fiona Fang for 500 miles, which greatly improved the morale of the Yellow Emperor's army and made Chiyou's army terrible.

Wei Xiao was born with heaven and earth. There are only three or more drums in the world. The first and second drums were killed by Qin Shihuang, but Qin Shihuang did not have the achievements of the Yellow Emperor, so this drum made of Wei Xiao skin is not so magical.

snake

Water beast. A man with a face, wings and a snake, his voice is like a growl. Call for water. Shan Hai Jing.

Ying Zhao

People face horses, with tiger stripes and bird wings, and sound like durian. It claims to be the god who looks after the garden for the Emperor of Heaven, but it looks like a beast at best. Shan Hai Jing.

Dang Kang

Toothed pig shape, named for its sound. A good year can be foreseen. It is recorded in Shan Hai Jing.

Welted Thistle

Deer's body, like a sparrow, has horns and a plesiosaur. Some people call it Fengbo. But I think it is more reasonable to manipulate the wind and atmosphere. "Songs of Chu (Lisao)".

Corner end

Legendary auspicious animal names. It is shaped like a deer and has a horn on its nose. It can travel 18000 miles every day and is familiar with four languages. Its theory began in the Han Dynasty.

Song Shu Fu Rui Xia Zhi: "A corner person travels thousands of miles every day and speaks the language of four foreigners. When the monarch is in power, he must write. "

(mythology) an animal like a raccoon.

The name of the legendary beast. No harm is allowed. Its theory began in the Qin Dynasty.

Shan Hai Jing ·Xi· Shan Jing: "Yinshan ... has wild animals. It looks like a raccoon and has a white head. The name is Tiangou, and it sounds like durian, so it can be banned. "

Several kinds of dragons in ancient legends of China

Ying Long 1. The winged dragon in ancient legend. According to legend, when Yu was controlling water, he drew a river with a tail to let the water flow into the sea. 2. The god who is good at making clouds and rain in ancient legends.

According to Ci Yuan, "Ying Long" is a thousand-year-old dragon with wings, and the 500-year-old one is called Ceratosaurus. Dragons are extraordinary things and have a long life. Ying Long is the most expensive dragon (of course, some people think that Ying Long can refer to the ancient clan and tribe and the mysterious ancient country-Ying Long family and Yingguo). In Tianwen, Qu Yuan, a great poet in China, expressed his incomprehension about how dragons helped Dayu control water and how to draw a river on the ground with their tails to lead floods into the sea.

Ying Long's Illustrations in Ancient Books

It is still Ying Long, but this one is a bit like a western dragon.

Guo Long tiancheng Xuan

There are two theories about killing dragons: one is about one of the sources of the legendary dragons in China. Also known as the dragon tail, it is a marine animal. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty spoke, he said that dragons are watery and can prevent fire. It is suggested to put it on the roof to avoid fire. The second is that he is the second son of Long Jiuzi. The ancient book says, "the second is kissing, and sexual desire is good." A beast head in this room is also real. " Looks like a wild animal, with good and bad habits. It becomes a dragon on the top of temples, towers and pavilions, or a beast on the roof, and can also put out fires. According to the above statement, the prototype of the dragon should be the gecko in our life.

This dragon is characterized by scales and fins.

Hongshuilong

Another example: Jiao Qiu (Jiao Qiu. Qiu: The little dragon with horns in ancient legends. Also refers to the aquarium); Diplomatic relations (dragon. Sting: an animal said to belong to the genus Xiaolong); Jiaocheng (Dragon and Cow)

Another ancient book said it was ceratosaurus.

Jiao is a dragon. No speakers say jiaozi. Rhyme club

The mainstream view is ceratosaurus.

Qiú lóng is the pinyin of Qilong.

Explanation 1. In ancient legends, there was a little dragon with horns and no need. Qu Yuan's Tian Wen: "Dragons give birth to bears". "Ruiying Picture" in the Song Dynasty: "The dragon horse is the essence of the river, with a height of eight feet and five inches, a long neck rib, wings on it, trimmed hair and nine tones. See if you have a wise king. " Dragon is a legendary god beast, "god horse", "horse is a dragon over eight feet" and "double-horned"

Candle dragon

God beast in China ancient mythology. Also known as Yin Candle, he also wrote talon. A man with a dragon face and a candle in his mouth lit up the shadow of a dark place in the northwest. Legend has it that he has boundless magic. When he opens his eyes, the whole world lights up, that is, during the day; When you close your eyes, it will be dark, that is, at night. Today's cultural historians believe that Candle dragon is the myth of the northern dragon totem clan, and its true colors should be male roots, which evolved from male genitals. It came into being later than the era of female worship.

Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Jing: "Beyond the Northwest Sea, to the north of Chishui, there is Zhang Wei. There is a god, the snake's face is red, and his straight eyes are riding a horse, gloomy and bright. No food, no sleep, no rain. It is a nine-yin candle, which means Candle dragon. " Overseas classic: "The God of Zhongshan, named Yin Candle, regards it as day, sleeps as night, blows it as winter, calls it summer, doesn't drink or eat, and rests it as wind;" It is a thousand miles long. It is on the east side of the cave. It is a thing, a human face, a snake's body and a red color. It lives at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. " See Gong's Outline of Primitive Worship.

Chu Ci Tian Wen: "Why is the northwest open?" What will Candle dragon do if the weather is bad? Another "big move": "There is a cold mountain in the north, and the dragon is forgiven. "

Candle dragon is in the north of Yanmen, covered by the mountains of Wei Yu, and there is no sun. The man of God has a dragon face and no feet. ("Huainanzi Terrain Training")

There is no news of yin and yang before the day reaches the northwest, so there is a fire dragon shining in Tianmen. (Guo Pu notes "The Great Northern Wilderness Classic" and Candle dragon quotes "Poems with Fog" (1))

"Wan Xing Jing" says: The sun follows the four directions. The ancient sage said: Candle dragon traveled eastward and the whole army was wiped out; When traveling westward, when traveling southward, he was big; He was badly killed when he traveled north. ("Yi Gan Wei Kun Chisel Volume")

"Overseas Classics": "The God of Zhongshan, named Yin Candle, regards it as day, sleeps as night, blows it as winter, calls it summer, does not drink or eat, does not stop, and breathes it as wind; It is a thousand miles long. It is on the east side of the cave. It is a thing, a human face, a snake's body and a red color. It lives at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. "

All theories are similar, and obviously come from overseas classics and wild classics.

Qinyuan

A bird that looks like a bee, about the size of a mandarin duck (probably a giant bee). The stung animal dies and the stung tree withers. Shan Hai Jing.

Shan Hai Jing: "There is a bird as big as a bee and as big as a mandarin duck. The name is Qinyuan, and the birds and beasts are dead, and the wood is dead. "

Hook snake

A snake more than 20 meters long has a forked tail. When hunting, hook the animals on the shore in the water and eat them. Notes on Water Classics (If Water).

Hook snake

A snake more than 20 meters long has a forked tail. When hunting, hook the animals on the shore in the water and eat them. Notes on Water Classics (If Water).

Zhu Fu

Like a white deer, but with four horns. Call for water. Shan Hai Jing (the second three classics).

Mountain spider

Giant spider, as big as a wheel, whose silk can stop bleeding. South New Book.

Singing snake

It is roughly like a snake, but it has four wings and makes the sound of Pan Pan. See the drought. Shan Hai Jing.

South China sea butterfly

Giant butterfly. Someone once grabbed it, removed its wings and beard, and it still weighed 80 Jin, which was delicious. Records of foreign bodies in Lingnan.

Youan bird

Similar to the striped monkey, people often lie down laughing, hence the name. Shan Hai Jing (Beishan Jing).

Beaver force

A beast like a pig, with bumps on the instep and a sound like a dog barking. Should have the ability to fuck the soil. Shan Hai Jing (South Second Classic).

Shan Hai Jing: "There is a beast that looks like a dolphin, with a distance and a sound like a dog barking. Its name is Beaver Force. See the merits of his county. "

horse's hoof

It is like a horse, with a white tail and black body, horns on the head, sharp teeth, claws on four feet, and sounds like a drum. Feeding on tigers and leopards. Speaking of defending soldiers. Shan Hai Jing (Overseas North Jing) (Four Classics of Western Learning), Guan Zi (Short Answer) and Zhou Shu (Wang Hui) are all among them.

Shuhu

A horse (similar to Ying Zhao) with bird wings and a snake tail. Like to carry people. Shan Hai Jing.

mother

Like sheep, like pigs. Eating dead people's brains underground makes people talk. Stick a cypress branch in its head and kill it. Searching for God and Geography of Jin Taikang are included.

suffer

He is dozens of feet long, like a cow, with bright eyes and four feet in the soil. Although he was moving, he didn't leave. Only drinking can eliminate it. Because it is a gathering of sadness, wine can be forget the sorrow, so it can be eliminated. "Looking for God" contains.

Jiuying

Fire and water monsters are easy to kill. "Huainanzi (Ben Jing Xun)".

Xi Shu

Giant rat, living under the ice, weighs 1000 kilograms and has edible meat. Fur can be used as clothing and quilt, which is the top grade to keep out the cold. Covered with skin, sound can travel thousands of miles, and hair can attract mice. It is contained in the sacred classics.

Aoyin

Humanoid, ragged, with claws. Attack single travelers and eat human brains. The tongue is suddenly and violently long, sometimes stretched out on the ground to rest, and it can be killed by throwing a hot stone. It is recorded in The Divine Comedy Classic (Wild West Classic).

three-cornered

Animal names in Daphne legend. The first triangle was born, and the king was enlightened. The emperor's guards have flags to depict their image.

Yuan Shi Yu's "Fu Zhi Er": "Triangle animal flag, red color, bare feet, painted animals, its first Bai Ze, green hair, triangle, blue color, white belly, green tail."

Mountain dog army

Also known as Keiko. The legendary monster name. It looks like a dog, facing people. Laugh at everyone and act like the wind. This is a sign of a major wind disaster. Its theory began in the pre-Qin period.

Shan Hai Jing Bei Shan Jing: "The mountain of prison law ... there is a beast that looks like a dog and faces people. Good at throwing it, laughing at people, its famous mountains and benefits, walking like the wind, the wind is all over the world. "

Soil bug

Literally, it is often mistaken for a bug, but in fact, it is a fierce beast, shaped like a goat, with four horns and can eat people.

Shan Hai Jing: "There is a beast that looks like a sheep and has four horns. It's called a worm and it's cannibal. "

listen to

According to legend, it is the mount of Bodhisattva, also known as "Kirin", "Listening" and "Good Listening", and it is the treasure of Jiuhuashan Town. In the golden land, Zhuo Xi Jiuhua is hidden, and he is determined to practice. Because he listens sincerely and stays with him day and night, wherever he goes, he will eventually become a Buddha. Buddhism respects listening as a god dog. Later, it became popular because it understood Buddhism, human nature and evil spirits, and was regarded as a symbol of good luck.

Listen carefully to the images of a group of animals and put everything together. Tiger head, corner, dog ear, dragon body, lion tail and unicorn foot are unique in shape and rich in imagination. Treasures such as town houses, temples, heaven and earth spirits and animal collections are widely accepted.