Five artifacts of ancient god beast

There are no real stories about the top ten beasts in ancient times, but some are just fabrications. There is no unified statement.

The following is a systematic introduction to the god beast.

1. Four ancient beasts in China: Qinglong, Baihu, Xuanwu and Suzaku.

The four most terrifying and powerful beasts in ancient China were Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Qinglong is the God of the East; White tiger is the god of the west; Suzaku is the god of the south; Xuanwu is the god of the north, and the tortoise and snake are one. Therefore, there are "Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu and Tiansi Spirits, with the square as the square, and the king makes the palace pavilion and the palace pavilion." .

Qinglong controls the power of thunder for nine days (thunder robs the sky). It is blue and belongs to wood. It protects the animals in the East and guards the stars in the East Palace.

The white tiger controls the power of tornadoes and storms (summoning all animals). It is white and belongs to gold. It protects western animals and guards the stars in the West Palace.

Suzaku controls the power of burning fire (three unique fires in heaven and earth), and vermilion belongs to fire, protecting southern animals and guarding the stars in Nangong.

Xuanwu's power to control ice and snow (dark ice) is black and belongs to water. It protects the animals in the north and the stars in Gong Bei.

& lt 1 & gt； . Qinglong:

There are many legends about dragons, and there are also many stories about the origin of dragons. Some said it was imported from India, while others said it was transformed from China. India itself is said by the dragon god, but the status of dragons in India is not high, and there is a real thing-python. In China, the dragon is sacred and supreme, a symbol of the emperor and a representative of the East. Among these 28 stars, seven stars in the east-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used as stars. The ancients imagined them as Jackie Chan. Because it is located in the east, the five elements are colored according to yin and yang, and the east is blue, hence the name "Qinglong".

The earliest dragon image of China was unearthed in the archaeological excavation of Xishuipo site in Puyang City, Henan Province.

1May 1987 to1September 1988, the cultural relics department excavated three groups of dragon and tiger patterns built with mussels during Yangshao culture in Xishuipo, southwest corner of Puyang County. Tomb No.45 in the first group has a male skeleton, which is 1.84m long, lying on his back with his head facing south and his feet facing north. On the right, Yi Long is made of clam shells, with its head facing north and east, its head held high, its back arched, its front paws leaning forward, its hind legs pedaling to the ground, and its tail swinging, which seems to roam at sea. On the left is a tiger made of clam shells, with its head facing north and west, its eyes wide open and its mouth wide open, like a tiger going down a mountain. This pattern is consistent with the black dragon in the East Palace and the white tiger in the West Palace in the four ancient astronomical phenomena.

& lt2> White Tiger:

Tiger, the first of all animals, has become a beast belonging to Yang because of its strength and legendary ability to subdue ghosts and gods, and often goes out with dragons. The cloud follows the dragon and the wind follows the tiger' to become the best partner for subduing ghosts. It is transformed from seven nights among 28 western stars: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Dog and God. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, belonging to gold and white in the five elements, so it is a white tiger.

In the eyes of the ancients, the tiger is a terrible thing and a respectable thing. The terrible thing is that it will eat people and animals. Respectably, it can ward off evil spirits because of its great power. In some ancient books, such as Ying Shao's Custom Yi Tong. Sacrifice in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Draw a tiger on the door, ghosts dare not enter", "A tiger is a penis, and all animals are long. Can resist sharpness and eat ghosts. Today, people have to burn tiger skin to drink after they die. Beating its paws can also cure evil. This is also a fact. " The ancients also thought that the white tiger was an auspicious feeling:' virtue is a hundred birds and beasts.' And the white tiger is also the god of war and war. The white tiger has many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying and punishing evil, promoting good, making a fortune, and tying the knot.

& lt3> Suzaku:

Seven Stars Well, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings and birds in the south form a bird, which is called Suzaku. Suzaku is like a phoenix, the god of the South. Because it looks like a bird, it is located in the south and has the property of fire, so it often appears in the form of a phoenix in the game. But in fact, Suzaku and Phoenix are two different creatures. Phoenix is the king of birds, but Suzaku is a spirit beast in the sky, which is rarer, nobler and more destructive than Phoenix. Because it is the length of' feather worm', the legendary dragon with the length of' scale worm' has gradually become a pair, one changeable and one beautiful, and it has become a complementary pair in folk customs. Moreover, because the dragon symbolizes the supreme Yang, the phoenix (the phoenix is the male and the female is the phoenix), which was originally divided into Yin and Yang, has gradually become the representative of pure Yin after being opposed to the dragon.

& lt4 & gt。 Xuanwu:

Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu, like other three spirits, is also derived from the 28 stars on earth: bucket, ox, female, air, danger, house and wall. 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 turtle divination as follows: the turtle's back is black, and the turtle divination first invited the turtle to ask questions in the underworld, brought back the answers and showed them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Zhu and Zhu said most directly and clearly that the Xuan is black, and turtles and witches are snakes. 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; It turned out that the underworld was in the north, and the divination of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty was' its divination will be in the north', so Xuan Ming became a northern god again. The ancients explained Xuanwu like this. Xuanwu' is a tortoise.

There are no real sayings about the top ten beasts in ancient times, and some are just fabrications. There is no unified statement.

The so-called dragon gives birth to nine children, unlike the dragon. Here's the thing:

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

It is on the sword of Longquan, used to kill demons.

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 Jiao Tu (shūtú) refers to the legend of nine sons of Longsheng, and none of these nine sons became dragons, which are different from each other. 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 a dragon has nine sons, but it has never been said which nine animals are.