Who knows the story and origin of Suzaku, Qinglong, White Tiger and Xuanwu?

Qinglong, Baihu and Suzaku Xuanwu: Legends of Four Ancient Chinese Gods.

Dongfang Qinglong

There are many legends about dragons, and there are also many stories about the origin of dragons. Some people say it was imported from India, while others say it was.

China stars become. India itself is said by the dragon god, but the status of dragons in India is not high, and it is also physical.

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In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements School,

The five elements are matched with five colors in the southeast, northwest and middle, and each color is matched with a beast and a god; The east is cyan, with

Dragons are white in the west, with tigers, red in the south, with birds, black in the north, armed with weapons, and yellow is the central positive color.

Among the four gods, according to Shan Hai Jing,' Southern Zhurong is a beast with a face and rides two dragons.' ; the west

Ru Shou, there is a snake in your left ear. Take two dragons. ; In the East, there is Ju Mang, who is a bird and a man, riding two dragons. ; Northern yujiang county, black.

Hands and feet, take two dragons. Interestingly, the dragons in Shan Hai Jing are all riding horses, but they are the same kind of people as him.

Snakes are held or held or hung around their necks, which shows the difference between them; But the five parties and five gods are different from the four gods.

The same, I won't elaborate here. Suzaku, Xuanwu (black tortoise snake, martial means tortoise snake), Qinglong and Baihu.

They represent 28 huts in four directions, and the dragon is seven huts in the east-corner, health, edge, room, heart, tail and dustpan, these seven.

The shape of the lodge is very similar to that of a dragon. As can be seen from their meanings, the horn is the horn of the dragon, the sound is the neck and the root of each other.

But the neck root, the chamber is the arm, the threat, the heart is the heart, the tail is the tail, and the basket is the tail.

There is still a part of the dragon's heart, which some people call' fire', which is related to sunny and rainy weather, and because Qinglong belongs to wood, it is also.

This is the age of Jupiter. After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits have also been given names, which are convenient for human beings to call "green"

The dragon is called Meng Zhang, the white tiger is called prison soldier, Suzaku is called Lingguang, and Xuanwu is called Zhiming. In many dynasties,

There are also some monarchs whose titles are Qinglong, such as Wei Mingdi in the Three Kingdoms, and there are also records about the Xia Dynasty.

It belongs to the Mude dynasty, so there is a good omen record that' Qinglong was born in the suburbs'.

In China after ancient times, the male dragon had horns on his head; Double horns are called dragons, and single horns are called dumplings; Horn is a kind of thorn, in ancient times.

There are often large and small Ssangyong in Yu Pei, and now they are called mother and son. The status of dragons is much higher than that of India. Because it is sacred and supreme in the dragon.

Yes, it is also a symbol of the emperor. It is also the representative of the East. The five elements belong to wood, and because cyan belongs to wood, there is a left.

The saying of Qinglong and Youbaihu.

Among the 28 constellations, seven constellations in the East-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used. Imagined by the ancients.

Because it is the image of a dragon, it is named "Qinglong" because it is located in the east. According to the theory of color matching of Yin and Yang, the east is blue.

There is also a folk saying that dragons are lustful, that is, having sex with cows will give birth to unicorns, and having sex with pigs will give birth to elephants.

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

The eldest son is called prison cow: he loves music, so he often stands on the head of the piano. Such as Hu Qin of Han nationality and Qin Sang of Bai nationality.

. Ma Touqin in Mongolia may also be a variant of prison cattle.

The second son's name is Chipi: He loves to kill people, so he is often put on weapons to intimidate the enemy. At the same time, it is also used for etiquette.

, in order to appear more dignified.

The third son's name is Mo Chifeng: it is an animal-shaped dragon, which looks a bit like a dog. It is good at viewing, so it is often placed in the corner of the temple. It is said that it can

Reduce evil and eliminate disasters.

The first Si Er is not old: people like to growl, so they put it on the clock, mostly the image of not old. It is said that it lives in

Coastal, but very afraid of whales, once whales attack, it will scream in fear. Therefore, people make wooden pestles into whale pestles.

Shape, make the bronze bell particularly loud.

The fifth son is a sister-in-law: shaped like a lion. It's imported, and it was introduced to China with Buddhism, so it's a bit like Buddha. very good

Be quiet and love fireworks. Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's seat or incense burner to protect Buddhism.

Liuzi is a bully: also called tortoise, he looks like a tortoise. Legend has it that in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains to make waves. After ...

He was appeased by Yu Xia and made many contributions to Yu Xia. After the flood control turned into an attack, Yu Xia took the credit for himself.

. So China's stone tablets are mostly carried by it.

The seventh son is an armadillo: also known as the Charter, it looks like a tiger. According to legend, it upholds justice and can distinguish right from wrong, so it is very safe.

Up and down the prison gate, in the hall, there is also the sign above which officials are silent and evasive when patrolling, in order to maintain the awe-inspiring atmosphere of the court.

The eighth son is a burden: because he loves literature, he put it in two stone tablets.

Mozi is a kiss: also known as fish-shaped dragon, with a tail. According to legend, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, India "exhausted fish" followed the Buddha.

It was introduced by teaching. It is something under the rain god in Buddhist scriptures, which can put out fires. So kiss is changed from this, so it is more.

Installed at both ends of the roof, it can eliminate disasters and put out fires.

Western white tiger

In Four Holy Beasts, China, another dragon is often compared with the "white tiger"; Tiger, the length of all animals, it

The ability of descending ghosts in the mighty legend turned it into a beast belonging to Yang, and he often went out with dragons.

Clouds leave dragons, winds leave tigers' and become a pair of best partners to subdue ghosts.

And the white tiger is also the god of war and war. White tiger has the function of avoiding evil and disasters, praying for blessings, punishing evil and promoting good and getting rich.

Tie the knot and other magical powers. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Made up of 28 stars,

Seven nights in the Western Heaven: Que, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Gou and Shen. So it is the representative of the west, and its whiteness is the credit of the west.

The west belongs to gold in the five elements, and the color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.

In addition to the four spirits in Taoism, including the dragon and the white tiger, even the Feng Shui master visited the cemetery in front of the terrain.

Protruding terrain, which can be used as a tomb, has a unique title, called Zuo Qinglong and Right White Tiger, taking its escort.

Italy, but also in the court has the same decoration, painted on the left and right dragon and tiger pillars, to suppress evil. But in Tao

After the rise of Taoism, dragon and tiger were borrowed as Taoist alchemy terms, meaning "lead, mercury, fire, water, yin and yang" and so on.

Italian. Taoist alchemy can be divided into inner alchemy and outer alchemy (inner alchemy refining gas and outer alchemy refining medicine, the author is too ignorant to be quite sure), inner alchemy

As far as the five elements of Yin and Yang are concerned, Longyang was born from separation, and separation belongs to fire, so the cloud' Dragon is born from fire' and Tiger Yin was born from Kan, and Kan belongs to it.

Water, so the cloud' tiger was born in water', after the combination of the two, one yin and one yang, harmonious with each other, called Tao Ben, are both yuan gods,

The representative of jing yuan. Another way of saying this is that sex belongs to wood, and wood represents the East. In divination, it is an earthquake, so it is a dragon. Love belongs to gold.

Gold represents the west, which means exchange in hexagrams, and gold is white, so it is called white tiger. Gold can crush wood, so love is more harmful.

The real essence, if they are combined into one, Jin Mu will be seamless, and the dragon and tiger will become a pill from their own will. In the human body, the liver is a dragon and the kidney is a tiger.

Outside Dan still takes the meaning of yin and yang, the dragon is lead and the tiger is mercury.

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. ERKE

Worship is because it is powerful and can ward off evil spirits. In some ancient books, such as the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Custom of Yi Tong by Ying Shao. Sacrifice Code:

Draw a tiger on the door, ghosts dare not enter',' the tiger is a penis, and all animals are long. Can resist sharpness and eat ghosts. Today's pawn

When you meet something bad, you burn the tiger skin and drink it. Beating its paws can also cure evil. This is also a fact. The ancients also thought the white tiger was auspicious:'

Virtue is to birds and beasts. '

The original West Star gods were bears and owls, and later, because of the totem of the ancient Qiang people, when bears became dragons. Then it turns yellow.

When the emperor developed eastward, the dragon totem was brought to the east and merged with the' Oriental Black Dragon Constellation', while the Zhu bird was unified.

The new home of the totem of Nanshifeng in the kingdom of heaven has finally become a "dragon and phoenix" because of the integration of two tribes. As an ancient totem, it is the East.

Phoenix West Dragon, as an astrology, is the East Black Dragon and the West Zhu Bird. After the Zhou Dynasty, the feudal system was formally established, and the five elements thought also

Mature, re-divided the sky, the southern Zhu bird, and Zhu Rong Vulcan worship together. And the west worships the white tiger.

. In the tribal struggle and migration, the dragon in the northwest moved eastward, the phoenix in the east moved southward, and the tiger in the south moved northward.

A great change in the concept movement. By the Han Dynasty, the concept of five elements had become a unified thought, supplemented by Xuanwu, and completed the "God of the Four Sides"

Match.

"Ancient History of Tiangong" records, "Black Dragon in the East Palace, Zhu Bird in the South Palace, Fairy Pool in the West Palace, Gong Bei Xuanwu." Not here.

It's a white tiger, not a salty pool. Xianchi is the star of staple food. The main autumn, because the autumn harvest, so put.

In autumn, but not animals. How can you match the dragon, bird and turtle into four spirits? In "Justice":' Three stars are in the fairy pool.

Among the five cars, the weather is south and the fish and birds are embarrassed. So in the Song Dynasty, questions were raised:' Black Dragon, Zhu Bird, Xuanwu, Ge Zong.

Seven nights. As for Xianchi, don't be a star and stay away from 28 nights. There is another explanation for salty pool, that is, sun washing.

A place to take a bath. In Huai Nan Zi. Astronomy:' The sun rises in the valley, bathes in the salty pool and blows on the hibiscus, which is called morning light'. visible

Xianchi was originally regarded as sunrise by Qiang people. Xianchi is also an alkali lake, which should be Minshan area or Shantou Lake in Qinghai.

It can be proved that the astrology worshipped by primitive people does not have the concept of dragon and white tiger. The Book of Rites says: "Lin"

Phoenix, tortoise and dragon are called four spirits. 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.

Moreover, because the White Tiger is a god of war and an axe, many brave generals are said to be famous white tigers, such as those in the Tang Dynasty.

McCullough, Xue and his son. In addition, the white tiger was absorbed by Taoism and deified, becoming the gate of various temples.

Jesus Christ.

Southern suzaku

Suzaku can also be said to be a phoenix or a mysterious bird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars.

It is the general name of the seven nights in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and Qi. Think of it as Suzaku. Zhu is red.

Fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the feature of keeping away from fire, just like the immortal birds in the west, so it is also called fire phoenix.

Burning.

In ancient records, Phoenix is a beautiful bird, and its singing and manners as the king of birds can give the world.

It brings good luck and has the special spirituality of' not indulging in phoenix tree, not eating bamboo and not drinking sweet spring', which is why,

It is the length of the "feather worm", so the legendary dragons with the length of "scale worm" gradually became a pair, one changeable and one integrated.

A beautiful virtue has become a complementary pair in folk customs, and because the dragon symbolizes the supreme Yang, there are yin and yang in the original work.

Phoenix (the phoenix is the male and the female is the phoenix) gradually becomes the representative of pure yin after being opposite to the dragon.

There are many prototypes of Phoenix. Such as golden pheasant, peacock, vulture, mandarin duck, blackbird (swallow) and so on. ...

The Buddhist Dapeng golden winged bird has become. According to the phoenix myth, the phoenix has a chicken head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck and a fish.

The tail has five-color stripes. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: red is a phoenix, green is a phoenix and white is a swan.

There are yellow and purple ones.

Xuanniao's statement comes from The Book of Songs. Ode to Shang Dynasty. Xuanniao said:' Destiny Xuanniao, born in Shang Dynasty, is rich in soil.

The ancient emperor ordered Wu Tang, which was in the square. In the middle, descendants of Shang Dynasty said that their ancestral business was born of mysterious birds.

Establish a powerful Shang dynasty. Thus, the mysterious bird became the beginning of the businessman. "Historical records. Yin Benji also recorded this history:'

Yin Qi, Judy's mother, has a velvet daughter. She is the second princess in Di Ku ... After three people had a bath, Judy picked up the bird and swallowed it.

First, because of pregnancy. In addition to Shang Dynasty, Warring States and Qin Dynasty, at the beginning of Manchu Dynasty, Silla in South Korea was also a fairy.

About swallowing a blackbird's egg. Whether it is a mysterious bird or a phoenix, it evolved from a bird or a peacock with the development of Taoism.

Or pheasant, etc ... first become a fairy who inherits the art of war by half man and half bird, and then become a fairy who is completely human, all following Taoism.

Development.

In Beijing, there were three temples dedicated to Xuan Nv, namely Jiutian Niangniang Temple and Xuan Nv Temple. In the north and south.

Fang also has the Xuan Nv Temple.

Northern Xuanwu

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. Xuan Ming first described the tortoise divination: the tortoise has a black back and the tortoise divination.

Is to let the tortoise go to the underworld to ask questions first, bring back the answers and show them to the world in the form of prophecy. Therefore, the earliest basalt

It's a turtle. Since then, the meaning of Xuanming has been expanding. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so Xuan Ming is successful.

Water god; The tortoise lives long, and Xuan Ming has become a symbol of immortality; The original underworld was in the north, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions divination in Shang Dynasty was'.

Its divination will be north', so Xuan Ming became the North God again.

Xuanwu, like other three spirits, is also derived from the 28 stars on earth: bucket, ox, female, air, danger, house and wall.

. However, people after ancient times have the following explanations for Xuanwu. Xuanwu' is a tortoise. "Book of Rites. "Quli Shang" said:' Good.

The former Zhu bird, the later Xuanwu ... Xuanwu is a tortoise and snake. Supplementary Notes on Hong Xingzu's Songs of the South. Travel far:' Xuanwu is called tortoise and snake.

Located in the north, it is called Xuan. With a scale, it is called martial arts. Xuanwu is a combination of snakes, turtles and snakes.

"Selected Works" Volume 15 Zhang Heng's "Four Fu Xuan" said: "Xuanwu leaves its shell, and the snake bends and corrects itself." Shan Li Notes

As the saying goes,' when turtles and snakes meet, it is called Xuanwu'. Wang Liangchuan in the History of the Later Han Dynasty: "Hong Fu Nv" says: "Wang Liang is the Lord of Xuanwu."

Li Xian pointed out: "Wu Wu, the God of the North, is a combination of tortoise and snake." Xuanwu is the god of water and the god of the north. Book of later Han dynasty Wang (surname)

Liang Chuan:' Xuanwu is the name of the water god.' Rebuilding the Integration of Weft Books, Volume 6, Preface to the Emperor of the River Map:' Northern Xuanwusheng.

, ... north of the town, the main wind and rain. '

However, Xuanwu was upgraded to the "Zhenwu Emperor" in the north by later Taoist priests. Different from the other three spirits. Other green plants

The dragon and the white tiger only became the door gods of the mountain temple, and Zhu Bird became the Xuan Nv of another day.

Xuanwu gained value in the Song Dynasty and was personified. This is inseparable from the help of the emperors of the Song Dynasty. When Mao was in the early Song Dynasty, that is,

Legend has it that Zhenwu and Tian Peng are generals in heaven. In the first year of Tianxi, something happened in the military camp. In things

"Jiyuan" has been published for seven years:' Some people in the camp saw snakes, and the sergeant built Zhenwu Hall because of it. In April of the following year, there was endless spring hall.

The more people drink, the better. When Zhenzong heard about this, he wrote a letter to build a view at the scene and named it' Xiangyuan'. This is probably the most in China.

Early Zhenwu Temple.

The story of Zhenwu Emperor is often said by later generations that during the reign of Yang Di, the Jade Emperor reincarnated one of his three souls for fun.

Empress China, who hated the world, gave up her post to practice in Wudang Mountain, successfully ascended to heaven and defended the north, Xuanwu, posthumous title?