What were the sacred animals in ancient China?

Four beasts: Qinglong, Xuanwu, White Tiger and Suzaku.

Four fierce beasts: chaos, Qiong Qi, delicacy and gluttony.

Longsheng Jiuzi:

Old prison bull, likes music, squatting at the head of the piano;

The second son (yá zì) loves to kill and fight, and it is engraved on the knife ring and handle.

The third child is arrogant and looks like a beast. He is the third child. He is doing well and looking forward to it. The beast in the corner of the temple is his portrait. Some people always thought it was a phoenix in dragon vein;

Sizi is not old, and when he is beaten, he growls loudly, acting as the animal button for Hong Zhong to carry the beam and help him sing far and wide;

Suān ní is a lion-shaped sister-in-law, who likes smoking and sits well, so she usually appears on the incense burner and then smokes.

The six sons under hegemony, also known as √√√ (B √√√), are like turtles with teeth, like to carry loads, and are turtles under the monument;

Armadillo (bàn) is like a tiger, easy to litigate, and its image is on both sides of prison gate or official purlin;

Eight sons (fù xì), like a dragon, elegant and gentle, coiled on the stone tablet;

Laojiu's kiss (ch ě w ě n), also known as tail-biting kiss or chī kiss, is thick and easy to swallow, so it becomes a spiny beast at both ends of the temple ridge, which is used to put out fires and eliminate disasters.

Shan Hai Jing:

Carving, carving a bird with teeth and horns on its head, so fierce?

Kirin: Needless to say.

Tiger jiaozi:? Said by: Shan Hai Jing-Mountain View-Nanshan View-Pray for the Mountain? One of them is a tiger dumpling, with a strong body, a tail of a snake and a sound like a mandarin duck. Can people who eat hemorrhoids not swell? Tiger dumpling is fish-shaped, but it has a snake-like tail and sings like a mandarin duck. If people eat its meat, they can avoid swelling and treat hemorrhoids.

Zhu Yu:? From: Shan Hai Jing-Mountain View-Xishan Jing-See you later? How can a beast be as strong as an ape and bald and barefoot? There is a wild animal that looks like an ape, with a white head and red feet. Its name is Zhu Yu. As soon as this beast appears, a world war will break out. ?

Di Jiang:? From: Shan Hai Jing-Mountain View-Xishan Jing-Tianshan Mountain? Original: God is as strong as a yellow sac, as red as water, with six feet and four wings. The purpose is to know how to sing and dance, but it is actually Di Jiang. There is a god on the Tianshan Mountains. From a distance, he looks like a yellow skin From close range, he looks like a fire. He has six feet and four wings. This man can sing and dance well. In fact, he is Di Jiang. From a distance, he was confused and couldn't see if he had eyes. ?

Owl: (that's sheep pull, I typed this word wrong, sorry)? From: Shanhaijing-Mountain View-Beishanjing-Wu Gou? How can a beast be as strong as a sheep's body, with its eyes under its cover and its claws sounding like babies, so it is called an owl cannibalism? There is a wild animal on the mountain, which looks like a sheep, has a human face, its eyes are hidden in the bed, its teeth are like tiger teeth, its claws are like human feet, and it growls like a baby crying. This animal is called an owl. It is a man-eating animal.

Jingwei:? From: Shanhaijing-Mountain View-Beishanjing-Fari Mountain? There is a bird as strong as Wu Wen's first barefoot. They are called jingwei, and their songs are complacent. Their girl named Yan Di swam to the East China Sea and drowned, and never came back. So they are the leaders of Jingwei, holding the title of wood and stone in Xishan. There is a bird on the mountain, which looks like a black bird, but it has a pattern on its head, a white beak and red claws. This is jingwei bird, and its song sounds like calling its name. Jingwei Bird is the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, whose name is Nuwa. One day, she went swimming in the East China Sea, but she drowned and didn't come back. Later, she became a bird. I often come to the East China Sea from Xishan with branches and stones, trying to fill it up. ?

Smell phosphorus:? From: Shan Hai Jing-Mountain View-Zhongshan Jing-How many mountains are there? How can a wild animal be as strong as () yellow body, white head and white tail? There is a wild animal on the mountain that looks like a pig, but its whole body is yellow, but its head and tail are white. This animal is called Wen Phosphorus. When it appeared, the world was in chaos. ?

Fang Bi:? From: Shanhaijing-Haijing-Overseas Nanjing-Fang Bi Bird? Fang Bi bird is the bird of the east and the blue water of the west. East of the Sixteen Gods is Bifang Bird. It's to the west of Qingshui. Bifang bird is a bird, but its face is human, and it has only one foot. ?

Xiang Liu:? From: Shan Hai Jing-Hai Jing-Overseas Beijing-Minister Liu Xiang? Original text: * * * Nine poems by Liu Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, are regarded as Zexi, Yu and Liu Xiang, and their blood cannot grow. The third is that the emperor's platform is in the north of Kunlun and the east of Liu Xiang, and nine poems are snake-faced. There is a giant snake in the corner of the workbench. The snake skin is like a tiger's spot, and its head always faces west. This snake is Liu Xiang. It faces south and has the platform of the emperor. Liu is a vassal worker. He has nine heads, a face like a man and a body like a snake. Turquoise. Each of his heads only eats food from one mountain. Everywhere he went, there was a hole in the ground and it became a stream swamp. Later, Xiang Liu was killed by Dayu. The place where his blood paste flows stinks, but he sows grain with impunity. In order to manage this land, Dayu dug up the rotten soil and piled it into a mound, which is the Five Emperors Terrace.

Others: Niu, Bai Ze, Avenger, Roar, Yellow Bird, Miserable Beast, Gale, Nine Babies, Avenger, Bashu, Fen, Ding Sun, etc.

Web page link (some records of Shan Hai Jing, quite good)

In addition to the above list, there are many other strange beasts, not necessarily god beasts, but fierce beasts. This is relative, and some places will get better. Most of these exotic animals come from the records of Shan Hai Jing and Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, and many of them are just passing by, so it is not easy for them to understand. Hope to adopt