Do the left dragon and the right white tiger dragon refer to the river? Does the white tiger lead the way?

Four spirits are in charge of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In addition to "Qinglong" and "White Tiger", there are four kinds of animals, Suzaku, Xuanwu and * * *, which are collectively called the Four Spirits.

Twenty-eight inns were established in ancient China, which were divided into four groups with seven stars in each group. These four groups are the stars in the sky in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each season is equipped with an animal and an orientation (see attached figure). Spring matches the East, and its spirit is Qinglong, because Qinglong represents the vitality of spring and the growth of all things. The vitality of Qinglong is equivalent to the germination of flowers and plants in spring. As for summer, the weather is hot, so it is represented by Rise of the Legend. And birds are particularly active in summer, so the spirit of summer is Suzaku. Suzaku is a red firebird. In addition, summer is accompanied by the south. Autumn is full of cold air, and there are more executions in ancient times than in autumn, which is called autumn decision. When autumn comes, yellow leaves fall. So [White Tiger] just represents the loneliness and cold breath of autumn. Autumn is accompanied by the west. Winter is accompanied by the north. Flowers and trees are no longer lush in winter, and animals hibernate, just like collections. Therefore, Xuanwu just represents this season. The so-called [Xuanwu] is a big black turtle, because turtles have a collection image. Black represents convergence.

Usually, the left green dragon and the right white tiger represent the left and right positions, not the real green dragon and white tiger.

Qinglong represents the East and White Tiger represents the West.

In addition to the four spirits in Taoism, including dragons and white tigers, and even when Feng Shui masters explore cemeteries, the terrain protruding from the left and right sides in front of the terrain can be used as burial rooms, which have unique titles, called Zuo Qinglong and Right White Tiger, to take the meaning of their guards, and also have the same decoration in the court. The left and right pillars are painted with dragons and white tigers to suppress evil spirits. 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. Taoist alchemy is divided into inner alchemy and outer alchemy (inner alchemy refining gas,

Waidan is an alchemist, but I'm not sure. Inner alchemy means that the dragon is born in fire, so the cloud' dragon is born in fire', the tiger is yin, born in the ridge, and the ridge belongs to water, so the cloud' tiger goes to the water'.

Health', after the combination of the two, one yin and one yang are combined, which is called Daoben. Both of them are representatives of Shen Yuan and 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, and the hexagrams are exchanged, which is golden white, so it is called white tiger. Gold can crush wood, so feelings are more harmful. If we use the true meaning of 28 to make it one, then it will be seamless, and the dragon and tiger will change from crouching tiger to Dan. In the human body, the liver is the dragon and the kidney is the tiger, while the external Dan still takes the meaning of yin and yang, with the dragon as the lead and the tiger as the 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. Respectably, it can ward off evil spirits because of its great power. And in

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 a sign of auspiciousness:' virtue is a hundred 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. When the Yellow Emperor developed eastward, the dragon totem was brought to the east and merged with the' Oriental Black Dragon Constellation', and Zhu Bird became the new home of the celestial phoenix totem when the south was unified, and eventually became a' dragon and phoenix' because of the integration of the two tribes. As an ancient totem, it is the East Phoenix and the West Dragon, and as an astrology, it 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 became mature. The astronomical phenomena were re-divided, and the Zhu bird was placed in the south, where it was sacrificed with Zhu Rong Vulcan. 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, showing a great conceptual movement throughout the country. By the Han dynasty, the concept of five elements had become a unified thought, and with Xuanwu, the' God of the Four Sides' was completed.

In the ancient Biography of Historical Records of the Heavenly Palace, there were black dragons in the East Palace, Zhu birds in the South Palace, Xianchi in the West Palace and Xuanwu in Gong Bei.

Because the White Tiger is a god of war and a magic axe, many brave generals are said to be the stars of the White Tiger, such as Luo Cheng and Xue and his son in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the white tiger was absorbed and released by Taoism, deified and became the keeper of various temples.

In ancient China, the stars in the sky were divided into seven star zones, namely "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, Xuanwu rose; At the turn of summer and autumn, white tigers emerge; At the turn of autumn and winter, Suzaku rises.

Oriental green dragon

Suzaku, Xuanwu (black tortoise and snake, martial arts means tortoise and snake), Qinglong and Baihu respectively represent the twenty-eight lodging places in the four directions, and the dragon is the seven lodging places in the East-horn, sound, rafter, room, heart, tail and dustpan.

After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits have also been given names, which are convenient for human beings to call. Qinglong is called Meng Zhang, White Tiger is called prison soldier, Suzaku is called Lingguang, and Xuanwu is called Zhiming.

On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, people call it "February 2, the dragon rises", which symbolizes the return of spring to the earth and the revival of everything. At the same time, spring is slowly coming to the world, the rain is increasing, the earth is turning green, and spring ploughing begins from south to north. There is a folk proverb: "On February 2, the dragon looks up, the big warehouse is full, and the small warehouse flows." In short, the second day of February is designated as "Spring Festival".

The white tiger in the west is the god of war.

White tiger is also the god of war and war.

Names for different flute players. The left-handed piper is called Qinglong, and the right-handed piper is called White Tiger.