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Rhinoceros, a slave horn, resembles a head.
——Qing Palace "Beast Genealogy"
In the Qing Palace's "Animal Genealogy", the rhinoceros "came out of the southwest and the South Yunnan Mountains, especially in the South China Sea, and the quality was better than other products." If there are triangles, two corners, and one corner, the only corner is not easy to get. "The rhinoceros with a visible horn is particularly rare, and there is a white wisp on the horn, and the horn of the rhinoceros that goes straight up to the end has the function of reaching the heavens, and can communicate with everything through the horn.
Qing Palace "Beast Spectrum" Rhinoceros
Today we will talk about this rhinoceros with only one corner. The Rhinoceros looks like a buffalo, with a black body, a head like a pig, elephant-like feet, and a strong physique, and it has a horn on its head that grows on the top of its head. In addition to being able to reach the sky, Tongtian Rhino also has functions such as summer shelter and cold protection, which is better than the current air conditioner.
The original text of the Qing Palace's "Beast Genealogy"
Legend has it that the Tongtian Rhinoceros only eats poisonous grasses, and when it eats trees, it only picks thorns to eat, and never tastes silky and tender grasses and trees. The purpose of this is to test the medicine by example, to develop a skill, and then to detoxify people, extremely self-sacrificing. It may also be the reason that the ancients believed that rhino horns are the essence of the rhinoceros body, which can detoxify hundreds of poisons.
Rhino image sources network
In the records of the "Materia Medica", "rhinoceros horn, bitter, sour, salty, cold, slightly cold, non-toxic." The Lord is a hundred poisonous miasmas, evil spirits miasma, killing hook kisses, duck feathers, snake venom, exorcising evil spirits, not confusing nightmares, healing typhoid fever and fever, headaches, cold and heat, poisonous gas. Long service light body, Junjian. "Therefore, rhino horn was a valuable Chinese medicinal herb in ancient times.
In addition, the rhinoceros is considered the embodiment of the brave, a symbol of might and strength. Therefore, a large number of rhinoceros images appeared in the excavated bronzes. It can be seen that the status of the rhinoceros in the hearts of the ancients is not low, and they especially like it.
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