Pegasus is a flying beast, it looks like a dog, its whole body is white, only its head is black, it has a pair of wings on its back, and when it sees people, it flies away. It sounds like calling its own name, and legend has it that Pegasus is a sacred beast that represents auspiciousness and can bring good fortune and well-being to people.
The flying squirrel has the body of a rabbit, but has a rat head. The flying squirrel has no wings, and it has many very thick feathers on its back, and the flying squirrel relies on these feathers to fly. Guo Pu's note: "Fly with the hair on its back, and fly on its back." "
The collar beard is a strange beast that resembles a cow, with a red tail, a cow's body, and a bird-like feather on its neck. The collar beard is called as if it were calling its own name, and it is said that eating the flesh of the collar beard can cure epilepsy. The "Xiao Ya" says: "The beast is like an ox with a red tail, and the sun leads the beard." "
The elephant snake is neither an elephant nor a snake, but a hermaphrodite strange bird. It looks like a female pheasant, and its feathers are colorful and have beautiful markings. The elephant snake called out as if calling its own name, and Guo Pu's Tuzan records: "Like a snake, it has its own descendants." "
Acid is a snake-like bird-like monster that looks like a snake but has two pairs of wings and six eyes. Acid and is a fierce bird, where it appears people will panic, acid and meat can calm the wine, legend has it that after eating acid and meat will not get drunk again. Guo Pu's note: "Or the food is not drunk." "
The Qianshan beast is a three-legged beast. It looks like an ox, with only three legs, two in front and one in the back, and calls as if calling its own name. It is recorded in the Yuan Lan: "From the six feet, from the source to the three feet."
Bighead carp is a kind of cattle-like and fish-like beast, it has a fish body, the head of a plough cow, and a hair that resembles a tiger's stripe on its head, so it is also called a cowfish. Guo Pu's "Tuzan" records: "The bighead carp of the fish trumpet is like the bull and tiger fish." "
From from is a six-legged beast that looks like a dog. From the cry of the cong as if calling one's own name, the Beast Sutra cloud: "From the cong from the six feet." Guo Pu's Tuzan records: "From the shape of a subordinate, like a dog with six feet." "
The bighead carp is a monster that resembles a fish and a snake. It looks like a yellow snake, but it has the fins of a fish and a very bright aura on its body. The turtle is a legendary beast with a highly poisonous body, and seeing it is a sign of drought and fire. Guo Pu's "Tuzan" said: "The bighead carp is snake-like, vibrating its wings and sprinkling light, passing away by waves, going in and out of Jiangxiang, seeing the drought of the years, it is only fire and auspiciousness." "
Zhu Badger is a monster that resembles both a fox and a fish, a beast of evil omens. The vermilion looks like a fox, but it has the fins of a fish, and it calls out as if it is calling its own name. Legend has it that where Zhu Ru appeared, people must have panicked. Hu Wenhuan Tuyun said: "Geng Shan, there are beasts, such as foxes and fish hyenas, known as Zhu Badger. Its song shouted to itself, and when it saw it, the country was afraid. "
The roe deer is a bird-like monster that looks like a fox and has bird wings on its back but can't fly. The call of the roe deer is like a wild goose, and the legendary roe deer is a fierce beast, symbolizing the great drought. The "Biaoya" records: "The roe deer bird wing, the fox genus also." Guo Pu's "Tuzan" said: "The roe deer is like a fox, and it has wings and does not fly." "
It is a strange beast that combines the characteristics of four animals: horses, sheep, cattle, and dogs, and it looks like a horse but has sheep eyes and a cow's tail. The bark of the night is like the barking of a dog, and the place where it appears will be restless. Guo Pu's "Tuzan" said: "The rule is in the virtuous, and the death is lost." Precarious, even cunning. Return to meditation, who sees it. "
The hook looks like a bird and has the tail of a mouse. The hook is good at climbing trees, and legend has it that the hook is a plague bird, a fierce beast that can bring plague. Wu Renchen recorded: "Liu Hui Meng Yue, the sea is in chaos, and the birds are also sea creatures." "It can be seen that the hook and the hook are the same kind of birds.
The beard is a monster that resembles both a fish and a beast. It looks like an elk, but it has the eyes of a pair of fish, and it sounds as if it is calling its own name. Guo Pu's "Tuzan" said: "The shape of a beard is like an elk's eye." "Hao Yixingji: "In the fifth year of Jiaqing, the envoy feng Ryukyu returned to the boat and the horsetooth mountain, and the next person entered the erlu, the hair was shallow and the eyes were small like fish eyes, and the messenger wrote that it was a sea fish, and Yu yi proved it, and knew that it was Fei Huye. "
The brown sniper is a monster that combines the characteristics of wolves, rats and pigs. It looks like a wolf, with a red head, mouse eyes, and a pig.- The sniper is a fierce beast that loves to eat people. The "Ancient YinLuo" has clouds: "There are beasts with red eyebrows and rat eyes, and the name is unveiled, which is different from this text." "
The sparrow is a strange beast that combines the characteristics of birds, rats and tigers. The sparrow looks like a chicken, with a white head and tiger paws. The mane is a legendary beast that loves to eat human flesh. Guo Pu's Tuzan says: "Unveil the cunning beast, the bird of the bird, or the body of the wolf, or the claw of the tiger." Use armored soldiers and disturb them. "
Heliao is a human pasta-eating beast. It looks like a pig, with a human head, a yellow body, and a red tail. He cried out like a baby crying. Legend has it that Heliao is a ferocious beast that naturally likes to eat people, as well as insects and snakes, and as long as it appears, it will inevitably flood.
It is a strange beast like a cow, with only one eye, a white head, and a snake's tail on its body. As long as it is a place where it passes, the water source is all dried up, the grass and trees are withered, the plague is everywhere, and the mourning is everywhere. Guo Pu's "Tuzan" said: "The beast is a disaster beast, the heel is strong and deep, the clubhouse is involved, and the water is exhausted." Temperament is natural, and the body is sexually committed. "
The Four Sacred Beasts originated in ancient mythology and were originally called the "Four Elephants". The "four elephants" refer to the four elephants of water, fire, wood and gold. The Yi Zhi Zhi Shang says: "Two instruments of the Lord and four elephants." "The two instruments are yin and yang or heaven and earth. In ancient times, the astrological signs indicating the four major regions of the sky, southeast, and northwest, were four groups of animals: the Eastern Dragon, the Southern Bird, the Western Tiger, and the Northern Turtle Snake (Wu); These four groups of animals are also the gods of the four directions in ancient Chinese mythology. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, due to the prevalence of the Five Elements Theory, according to the collocation relationship between the five elements and the five colors in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, the wood was cyan and the color of the budding wood leaves; The fire is red, the color of the campfire burning; The soil is yellow, the color of the earth: gold is white, the color of metallic luster; The water is black, the color of the abyss, so the "four elephants" are also colored as green dragon, white tiger, suzaku, and Xuanwu. During the Two Han Dynasties, the Four Elephants evolved into the gods believed in Taoism, so the Four Sacred Beasts were also known as the Four Spirit Beasts. The Five Elements of the Eastern Green Dragon belong to the wood color blue, the southern Suzaku five elements belong to the fire color red, the Western White Tiger Five Elements belong to the golden white, the Northern Xuanwu Five Elements belong to the water color black, and the central Wuji belongs to the earth color yellow.
In the era when the Five Elements Theory was prevalent, the Five Elements Scholars matched the southeast, southwest, and northwest with five colors according to the five elements of yin and yang, and then equipped the southeast, south, and northwest with a sacred beast: the Eastern Green Dragon, the Western White Tiger, the Northern Xuanwu, and the Southern Suzaku. The Green Dragon is one of the sacred beasts that govern the East.
According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, among the gods of the four directions, "the southern Zhu Rong, the beast body and human face, ride the two dragons", "the western harvest, the left ear has a snake, ride two dragons", "the east has a giant mang, the bird body has a human face, ride two dragons", "the north YuJiang, black body and brothers, ride two dragons". Looking at the description of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, dragons are used to ride. The green dragon represents the seven lodges of the East: horns, kang, qi, fang, heart, tail, and ji, and the shape of these seven houses is like a dragon: the horn is the horn of the dragon, the kang su is the neck of the dragon, the homestay is the body of the dragon, and the house is the position of the neck root of the dragon, the house is the shoulder of the dragon, the heart is the heart of the dragon, the tail is the tail of the dragon, and the ji su is the end of the dragon's tail.
The green dragon is a sacred beast of wooden attributes, and ancient emperors liked to refer to themselves as dragons. Among the many dynasties, there are also emperors who take the green dragon as their era name, and the more typical example is the Wei Ming Emperor during the Three Kingdoms period. There are also records in the historical records that the Xia Dynasty belonged to the Mude era, so "The Green Dragon was born in the suburbs" is a sign of auspiciousness.
Among the four sacred beasts, often compared with the green dragon is the white tiger representing the West. The tiger is the king of the hundred beasts, and its mighty power and legendary ability to subdue ghosts have turned it into a sacred beast of the yang. "The cloud from the dragon, the wind from the tiger", it often goes out with the dragon, and the dragon and the tiger are the best partners to descend the demon Voldemort.
The White Tiger is the god of war, the god of killing, and a metallic sacred beast, with many kinds of divine powers such as warding off evil spirits, praying for disasters, praying for prosperity, punishing evil, getting rich, and marrying good fortunes. The White Tiger represents the Seven Houses located in the West: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Xiang, and Sansan. Among the five elements, white represents metallicity, so it is called white tiger not because it is white, but from the five elements.
In the minds of the ancients, tigers were terrible and respectable animals. The terrible thing is that it will eat people and animals; The venerable thing is that it is mighty and can ward off evil spirits. There are similar descriptions in some ancient books, such as the Eastern Han Dynasty Ying Shao's "Customs and Customs and Rituals": "Painting the tiger at the door, the ghost does not dare to enter", "the tiger, the yang, the chief of the hundred beasts." Can hold on to setbacks and eat ghosts. Now the man has suffered a wicked encounter, and burns the skin of the tiger and drinks it. Striking its claws can also ward off evil. This test also. "
The White Tiger is the god of killing, so in ancient times, many fierce generals were said to be the reincarnation of the White Tiger Star, such as: Luo Cheng, Xue Rengui's father and son in the Tang Dynasty.
Suzaku is the general term for the Seven Houses of the South: Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Wing, and Yun. Suzaku is a sacred beast that symbolizes fire.
Suzaku is also called Xuan Bird, and the name of Xuan Bird is recorded in the "Book of Poetry, Shang Song , Xuan Bird": "The Heavenly Destiny Xuan Bird, descending to give birth to the Shang, it is Yin Tu Mang Mang." The ancient emperor ordered Wu Tang, the four sides of the positive domain. The meaning of this passage is that the stock merchant said that his ancestor, the Qi, was born from Xuan bird, so a powerful Shang Dynasty was established, and Xuan Bird became the ancestor of the merchant.
The legend of Houyi is also the story of suzaku, legend has it that there are ten three-legged birds perched on the Fuso tree standing on the vast east coast, they are the sons of the oriental god Emperor Jun, who take turns flying up to the sky every day to play, and the light emitted by the three-legged crow is the sun that people see. Then one day, the three-legged crows did not obey the instructions of the eastern gods and ran to the heavens to play together. Ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky, the grass and trees on the ground were scorched, and people had to stay in caves to escape the heat, and only come out at night to find food. In order to punish his ten sons, The Divine Emperor Jun gave the Tenjin Queen Realm an I-colored longbow and a bag of white arrows, and asked him to go to the human world to teach his ten sons a lesson.
However, these three-legged crows did not put Houyi in their eyes, and still played and laughed together in heaven. Hou Yi was furious and drew his bow and arrow to shoot down nine three-legged crows. Nine of the three-legged crows died, the earth completely cooled, and the people on the ground were very happy. When Emperor Shen learned that HouYi had shot his nine sons, he was furious and did not allow Houyi to return to the Heavenly Court. The remaining three-legged crow, called suzaku, flew into the sky every day to illuminate everyone, and could not rest any longer.
Xuanwu is a sacred beast composed of turtles and snakes, the original meaning of Xuanwu is Xuan Meditation, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Meditation are connected. Wu means black; Meditation means yin. The Xuan Meditation originally described the turtle Bu: ask the turtle to go to the underworld to ask the ancestors, bring back the answer, and show it to the world in the form of a bu zhao.
Xuanwu is in charge of the seven houses in the north: dou, ox, female, virtual, dangerous, room, and wall. In ancient times, people have many interpretations of Xuanwu, some say "Xuanwu" is a turtle, and the "Li Ji Qu Li Ji" says: "Line, before the vermilion bird and then After The Xuanwu..." In the Chu Ci Yuanyou, Hong Xingzu added: "Xuanwu, called a turtle and snake." Located in the north, it is known as Xuan. He has scales and armor, so he is known as Wu. In volume 15 of the Anthology, Zhang Heng's Si Xuan Fu also says that "Xuanwu lives in the shell, and the snake snakes and snakes and self-correcting." The Later Han Shu Wang Liang Biography writes: "Xuanwu, the name of the water god." "
The earliest Xuanwu was the turtle. Since then, the meaning of Xuan Meditation has been expanding, and turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas, and Xuan Meditation has become a water god symbolizing water; The turtle lives long, and the occult has become a symbol of immortality; In the original records, the underworld was in the north. So Xuan Di became the god of the north again.
The ancients called the unicorn a benevolent beast and a rui beast. The male of the unicorn is called the unicorn, and the female is called the unicorn, and in real life, the unicorn is often used as a metaphor for outstanding figures.
The record of the unicorn first appears in the book of Hetuluo, and the sacred horse recorded in the legend is the adult unicorn. According to legend, during the Fuxi clan, the Fuxi people "knotted ropes for fishing", raised livestock, promoted the development of production, and improved people's living conditions. Therefore, Xiang Rui Di Xing, heaven has given the gods. There is a dragon-headed horse-body divine beast, born with wings, eight feet and five inches high, with dragon scales, Ling Bo treading water, such as walking on the ground, carrying the map point, from the Yellow River into the Tu River (present-day Mengjin County, Luoyang City, In the territory of Baihe and Zhizhuang Township), swimming in the Tu River. People call it Ryoma. (The dragon horse is the adult unicorn, the dragon head, the horse body, the lin, the wing.) Adult unicorns have wings) This is what posterity often calls "dragon horse negative map".
Every time the unicorn appears, it will be a very special period. According to records, Fuxi, Shun, Confucius, etc. all appeared with the qilin and brought instructions from the gods, which ultimately guided victory.