"Yu La You Comics" Chinese Mythology Chapter: Nine Cartoons, Nine Directions Gua Xiang, Nine Divine Beasts One, Upper Left, Qiangua Ii, Middle Left, Kangua Iii, Left, Gong Gua 4, Middle Left, Du Gua V: Middle Position, Divine Bear 6, Center Right, Zhen Gua 7: Lower Left, Kun Gua Eight, Lower Middle, Away Gua 9, Lower Right Sunda Gua

This is my "Attribution Database" series, which wants to string together some fragmented information (myth, history, etc.) in the form of a group graph.

First, let's start with a group of themed group pictures of the mythical beasts (that is, drawing the mythical beasts into comic characters) that are sketched on the sketchbook.

From top to bottom from left to right,

They are Phoenix Bird, Xuanwu, Deer King, White Tiger, Divine Bear, Green Dragon, Moon Rabbit, Suzaku, Uh, Immortal (the last number).

Tools: charcoal, kraft sketchbook, highlighter

Average time: 4-5 hours per sheet

In fact, I just took a few pictures that I was more interested in, after all, I couldn't finish all the divine beasts.

However, I accidentally just put together a Tai Chi Gossip Diagram out...

Eight directions plus the middle, just a nine-square grid.

Taiji Bagua is a model of the interpretation of the world by the ancient Chinese, and as modern people, we must of course integrate modern understanding in it in order to bring a sense of direction to creation.

Next, let's talk about it one by one in order:

<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > first, upper left, qiangua</h1>

This is The Sea Dusk Hou Danglu... The anthropomorphic of the bird on it.

When Lu was the ornament in the middle of the horse's forehead of the Han Dynasty, The Marquis of Haidu was the famous Han Emperor Liu He. As a former emperor, his Dang Lu was quite gorgeous.

When Lu Relics Figure:

Qiangua corresponds to the sky, and the phoenix bird with Dan's ascension can still drop on the number.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, middle left, kangua</h1>

Kangua is the image of the Water of the Nether in the North, corresponding to the Northern Xuanwu of the Four Divine Beasts.

This turtle and snake fusion monster god, in fact, is also called the True Martial Emperor, and his status is lofty. The north is winter in the four seasons, so give him a coat to avoid freezing

Han Xuanwu Wadang:

Xuanwu Gate is the northernmost palace gate.

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > three, about, Gong Gua</h1>

Gong Gua is the gua elephant of mountain stone, calm as a mountain, hard as stone.

This is the Mural of Dunhuang Deer King Bunsen, which is the anthropomorphic of the nine-colored deer that everyone is familiar with.

Painting this purely because I like this image too much, the calm and kind nine-colored deer has always been my childhood yearning.

Dunhuang Deer King Bunsen Diagram:

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >4, center left, and match</h1>

It is a pleasant gua elephant, the five elements are gold, and it is also the western white tiger of the four divine beasts.

In the hazy consciousness of the ancients in the Central Plains, the West has always been associated with jade minerals, the Queen Mother of the West, and the beast. Portraits of the Western Queen Mother of the Han Dynasty were often accompanied by tigers and leopards.

Miss White Tiger has a ~

Han White Tiger Wadang:

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The center of the center is the legendary Yellow Dragon, which is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, which is the symbol of the Yellow Emperor.

It is said that the clans of the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor are from the Shaodian, and the Shaodian is also known as the Xiong clan, and listening to this name will know that it is related to the bear.

Although "bear" is now a not very good adjective, in the early days, the bear was revered as a totem.

At that time, it was still the world of goddesses, and it was also the world of jade ornaments.

The temple of the goddess of Niuheliang unearthed the jade carving of "Jade Pig Dragon", which many archaeologists now believe is more like a bear dragon in terms of characteristics.

What do you think?

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >6, center right, zhengua</h1>

True East is also one of the four divine beasts, the thunderous green dragon.

The East also represents spring in the four seasons, and in March and April, spring thunder bursts and everything grows. So the five elements of the tremor belong to the wood, and I drew some branches on the picture.

Han Qinglong Wadang:

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > seven: lower left, kun gua</h1>

Kun Gua corresponds to Qian, Qiangua is heaven, and Kun Gua is earth, so there is Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace.

I put the moon rabbit anthropomorphic sister on The Kun Gua, not only because the moon corresponds to the sun, the moon is synonymous with motherhood in many cultures. And our life on earth also began with the tidal fluctuations brought about by the moon, in this sense, the moon and the earth are also in the same vein.

The moon rabbit and clam in the Changsha Mawangdui painting (the clam is too large, and the moon rabbit is almost invisible.) In the Han Dynasty, rabbits and clams appeared in pairs in the moon.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >8, lower middle, away from the gua</h1>

This is the direction of the Suzaku of the Four Divine Beasts, the Suzaku is in the south, and the Suzaku Avenue of the Tang Dynasty is the north-south road in front of the palace.

The five elements of the five elements belong to fire, the north is cold and the south is hot, this is the most basic orientation cognition.

I added some steampunk-like elements to this painting, and in fact there is a bit of a point in each painting, because I did the "database" series.

Han Suzaku Wadang:

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > nine, lower right Sunda</h1> gua

This is not a mythical beast anthropomorph... It is a recent archaeological achievement, the immortal of the Tomb of the Northern Dynasty Mural of Jiuyuangang.

The rest of the Sunda gua happens to be a wind-related gua elephant. Running fast like the wind, and this immortal is very compatible.

Why did you draw this? Because he's so funny. Attach an original picture of this immortal:

This is all nine squares.

Thank you for reading, I hope to bring you even a little inspiration.