Set in Warring States of Japan, Inuyasha tells the story of Govi's journey through.
In the story, there are elements of the Japanese style such as elegant witch clothes, cold samurai armor, Japanese swords with different shapes, and various ancient architectures.
But have you noticed, in fact, the author also added a lot of elements with typical Chinese style to the story of "InuYasha", and I will introduce it to you next.
"Nezha"
The older of the Thunder Beast brothers is flying, with a protruding forehead, long hair tied with horse braids, a thin body, the use of long-handled weapons, the use of props "flywheel" to fly, and the habit of skinning after defeating the monster.
There is no doubt that this is an imitation of the three princes of Nezha who are holding a fire-tipped gun in their hands, and the strange habit of flying in the sky is also derived from the incident of Nezha skinning the three princes of the Dragon King.
Folk little Nezha is lively and cute, naughty and active, brave and kind, born cheerful and brilliant, full of vivid images of innocence and innocence, and is known as a young hero who is righteous and belligerent, and who is both wise and courageous.
Unlike Nezha, Fei Tian appears as a villain and is eventually beaten to death by Inuyasha with iron teeth.
Journey to the West
Inuyasha encounters a mountain pig from China in the play, and the mountain pig claims to be a descendant of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, the Nine Precepts of the Pig. Holding a monkey and a kappa in his hand, he said that they were the descendants of Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing.
Needless to say, this character setting is obviously taken from the familiar "Journey to the West"!
In the play, the Pig Nine Commandments also wore a round hoop when he appeared, and the prototype of this shape is of course the golden hoop worn by Sun Wukong, but there are no monkeys here, he can only set a dog.
Foursquare Divine Beast
YueHuangquan and Xinghuangquan are a pair of bitter lovers in "InuYasha", among which Xinghuangquan, whose heart is controlled by the Blade of Qiankun, has four subordinates: Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu.
The same setting also appeared in the theatrical version of "Red Lotus Penglai Island", which attacked the four monsters of Penglai Island, the Four Fighting Gods, and their images also corresponded to the green dragon white tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu.
These four great divine beasts are very familiar to everyone, they are the four gods in Chinese mythology, representing the four directions of east, west, south and north, derived from the ancient Chinese belief in the stars, and belong to the product of the combination of ancient mythology and astronomy.
In the play, the Four Fighting Gods are set up with wind and thunder, flame, strength, defense and other abilities, which correspond to the characteristics of the Four God Beasts themselves.
Not only "InuYasha", but also the four-person group designed based on the four elephants can often be seen in various works abroad, which also shows that the traditional Chinese culture is widely circulated and influential.
Bullhead Horse Noodles
Inuyasha is used by the white boy to meet the two nether gatekeepers when he comes to the intersection of the human world and the underworld. They are usually in the form of stone statues, and their real bodies will only appear when someone tries to pass through the gates of the underworld.
The Minotaur ghost pawn originated from Buddhist texts, and after being introduced to China, it derived the saying of minotaur horse noodles and was widely circulated in the folk, which was later absorbed by Taoism, and the minotaur horse noodles often appeared as a subordinate of King Yama.
Minotaur Ishime is a person of the Underworld, and Iron Fangs is the knife of the present world, so it cannot cause harm to them, which makes Inuyasha unable to enter the Underworld. Later, the Minotaur Ma Mian also intervened to block the Killing Pill, until the Killing Pill pulled out the Heavenly Tooth of the Sword of the Other World, and the two of them directly knelt down and surrendered.
The above is the Chinese elements introduced by Shippo Sauce for everyone, and the Chinese elements that appear in the plot of InuYasha. In fact, in addition to Chinese legends, the plot of "InuYasha" also adds a lot of other myths, rumors or classics.
For example, the five treasures requested by Tennō in "Dream City in the Mirror" are derived from the Japanese legend "Hui Ye Ji"; the prototype of the domineering sword Cong Yunya is the Japanese mythological Tencong Cloud Sword, also known as the Kusanagi Sword.
Dear Dog Fans, what other myths or legends do you know about in InuYasha? Let's discuss and share in the comments section.