Something that the yellow calendar can be used to ward off evil spirits.

God in charge of human life.

Wenchang star Shen Jun, whose prefix is always the same, is also a symbol of the life of the son of heaven. The head of the Central Committee, or "Zhang", was born on the core monument of life in the year when he was born, and took a photo of Zhang Shou Tian Jianxin, which changed the soul of Taiyi and became a symbol. The head of the Central Committee was mixed with Taiyi, so he was called Zhang Yan Zhi. The name is very clear. The initials are Du Qing, a Shinto and a Spiritual China. The old man said: Siming Zuo is also a native of Changle. His surname is Han Mingsi. Thinking about spirit, thinking about law, etc. Zuo Si has 36 senior officials. You Siming's surname is Zhang Ming, and his handwriting is good, Yang Guangren. Lu Si, Si Fei, etc. Right company also has 36 senior officials. He said: He is the minister of Henkel. Wenchang God should be transformed from the world, with 73 transformations and 79 transformations. It is said that the Jade Emperor ordered Zhang's son to take charge of Wenchang Palace and the world, so he was called Wenchang Emperor in the Yuan Dynasty.

According to Chu culture, Si Ming's position is extremely high, which is divided into Priestess of Death and Shao Si Ming, Priestess of Death is in charge of life and death, and Shao Si Ming is in charge of Fulu. There is no higher god in Chu culture.

The name of the ancient star is Gouchen, which belongs to Ziweiyuan.

Guo Taiming and Chen Yi are now the North Star.

The ancient star name of China, with six stars, belongs to Ursa minor in the current constellation system, and Gouchen No.1 is the alpha star of Ursa minor, which is now the Polaris.

Astrology: "The six stars of Gouchen are the harem under the five emperors, and the emperor is a princess. They are also generals of the Sixth Army and the Three Kings. "

Emperor Gou Chen assisted the Jade Emperor in maintaining the north and south poles, the talents of heaven and earth, ruling the stars and taking charge of the military revolution in the world, which was especially respected in the Song Dynasty. 3'

After the Qing Dynasty, it was listed as "Good Chen Yuzun" (it was a foregone conclusion that it evolved from "Liuhe" and evolved into "Four Imperial" after the Southern Song Dynasty):

1 ruled the jade emperor of ten thousand days

Judge Wan Lei Gouchen the Great.

The ruling emperor Wan Xing Zi Wei.

Rule all kinds of Tsinghua emperors (or "East Pole Taiyi saves the suffering Buddha")

Ruling the immortal emperor

6. Ruled all the land, the land of the local tyrant.

In the system of "Sanqing" and "Four Royal Families", the "Four Royal Families" ranked third: Wei Zi, the God Emperor, also known as "Gouchen went to Gongnan"

The great emperors lived in Wei Zi Palace, that is, Chen Gong and Xiao Xia Palace in Antarctica. He is the master of gods and gods.

Gouchen is another name of realgar in medicinal materials.

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu are the legendary Four Holy Beasts in China.

The four great beasts are Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Tsing lung and white tiger palm in all directions, Suzaku Xuanwu is harmonious with Yin and Yang, and the four-spirit beast is the black dragon and white tiger, Suzaku Xuanwu Heaven. Qinglong is the God of the East; White tiger is the god of the west; Zhu is known as the god of the south; Xuanwu is the god of the north, and turtles and snakes are in harmony. Therefore, there is a saying of "three auxiliary maps": "Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, the four spirits of heaven, take the square as the square, and the king makes the palace pavilion take the method." In ancient times, the ancients divided the sky into four palaces, east, west, north and south, named after Qinglong (black dragon), white tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu (turtle-shaped god). In fact, the sky is divided into four parts, which are connected by seven main stars in each part and named after their shapes.

The horns, horns, houses, hearts, tails and dustpans in the East are shaped like dragons, so the East Palace is called Qinglong or Black Dragon.

The seven stars in the west, Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Horn and Ginseng, are shaped like tigers, calling the West Palace the White Tiger.

In the south, wells, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings and nets are all bird-shaped, called suzaku;

The northern seven-star bucket, cow, female, empty, dangerous, room and wall, shaped like a turtle, is called Xuanwu.

Therefore, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu have become the four gods who guard the heavenly officials, create evil and regulate Yin and Yang. Among the four gods, Qinglong and Baihu are mainly regarded as spirits to ward off evil spirits, and their images mostly appear in palaces, temples, gates or tombs and their artifacts. In the last case, the dragon is not to help the tomb owner ascend to heaven, but to deter the evil soul and defend the soul peace of the tomb owner.

Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu: Four Holy Beasts is the ancestor of all animals. Jin Mu, four lines of fire and water.

Qinglong controls the power of thunder for nine days. It is blue and belongs to wood. It protects the animals in the East and guards the stars in the East Palace.

The power of the white tiger to control tornadoes and storms (summoning all animals). It is white and belongs to gold. It protects western animals and guards the stars in the West Palace.

Suzaku controls the power of burning (the fire of the three wonders of heaven and earth), and vermilion belongs to fire, protecting southern animals and guarding the stars of Nangong.

Xuanwu's power to control ice and snow (dark ice) is black and belongs to water. It protects the animals in the north and the stars in Gong Bei.

Qinglong, the patron saint of the East in Taoism

Qinglong was originally the God of the East in ancient mythology, and one of the Seven Hosts and Four Elephants in the East in Taoism. For the twenty-eight lodging houses, the seven lodging houses in the East (horn, kang, bian, room, heart, tail and dustpan) have the image of dragons, which are located in the east, belong to wood and are blue in color, collectively called Qinglong, also known as Black Dragon. The forty-four volumes of Tai Huang Shangzhi Zhai Yi call Qinglong Dongdou: "Jiaosu Tianmen, Kangsu Pavilion, Changsu Tianfu, Su Fang Tian Yixing Jun, Shinjuku Uranus Jun, Weisu Tianji Xingjun, and Jisu Tianlu Xingjun." As for its image, The Collection of Daomen General Education has seven clouds: "Oriental Dragon Horn, puffing, thundering, flying around the four ghosts, standing on my left." In addition, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of "Seven Chapters of Clouds" quotes the Dan of the four gods in the ancient scriptures: the dragon is a dragon, and the oriental wood is also mercury. It is clear and unwilling, not turbid and undesirable, far and unreachable, and there are endless hidden changes, so it is called dragon.

Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu

Originally the four spirits of China's ancient star worship, it evolved into the patron saint of the four directions through Taoism. Based on the ecliptic of the sun, the ancients divided the stars into twenty-eight lodges, each named after four spirits, and the horns, yuan, earth, square, Xin, Wei and Ji in the east were called Qinglong. Wells, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings and birds in the south are all suzaku; Xi Kui, Lou, Wei, Chang, Bi, Gou and Shen are white tigers; In the north, fighting, cattle, women, emptiness, danger, houses and walls are all basaltic. Four spirits are blue and white, which is based on the theory of five elements and five colors. "Book of Rites Quli Shang": "Before the trip, Zhu Bird followed Xuanwu, left Qinglong and right White Tiger." According to Taoism, as the guardian of the old gentleman, such as "Bao Pu Zi Zaying", the old gentleman said that "there are twelve green dragons on the left, twenty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four suzaku in front, and seventy-two basalt in the back". There is a caretaker at the entrance of the Taoist temple, with a dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right. Taoist practice also has the art of keeping the gods, believing that as long as you keep thinking about the image and name of the gods, you can get the protection of the gods. For example, the Secret Book of the Seven or Six Purple Courts in the Arctic says: "There is a dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right called the jailer, a rosefinch in front called Lingguang, and a Xuanwu called Ming behind. Every time I hold the building during the festive season, the bells and drums on my back revolve around me, which is tens of millions a week. " The Quartet God is the main object of thinking about gods outside the body, but the images and names mentioned are not consistent. What about after the Song Dynasty? Blow on. ? What's the matter with you? Idle?

Qinglong is the name of the star, and it is the general name of seven of the twenty-eight lodges in the East (horn, sound, rafter, house, tail and dustpan). It looks like a dragon, also known as the black dragon, and its color indicates the East. The secret of the Seven Yuan Purple Court in the Arctic includes: "There is a young friend named Meng Zhang on the left and a white tiger named prison soldier on the right. There is a suzaku named Lingguang in front, and then there is a Xuanwu named Ming, who is building a festival and holding a building, carrying a bell and drum and walking around me. "

Dongfang Qinglong

There are many legends about dragons.

There are many stories about the origin of the dragon. Some people say that it was introduced from India, while others say that it was transformed from the stars in China. India itself is said by the dragon god, but the status of dragons in India is not high, and there is a real thing-python.

In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the southeast, northwest and middle schools, and each color was accompanied by a beast and a god. The east is cyan with dragons, the west is white with tigers, the south is vermilion, the north is black with martial arts, and yellow is the central positive color.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas records that among the gods in the four directions, "there are various armies in the south, and the beast with human face rides two dragons." ; In the west of Ru Shou, there is a snake in the left ear. You can ride two dragons. ; In the east, there is Ju Mang, who is both a bird and a man, riding two dragons; In the north, Yujiang, with dark hands and feet, rode two dragons. Interestingly, the dragons in The Classic of Mountains and Seas are all riding, while the snakes of the same kind are all being held or held or hung around their necks, which shows the difference between them. However, the five gods are different from the four gods, so I won't elaborate here. Suzaku, Xuanwu (black tortoise snake, martial arts means tortoise snake), Qinglong, and Baihu respectively represent 28 places in the four directions. Dragons are seven huts in the east-horns, clangs, chariots, houses, hearts, tails and dustpans. These seven huts are very similar in shape to dragons. As can be seen from their meanings, horns are the horns of dragons, and clanging is dragons.

There is also a part of the dragon's heart, which some people call "fire", which is related to sunny and rainy days. Because Qinglong belongs to wood, it is also the age of Jupiter. After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits were also given names to facilitate human beings to call them. Qinglong is called Meng Zhang, White Tiger is called prison soldier, Suzaku is called Lingguang, and Xuanwu is called Zhi Ming. In many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their title, such as Wei Mingdi in the Three Kingdoms, and there were also records that the Xia Dynasty belonged to Mulder Dynasty, so he had'.

In China after ancient times, the male dragon had horns on his head; Double horns are called dragons, and single horns are called dumplings; Those with horns are poisonous snakes. In ancient times, there were often large and small Ssangyong in Yu Pei, and it was still called mother and son poisonous snakes. The status of dragons is much higher than that of India. Because in China, the dragon is sacred and supreme, and it is the symbol of the emperor. It is also the representative of the East, and the five elements belong to wood. Because cyan belongs to wood, there is the saying of Zuo Qinglong and you Bai Hu.

Among the 28 stars, seven stars in the East-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used in the stars. The ancients imagined them as Jackie Chan. Because they are located in the east, they color the five sides according to the theory that the east is blue, hence the name' Qinglong'.

There is also a folk saying that dragons are lewd, that is, when you have sex with cows, you will have a unicorn, and when you have sex with pigs, you will have an elephant.

The so-called dragon gives birth to nine children, unlike the dragon. Here's the thing-

The eldest son is called prison cow: he loves music, so he often stands on the piano. Such as Hu Qin of Han nationality and Qin Sang of Bai nationality. Ma Touqin in Mongolia may also be a variant of prison cattle.

White Tiger

The White Tiger was originally the God of the West in ancient mythology, and it was one of the four images of the seven Pleiades in Taoism. Among the twenty-eight lodgings, the seven western lodgings (Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, tapir and Shen) are the images of tigers, which are located in the west and belong to gold and white, and are collectively called white tigers. Volume 44 of Emperor Tai Shang Ru Zhai Yi calls Baihu Xi Dou: "Su Kui Tian Jiang Xing Jun, Lou Su Tian Jian Xing Jun, Su Wei Tian Cang Xing Jun, Angsu Tianmu Xing Jun, Bi Su Tian Er March, Li Su Tianping March, Shen Su Tian Shui March." As for its image, there are seven clouds in the book "The Collection of Daomen General Education": "The West should stay in the tiger, set its tone with the quality of Yingying, intimidate all animals, stir up mountains and establish my rights." At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy terms. For example, Volume 72 of Yun Qi Tanabata quoted Dan, one of the four gods in the ancient classics, as saying, "White Tiger and Xijin have also won a real position." "Jing" says: If the son is prosperous, the wife has different names, and the five elements are born together, which is also caused by essence. It can't move, so it's called a tiger.

In Four Holy Beasts, China, another kind of dragon is often compared with the "white tiger"; The tiger is the leader of all animals. Its strength and legendary ability to subdue ghosts make it a beast of Yang, and it often goes out with dragons. "The cloud follows the dragon and the wind follows the tiger" has become the best partner to subdue ghosts.

And the white tiger is also the god of war and war. White tiger has many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disaster, praying for prosperity and punishing evil, promoting kindness, getting rich and getting married. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Of the 28 stars, 7 are in the west: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, its whiteness is due to the west, and it belongs to gold in the five elements, and its color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.

In addition to the four spirits in Taoism, including the dragon and the white tiger, even when the geomancer explores the cemetery, the protruding terrain on the left and right sides in front of the terrain can be used as graves. It has a unique title, called Zuo Qinglong and Right White Tiger, to take its meaning of guarding, and it also has the same decoration in the court. Dragons and white tigers are painted on the left and right pillars to suppress evil spirits. After the rise of Taoism, Dragon Tiger was borrowed as a term of Taoist alchemy, meaning "lead and mercury, fire and water, yin and yang" and so on. Taoist alchemy is divided into two parts: internal alchemy and external alchemy (I'm not sure). As far as Yin-Yang and Five Elements are concerned, Inner Dan means that dragons are born in fire, so the cloud' dragons are born in fire', while tigers are born in ridges, and ridges belong to water, so the cloud' tigers are born in water'. After the two elements are combined, one yin and one yang are mutual. 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 essence of 28 to make it become one, then Jin Mu will be seamless, and Dragon and Tiger will become the Dan of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In the human body, the liver is a dragon and the kidney is a tiger, while the external Dan still takes the meaning of yin and yang, the dragon is lead and the tiger is 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. It is respectable that it can ward off evil spirits because of its great power. 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, when people die, they must burn and drink tiger skins. Beating its paws can also cure evil. This is also a fact. " The ancients also thought that the white tiger was an auspicious feeling:' virtue is the best of all birds and animals.'

The original West Star gods were bears and owls, but later, due to the totem of the ancient Qiang people, the 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", while Zhuniao became the new home of the phoenix totem in heaven when the south was unified, and eventually became a "dragon and phoenix" due to the integration of the two tribes. As an ancient totem, it is the Oriental Phoenix and the Western Dragon, and as an astrology, it is the Oriental black dragon and the Western Zhu Bird. After the Zhou Dynasty, the feudal system was formally established, and the five elements thought also became mature. The celestial phenomena were re-divided, and the Zhu bird was placed in the south, where it was enshrined 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 then Xuanwu was supplemented to complete the' God of the Quartet'.

In the ancient historical records about the Heavenly Palace, "the East Palace has a black dragon, the South Palace has a Zhu, the West Palace has a fairy pool, and Gong Bei has a Xuanwu." This is not a white tiger, but a salty pool. Xianchi is the star of staple food. In the main autumn, because the grain is harvested in autumn, it is put in autumn. But it's not an animal. How can it be combined with dragons, birds and turtles into four spirits? In "Justice": "The three stars in Xianchi are among the five cars. When the sky hits the south, the fish and birds also scream." Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, it was questioned: "black dragon, Zhu Bird, Xuanwu, and the total seven nights. As for Xianchi, don't be a star and stay away from 28 nights. There is another explanation for the salty pool. It is the place where the sun bathes. In Huai Nan Zi. Astronomy:' The sun rises in the valley, bathes in the salty pool and blows on the hibiscus flowers, which is called morning light'. It can be seen that Xianchi was originally regarded as the sunrise place by Qiang people. Xianchi is also an alkaline lake, which should be Minshan area or Shantou Lake in Qinghai. It can be proved that the astrology worshipped by primitive people did not have the concept of Qinglong White Tiger. There is a cloud in the Book of Rites:' Returning to the dragon in the face of the wind is called the Four Spirits.' Replace the salty pool that does not belong to animals with Kirin. Later generations have the habit of four spirits, four elephants and four tigers.

Because the white tiger is the god of war and logging, many brave generals are said to be famous white tigers, 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.

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Suzaku was originally the god of the south in ancient mythology, and one of the seven stars and four elephants in southern Taoism. The seven hotels in the south (Jing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi and Zhu) are 28 hotels, with a dark image, located in the south, belonging to fire and red in color. They are collectively called Suzaku, also known as "Suzaku". In Volume 44 of Emperor Taizong Zhai Yi, Nan Zhu Cuixing is called: "Su Jing Tianjing Xing Jun, Ghost House Tiankui Xing Jun, Liu Su Chutian Xing Jun, Su Xingtian Kuxing Army, Zhang Su Libra Xing Army, Yi Su Tian Tian Xing Army, Ji Su Tianjie Xing Army." As for its image, there are seven clouds in "The Collection of Jiao Tong's Needs": "The South Pearl Cuisine, from the length of the bird, the change of the Dan point, the sound of blue thunder, the colorful colors and the six images of the divine instrument, will guide me." At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy terms. For example, the seventy-second volume of "Seven Chapters and Clouds" quoted the "Four Gods Dan" in ancient classics, saying that Zhu Cui was the founder of Zhu Cui, and the fire cinnabar in the south of Ding Bing was also a dragon, and the gas turned into a bird. Its qi rises to heaven, and its mass array is the ground, so it is the foundation of the Great Dan, and it flies when it sees fire, so it is obtained.

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Xuanwu was originally the God of the North in ancient mythology and one of the Seven Stars and Four Elephants of Northern Taoism. There are 28 lodgings in the seven northern lodgings (bucket, female, virtual, dangerous, house and wall) located in the north, also known as Guishetai, which belongs to water and has a mysterious color, and is collectively called "Xuanwu". In Volume 44 of Emperor Tai Shang Ru Zhai Yi, North Xuanwu Star Jun is called "Dou Su Tian Miao Xing Jun, Niu Su Tian Tian Xing Jun, Female Su Tian Nv Jun, Xu Su Tian Qing Xing Jun, Dangerous Su Tian Qian Xing Jun, Su Su Tian Qi Xing Jun, Su Bi Shi Tianxing Jun." As for its image, "The Collection of Jiao Tong's Needs" has seven clouds: "North Xuanwu Star, Taiyin Metaplasia, Virtual and Dangerous Aerosol, Terrace of Tortoise and Snake, Wandering in the Sky, Commanding All Spirits, Coming from My Right." At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy terms. For example, Volume 72 of Yun Qi Tanabata quoted the four gods Dan in the ancient classics, saying that "Xuanwu people are black mercury in northern China, and they can be soft and firm." The Classic says: Bodhisattva is like water. Non-lead, non-tin, non-stone and the like, water is Hedong Shenshui, born before heaven and earth, so medicine can not be abandoned temporarily, and everything can be nourished, so it is called Xuanwu.

Among the Taoist guardians, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu specially guard the Taoist gate, which is called "Four Elephants" and "Four Spirits".