What are the mascots of China

Chinese mascots are: dragon, phoenix, unicorn, magpie and deer.

1, the dragon is China and other East Asian regions of ancient myths and legends of the gods and animals, for the scaly insects of the long. Commonly used to symbolize auspiciousness, is one of the most representative of the Han and other East Asian peoples of traditional culture, dragon legends and other dragon culture is very rich.

The most basic feature of the image of the dragon is "nine like", the specific nine animals is still controversial. Legend has it that it can be visible and hidden, fine and huge, short and long. The spring equinox ascends to the sky, the autumn equinox dives into the abyss, calls the wind and calls the rain, and these are already late development of the image of the dragon, compared with the original dragon is more complex.

2, phoenix originally meant phoenix bird, and then because of the phoenix merged, became the short form of phoenix. The king of all birds in Chinese mythology. The male is called phoenix; the female is called phoenix, commonly known as phoenix.

In the ancient totemic era was regarded as a sacred bird and worship. Metaphorically speaking, it is a person of holy virtue. It is a bird in the imagination of the primitive society, after its original image of the additions gradually evolved.

3. The Kirin is a deity believed to have existed by the ancient Chinese. In Chinese folklore, although there are not many stories about the unicorn, but it is a real part of the people's lives, reflecting the preciousness and spirituality of the unicorn.

Throughout the ages, there have been many people who have shown the image of the Qilin in various forms. Since the rise of bronze culture, the bronze unicorn has also become more popular, to create the image of the unicorn copper, so that people can touch and feel, so that the image of the unicorn in people's minds has become more clear.

4, magpie is the traditional lucky bird. The notion of magpies as an omen of good fortune has accumulated as a traditional Chinese sentiment since ancient times. Until today, people still take the flying magpie perched on the branch as a good omen of good things to come.

A variety of auspicious pictures with magpies as the theme, such as "magpies on the branch", "happy" (magpies on the top of a plum tree), "happy" (badgers and magpies looking at each other from above and below the tree), "happy" (two magpies with a piece of ancient money), etc., are all images that the people are happy to see.

5, deer

Chinese folk believe that the crane is an immortal bird, the deer is a beast. Ancient view of the deer endowed with the view, seen in the "Description of the strange book" account: it is said that the deer live to a thousand years old, the whole body are gray pale color, and then five hundred years into white, live to two thousand years when it becomes black.

In the eyes of the ancients, the deer is not only long-lived, but also a symbol of love and compassion.

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