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Akihito eight-day dog.

Eight days dog

Atago Yamataro Fang

In other words, Rong Shu Taro, a tengu who lives in Atago Mountain in Kyoto, is the first celebrity of tengu. It is said that 3000 years ago, he was ordered by the Buddha to serve as the guardian of the shrine of Jenatsch in Mount Atago. It is also said that its predecessor was Shoto Kutaishi's teacher Baekje and Shang Riluo (but this seems to be inconsistent with the legend of 3000 years).

Anma sengzheng branch

The protagonist of the famous legend "Niu Ruowan and the pommel horse dog", a teacher who teaches righteousness, art of war and martial arts; In the official history, he was called a ghost and also the father-in-law of the Book of Changes. According to legend, its predecessor is the descendant of He Qiqing Malu, and the Buddhist master Konghai Gaozu really looks like a disciple of the French king.

Biliang Mountain Jiro Bo; じろうぼう

Originally the gutter of Bimao Mountain, because the residence was occupied by powerful monks, it had to be moved to Biliang Mountain. It is a big oriental dog, also called "Xitailangfang". According to legend, its predecessor was the missionary Zuyi, one of the ancestors of Tiantai Sect in Japan.

Iioka Saburo

Tengu, who lives in Fangang Mountain, Nagano Prefecture, takes the white fox as a mount and practices the "Fangang Method" of using the fox. According to legend, its predecessor was a disciple of Master Tai Cheng, a hermit. Egan Saburo is the heavenly dog enshrined in the Yaowang Courtyard of Qiaoxiong Mountain in Hachiba, Tokyo.

Dashan Xiang Bo Fang

Originally it was the gutter of Jiaobo Mountain. Later, because of the gutter of Xiangmo Mountain, I don't know why (see below) I went to Baifeng in Shikoku and changed to Xiangmo Mountain as my successor. It is revered by the followers of Fuji Lecture (a religious organization that worships a mountain).

Yanshan Xiang Qian Fang

The head of Kyushu Tiangou. According to legend, he was the son of the gods, and when the eagle came, it turned into Tianjin. Yanshan Mountain is today's Han Ying in Kyushu, which was called Rizishan in ancient times, and is also called the three major Taoist practice fields with Dafeng Mountain and Yuheishan.

Daqianfeng Guifang

My predecessor was a guardian ghost who took care of the Taoist priest and served the small corner (I wonder why the ghost went). Now, as the protector of the windy mountain, I am here watching the practitioners who have experienced 75 difficulties and tests.

Bai Fengxiang cube

Originally a Xiangmo Mountain dog, in order to appease the anger of Chongde Huang Shang, he was ordered to guard Bai Feng, the leader of Shikoku Dog. Because there is a legend that worships the emperor and turns him into a dog. It is said that his predecessor was worshipping the emperor.

The earliest record of the Japanese tengu can be found in The History of Japan, and the tengu is also used as a metaphor for comets and meteors. In Japan, Tengu is also called Tengu because of its appearance. Until the Heian period, the Japanese tengu was still the image described in Shan Hai Jing.

In 634, nine years before Shu Ming's Great Innovation, a meteor crossed the sky from east to west. Every time in troubled times, there must be a different image. A monk said: this is not a meteor, but a dog. This is the earliest record of Tengu in Japan.

Because of their Buddhist nature, these practitioners were prevented from falling into hell, hungry ghosts, Asura and wild animals, but they had no moral heart and could not ascend to heaven, and were finally exiled to the gutter outside the six divisions of Karma Wheel.

The six divisions in the wheel of karma (hell, hungry ghost, Asura, beast, human nature and heaven) Tengu can only get rid of hell, hungry ghost, Asura and beast, but can't go to Elysium, because he is addicted to witchcraft and belongs to the plaything type.

Here, I'd like to mention the clothing of Tengu. There is a saying that Tengu is the product of Fu Shan's death, and Fu Shan refers to an ascetic monk in the mountains. Long hair, wearing a polygonal hat, linen clothes and holding a diamond pestle.