What are the demons in China myths and legends?

White tiger (white tiger)

In China, the white tiger is the god of war and war. Tigers have many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying for blessings, punishing evil and promoting good, getting rich, getting married and so on. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Among these 28 stars, there are 7 in the west: osmium, building, stomach, ang, bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, and its whiteness is due to the west. The five elements belong to gold and the color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.

turtle

Xuanwu (Xuanwu)

Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Xuan means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the tortoise divination as follows: the tortoise's back is black, and the tortoise divination is to let the tortoise go to the underworld to ask his ancestors, bring back the answers and show them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Since then, the meaning of Xuanming has been expanding. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so Xuan Ming became a water god; The tortoise lives long, and Xuan Ming has become a symbol of immortality; The first underworld was in the north, and the Oracle of Shang Dynasty said "Oracle will lead to the north", so Xuan Ming became a northern god again.

rosefinch

In China, the phoenix is a symbol of happiness. There are many kinds of prototypes. Such as golden pheasants, peacocks, vultures, mandarin ducks, blackbirds (swallows), etc ... Some people say it is a Buddhist Dapeng golden winged bird. According to the phoenix myth, the phoenix has a chicken's head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck, a fish's tail and five-color stripes. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: Red Phoenix, Lan Fenghuang, White Swan and Rayna Sue Phoenix, which can also be called Suzaku or Blackbird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars, which is the general name of the seven nights in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird. Think of it as Suzaku. Scarlet, like fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the characteristics of rebirth, like the immortal birds in the west, so it is also called the fire phoenix.

Qinglong-the patron saint of the East in Taoism

Qinglong (Qinglong)

In China, the status of dragons is much higher than that of Indians. Because in China, the dragon is sacred, supreme and a 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 these 28 stars, seven stars in the east-Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji-are used as stars. The ancients imagined them as Jackie Chan. Because it is located in the east, the five elements are colored according to yin and yang, and the east is blue, hence the name "Qinglong". There is also a saying that dragons are promiscuous, having sex with cows gives birth to unicorns, and having sex with pigs gives birth to elephants. Another dragon gave birth to nine sons, unlike the dragon. Here's the thing: the eldest son is called prison cow: he loves music, so he often stands on the piano head. 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. The second son's name is Chipi: He loves to kill people, so he is often put on weapons to intimidate the enemy. At the same time, it is used in ceremonial ceremonies to appear more solemn. The third son's name is Mo Chifeng: it is an animal-shaped dragon, which looks a bit like a dog. It is good at viewing, so it is often placed in the corner of the temple. It is said that it can deter demons and eliminate disasters. The first Si Er is not old: people like to growl, so they put it on the clock, mostly the image of not old. It is said that it lives by the sea, but it is very afraid of whales. Once a whale attacks, it screams in fear. Therefore, people make the wooden pestle into the shape of a whale, which makes the bronze bell particularly loud. The fifth son is a sister-in-law: shaped like a lion. It's imported, and it was introduced to China with Buddhism, so it's a bit like Buddha. It is so quiet and likes fireworks. Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's seat or incense burner to protect Buddhism. Liuzi is a bully: also called tortoise, he looks like a tortoise. Legend has it that in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains to make waves. After being appeased by Yu Xia, he made many contributions to Yu Xia. After flood control became an attack, Yu Xia accepted its advantages and let it recover on its own. So China's stone tablets are mostly carried by it. The seventh son is an armadillo: also known as the Charter, it looks like a tiger. According to legend, it upholds justice and can distinguish right from wrong, so it is placed on the top of the sign of silence and avoidance when officials patrol, so as to maintain the awe-inspiring atmosphere of the court. The eighth son is a burden: because he loves literature, he put it in two stone tablets. Mozi is a kiss: also known as fish-shaped dragon, with a tail. According to legend, it was introduced from India with Buddhism around the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It's something from the Buddhist scriptures of the rain god, which can put out the fire. So the kiss was changed, so it was placed at both ends of the roof to eliminate disasters and put out fires.

Phoenix (Phoenix)

Chinese phoenix/ is a miraculous animal in China's myths and legends, and the king of birds. Also known as Zhu Bird, Dan Bird, Flamingo, etc. In western mythology, it is also called flamingo and fairy bird. The image is generally a flamingo with a long tail and a whole body on fire. It is estimated that human beings have carried out mythical processing and evolution on flamingos. According to the myth, every time a phoenix dies, it will light a fire all over its body, and then it will be reborn in the fire, gaining more vitality than before, which is called "phoenix nirvana". In this way, the phoenix won eternal life, so it is called the "immortal bird". Like Kirin, the phoenix is a general term for men and women. The male is a phoenix and the female is a phoenix, so the word phoenix is a compound word structure. Phoenix Qi Fei is a symbol of good luck and harmony. The image of a dragon is becoming more and more complex, with red head, buttocks, snake neck, fish tail, tattoo, turtle body, swallow chin and chicken mouth. Phoenix has been an important part of China culture since ancient times.

According to Guo Pu's note in Er Ya Shi Bird, the phoenix is characterized by "the head of a chicken, the jaws of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the back of a turtle, the tail of a fish, five colors and six feet". "Out of the country of oriental gentlemen, flying over the four seas, crossing Kunlun, drinking the mainstay, breaking feathers and weak water, seeing Mosufeng Cave, the world is at peace." There are five kinds of pictographs in Shan Hai Jing Tu Zan: "The first text is more virtuous, the wings are smoother, the back is more righteous, the abdomen is more trustworthy, and the imitation is more benevolent.

kylin

Animals in ancient legends. It is shaped like a deer, with horns on its head, scales all over its body and a tail like an oxtail. The ancients believed that benevolent animals and auspicious animals symbolized good luck. 2. Metaphorically, a talented person. Kirin, in legend, has been endowed with excellent quality. For example, it is called a "benevolent beast" because it is docile in nature, does not cover insects, does not break grass, has horns on its head and meat on its horns. Long life, can live for two thousand years. Can spit fire, sound like thunder.

The legendary beast-fierce man

He is just a horrible and disgusting villain. According to the eighteen-year record of Zuo Zhuan, "Zhuan Xu has an untaught genius. He doesn't know what to say, but he is stubborn when he says it. He is arrogant and arrogant, and the chaos in the world is called. " After his death, this unforgivable villain finally evolved into the famous ancient Warcraft. The book Fantasy Classic and Wild West Classic records that "there are wild animals in the wild west, which are like tiger and dog hair, two feet long, with a face of Tiger Claw pig teeth and a tail of ten feet and eight feet long, and are famous for disturbing the wild." "It's not so much Warcraft as the product of biochemical experiment failure and nuclear leakage, which is already a weird and distorted image.

Xie zhi

The famous god beast produced under the ancient divine judgment system is also known as the "law beast". According to Lun Heng and Huai Nan Zi? According to Xiuwu, it is as big as an ox, as small as a sheep, and looks like a unicorn. It has thick dark hair, bright eyes and usually a unicorn on its forehead. It is said that those who have broken horns die. Some people have wings, but most of them have no wings. Have high wisdom, can understand people's words, and will use horns to resist dishonest and disloyal people. Later generations often raise ordinary sheep instead of horses in temples.

Bai Ze (Bai Ze)

The Yellow Emperor cruised the East China Sea, and when he met this beast, he could speak and reach the love of all things. Ask ghosts and gods in the world. Since ancient times, there have been 520 kinds of people, whose essence is things and wandering souls are changes. Bai Ze said it, and the emperor ordered it to be written for the world to see.

Biography of Xuanyuan, Bao Puzi (extreme words) and Ruiyingtu are all included.

Ghost car

Alias nine-headed bird. The color is red, like a duck. Its big wings are wide and it is blind day and night. When he encounters a little melancholy, he will fly over. Loving others is inspiring. It is also said that Jiuge used to be one of the dogs and often shed blood. Home of blood drops, there are monsters. (This question is an example)

It is contained in the introduction of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lingbiao Lu Yi, Zhengzitong and Gu Feng.

Jujube eating (jujube eating)

Humanoid beast, with teeth three feet long, looks like a chisel and holds a shield (which should be intelligent). He filmed Yu Shouhua's The Wilderness.

Shan Hai Jing (Overseas South Jing) (Wild South Jing) and Huai Nan Zi (Jing Xun) are included.

Henggongyu

Born in Shihu Lake, the lake is frozen. Seven or eight feet long, shaped like a carp, red, he is in the water during the day and becomes a man at night. If you don't stab it, you won't die, and if you cook it, you won't die. If you cook it with two pieces of ebony, you will die. If you eat it, you will get sick.

"Divine Classic" (Northern Famine Classic).

Hou (Hou)

Shaped like a rabbit, the tips of two ears are very long, only more than a foot long. The lion is afraid of it, and it will rot if it is covered and drowned.

"Talking about Yan Exposure".

Chongming bird

It is said in "The Collection of Notes" that Yao reigned for 70 years, and there was a country with accumulated virtues, offering a bird and a pair of clear words in sight. It looks like a chicken and sings like a phoenix. Hairless, fleshy wings fly. It can drive away wild animals and wolves so that evil spirits can't hurt them. Or come several times a year, or not come for several years. All the people in China are sweeping out the door and keeping their eyes open. For example, before the arrival of the Qingming bird, people in China either carved wood or made bronze statues.

Because of this, the image of birds, placed between Ming households, enchanting and the like, naturally takes a back seat. So now, people carve wooden statues, make bronze statues or draw images, so now they draw chickens on the doors.

Bi Fang (Bi Fang)

In the classic of mountains and seas. There is a bird in Zhange Mountain, which is shaped like a crane, with one foot, red stripes and a white beak. Called Fang Bi. Overseas Southern Classic: "Bifang bird is in the east, clear water is in the west, and there is only one foot." And Huai Nan Zi. "Xun Shang" said that Mu Shengfang wrote. Therefore, Fang Bi is made of wood, and its shape is a bird with one foot. It doesn't eat whole grains. In Selected Works, Zhang Heng [Tokyo Fu] said: "The Chinese side ... the old father is a bird with two feet and one wing, and often makes trouble on others." "and" everything is wrong. "Ten Years Past" said: "In the past, the Yellow Emperor combined ghosts and gods and drove elephants and dragons in Shan Ye, Western Qin, and Fang Bi was harmful. Yuan Ke said that China is a phoenix and the phoenix is a sunbird, so "seeing it is wrong." Pianya: "Fang Bi, a flaming bird. Phoenix is a god and a symbol of disaster. " Jing Xun, Huainan Ziben: "When did Yao ... the wind was harmful, and Yao did it ... and paid the wind to the clear autumn?" "The wind is Taihō." Huainanzi and Mubi Shengfang are influenced by the five elements, which means that wood makes a fire. Because Fang Bi is a firebird, Fang Bi is used instead of wood.

Taotie

A magical classic? "Southwest Famine Classic": "There are people in the southwest, with hair on their bodies and tapirs on their heads. Greed, such as malicious evil, don't have to collect money, good at robbing people's food (the original two sentences "good from collecting money, don't eat people's valley", according to "Historical Records? Biography of Five Emperors: Introduction and Reform of Justice). The strong take the old and weak, and are afraid to attack the single, which is called gluttony. Spring and Autumn Annals is a gluttonous person, and Jinyun is also a talented person. "

Zuozhuan? In the eighteenth year of Wengong, it goes: "Jinyun's family is incompetent, gluttonous and delicious, taking bribes with goods, invading luxury and not bothering;" "Every little makes a mickle, I don't know the truth; No matter who is widowed, there is no pity. People in the world are more fierce than the third watch, which is called gluttony. " This is the so-called Spring and Autumn Annals in the mind.

"Lu Chunqiu? "The First Knowledge" says: "There is gluttony in samsara and Kubinashi's body. Eating without swallowing is harmful to his health. " Song Lomi, History of the Road? "The Legend of Chiyou" said: "The God of the sky, Chiyou, has a good appearance, and three generations of foreign weapons are as many as Chiyou, which is a warning for those who are greedy and abusive. Its image rate is animal-shaped, with rich meat wings. "If you slap what you say, you are almost greedy.

Zuo Zhuan says that gluttony is "Jinyun is not a gifted scholar", but "Historical Records"? Jia Yue said, "Jinyun's surname is Jiang, a descendant of Emperor Yan. When the Yellow Emperor was an official in Jinyun. "Ginger human-god, is also the offspring of Yan emperor (Shi Daochang? Biography of Chiyou), so Chiyou is probably the "incompetent" gluttony of Jinyun. Shan Hai Jing again? Guo Pu pointed out that the "bird" recorded in the Second Classic of Bates is the "gluttony" in Zuo Zhuan.

Attachment: sole: Shan Hai Jing? Three Classics of the Northern Dynasties: "There is a beast in Wu Gou Mountain ... Its shape is like a sheep's body and a human face, its eyes are under its arm, and its voice is like a baby. It's called an owl. It eats people. "Guo Pu's Note:" Being greedy for things will do harm to people. Like in Ding Xia, Zuo Zhuan's so-called gluttony is also true. "

Yuanfeiji (Yuanfeiji)

Also known as Ming Fan Chicken and Muyu Chicken. Purple, with eyes under the wings. Work at sunrise and return at sunset. (another kind of pigeon)

It is recorded in "The Ghost in the Cave".

Philippi

Kind of like a raccoon, with a white tail. Raising it can relieve sadness. (senior pet)

Shan Hai Jing (Zhongshan Jing).

Zhuqi

A man with a leopard face, cow ears, long tail and a loud voice. Walk with a tail, and roll it at rest.

Shan Hai Jing (Beishan Jing).

muddledness

A long-haired quadruped, like a dog, has a belly and no five internal organs. If you resist good, rely on evil. (Absolute evil spirits)

(Otherwise, chaotic theism, unless otherwise specified, does not belong here)

Chaos in the nerve (wild west classic) is the chaos that has been vilified by human beings. It describes chaos as a beast like a dog and a bear. It has eyes but can't see, ears but can't hear, legs but can't walk It's very bad to have an empty stomach but no swollen lungs. When it comes to people with virtue, they are aggressive.

yes-man

Living in the human abdomen. Every time the host makes a sound, there is a small sound effect in the abdomen, and it will get bigger and bigger. It can be cured with thunder pills. (ventriloquism? )

Among them, "Continued Ink Man Waving Rhinoceros" and "Sui and Tang Jiahua" are included.

Qing Ji

The so-called leaving. Zejing, humanoid, is about ten centimeters tall. Yellow dress and yellow hat, called yellow car, fly to Wan Li. Calling its name will inform you (it is said that it is also catching fish). In history, there was a man named (Wu Wangliao, a brave soldier), and this tower was named for this.

make an effort

Also called tortoise. It looks like a turtle, so heavy. Carrying stone tablets for many years. People can see this hardworking Hercules everywhere in the ancestral hall of the temple. It is said that touching it can bring happiness to people.

The legendary beast resembling a tiger, whose image was once painted on the prison door.

Also known as the charter. Looks like a tiger, powerful, and good at prison litigation, people carved it on the prison door. Tigers are powerful beasts, so the use of armadillos is to enhance the majesty of prisons and make criminals daunting.

A mythical wild animal

Also known as Tianlu and exorcism. It is a kind of god beast in ancient myths and legends of China. It has the head of a dragon, the body of a horse and the feet of a lion. It is shaped like a lion, has a gray coat and can fly. Fierce and mighty, responsible for patrolling the sky to prevent monsters, plagues and diseases from disturbing the heaven. In ancient times, people used to call the brave the name of the army. It has a mouth without anus, can swallow everything without diarrhea, can make a fortune, can only enter but can't leave, and has special magical powers. Now many people in China wear jade, which is the reason.

In the Han Dynasty's Biography of the Western Regions, it was recorded that "the state-owned peach in Wugeshan was picked, and the lion peed on the cow". Meng Kang said, "Peach blossoms bloom, and a day's fuba is like a deer's tail. The one-horned one is called Tianlu, and the two-horned one is called exorcism. " Fighting evil is fighting.

However, after the change of dynasty, the shape of the brave is relatively unified, such as short wings, double horns, curly tail and mane, which are often connected with the chest or back, with prominent eyes and long teeth. Up to now, most common animals are single-horned long tails.

kiss

Also called kiss, tail, look, etc. This dragon is shaped like a four-legged snake with its tail cut off. It looks around in dangerous places and likes to swallow fire. According to legend, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built the Bailiang Hall, it was said that there was a kind of fish in the sea, whose tail was like an ostrich, that is, an eagle, which could splash waves and rain and avoid fire, so it was molded in the corner, roof and roof of the hall.

scorched earth―ravages of war

It looks like a snail and is very quiet, so people often carve its image on the head of the gate or portray it on the door panel. Snails always meet and shell when they are attacked by foreign objects. People use it on doors, probably because it can be closed for safety.

Prison cattle (autumn cattle)

This is a yellow dragon with scaly horns. Good music. This musical dragon not only stands on the Hu Qin of the Han nationality, but also has the image of raising its head and opening its mouth on the Yue Qin of the Yi nationality, Qin Sang of the Bai nationality and some Tibetan musical instruments.