Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - Seeking depictions of the appearance of the Chinese gods dragon, phoenix, white tiger, xuanwu, unicorn, wolf and celestial horse

Seeking depictions of the appearance of the Chinese gods dragon, phoenix, white tiger, xuanwu, unicorn, wolf and celestial horse

Dragon In Chinese myths and legends, the dragon is a legendary creature with a snake body, lizard legs, phoenix claws, deer horns, fish scales, fish tail, tiger whiskers at the corners of its mouth, and beads under its forehead

The phoenix is usually depicted as a chicken with a head, swallow jaws, snake neck, eagle claws, fish tail, a tortoise's back, and peacock hair

White tiger is just like an ordinary tiger, except its fur is white

Xuanwu is a spirit creature that is a combination of a turtle and a snake. It is a combination of a turtle and a snake, which is a snake coiled around a turtle, which is the Xuanwu

The wolf is similar in appearance to the wolfdog, but with a slightly longer and sharper muzzle, a slightly wider mouth, and erect, unbending ears. The tail is straight and pendulous; the fur is brownish-gray

The unicorn, from its external shape, has a dragon's head, antlers, lion's eyes, tiger's back, bear's waist, snake's scales, and a tail, which can also be written as swarming like a deer, with a single horn on its head, a full body of scales and armor, and a tail like that of a cow.

The Heavenly Horse is an image from both Chinese and Western mythology. In the West, the image of the heavenly horse is the image of the galloping horse with two wings on its back. In the West, the image of the celestial horse is that of a galloping horse with two wings on its back. In China, on the other hand, the image of the Heavenly Horse is usually that of a galloping horse without wings