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The ancient books say that a fierce beast. Pixi is to take wealth as food, eat the wealth of the four directions. Traditionally, it is customary in China to have a "brave animal", which, like the dragon and lion, has the effect of driving away evil spirits from the place and bringing joy and good luck. Allusion

Pixi head brave brave, also known as Tianlu, Paixie, Baixie, *** four names, is an ancient Chinese myths and legends of a mythical beast, dragon head, horse body, Lin feet, shaped like a lion, gray fur, will fly. Pixi fierce and mighty, it is responsible for patrol work in the sky, to stop the demons, plagues and diseases to disturb the heavenly court. In ancient times, people also commonly used braves as the name of the army. It has a mouth without anus, can swallow everything and never diarrhea, can attract wealth and treasure, only in and out, magical powers. Nowadays, many Chinese people wear jade products of braves because of this. Han book "western region" on a record: "Ugo mountain away from the state of peach pluck, lion, urine cow". Meng Kang note said: "peach pluck, one day Fu pluck, like a deer tail long, one-horned known as the deer, two-horned known as Paixie." Paixie is brave. According to ancient books, brave is a beast, one of the five ancient beasts (dragon, phoenix, turtle, unicorn), known as the god of fortune. Pixi was once the totem of two ancient clans. Legend has it that it helped the two emperors of the Yellow Emperor in battle, and was given the title of " Heavenly Luk Beast " that is, the meaning of heavenly blessings and fortune. It is designed for the emperor to guard the treasure, is also a symbol of the royal family, known as the "emperor treasure". And because brave specializing in eating beasts and evil spirits, it is also known as "辟邪" Ancient Chinese feng shui scholars believe that the brave is to turn misfortune into auspicious beasts. Pixi also has male and female points, folklore says the male Pixi on behalf of the wealth, and female Pixi on behalf of the treasury, there is a treasury to keep, so the collection of Pixi most of the collection of a pair at a time, to be able to really attract wealth and treasure. But if you want to wear on the body, or a good, to avoid fighting. The above are legends, we refer to good ! It is said that brave is the Dragon King's ninth prince, its staple food is even gold and silver jewelry, natural body treasure, and other auspicious beasts such as the three-legged toad compared to the head of more, so the Jade Emperor and the Dragon King's favor, however, eat more will always have diarrhea, so one day may not be able to hold back and drowning anywhere, and the Jade Emperor was angry, a slap on the bottom of the result, the buttocks, the asshole was sealed, and the Jade Emperor was angry, a slap on the buttocks, the ass was sealed, the ass was sealed. From then on, the gold and silver jewelry can only be in can not be out, this allusion spread after, Pixi is regarded as wealth into the treasure of the auspicious beast.

"The dragon has nine sons"

The dragon in the process of its image formation, had a wide range of strange beast image. Later, these strange beasts in the development of the image of the dragon at the same time combined with a certain kind of characteristics of the dragon, the formation of the nine sons of the dragon different say. But the nine sons of the dragon for what, in fact, who ranked the oldest who ranked the second, and there is no exact record. There are also a variety of folk say, not the same. It is said that once Ming Xiaozong Zhu Yougong once on a whim, asked the Ministry of Rites known for his erudition, Li Dongyang: "I heard that the dragon has nine sons, nine sons of what is the name?" Li Dongyang actually can not answer, after retreating from the court, put together, pulled out a list. According to Li Dongyang's list, the nine sons of the dragon are: Paddy Pit, Mocking Wind, Jairus, Gui Tuo, Shu Tu, Chi-chi, Pu Jung, Mythical Beibi and Prisoner Bull. However, the sons of the dragon in folklore are much more than these. Quodid, Pixi, Taotie and so on are all said to be the sons of the dragon. In fact, the so-called dragon has nine sons, not the dragon happened to have nine sons. Ancient Chinese traditional culture, often to nine to indicate that very much, and has the supreme status. Nine is an imaginary number and a noble number, so it is used to describe the dragon's son. If one had to choose nine sons, one should also choose the nine of them that had the greatest influence in the folklore. Li Dongyang was in a hurry to fulfill his duty, and the list he proposed was not representative. For the "nine sons of the dragon", a more influential one is: the first son of the prisoner cattle, like music, standing in the head of the qin. Some expensive huqin head is still engraved with the image of the dragon head, called "dragon head huqin". Jairus, the second son, looks like a jackal with dragon horns, staring angrily, with his horns pressed backward against his back. The two horns are backward and close to the back. The dragon's thirst for killing and fighting is engraved on the weapon or ceremonial weapon such as sword ring and hilt to deter. The third son of mocking the wind, look like a dog, a life of danger, today's corner of the temple beasts is its legacy. These beasts arranged in a single line, standing in the front of the ridge, the leader of the beasts is a bird riding "immortal", followed by: dragon, phoenix, lion, Pegasus, seahorses, mythical beasts, fish, Xiezhi, bullfighting, and rows of shi. They are placed in a strict hierarchy, only the Palace of the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Hall of Supreme Harmony can be all ten kinds of, secondary halls are to be reduced accordingly. Mocking the wind, not only symbolizes good luck, beauty and majesty, but also has the meaning of deterring demons, clearing the calamity. The fourth son, Pu Juan, shaped like a dragon but smaller than a dragon, enjoys music and chirping, and is engraved on the bell knob. It is said that Pu Juan lived by the sea and was usually most afraid of whales. Whenever he was attacked by a whale, Pu Juan would scream. So, people put his image on the bell and carved the long wood that hit the bell into the shape of a whale to hit the bell with it, in order to make its sound loud and bright. The fifth animal (suān ní) is also known as Geibei (金猊) and Lingibei (灵猊). Mythical Geibi is originally an alias for lion, so it is shaped like a lion, likes to smoke and sits well, leaning on the foot of the incense burner, which was introduced to China with Buddhism. Since Buddha Shakyamuni had the metaphor of a "fearless lion", it was logical to arrange the animal as a seat for the Buddha or carve it into an incense burner so that it could enjoy the incense in style. In addition, the mythical animal is the mount of Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Mercy, and there is a temple dedicated to the animal on Wutai Mountain, the Bodhisattva's homeland. Since the mythical beast is the fifth son of the dragon, the temple is called the Temple of the Five Masters, which is quite influential in the region. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the dragon shape ornament in the center of the collar under the neck of the stone or bronze lions is also the image of the mythical animal, which makes the traditional Chinese gate lions guarding the gates even more powerful. Sixth Son Bi Xi bìxì, also known as Ba Xi, looks like a tortoise and likes to carry heavy loads. According to legend, in the ancient times, it used to carry three mountains and five hills on its back to make waves. Later, it was subdued by Xia Yu, for whom it made a lot of achievements. After the success of the water treatment, Xia Yu took its achievements and let it carry them on its own back. Therefore, most of the stone monuments in China are carried by it. The Basha is very similar to the tortoise, but on closer inspection there are differences. The Basha has a row of teeth, while the tortoise does not, and the Basha and the tortoise also differ in the number and shape of the carapace on the back armor. The Basha, also known as the stone turtle, is a symbol of longevity and good fortune. It always strains to hold its head forward, its four feet desperately holding on, struggling to move forward, but always unable to move away. Seven sons quodid (bì'àn), also known as the Charter, looks like a tiger, powerful, good jail, people will be carved and cast in the prison door, so the folk have a tiger's head jail. It is also said that it presides over justice and is able to distinguish between right and wrong. Therefore, it is also placed on the two sides of the lobby of the government offices and on the top of the signboards of the officials who go out on patrols in order to maintain the solemnity of the public hall. The eight son of Xi Tuo (xì), with a body like a dragon, is elegant and gentle and coils around the top or both sides of the monument. The last son, chi dragons, also known as scops owls or owls (chī), are fish-shaped dragons (some say that they look like lizards with cut tails), who like to look around, and so they are located at the two ends of the ridge of the temple. In Buddhist scriptures, chi dragon is the rain god under the seat of the thing, able to extinguish the fire. So it is placed in the ridge at both ends of the roof also has the effect of disaster relief and fire. It can be noticed that in this statement, the eldest son, Prisoner Bull and the fourth son, Pu Juan, are both fond of music, the third son, Mocking Fung and the third son, Chi Kui, are located on the roof, and the sixth son, Bi Tuoi and the eighth son, Negative Tuoi, are surrounded by the monument, which is a repetition of the same thing. It would be better if we take one out of two of them and add some other common sayings: Taotie (tāotiè), which looks like a wolf and is voracious in nature, is located on the bronzes and is now called Taotie pattern. Because it can drink water, so the ancient times will also be carved in the middle of the outside of the bridge, to prevent the bridge from flooding. According to folklore, this monster is insatiable, eat all the food, and finally ate his own body, and finally ate only a head, so it fell into a "head without a body" reputation. Paddy vipers, also known as centipede vipers, looks like a fish is not a fish, good water, beautiful body, decorated in the top of the stone bridge railing. Pepper Figure, like a screw clam, good closed mouth, gentle nature, a little autism, aversion to others into its lair, so people often carve its image in the door on the head of the store, or carved on the door. Pixi, in the South and Southeast Asia are called the ninth son of the dragon, big mouth without anus, only in and out, deep for gamblers like. Macau casinos have placed a jade bravado, meaning that the mouth is big to eat all directions, only to earn and not lose. "The father of the tiger has no son", the dragon so magical, can swallow clouds and spit, the wind and waves, become the idol of the Chinese people for thousands of years, its son is naturally not an idle generation. Dragons also have daughters, but not so famous, "Springtime Piggy" in the heroine is the little dragon lady. Dragon's children are strange, which is quite similar to the children of Zeus in Greek mythology. However, Europeans are more open-minded than the Chinese after all, in their mythology, Zeus is the god of the sky and even promiscuous typical, a moment into the horse a moment into the bull to molest women, our country's dragon is a rule, at best, also come to a "two dragons playing with pearls". In the eyes of the Chinese, the dragon is a symbol of authority and dignity, we say we are the "children of the Yellow Emperor", but also say they are the "descendants of the dragon".

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Pixi helped the Yellow Emperor to win the Battle of Zhuo Deer

The Book of Heaven - The Book of Earth - The Book of Man, legend has it that there are indeed these three books, the ancient sages, Fuxi and Nuwa are the ancestors of all living things, all of them are great gods of the ancient times, they have insights into heavenly reasoning, and they know the changes of all living things. Fuxi, Nuwa invited the nine states of the able, the four seas of the strange people, picking the essence of the sun and the moon, the collection of heaven and earth Hua, so that the spinal cord of Pangu, with the blood of Fuxi hair, spent 998 days to create three books - the book of the sky, the book of the earth, the book of the people. The Book of Man was entrusted to Emperor Huangdi of the Xuan Yuan Clan, who cultivated virtue and invigorated the army, ruled over the five qi, art five, comforted ten thousand people, and regulated the four directions. The Book of Earth was entrusted to the Pangu Clan, and the Yellow Emperor was assisted by the Pangu Clan in leading the bears, fighters, pi, braves, tigers and tigresses as totems, which enabled the Yellow Emperor to defeat the Shennong and Jiang Clans in the Battle of the Hanquan and the Jiu Li Clan led by Chiyu, and to win the "Battle of Zhuo Lu". The book of heaven is attributed to Fuxi and Nuwa.

The big corrupt official Heshen and brave

Yang Hongwu nuclear carving "brave" brave reads Pi Huo, legend is the last son of the dragon born nine sons, born to specialize in devouring gold and eat silver and do not leak, only in and out. And it is very fierce specialized in swallowing evil spirits, so some people also call it evil. In the Yellow Emperor and Chi You war, there are great achievements, so it was named the God of the sky Luk, that is, to send the blessing to send Luk's symbolism. All the good things it all wrapped up, town house, ward off evil spirits, send blessings, send wealth, send officials, send Luk. The emperor looked at such a good thing that others can not let him have, so he was his own domination, but a minister enough thief, he even secretly enshrined in his home, not many years on the rich and powerful, the official ranked one person under ten thousand people on. Finally copied his home when his family's property reached ten times the national treasury, he is the Qing dynasty's big corrupt official Heshen.

Pixi male and female

Pixi is rumored to be a fierce beast, but this beast is divided into male and female, male named "Pi", female named "brave". In ancient times this kind of beast is divided into a corner or two horns, a corner called "Tianlu", two horns called "waixie". In recent years, the shape of bravery is mainly two horns. Ancient times also use brave to refer to the brave warriors, Beijing opera "lost street pavilion - empty city record - Chop Ma Su" in Zhu Geliang had a line "each for their masters to unite the brave", "brave" means the male division. In the south, some people call it "monster" or "four elephants" and so on. Traditionally in China, there is a custom of decorating "Pi Wei", which is a fictional animal like the dragon, phoenix and unicorn, and is believed to bring joy and good luck. Folk legend has it that the male braves represent fortune, while the female braves represent the treasury, and the treasury has to have a treasury in order to be able to hold on to it.

Which people are suitable to wear the brave

Pixi is characterized by a big mouth without anus, only eat without pulling, meaning that only in and out of the wealth, of course, is more than good, so the folk believe that the brave have the role of attracting wealth, which is made of jade brave the strongest power of attracting wealth. Generally engaged in foreign exchange trading, stock management, financial investment and other industries, especially like to wear brave. Business people also like to put the copper or ceramic made brave in the company or home. In addition, there are many people believe that wearing a brave in playing mahjong can bring good luck. The function of brave so brave in feng shui used to drive away evil, blocking brake, town house its power is undoubtedly. Legend has it that braves love the taste of gold and silver treasures, often bite back the gold and silver treasures to please the master's heart, so it is said that this is the attraction of wealth. Therefore, bravery has another function of prosperous wealth. Pixi in the five elements of feng shui with fire, can attract a lot of money, so that the world's financial resources since the opening. In the home or workplace in the appropriate location of the brave, can receive the effect of prosperous wealth. Generally do partial line of people believe that "brave" will be prosperous partial wealth, so they will be in the company or business place to put a brave, belonging to the partial line of the industry has foreign exchange, stocks, finance, horse racing, futures and so on. Regardless of the work belongs to the line or partial line. But there is a point to note, the people who commit crimes, brave may not have the power to catalyze the wealth, this is the characteristics of the spirit animal.

Pixi modeling

Hetian green jade Pixi Pixi Pixi Pixi about Pixi Pixi, in the "Book of Han" - Western Biography "on the record:" Ugo Mountain away from the state of Peach Pluck, lion, rhinoceros ". Meng Kang note: "peach pluck, a said Fu pluck, like a deer tail long, one-horned known as the sky deer, two horns known as Paixie." Paixie is brave. Shanhaijing records, dragon head, horse body, Lin feet, shaped like a lion, will fly. Pixi has twenty-six shapes, seven seventy-four ninety-nine incarnations, its mouth is large, large abdomen, no anus, only eat not pull, symbolizing the eight sides of the wealth, only in and out, and at the same time, can suppress the house to ward off evil spirits, specializing in the master of the gathering of wealth and power. Monsters due to mythological animals, so there is no real image can be based on, can only rely on the painter and art workers imagine, so the shape of the monster is also more. But after the change of dynasties, the brave form is more unified, such as short wings, double horns, curly tail, mane and beard often connected with the forehead or backbone, protruding eyes, long fangs. Now common to the more popular shape is the head with a horn, the whole body has a long mane rolled up, some are with two wings, bravery shape is a lot, it is difficult to subdivided. The more popular shape is a head with one or two horns, the whole body has a long mane curled up, some are with two wings, tail hair curled. Carved jade braves are usually in a reclining position, with a mouthful of jade money, or lying on top of it. People like to use red thread to tie the jade money in the mouth of the brave, or tie the rope to the tail of the brave, used to wear and play. The most important feature of bravery is that this beast has no anus, only in and out, which is compared to attracting wealth and treasures.

Materials of Pixi

In addition to jade, there are many materials used to manufacture Pixi, including crystal, wood, porcelain, copper, and in some places cloth. There are four categories of materials for manufacturing bravery in general: (1) Metal: generally made of copper. Because this kind of metal is relatively cheap, and polished color close to gold. (2) wood: some old houses will use the quality of solid wood carving brave, and then placed on the beams, folk believe that sandalwood or mahogany made of brave have the role of warding off evil spirits. (3) Jade: Different kinds of jade are used to make them. Jade, white jade made of bravery is the most popular, there are tourmaline to carve bravery, take the "evil" meaning. (4) crystal: modern society more young hipsters choose to wear crystal carved brave jewelry, especially to obsidian carved brave the most popular, because obsidian extreme evil, strong energy, so there are wearing obsidian brave wealth and prosperity, to ward off evil and prevent disaster said. Liuli bravery (5) porcelain products / Liuli: porcelain products are not common, most of them are used to bury in the ground, the same is to ward off evil spirits with. General glazed products are worn with the body, so you can protect their own body. Different materials of brave statue, can be placed in the feng shui auspicious position, many geographers believe that there is a catalytic effect of wealth, and in the eight different directions, generally placed in the copper manufacturing brave, catalytic force will be very strong. In fact, brave for positive or partial wealth will be beneficial, so brave like in recent years there are signs of popularity; however, the use of brave to promote wealth, always with a little religious color, so in the XuanKongDaGua positive god of the day when the god or the bird rabbit sun auspicious time, open the brave to promote the power of the strongest, regardless of the work belongs to the positive line or biased line of work. But there is a point to note, the people who commit crimes, brave may not have the power to catalyze the wealth, this is the characteristics of the spirit animal, and brave and jade to catalyze the strongest power of wealth.

Problems related to bravery

Pixi head to one side, okay? Crooked head is to guard crooked wealth, straight body and head is to guard positive wealth. Bronze Pixi Pixi look to be the more fierce the better? The more ferocious the appearance, the better. Pixiu ass is absolutely can't hit the hole? Outside a lot of circulation of the brave, the buttocks are usually hit on a hole, such a brave is not spiritual, brave mouth without anus, only eat not pull, buttocks hit a hole will leak money. How about the brave with the back leg extended backward? Open mouth and a back leg backward is to attract wealth, shut up the squatting posture is to keep wealth. What is the logo of the People's Bank of China? After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao made the image of a brave animal the logo of the People's Bank of China. Hong Kong people playing mahjong is very afraid of poker players wear Pixi? Some people in Hong Kong bring brave to play mahjong, immediately will be rejected by the card players. Brave can not buy, must be invited? Brave can not use the word "buy", must use "please". You can't use the word "goods", which is disrespectful to the spirits. Sincerity is the spirit, everything is out of the heart, the heart of God natural God, all things exist in the heart, remember. Why do you think the brave have been raised to have financial strength? Jasper Pixi Pixi Pixi is a wealth attracting spirit, after birth is the need to absorb the sun and moon essence, heaven and earth aura, nourished to have enough wealth attracting energy. Roadside casually find a stone carved into a brave, said you can attract wealth, is a blasphemy of the spirit. Pixi at least seven seventy-nine days to raise, in order to really from a chaotic initial form, raised into a spirit of wealth. Why do you want to raise braves in Hangzhou Beigaofeng? Beigaofeng is a mountain in the suburbs of Hangzhou, is the world's first temple of the god of wealth, the famous Buddhist shrine Lingyin Temple in Beigaofeng. Beigaofeng group of mountains screen around, the lake mirror connotation, bamboo trees and clouds luxuriant green, lush, phoenix dance dragon disk, there is a king's energy flourish. Lingshun Temple, the "world's first temple of the God of Wealth", is located at the top of the mountain. Lingshun Temple has a history of more than 1600 years, as early as in the Song Dynasty, because the temple enshrines the "God of Wealth" and was given the name "Lingshun Temple" by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. The existing hall was restored in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with a grand scale, which can be called the largest temple of the God of Wealth in China. Emperor Qianlong wrote an inscription "God of Fortune" here, and Chairman Mao Zedong has visited Beigaofeng three times. It is a place where spirit and wealth gather, and businessmen come to worship it in an endless stream, with incense burning in abundance. Hangzhou has a Renhutang specializing in the North Peak on the world's first God of Wealth temple to raise Pixi.

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Pixi initiation ceremony

Please come back after it must be blindfolded, and so on to open the light of the day to tear him open. The items to be prepared on the day of enlightenment are: 1, seven precious stones 2, grains and rice 3, five-color line 4, five emperor money 5, bell 6, with a red paper copying mantra The first three items one by one poured into the brave belly, and then the five emperor money and bell hanging on the brave above, then ready to read the brave enchantment mantra: Golden light a gas, brave soaring, into the wealth into the noble, the road to the Golden light two gas, brave blessed to descend, blessed with the full family, and the lucky star. Fukushima Jin Guang three gas, Pixi pointing, male Na Hundred blessings, female Na Qian Xiang Qian, auspicious Yuan Heng After reading the incantation, the incantation will be put together into the Pixi's stomach, so that Pixi has the aura, and so on the gossip furnace sandalwood burned out, you can put Pixi in the cash register, or the living room, the doorway or the entrance, and the most important thing is that the Pixi's head must be oriented towards the door, or the window. And enshrine the brave every day must point a roll of disk incense to it smell, or next to it set a cup of water can also be, or food, so that the brave only have the strength to find money for the owner. The first statement: the way to open the light of the brave: 1, choose an auspicious day, will be cleaned up the brave. 2, take half a bucket of well water, and then take half a bucket of rain water. 3, pour into a pre-prepared container, this container should be clean and clean. 4, put the clean and clean brave into the container, soak for three days. 5、After taking it out, wipe it off with a clean towel. 6, take some tea oil, coated in the eyes of the brave, which is called open light. 7, brave through human nature, open the light to only one person present, after the brave open light, the first to see is you, will always bless you. Another method: brave open light method: the newly bought brave on the balcony during the day sunlight, moonlight at night is most likely to be irradiated to the location, placed 16 days brave will be able to naturally open light, this method of opening the light of Pixi absorbing the essence of the sun and moon has a very strong anti-brake and attracting wealth ability. The second statement: the only way to open the light of the brave is to go to the temple to ask the master to open the light. Because the brave open light is different from the God of Fortune, unicorn, etc., brave generally not easy to open light, God of Fortune open light generally burn talisman, chanting mantra can be, but the brave to read the scriptures, please God, or not open.