Sons of Nine Dragons

1. The first son: (the heavy one) Bi Xi [bì xì], who likes to carry heavy things, so he often carries a stone tablet on his back as the pedestal of the monument.

2. The second son, Chī Wěn (螭吻), likes to look around and often adorns the eaves of houses.

3, the third son: taotie [tāo tiè]), the most gluttonous, can eat and drink, often decorated on the lid of the tripod. Because of its ability to drink water, it can be seen almost in the middle of the outer side of ancient bridges, preventing the bridge from being flooded by heavy water.

4, the fourth son: (good killers) Jairus [yá zì], killers and gladiators, often decorated in the hilt of the weapon knife ring, sword.

5, the fifth son: quodid [bì àn], the most hate crime, so often decorated in the lintel of the prison. Another way to say it: quodid: also called Charter. Looks like a tiger, powerful, and good prison litigation, people will be cast on the prison door.

6, six children (good fireworks) mythical animal [suān ní], good fireworks, often decorated in the incense burner lid cover knob. Another version: Mythical Geibi (狻猊), also known as Golden Geibi (金猊) and Spiritual Geibi (灵猊). It can be seen on Buddhist seats and incense burners in temples.

7, seven sons: (good water person) Paddy vipers (sound gōng fù, also known as Paddy vipers bā xià) located on the bridge side of the most favorite water, often decorated on the top of the stone bridge railing. In the back door of the bridge on the four corners of the pit vipers, modeling is very beautiful.

8, Bazi: (good closed mouth) pepper figure, the most resentful of others to enter its lair, often decorated in the gate. Jiao Tu: shaped like a snail clam, docile, good closed mouth. Therefore, people often carve its image in the door of the head of the store, or carved on the door plate.

9, the nine sons: (good sounding) Pu Juan [pú láo], favorite music and roar, often decorated in the bell of the bell on the button. Pu Juan: shaped like a dragon but smaller than a dragon, good at chirping.

Expanded Information

In Chinese mythology, the dragon is the totem and belief of the Chinese people. The dragon is a divine animal, with shrimp eyes, antlers, ox mouth, dog nose, catfish whiskers, lion mane, snake tail, fish scales, eagle claws, nine animals into one of the nine unlike the image.

The ancestors of the Chinese nation, Emperor Yan Di, the Yellow Emperor, legend and the dragon have a close relationship, "the Yellow Emperor Dragon Regulus Dragon Figure out of the river" ("Bamboo Secretary year"), according to legend, Emperor Yan Di for his mother induction "Dragon head" and born, died as a red dragon. This is why the Chinese are also known as the heir to the dragon.

Dragon children are the children of dragons, but not all of them take the form of dragons. In fact, the mythological dragon children in the form of real dragons (such as the Third Prince of the Dragon in Journey to the West, etc.) are far less famous than the mutant dragon children. In modern times, when people think of a dragon's son, they immediately think of "the dragon has nine sons, and the sons are different".

Of course, there are many classifications of dragons, such as the Green Dragon and the Ying Dragon. Legend has it that dragons are lewd, so they give birth to nine different forms of children with other creatures. In today's view, nine is an imaginary number, the dragon gave birth to nine children is to say that it is many; nine children is actually a variation in the inheritance of life.

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