What other Chinese monsters are as famous as the Taotie?

1. Kuí is a one-legged monster in ancient Chinese myths and legends.

Kui Niu is a mythical beast from ancient times. It was born in Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea in ancient times. It is shaped like a cow and its whole body is green. It has no horns and only one leg. Every time it appears, there will be violent storms.

It also shone with light, like sunlight and moonlight, and its roar was as deafening as thunder.

Later, the Yellow Emperor obtained this beast, made a drum from its skin and used the bones of the thunder beast as a mallet, and beat the drum. The sound of the drum resounded five hundred miles away, frightening the world.

Kuí is a legendary one-legged monster.

2. The 猰貐, also known as the 窫媳, is a man-eating monster in ancient Chinese myths and legends. It looks like a dragon with tiger claws and can run very fast. It is said that the 猰貐 was once a god.

There are many theories about the appearance of the wild beast. For example, it has a human face and a dragon body and is the same size as a raccoon dog. Some say it is a giant beast with a human face, an ox body and horse legs, or a dragon head and a tiger body.

It is said that Emperor Yao ordered Hou Yi to kill the cat because it liked to eat humans.

Yaoyao was originally honest and kind-hearted, but was later killed by a god named "Wei" (one of the twenty-eight constellations, with the image of a bird head and a human body, holding a wooden staff). The Emperor of Heaven could not bear it, so he ordered ten witches to revive him with elixir.

However, unexpectedly, after resurrection, Yaoyao turned into a ferocious monster that likes to eat humans.

3. Qiongqi is one of the four ancient evils in Chinese myths and legends. It is mainly recorded in the "Book of Mountains and Seas". According to "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hai Nei Bei Jing", Qiongqi looks like a tiger with a pair of wings and likes to eat people.

, and can even eat from the head of a person. It is a ferocious beast.

However, also in the "Book of Mountains and Seas", the "Book of Mountains and Seas Xishan Jing" mentions another image of Qiongqi. The Qiongqi in this chapter looks like a cow with hedgehog hair, which is similar to "Hai Nei Nei".

There are great differences between those described in the Northern Classic.

However, both are ferocious beasts that like to eat people, so there is no difference in this aspect.

Extended information: The origin of monsters: These monsters mainly come from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. There are 18 chapters in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and the contents of the remaining chapters have long been lost.

The original *** has 22 articles with approximately 32,650 words.

***5 chapters of the Zangshan Sutra, 4 chapters of the Overseas Sutra, 5 chapters of the Haineijing Sutra, and 4 chapters of the Great Wilderness Sutra.

"Hanshu·Yiwenzhi" contains 13 chapters, not counting the late Dahuang Jing and Hai Nei Jing.

The content of Shan Hai Jing is mainly geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, roads, ethnic groups, products, medicines, sacrifices, witch doctors, etc.

It has preserved many popular ancient myths, legends and fables, including Kuafu's pursuit of the sun, Jingwei's reclamation of the sea, and Dayu's flood control.

"The Book of Mountains and Seas" has extraordinary documentary value. It is a reference for the study of ancient Chinese history, geography, culture, Chinese and foreign transportation, folk customs, mythology, etc. The mineral records in it are the earliest relevant documents in the world.

The version of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is complex, and the earliest version it can be seen is Guo Pu's "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" of the Jin Dynasty.

However, the title of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is mentioned in "Historical Records", and the earliest book included in it is "Hanshu·Yiwenzhi".

As for its real author, the predecessors believed that it was Yu, Boyi, and Yijian, and that it was edited and edited by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin of the Western Han Dynasty before it became a handed down book. Now many believe that the specific year and author of the book cannot be confirmed.