How many forms did the ancient "dragon" in China have?

In the process of its image formation, the dragon formed the saying that the dragon gave birth to nine children.

One: Baxia (turtle fly), shaped like a turtle, likes to carry loads. The dragon turtle carrying the stone tablet is its image.

Two: kissing (kissing, mocking the wind, Cape of Good Hope, anchovies, tail), like to look around in dangerous places, but also like to swallow fire. The image of the temple is the animal or animal head on the roof, corner and roof.

Three: not old, shaped like a dragon but smaller, like singing. Living by the sea, the animal buttons on ancestral temples, temples and iron clocks are all its images.

Four: Armadillo (Charter) is tiger-shaped, powerful and easy to sue. The tiger's head carved or standing on the prison door is its image.

Five: gluttony, looks like a wolf, and has an excellent diet. The animal head carved on the tripod cover is its image.

Six: Sister-in-law (Sister-in-law Jin) looks like a lion, likes fireworks and is easy to sit. The Buddha statue in the temple and the animal head carved on the incense burner are its images.

Seven: prison cattle, like Huanglong with scaly horns, like music. The animal head carved on the Hu Qin is its image.

Eight: artistry, looks like a jackal and likes to kill. Its image can often be seen on hilt and scabbard.

Nine: Pepper map, shaped like snails and clams, is easy to shut up, so its image is often engraved on the head of stores.

There is a saying that has a great influence on "nine sons born in a dragon":

The eldest son is a captive of cattle, likes music and stands at the head of the piano. Some precious headshots of Hu Qin are still engraved with the image of the dragon head, which is called "the dragon head Hu Qin".

The second son, Yazi, looks like a jackal with dragon horns, glaring, and his horns cling to his back. They like to kill and fight, and are carved on weapons, such as knife rings and handles or ceremonies, to play a deterrent role.

The third son laughed at the wind and looked like a dog. He narrowly escaped death once in his life. The beast in the corner of the temple is his portrait. These animals line up at the front of the vertical ridge. The animals are led by a "fairy" riding a bird, followed by dragons, phoenixes, lions, Tianma, seahorses, dragons, horses, bulls and other animals. Their placement has a strict hierarchy, and only the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing can have all kinds, and the number of auxiliary halls should be reduced accordingly. Mocking the wind not only symbolizes auspiciousness, beauty and majesty, but also means to deter demons and eliminate disasters.

Zisi Plough, shaped like a dragon, but smaller than a dragon, likes music and singing, and is carved on the clock handle. It is said that I don't live by the sea all the time, and what I fear most at ordinary times is whales. Whenever there is a whale attack, he will scream when he is not old. Therefore, people put their own image on the clock and carve the long wood that hit the clock into the shape of a whale to make it loud and bright.

Suān ní, also known as Jin Heling. Sister-in-law used to be another name for a lion, so she looked like a lion, liked smoking, sat at the foot of an incense burner and was introduced to China with Buddhism. Because Buddha Sakyamuni is known as the "fearless lion", people naturally arrange him in the Buddha's seat, or carve him on an incense burner to enjoy the incense. In addition, sister-in-law is also the seat of Manjusri Bodhisattva, and there is also a temple dedicated to sister-in-law on Wutai Mountain in Manjusri Bodhisattva Dojo. Because the eldest sister-in-law is the fifth son of the dragon, the temple is called Wu Ye Temple, which has a great influence in the local area. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the dragon-shaped decoration in the middle of the collar of the stone lion or bronze lion is also an image of the lion entering the tiger's mouth, which makes the traditional China gate lion more powerful.

Liuzi, also known as XIXIA, looks like a turtle and likes to carry heavy loads. 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 the success of water control, Yu Xia put the credit on his back, so most of the stone tablets in China were carried on his back. The dam is very similar to the tortoise, but there is still a difference when you look closely. Bazaar has a row of teeth, but the tortoise doesn't. The number and shape of nail plates under the dam and on the tortoise shell are also different. Bullies, also known as stone turtles, are symbols of longevity and good luck. It is always struggling to move forward with its head held high, its four feet desperately propped up, struggling to move forward, but unable to move.

Bian, also known as the Charter, looks like a tiger, is powerful and good at prison litigation, so people carve it on the prison door, so there is a folk saying that the tiger's head is fastened. He also said that it upholds justice and can distinguish right from wrong, so it is also placed on the top of the two cards that officials patrol and avoid in the lobby of the yamen to maintain the awe-inspiring atmosphere of the court.

Eight sons (XIX), like a dragon, are elegant and gentle, coiled around the top or both sides of the stone tablet.

In Buddhist scriptures, kissing is something under the rain god, which can put out fires. Therefore, putting it on both ends of the roof can also eliminate disasters and put out fires.

It can be found that in this statement, the eldest son of the prison cow and the fourth son of the prison like music, the third son of the wind and the third son of the kiss are located on the roof, and the sixth son and the eighth son are surrounded by stone tablets, which is suspected of repetition. It would be better if we take one of them and add some other common expressions:

Gluttony (tāotiè), shaped like a wolf and gluttonous, is located on the bronze ware, and is now called gluttonous pattern. Because it can drink water, it was also carved in the middle of the outside of the bridge in ancient times to prevent the bridge from being flooded.

Pachu, also known as Pteris vittata, looks like a fish rather than a fish. It is graceful and graceful and decorated at the top of the stone bridge railing.

Pepper map, like a snail, is quiet and docile, a little autistic, and hates others entering its nest, so people often carve its image on the head of the gate or portray it on the door panel.

The brave dog is called the ninth son of the dragon in South and Southeast Asia. It has a big mouth and no anus, but it can't get in or out, which is very popular among gamblers. Macau casino put a jade dragon, which means to eat all over the world, only to earn and not to lose.

"Like a tiger father, like a dog", dragons are powerful enough to smoke. In the eyes of China people, the dragon is a symbol of authority and dignity. We call ourselves "descendants of the Chinese people" and "descendants of dragons".

The most influential dragon-brave and fearless

There is a record in the Biography of the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty: "There are peaches, lions and urine cows in the left state of Wugeshan." Meng Kang notes the sun: "Peach blossoms are like the tail of a deer in a day, and those with one horn are called Tianlu and those with two horns are called evil spirits." 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. Generally speaking, there are three substances that make up the image of animals:

First, metal-generally made of copper, because this metal is relatively cheap, and the color after polishing is close to gold.

Second, wood-some ancient big houses will use solid wood to carve the brave, and then put it on the beam to block the evil spirit.

Third, porcelain-made of different kinds of jade.

Mythical animals made of different materials can be placed in auspicious positions of geomantic omen. Many geographers think that they have the function of promoting wealth, while in eight different directions, generally placing mythical animals made of copper will have a strong force of promoting wealth. In fact, it will be beneficial to positive wealth or partial wealth, so it has become popular in recent years; However, urging money by magic is always religion. Therefore, no matter whether the work belongs to the right or wrong line, the magic of urging money is the strongest when the mysterious diviner is rising or when the sun is on an auspicious day of the zodiac. However, pay attention to one thing. Criminals do not necessarily have the power to urge money. This is the characteristic of the spirit beast, and the magic made by jade has the strongest financial resources.

The origin of bravery

It is said that the brave dog is the nine princes of the Dragon King. Its staple food turned out to be gold and silver jewelry, which is naturally full of treasures. Compared with other three-legged toads, which are also auspicious animals, it is more important, so it has won the favor of the Jade Emperor and the Dragon King. But if you eat too much, you will always have diarrhea. So one day, you may be tempted to urinate everywhere, which makes the jade emperor angry, slap it down and end up with a spanking.

There is also a man and a woman. According to folklore, men represent wealth and women represent treasury. If you have money, you must have a vault to keep it. So most of the collections are a pair of collections, which can really make money. But if you want to wear it on your body, you'd better wear one to avoid fighting. These are legends, please refer to them!

I like sleeping lazily. I'd better pick him up every day, touch him and play with him, as if to wake him up and wealth will follow.

Another clever use of the brave is to put brave ornaments on your desk, which can drive away bad men and avoid unnecessary harassment for you.

According to ancient records, the brave is a kind of beast, and one of the five ancient auspicious beasts (dragon, phoenix, turtle and unicorn) is called lucky beast. The brave was once the totem of two ancient clans. Legend has it that he helped the Emperor Yanhuang to fight, and was named "Tianlu Beast", which means to be blessed by God. It is designed for the emperor to protect treasures, and it is also a symbol of the royal family. It is called "Dibao". It is also called "exorcism" because it specializes in eating wild animals to ward off evil spirits. China ancient geomantic scholars believe that it is an auspicious animal, which can turn disasters into good luck.

There are 26 shapes and 749 incarnations. It has a big mouth, a big belly, no anus, and only eats and doesn't pull, which symbolizes that it can get money from all directions, but it can only enter but can't go out. At the same time, it can ward off evil spirits and gather wealth for the master.

Ancient sages believed that fate was predestined, but it could be changed. Therefore, the people have a good wish of "being brave at the first touch, being brave at the second touch and being brave at the third touch".