Pictures of the Nine Sons of the Dragon

The dragon, the Chinese "totem", in ancient Chinese mythology, the dragon has nine sons, nine sons do not become a dragon, each good. It is a metaphor for siblings with different qualities and hobbies. In traditional Chinese culture, nine means a lot. There is a saying that it does not mean that the dragon has nine sons, but refers to an imaginary number in general. The nine sons of the dragon have their origins, and there is no room for confusion.

1, the first son of Prisoner Bull, like music, squatting on the head of the piano;

2, the second son of Jairus (yá zì), killers like to fight, engraved in the knife ring, sword hilt to swallow the mouth, narrow-minded;

3, the third son of the mocking the wind, the shape of the beast, is the oldest three, the life of the risky and hopeful, the corner of the temple platform of the beast is the legacy of its statue. Some people have also been thinking that it is a phoenix with a dragon's vein.

4, the fourth son of Pu Jiao, struck by a loud roar, acting as a beast button of the beam, to help its sound far and wide;

5, the fifth son of the mythical animal (Suān ní), shaped like a lion, the fifth, like quiet and do not like to move in his life, good to sit down, but also like the fireworks, and therefore the Buddha's seat and the incense burner on the feet of the decorations is its remains.

6. The sixth son, Ba Xi, also known as Bi Xi (bì xì), resembled a tortoise with teeth and liked to carry heavy loads, and was the tortoise under the monument;

7. The seventh son, Jail (bì àn), resembled a tiger and was good at lawsuits, and there were statues of him on both sides of the main hall of the prison or the government office;

8. The eighth son, Negative Tuoi (fùxì), resembled a dragon in figure, and was elegantly refined, and was found hovering on the top of the head of the stone monument;

9. chī wěn), also known as scops owl or scops owl (chī), has a thick mouth and thick voice and is good at swallowing, so it became the swallowing beast at both ends of the ridge of the temple to extinguish fire and eliminate disasters.