What are the names of the four great beasts in China?

Xuanwu English is called Black Turtle, Suzaku English is called Zhu Hongniao, White Tiger English is called White Tiger, and Qinglong English is called Azure Dragon.

China's four great beasts: black turtle, suzaku, white tiger and Qinglong.

The ancient ancients divided the sky into four palaces, east, west, north and south, named after Qinglong (black dragon), white tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu (a turtle-shaped god). In fact, the sky is divided into four parts, which are connected by seven main stars in each part and named after their shapes. Qinglong is the God of the East, White Tiger is the God of the West, Suzaku is the God of the South, and Xuanwu is the God of the North.

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Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu, also known as the Four Elephants, originated from the belief in the stars in ancient China, not Taoism, and were not absorbed by Taoism until the Han Dynasty. Another major manifestation of the Four Gods in ancient China was militarily. During the Warring States period, there were "before Suzaku and after Xuanwu, left Qinglong and right White Tiger".

In China, the dragon is sacred and the symbol of the emperor, while the dragon is the representative of the East, and the five elements belong to wood. Because cyan belongs to wood, there is the saying of Zuo Qinglong and you Bai Hu. Dragon is a sacred animal worshipped by the Chinese nation and a symbol of auspiciousness and grandeur. Because of its worship consciousness, it later evolved into a traditional folk activity that prayed for harvest and peace.

In the ancient mythology of China, the white tiger was the patron saint, the god of war and the god of war in the west. Tigers have many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying for blessings, punishing evil and promoting good, getting rich, getting married and so on. Therefore, the White Tiger is regarded as the god of war, and many heroic generals are said to be the embodiment of the White Tiger Star, such as Luo Cheng and Xue's son in the Tang Dynasty.

Many military-related places and things are named after the white tiger, such as the tiger symbol symbolizing the command of the army, the white tiger flag symbolizing power, and the White Tiger Festival Hall, a military place that Lin Chong mistakenly entered in the Water Margin.

From the Shang Dynasty, Suzaku was a god beast representing Emperor Yan and seven nights in the south. Well, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings and pheasants are combined into a bird shape, scarlet, like fire, and the south belongs to fire, hence the name Suzaku. After the rise of the Five Elements Theory, its symbolic significance was added to Ding Bing and Summer.

Xuanwu is a spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. According to the theory of five elements, it is a spirit beast representing the north, and its image is black tortoise and snake (or tortoise and snake), representing winter.