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Pixi (pinyin: pí xiū) Appearance: dragon head, horse body, lin feet, shaped like a lion, gray fur, can fly.

Shanhaijing - "Paixie"

Southern people called Pixi, also known as Tianlu, male name "Pixi", female name "Pixi". In ancient times, this kind of beast is divided into a corner and two horns, a corner of the known as "Tianlu", two horns of the known as "Paixie". Is an ancient Chinese myths and legends of a sacred beast, dragon head, horse body, Lin feet, shaped like a lion, gray fur, can fly.

Pixi, also known as "Paixie" and "Tianlu", is a ferocious beast of prey recorded in ancient Chinese books and folk myths and legends.

Ancient Chinese feng shui scholars believe that braves are auspicious beasts that turn misfortune into good fortune. From ancient times to the present, from the emperor, down to the people are extremely focus on collection and wear braves, legend has it that in addition to the braves, the effect of luck, evil spirits, there is also the role of the town house, the transformation of the year of the tiger, and promote the marriage and so on. Chinese tradition has a decorative "brave" custom, brave meaning rich, people believe it can bring joy and good luck, people often use brave as the army's name

Myths and legends

Nanjing east gate guardian - brave brave brave brave, also known as the sky Luk, Paixie, Baixie, **** four names, is an ancient Chinese myths and legends of a mythical beast, dragon-head, horse body, Lin feet, shaped like a lion, hair grayish white, and the role of marriage promotion. Shaped like a lion, gray fur, can fly. Pixi fierce and mighty, it is responsible for patrol work in the sky to stop demons, plagues and diseases from disturbing the heavenly court.

Anciently, people also commonly used braves as the name of the army. Legend has it that the brave man violated the rules of heaven, the Jade Emperor punished him only to the four sides of the wealth for food, swallowed everything without diarrhea, can attract wealth and treasure, only in and out, the magical powers of the special. After this allusion spread, brave man is regarded as the auspicious beast of attracting wealth and treasures. Many Chinese people wear brave jade products are therefore allusion.

Morphology

Pixi, its body like a tiger and leopard, its head and tail like a dragon, its color is also gold and jade, its shoulders have a pair of wings but can not be spread, and the head of a horn and back.

Many people think that braves are now giant pandas, the "Records of the Grand Historian - Five Emperors" recorded that more than 4,000 years ago, the Yellow Emperor domesticated tigers, leopards, braves (pandas) and other ferocious animals for the army to charge into battle, defeated Emperor Yan in the Hanquan (now Zhuo Lu County, Hebei Province).

There is also a saying that there are two kinds of braves in ancient times, respectively, single-horned braves and double-horned braves, some people say that single and double-horned distinction between male (for Pixi) and female (for braves), and some people say that it is the distinction between good and evil, in short, there is a single-horned braves, and nowadays most of the braves are single-horned braves, and it is already difficult to see the double-horned braves.

Folding sub-female and male

Pixi is rumored to be a fierce beast, but this beast is divided into males and females, the male named "Pi", the female named "brave". In ancient times, this kind of beast is divided into a corner or two horns, a corner called "Tianlu", two horns called "WuiXi". Brave shape is mainly two horns. Ancient also use brave to refer to the brave warriors, Beijing opera "lost street pavilion - empty city plan - Chop Ma Su" in Zhu Geliang had a line "each for their masters to unite the brave", "brave" means the male division.

In the south, some people call it "monster" or "four unlike" and so on. Traditionally in China, it is customary to adorn a "brave animal", which, like the dragon, phoenix or unicorn, is a fictional animal believed to bring joy and good luck.

Look at the shape of the beast because it is a mythological animal, so there is no real image can be based on, can only rely on the painter and art workers imagine, so the image of the beast is different, strange and strange. After the change of dynasties, the brave form is more unified, such as short wings, double horns, curly tail, mane and beard often connected with the forehead or backbone, protruding eyes, long fangs.

The more popular shapes are those with one or two horns on the head, long manes curling up all over the body, and some with double wings and curled tail hairs. Carved jade braves are usually in a reclining position, either holding jade money in their mouths or lying on top of it. People like to tie the jade money in the brave's mouth with a red thread, or attach a string to the brave's tail for wearing and playing.

The beast allegory according to records, brave its shape like a lion with wings, ancient fabrics, military flags, belt hooks, seal buttons, bell buttons, and other objects commonly used brave for the ornaments, take its guardianship to avoid the meaning of the vicious.

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