Was there an ancient monster with the name Samson?

Partition, belonging to the Chinese Chinese words, has a variety of meanings.1. The appearance of uneven length and height. Source: Poetry. Zhounan. Guan Ju: "Nymphoides, flowing left and right." Han Shu. Yangxiong biography: "Since Zhongni, the king of the country, generals, ministers and celebrities are uneven." 2、 Almost, similar.

The following is a monster of Shanhaijing

Long ruminant

Name of grass. When a horse eats it, it can travel a thousand miles in a day. As the old saying goes: 'A plant of dragon ruminants turns into a dragon colt.' Mu Tian Zi used it to feed his eight steeds. It is said to be the saliva of the dragon.

It is contained in the book of "v. Isms".

Bird of Chongming: Yao reigned for seventy years, and there was a country of ripened branches. The bird of the heavy bright ...... can chase fierce beasts, tigers and wolves, so that the demonic disaster can not be harmful to the group of evil.


Unicorn sheep: 觟 to ① are, a horn of the sheep also, the nature of the guilty. Gaotao prison, the crime of suspicion are (suspected), so that the sheep touched, guilty then touch, not guilty then do not touch. Therefore, gao tao respect sheep, get up and sit in the matter. The Analects of Confucius

①Because that word cannot be typed, there is a homophone instead

(Worm as)

The essence of the waters of the river. It has one head and two bodies, resembles a snake, and is eight feet long; it calls out its name, and can take fish and turtles.

"Guanzi (water and land)" is contained.

Medicine and animals

Shennong time, the white people into the medicine and animals. When people were sick, they told them in an unknown language passed down by the White People. The beast will go to the field to bring grass back, this grass to take, the disease will be cured. It is said that the Yellow Emperor told the Wind Queen to organize the information and pass it on to future generations. (What about Shennong?)

This is contained in the book "The Private Records of the Window of the Rue".

Renewal of the ancient gods:

Ji Meng

A human body with a dragon's head, often appearing in places where there is water, accompanied by stormy weather. （

Ji Meng

A human body with a dragon's head, often appearing in places where there is water, accompanied by violent storms. (Much like the Dragon King of later legends, it should be the prototype.

Shennong

It is said that Yan Di. He was a man with the head of a bull. One of his contributions was the development of farming. There was a Dan sparrow with nine ears of grain, which picked up and planted on the ground, and those who ate it grew old and did not die. He was also the ancestor of medicine. The Book of Searching for God says that he whipped all kinds of grasses with a red-colored divine whip to understand the habits of all kinds of grasses so as to make use of them. The Huainanzi said he was born with a delicate jade body and could see his internal organs and detoxify poisons. Legend has it that the tea is used, but once tasted the severed intestines grass, not yet had time to drink tea detoxification has been poisoned to death.

The latter is generally more widely circulated.

Updated beasts:

Sea spiders

Born in the islands. As large as a wheel, body with five colors, spit silk is also thick, tigers and leopards can not be removed from the touch, the death and eat. (It should be a giant spider, but its ability to kill tigers and leopards is also a strange thing, and born on the island?)

"Xiang Zu notes" is contained.

Kirin

Ki is the male, Lin is the female. Elk body cow tail a horn. It does not walk on worms or bend grass. Though strong, it does not do any harm, so it is called a benevolent beast. Auspicious things. Lin, phoenix, turtle and dragon, called the four spirits.

The Shuo Wen and the Book of Rites (Rites of Passage) contain it.

White Nue

The mountain of Shekou, on which there is no grass and trees, there is a bird, the shape of which is like a pheasant, but the head of the text, white wings, yellow feet, the name of the white Nue, eaten by the quarrelling pain, can be already quailed.

In X-Men, the mother of the peach bird, Nue, was mistranslated as Fool in the Tarot

Tiger Eagle

A bird of prey. Its body is as big as an ox, its wings are more than two feet wide, and it can catch tigers and leopards.

The "Mohawk waving rhinoceros" is contained.

Renewal of foreign objects:

Sea mirror

round, around the length of more than two feet, the outer ring of blue, like jade is not jade; the middle of a white stone protruding through the bottom of the clear, like crystal is not crystal. Can be a hundred miles away to see the strange fish and all the reefs, in order to avoid.

"Continued Zi Bu Bu Shi" has contained.

Updated anonymous:

Turtle treasure

The spirit of the world. There was a seafarer who got a glazed bottle the size of a baby's fist with a one-inch-long turtle inside, which kept turning, but the mouth of the bottle was very small, so he didn't know how to get into it (this can be done, and it's not uncommon). But immediately surrounded by turtles, can not get off, had to abandon it, the turtle group Fang Fang scattered. Knowledgeable people say its name turtle treasure, the lucky people encounter and can not get; such as get and hide in the home, you will get the treasure. (Estimated as a treasure bowl and so on, or can make the turtle treasure to gather and so on)

"Xugu leisure copy" is contained.

East China Sea Kui (KUI) cattle

There is a mountain in the East China Sea called Liubo Mountain. This mountain is about seven thousand miles from the coast. There was a beast on the mountain that was shaped like an ox, all gray, with no long horns and only one foot. Every time it appeared there was a violent storm. Its body also shone like sunlight and moonlight, and its roar was as deafening as the sound of thunder. Later, the Yellow Emperor got this kind of beast, used its skin to make drums, and used the bone of the thunder beast to make drumsticks, and the sound of the drums resounded 500 miles away, deterring the enemy soldiers and subduing the whole world.

Renewal of exotic beasts:

Brute

Bird. Shaped like a mallard, it has only one wing and one eye, and it takes two birds together to fly. When it appeared the world was flooded.

It is contained in the Shan Hai Jing (Western Subtitle of the Three Scriptures).

Renewal of the Ancient Gods:

Qiangliang

He carries a snake in his mouth and holds it in his hand. He has a tiger's head, four hoofs and feet, and long elbows. (In terms of appearance it could be called a man-headed tiger (stronger than the western man-headed horse?).

It is also found in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (The Great Desert North Classic).

Updated:

Jade Peach

Bright and clear and firm fluorescence, must be washed with jade well water to become soft to eat. It can be eaten to make it soft and soft, and can be taken to make you immortal. (Many variations were born in later times, such as 'Queen Mother Peach', 'Immortal Peach', 'Peach of Coiling', and so on.)

It is contained in "v. Isms" and "Shennong Jing".

Updated beasts:

Xie Bao

For the cuckoo's alias. But there is a worm also named. This insect is as round as a ball and resembles a toad. When it sees people, it covers its head with its front feet, as if it were shy. It can drill the ground, and is very fast. But sometimes when it hears the cuckoo's call on the ground, it cracks its brain and dies. (May be named after)

"Insects" is contained.

Updated exotic places:

Wine Spring

In the northwest of the wilderness, there is a wine spring, its water is like wine, the wine tastes as beautiful as meat, clear as a mirror. There is a jade cup on top of it, and a cup comes out of it when you drink a cup. The spring and heaven and earth with, never dry time. It is said that those who drink this wine will live the same life as heaven and earth.

This is contained in the Book of Divine Anomalies.

Updated beasts:

Nine-tailed Fox

Earliest in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Nanshanjing), like a fox with nine tails, and its voice is like a baby. Eating people. Eating it does not compel. However, it was later given the meaning of symbolizing the prosperity of children and grandchildren, and became a precious beast, standing side by side with the white rabbit, toad, and three-legged crow next to the seat of the Queen Mother of the West. Unfortunately, it was eventually burdened by novels and folklore and transformed back into a higher demonic beast. (Daji)

Updating the Ancient Gods:

Floating

*** Worker's vassal. Said to have thrown himself into the water and died after defeat (supposedly died as a god). His shape is like that of a red bear, and he often brings bad luck. When it is seen in the hall, the one who claims the world dies, and when it is seen under the hall, the common people are appalled; when it is seen near the door, the close ministers are in trouble, and when it is seen in the garden, it is of no great harm.

The Duke of Jinping dreamed of peeping at the screen at night, and was sick. The Duke of Jinping dreamed of peeping into the screen at night and was sick. Because he was defeated by Zhuanxu and was a minister of ****work, he sacrificed Zhuanxu ****work to be cured.

It is contained in the book "Ancient Writings and Trivial Remarks".

The new herb update

Spreading gold moss

In the Jin Dynasty, a neighboring country offered a moss plant called Spreading gold moss to the palace. Its color is like gold, like countless fireflies gathered together, the body is like an egg. If it is put into the water, it is spread on the water waves, the light emitted by the flickering eye-catching. Therefore, some people also called "night moss".

See Tang Duan Chengshi's "Youyang Miscellany Chopper"

Renewal of exotic grasses:

Vine flowers

Shaped like a diamond. It is purple in the morning, green in the middle, yellow in the afternoon, green in the evening, and red at night.

The "Garden of Dissimilarities" is contained.

Renewal of the beasts:

Fertilizer

Like a snake. It has six legs and four wings, and when it is seen, there is a great drought in the world.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas contains this.

Can

Three-legged turtle, tail has a branch. It can be eaten without any parasitic disease. (Legend has it that it was transformed by a ray after its death.)

The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Zhongji XI Jing) contains it.

Updated foreign objects:

Wind Beaver Staff

This thing was supposed to be issued with the wind-born beast. If you have it, the beast will die with your finger; if you want it, you can point it as you wish.

"Lingnan foreign objects" is contained.

A little common sense

Canopy

Huangdi and Chi You war, there are often five-color clouds, golden branches and jade leaves, resting on its head. Because it has the image of flowers, it is called Huagai. (Later generations of the emperor to himself as the son of the sky, so)

"Ancient and Modern Note" is contained.

Updating the strange grass:

Snake's mouth

In the past, there were people plowing the land, and they saw a wounded snake at the edge of the field. The other snake put a blade of grass over the wounded area, and the wounded snake healed on the next day. The snake's wound was healed the next day. Later, the grass was used to treat sores, and it worked. This herb has no name, but was named after the incident.

The "different garden" is contained.

Renewal of the beasts:

The sky chicken (there are many interpretations, take one)

The North Sea bird, its height of thousands of miles, the left foot in the north of the sea, the right foot in the south of the sea. Its fur is pale, its beak is red, its feet are black, and it feeds on whales (this is a mythical whale, similar to the real one, but more exaggerated). When it vibrates its wings and flies, its voice is like thunder and wind, shaking heaven and earth.

Updating the beasts:

Rain Worker

Liu Yi once saw a woman shepherding sheep and asked her about it. The woman replied: This is not a sheep, but a rainmaker. The woman replied: This is not a sheep, but a rainmaker. The woman replied, "This is not a sheep, but a rainmaker. (This interpretation should be a beast with thunder attribute, like a sheep. However, most of the mythological thunder gods and thunder beasts have humanoid features, the least of which is like a monkey. This is an anomaly)

PS: The woman is not the mother of electricity.

The book of anecdotes contains this.

Updates on the strange plants:

Wyvern Grass

It looks like a bushel, red in color, and shrinks in the ground during the day, only to reveal itself at night. It is a reddish-colored bushy plant that hides in the ground during the day and only comes to the surface at night. By holding its leaves, one can know the fortune or misfortune of a dream.

But there is an anonymous story: Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty thought of Mrs. Li's tolerance, Dongfang Shuo (this person is super strong) to offer this grass, the emperor is pregnant with a son, the night fruit dream. (As if psychological detection)

"Cave of the Underworld" is contained.

Renewal of the extraordinary:

Gwigu Zi

It is said that Jin Pinggong time people, living in the Gwigu, this as a name. Disciples of more than a hundred people, only Su Qin, Zhang Yi good vertical and horizontal arts. In the earth for hundreds of years, and then do not know the end.

It is also said to be the ancient true immortal. Surname Wang, since the generation of Xuan Yuan, the history of the Shang Zhou. Since the end of the week, he settled in Gigu to teach his disciples, and once changed into a dog with a shoe to lead the way for Su and Zhang.

(There is also a saying that it is Su Qin to disguise himself, made the pseudonym, to which the book "Gwigu Zi")

"Taiping Guangji", "Record of the strange record" is contained.

Updated anonymous:

Raise the god Chi

When the Qin Emperor, Wang dead people. There was a bird with grass on the face of the dead, immediately resurrected. Qin Shi Huang sent people to take this grass to Gigu Zi see, back to say: this is Zuzhou immortality grass, born in the Qiong field, leaves like a mushroom, not clumps, a plant can live a thousand people.

Renewal of the alien:

Dongfang Shuo

Plain aversion to the second person, in Wuzhong taught a few decades of books. When Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty wrote a letter to him, he was worshiped as a lang. Some people at the time thought he was a saint, others thought he was nothing more than a clown. What he said was either deep or shallow, and no one could catch his intention. He later abandoned his post and left. The Book of Han called him 'the comic hero' (pithy!) The Han Shu called him 'Funny Xiong' (brilliant!). As far as the legend goes, this man was knowledgeable and able to socialize with the Immortal Class, with little of his own abilities revealed. (Definitely, he was very wise and foolish).

This is contained in the Biography of the Immortals.

Updated anonymous:

When Dongfang Shuo was still alive, he once said to those who lived with him, "No one in the world knows my original face, except for the great princes. After his death, Emperor Wu heard this rumor and called the Dawangong to ask him about it. Dawangong said: I don't know. The emperor asked: What are you good at? He said, "I don't know." The emperor asked, "What are you good at? The emperor asked: Are the stars normal? Return: Everything else is normal, only the star of the year has just reappeared after eighteen years of absence. Emperor long sigh: Shuo in my side for eighteen years, I do not know he is the essence of the star of the year. He was not happy. (Note: The star of the year is the planet Jupiter)

Updating the Ancient Gods:

Yingtian

He turned out to be the courtier of the Yan Emperor, and seemed to be a civil servant (at least not a military leader). When the Yan Emperor was defeated by the Yellow Emperor, Interceptor defied him and continued to fight. The emperor cut off his head and buried it under Chang Yang Mountain (the birthplace of Yan Di). Without his head, he used his ** as his eyes and his navel as his mouth, holding a shield in his left hand and an axe in his right hand, and waving it endlessly, he continued to fight. (Mastodon!)

This is contained in the Shan Hai Jing (Hai Nei Xi Jing).

A little general knowledge:

The Five Emperors

The Tai Di in the east, Yan Di in the south, Shao Hao in the west, Zhuan Xu in the north, and Huang Di in the center.

"Chu Shi", "Zhou Li" are contained.

Tian Di generally refers to Huang Di, but also sometimes refers to Yan Di or Yao.

A lot of ancient sources or biographies mentioned a variety of beasts, especially the Classic of Mountains and Seas, such as Qi Zhi. I've seen a friend post it before, but the content is roughly the introduction of the source, for the explanation is relatively small, today I'll be a little bit more to add.

Yu No.: East China Sea god of the sea, human face, bird body, ears hanging two yellow snakes, feet on two yellow snakes.

Yujing: Yuhua's son, with a human face and a bird's body, with two green snakes in his ears and two red snakes on his feet. He is the god of wind and the god of the North Sea.

Drought: the god of heat, dressed in green, with a green kerchief on his head and a cold face. Pictures look like old monkeys. The gender is female.

Zhu Rong: God of fire, with an animal body and human face, riding two fire dragons.

**** Gong: water god, snake body, human face, red hair, riding a black dragon. He is the grandson of Zhu Rong.

Hou Tu: the god of earth.

Choking: the god of time.

Jumang: the god of wood, also known as Chong, with bird face and body, riding two dragons.

Shentian and Yubi: gods of the underworld, living in Tao Du Mountain in the East China Sea.

Bu Ting Hu Yu: the god of the South China Sea.

Candle Yin: the god of Zhongshan.

Ditai: the god of Zhongshan. He led the land of Zhongshan.

Queen Mother of the West: a person with a leopard's tail and tiger's teeth, with a jade victory carefully pinned on her disheveled head. Great God, living in the West of the Jade Mountain.

Ying Zhuo: human face and horse body, back long wings, the body of the tiger pattern.

Luwu: Kunlun Mountain God, human face and tiger body with nine tails.

Enlightened Beast: Kunlun Mountain God, body like a giant tiger, nine heads, each head has a human face.

Li Zhu: God of the Kunlun Mountains. The eyes are the brightest.

Changxian: God of the Winning Mother Mountain.

Di Jiang: God of the Heavenly Mountain, six-legged, four-winged and headless.

Yaoshui: a bull-like god with eight legs and a horse's tail, two heads, and a voice like a trumpet; wherever he appears, there will be war.

Bai Ze: A divine beast that describes eleven thousand five hundred and twenty kinds of weird and wonderful things in heaven and earth.

Chi: A man with bull's hooves, four eyes and six hands, a head with firm horns, hairs standing straight up like swords beside his ears, and feeds on sand, stone and money.

Demons: blizzard: human face, animal body, four-legged monster, with a soft daughter's voice to charm.

Spirit: A one-legged, one-armed monster with a human face, who can be charmed by the sound of yawns.

Sprites: like three-year-old dolls, black and red, long ears and red eyes, long black hair, can be charming with a child's voice.

Feng Bo Fei Lian (风伯飞廉): a deer with a sparrow's head, a sharp horn on its head, leopard stripes all over its body, and a tail like a yellow snake.

The Rainmaker's Cataract: shaped like a seven-inch silk worm, with scaly wings on its back.

Kui Niu: a bull without horns, gray body and one foot, in and out of the sea, must be accompanied by a big storm, eyes as bright as the sun and the moon, roar like thunder shocked heaven and earth.

Thunder Beast: dragon body and head, belly as big as a drum, every since the beat belly, will release thunder.

The Fat Legacy: a six-legged, four-winged serpent, when people see it soaring in the sky, a terrible drought occurs on the ground.

Eurycoma: A bull-shaped tiger-spotted snake with a sound like a human moan; when it appears, there is a great flood.

Gossip: bull-shaped with a white head, one eye, and a tail like a snake; it passes through water and water drying up, and through grass and grass withering. When it appears there will be a great plague in the world.

Bi Fang Bird: like a crane, with a green body and white beak, red markings, and one foot; wherever it appears, a strange fire breaks out.

The Sour and the Bird: like a snake, with four wings and six eyes, and three feet; wherever it is seen, there is a panic.

The Five-Colored Bird of Xuan Dan Mountain: human face with long hair, wherever it inhabits, there will be a calamity of the death of the country.

The Monstrous Beast that Eats People

Zhi Huai: four horns, big ears like a cow, and a strange shaped mouth.

Roe deer osprey: like a big dog with long legs and eyes behind the front feet.

Poor Qi: ox-shaped red body, human face and horse feet, called like a baby crying monster. (Related to the Yellow Emperor)

Floating: human face, animal body with wings, clad in red hair, often floating on the water, good wind and waves.

Xiangliu: a nine-headed monster, after the end of the fourth war in the heavenly realm with the **** workers do not know where to go.

Teng Snake:

Chiseled Tooth: A monster with a human body and animal head, and a six-foot-long chiseled blade-like sharp teeth in its mouth.

Xiu Snake: also known as Ba Snake, a hundred feet long, with a black body and green head, a mouth that can swallow an elephant.

Qiangliang: Holding a snake in his mouth and a snake in his hand, with a tiger's head on his body and very long hands.

Day Whirlwind: long lived in the heart of the earth fiery rock, violent and vicious, body like the hot sun brake white, footprints everywhere, cracking the ground

Scorched earth. Group fire in the ferocious awn.

Furthermore, the fox is cunning and possessive, and the yellow fire can stultify all life. It represents the confusion of the fire.

Shangjian: A voracious eater who can swallow heaven and earth, and spews corrosive purple light from his mouth, which can dissolve hard minerals and gold. It represents the greed of the fire.

Osmanthus: a cynical, ferocious outbreak of green fire, vaporizing clouds and mist, damaging the world drought for years. It represents the fire of anger.

Jinao: amphibious, attribute cold, deep blue light can freeze everything into ice. It represents the icy cold of the fire.

Phasianus: madness and delusion, the fire is pervasive and can cause a volcanic disaster, causing the destruction of life. It represents the wild flames of fire.

Pixi: murderous and brutal, eyes shine red, high heat makes everything into ashes. It represents the light of blood in the fire.

Wei Cui: Born in the darkness, he hates the light, and the darkness eats away the light of the sun and the moon, covering the sky and the earth. It represents the darkness of the fire.

Cunning Geibikei: A spiteful and vicious beast who enjoys destroying all that is good in the world, his blue flames can scorch the earth for thousands of miles. The blue fire can scorch the earth for thousands of miles.

The nine sons of the dragon ancient folklore, "the dragon has nine sons, not into the dragon, each good" legend. But what are the nine sons, said different. China's auspicious illustration" said: nine sons of the oldest called prisoner cattle, like music, squatting in the head of the piano; the oldest two called Jairus (yazi), killing like fighting, engraved in the knife ring, sword hilt to swallow the mouth; the oldest three called mocking the wind, the life of a good risk, today's corner of the temple beasts is the legacy of its image; the fourth son of Puchong, struck by a loud roar, acting as a beast of Honfeng bells to mention the beam of the knob to help its song far and wide; the fifth son of mythical geibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibeibe (s, like lion, like smoke good to sit and leaning on the stove The sixth son, Xi (bixi), resembles a tortoise with teeth and likes to carry heavy loads. The seventh son, Quodid (b), resembles a tiger and is good at lawsuits, and there are statues of him on both sides of the main hall of the prison or the government office. Fire extinguishing and eliminating disasters.

"Huailutang set": "Dragon born nine sons do not become a dragon, each good. The nine sons of the dragon were not born as dragons, and each of them had their own preferences. The prisoner ox was good at music in his life, and the beast carved on the head of the huqin is his portrait today; Jairus was good at killing, and the dragon swallowing the mouth on the hilt of the sword is his portrait today; Mocking phoenix was good at danger in his life, and the beast on the corner of the temple is his portrait today; Pugong was good at sounding, and the beast on the button of the bell is his portrait today; Mythical beast (狻猊) was good at sitting, and the lion in the seat of the Buddha is his portrait today; Baxi (霸下) aka Xi (屃) was good at weight bearing, and the beast on the seat of the stele is his portrait today; Quodu (狴) was a beast of the sea that was good at carrying heavy loads, and the animal on the seat of the stele is its portrait today; Quodu was a beast that was good at carrying heavy weights. Quodid (狴) was a man who was good at lawsuits in his life. The lion's head on the gate of the prison is his statue; *屃 (屃) was a man who was good at writing in his life. The dragon on both sides of the stele is his statue; and *鸱吻 (鸱吻) was a man who was good at swallowing in his life.

"Gods from the" book said "Shengan outside the collection" recorded the nine sons of the dragon is: quality, shaped like a tortoise good weight, that is, the monument under the turtle; chi dragons, shaped like a beast, sex is good to look forward to, standing ridge; Taotie, good food, standing tripod cover; centipede, good standing, standing bridge; pepper figure, like snail mussel, sex is good to close the door at the head of the; Jin Geibei, shaped like a lion, good fireworks, standing in the incense burner; plus Puguan, quodid, Jairus three, just for the dragon! The nine sons of the dragon.

Perhaps the so-called nine sons of the dragon, not the dragon happened to have nine sons. Ancient Chinese traditional culture, often to nine to indicate that very much, and there is a supreme position. Nine is an imaginary number and a noble number, so it is used to describe the dragon's son. Putting it all together

Jiu Niu: Shaped as a small yellow dragon with scales and horns, he is good at music. This dragon child with musical cells not only stands on the huqin of the Han people, but also on the dragon's head moon zither of the Yi people, the three-stringed zither of the Bai people, and on some instruments of the Tibetan people with its image of a raised head and open mouth.

* Xi: (屃), a powerful animal that carries heavy loads on its back, i.e. the stone tortoise engraved under the monument today.

Chi-ni: (音吃吻) is also known as scops owl, scops owl, good-looking, etc. It is also known as a four-legged snake cut off from its body. Shaped like a four-legged snake cut off the tail, this dragon is good at the dangerous place to look around, but also like to swallow fire. Legend has it that when Emperor Wu of Han built Pak Leung Hall, someone said that there is a fish in the sea, gnarled tail like a scops owl, that is, the harrier eagle, can spray wave rain, can be used to anorexia fire, and then molded its image in the temple corner, the temple ridge, above the roof.

Taotie (sound Tao post), shaped like a wolf, good food. Bell tripod Yi more carved on the shape of its head as a decoration. Because Taotie is a particularly gluttonous beast of legend, people will be greedy for food and even greedy for property people called Taotie. The taotie also appeared on Shang and Zhou bronzes as a patterned animal face decoration called taotie. Because of its ability to drink water, it was also decorated on bridge railings to prevent the bridge from being flooded by heavy water.

Jair (sound teeth from), looks like a jackal, good fishy kill. Often carved on the hilt of the sword scabbard. The original meaning of Jair is to stare angrily, "a meal of virtue will be paid, Jair's grudge will be avenged".

Quodid (sound Bi Gan), also known as the Charter. Looks like a tiger, powerful, and good prison matters, the most hate the criminal, so often decorated in the lintel of the prison.

Mythical Geibi (狻猊), also known as Geibi (金猊) and Geibi (灵猊). Mythical Geibi is an alias for lion, so it is shaped like a lion, good for fireworks, and good for sitting. It can be seen on the Buddha's seat and incense burner in temples. The lion, an animal that dares to eat even tigers and leopards and has a dignified appearance, was introduced to China with Buddhism. Because Buddha Shakyamuni has "fearless lion" metaphor, people will be arranged into the Buddha's seat, or carved on the incense burner to let it enjoy the incense.

The party pit viper (sound eight summer) is located in the bridge favorite water, often decorated in the stone bridge railings at the top. In the back door of the bridge on the four corners of the lying pit vipers, modeling is very beautiful.

Pepper Figure, shaped like snail clams, snail clams encountered foreign aggression, always close the mouth of the shell. People will be used on the door, probably to take it can be tightly closed, in order to seek safety.

Pu Juan, shaped like a dragon but smaller than the dragon, good sound. It is said that Pujuan lived in the sea and was usually most afraid of whales. Whenever the whales attacked, Pujuan would scream. So, people put his image on the bell and carved the long wood that hit the bell into the shape of a whale to hit the bell with it, begging it to be loud and bright.

Pixi, also known as Tianlu, dragon head, horse body, Lin feet, this beast is divided into females and males, males for the "Pixi" females for the "brave". Pixi body hairless, no scales, no asshole, so there is "only in and out" said, brave head born unicorn and double horns, formidable appearance, ferocious and unusual, like to suck the blood of the devil and monster, and transformed into wealth. Therefore, the feng shui art will be done to ward off evil spirits, Pixi as a house, wealth gathering spirit widely used. Pixi is to wealth as food, all the four sides of the effect of wealth.

In ancient times, this beast is divided into a corner or two horns, a corner of the "evil spirits", two horns of the "Tianlu", and then after the dynastic transformation is not divided into a corner, or, two horns. Most of them are mainly in one corner. Pixi's form is relatively uniform, such as short wings, double horns, curly tail, mane and beard is often connected with the forehead or backbone, protruding eyes, long fangs, etc. Passed down to the more common now Pixi more than a single horn, long tail. Pixi body long mane curled up, have two wings (meaning "soaring"). Tail hair tendrils, body back Yuan Bao, bats, (meaning "all over the world is lucky"). Those with flames (meaning "red-hot"). There are also banana fans, chi dragons, and perpetual tortoises.

Okinawa is a small insect that likes to carry things. When it meets something while walking, it picks it up. Carry it on his back with his head held high. It gets heavier and heavier on its back and does not stop even though it is tired. Its back is very rough, so it can't carry things, and finally falls down and can't get up. Some people take pity on it and help it get rid of its things. Once they are able to walk, they bring it back on their backs as before. Also like to climb high, not until the strength to the limit does not stop, until the fall and die.

Luduan (sound Lu Duan) is a legendary lucky animal, one-horned, 18,000 miles a day, know the language of the four barbarians, for good luck, but also means to protect and assist the monarch of the meaning. Therefore, in the emperor's office is often Luduan furnishings. Ancient incense burners are common.

Suzhou has an ancient town - Luzhi. In the center of the ancient town square stands a one-horned monster "Luduan" sculpture. Legend has it that this beast can ward off evil spirits, Ludian people. In the Ming Dynasty, when the village was gathered as a town, the town was named Luzhi for its auspiciousness.

The following picture is the Imperial Palace during the reign of the Ming dynasty Luduan incense burner, the production is extremely gorgeous. Luduan head, one-horned, two eyes open, two ears, mouth slightly open, for the purpose of spreading the incense, four claws for the foot for the upright, rounded tail, foot on the silk enamel snake. The whole body decorated with soybean green enamel, with red, yellow, blue, white and other colors of enamel filled with patterns. Luduan head can be lifted to place incense.

The law, also known as "Xiezhi", body head like sheep, for hooves, butt grueling, the most prominent feature is the head of a large, sharp one-horn. The most prominent feature is a head with a large, sharp one-horn. People who study law know, on behalf of "justice, fairness"

Organized a bit about the ancient kissing beasts.

Most of China's ancient buildings were constructed of earth and wood, and the roof ridges were made of wood covered with tiles. Corner of the most front of the tile because in the forefront of the position, to withstand the upper end of the entire ridge tile down a "thrust"; at the same time, such as no protection measures are also easy to be blown off by the wind. Therefore, people use tile nails to fix the forefront of the cornice tile, in the process of beautifying the nail cap gradually formed a variety of animal images, in addition to the practical function of the further was given the role of decoration and marking the level.

Legend has it that palaces, temples and other roofs decorated with "dragon-kissed beasts" can avoid fire and drive away demons. At first, it is not a dragon type, is a simple warped gradually formed animal-shaped ridge decorations, bird-shaped, more ichthyosaur-shaped, the earliest records can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty, the "Three Rites of Passage" in the Zhou Wangcheng Figure roof ridge ends have this kind of decorations. Bird-shaped evolved into a scops owl (legend is a kind of sea can extinguish the fire of the gods), to the Middle or Late Tang Tang appeared to open mouth to swallow the ridge of the scops owl. After the Song Dynasty, the increase in dragon kissing beasts, the Qing Dynasty has been very common, the surface decorated with dragon pattern four claws in the air, the dragon head of the angry eyes open mouth swallowed the ridge, the ridge inserted a sword, the artistic image is perfect, known as the "kiss", "Dragon Kiss", "Big Kiss". Big Kiss". Positive ridge outside the hanging ridge, bump ridge is commonly used on the head of the beast, the head of these beasts in the direction of the ridge facing outward, so the name of the lookout beast. Kiss the use of the beast also gradually formed a more strict customization and more stringent pattern.

Tang and Song dynasties, only a beast head, and then gradually increased the number of squatting beasts, to the Qing Dynasty formed today's common "immortal riding the phoenix" led by a small animal queue form.

"Riding phoenix immortal", folk also called "immortal riding chicken". Who is this "immortal"? Why at the front of the eaves? Why riding a phoenix? Folk have a variety of legends.

A legend that he is Jiang Ziya's brother-in-law, want to use Jiang Ziya's relationship to climb up. Jiang Ziya saw the intention of his brother-in-law, but knew that his talent is limited, so he said: "Your official has risen to the top, if you climb up again will fall down." The ancient architects, according to this legend, placed him at the very top of the cornice, so that if he climbed one step higher he would fall and be broken to pieces.

Another legend says that he is Qi Mian Wang, during his reign, he did not do his job, and he is a mediocrity, so he was hated by the masses, and he was chased by rare birds and beasts, and he was chased to the point of desperation, and if he took one step forward, he would fall down and be crushed to pieces.

As for why the immortal riding a phoenix, legend has it that the ruler of Qi failed in a battle and was chased by the enemy to a large river, looking desperate. Suddenly, a big bird flew in front of the eyes, the king rushed to ride on the big bird, and the danger was solved. Therefore, people put him on the ridge end of the building to symbolize the good fortune.

After the little fairy, sitting posture arranged a team of small animals, according to the size and level of the building and the number of different, mostly one, three, five, seven, nine singular (Yang). The Forbidden City in Beijing, the Hall of Supreme Harmony used ten, in addition to symbolizing the supremacy of imperial power, probably also means that only the emperor is worthy of enjoying the "ten perfect" treatment. The number of small animals varies from building to building, and to give an example of nine, they are: the owl (one of the nine sons of the dragon), the phoenix, the lion, the celestial horse, the seahorse, the mythical beast, the fish, the xiezhi, and the fighting bull. The Forbidden City's Hall of Supreme Harmony adds a line of shi at the end. The higher the number, the higher the rank. Take the Forbidden City, Taihe Temple with ten, there is no two in the world; the emperor resides and deal with daily political affairs of the Qianqing Palace, the status of second only to the Taihe Temple, with nine; Kuning Palace was originally the Empress's bedchamber, with seven; concubines live in the East and West six palaces, with five; some of the supporting halls, with three or even one.

Ancient palaces are mostly wooden structures, flammable, so the eaves used the legend of the small animals that can avoid fire.