What legendary beasts or birds were there in ancient China?

Legend: Nine Daijoko beasts are all nine sons of dragons!

1. spinulosa spinulosa: also known as turtle. Shaped like a turtle, so heavy. Carrying stone tablets for years. People can see this hardworking Hercules everywhere in the ancestral hall of the temple. It is said that touching it can bring happiness to people.

2. armadillo: also called charter. Looks like a tiger, powerful, and good at prison litigation, people carved it on the prison door. Tigers are powerful beasts, so the use of armadillos is to enhance the majesty of prisons and make criminals daunting.

3. Kiss: also called kiss, tail, good hope, etc. Shaped like a four-legged snake with its tail cut off, this dragon looks around at dangerous places and likes to swallow fire. According to legend, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built the Bailiang Hall, it was reported that there was a kind of fish in the sea, whose tail was like a ostrich, that is, an eagle, which could spray waves and rain, and could be used to hate fires, so it was molded on the corner, ridge and roof of the hall.

4. Pepper map: It looks like a snail, and it is withdrawn and invaded by foreign objects.

5. prison cow: yellow dragon with scaly horns, good music. This musical dragon son not only stands on the Hu Qin of the Han nationality, but also has the image of raising his head and opening his mouth on the Yueqin of the Yi nationality, the Sangqin of the Bai nationality and some Tibetan musical instruments.

6. Bulao: It is shaped like a dragon, but Buron is small and easy to sing. It is said that Bulao lives by the sea, and what he fears most at ordinary times is whales. Whenever there is a whale attack, Bulao will shout. Therefore, people put their image on the clock, and carved the long wood that hit the clock into a whale shape, so as to make it loud and bright.

7. gluttony: wolf-like, good diet. Ancient bronzes are often decorated with the shape of their heads, which are called gluttonous patterns. Legend has it that the dragon gave birth to nine sons. There was only a big head and a big mouth, and he ate everything he saw. Because he ate too much, he was finally killed.

8. Sister-in-law: also known as Golden Sister-in-law and LingXi. Sister-in-law is an alias for a lion, so it is shaped like a lion, good at fireworks and easy to sit. Its style can be seen in the Buddhist temples and incense burners. Lions, which even dare to eat tigers and leopards, are magnificent animals, and were introduced to China with Buddhism. As the Buddha Sakyamuni is known as the "fearless lion", it is logical for people to arrange him as the seat of the Buddha, or carve him on an incense burner to enjoy the incense leisurely.

9. yazi: it looks like a jackal, so it's good for killing. It is often carved on the scabbard of the handle. The original intention of yazi is to glare, and the so-called "the virtue of a meal will be compensated, and the resentment of yazi will be reported." The newspaper can't help but kill, so it's natural for the dragon son who looks like a jackal to appear on the scabbard of the hilt.