The Four Great Beasts of Ancient China

The four sacred beasts are the green dragon, the white tiger, the red bird, and the black basalt.

Green Dragon is the God of the East; White Tiger is the God of the West; Suzaku is the God of the South; Xuanwu is the God of the North, a combination of tortoise and snake.

Therefore, there is a saying that "the four spirits of the sky, the green dragon, the white tiger, the red bird, and the basalt, align the four directions, and the king controls the palace, palace, and pavilion according to the law."

In ancient times, the ancients divided heaven into four palaces: east, west, north and south, named after Qinglong (Canglong), White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu (a turtle-shaped god) respectively.

In fact, the sky is divided into four parts, which are formed by connecting the seven main stars in each part, and are named after their shapes.

In the east, the Jiao, Kang, Shi, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji are shaped like dragons, so the East Palace is called Qinglong or Canglong; in the West, the seven stars Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Jiao and Ginseng are shaped like a tiger, so the West Palace is called White Tiger;

The well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, Yi and Zhen couplets in the south are in the shape of birds and are called Suzaku; the seven stars in the north are Dou, Niu, Nv, Xu, Danger, Chamber and Wall, which are shaped like turtles and are called Xuanwu.

As a result, Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu became the four gods guarding the heavenly officials, warding off evil and regulating yin and yang.

Among the four gods, the green dragon and the white tiger are mainly regarded as gods to suppress evil because of their brave appearance. Their images often appear on palaces, palace gates, city gates or tomb buildings and their utensils. In the last case,

, the dragon no longer helps the tomb owner to ascend to heaven, but to deter evil spirits and protect the soul of the tomb owner.

The green dragon and white tiger have palms in all directions, the red bird and black tiger follow the yin and yang, and the four sacred beasts of the sky are blue dragon, white tiger, red bird, and black black tiger. Although they rarely appear in European and American fantasy, in Chinese and Japanese myths and legends, they are regarded as extremely noble.

The identities of the Four Holy Beasts appear.

Spirit beasts are animals that are different from ordinary beasts.

There is no clear distinction between spiritual beasts and ordinary beasts in the world. It is generally believed that any beast that is unique, has special abilities, and has spirituality can be called a spiritual beast.

Many countries in the world have their own spiritual beasts. Our country's spiritual beasts include the following: blue dragon, white tiger, red bird, basalt, unicorn, unicorn. Qilin, also known as "Qilin", abbreviated as "Lin", commonly known as "Four Dislikes", benevolence in ancient legends

Beast, auspicious beast, is an animal in ancient Chinese legends. Together with phoenix, turtle and dragon, it is called the "four spirits".

Known as the Holy Beast King.

And it is the mount of God.

Qilin is an animal that is produced and created based on the Chinese way of thinking.

Judging from its external shape, it has the body of an elk, an ox's tail, a horse's hooves (said to be "wolf's hooves" in historical records), fish scale skin, and one horn, with meat at the end of the horn, which is yellow.

This shape is a new combination of many real animals that have been dismembered. It concentrates all the advantages of those cherished animals on the construction of the unicorn, a mythical beast in fantasy, and fully embodies the Chinese people's

"Jimei" thought.

Taotie is a mythical beast in ancient Chinese legends. Its biggest characteristic is that it can be eaten.

It is an imaginary mysterious monster.

This monster has no body, only a big head and a big mouth. It is very greedy and eats whatever it sees. It eats too much and eventually dies of starvation.

It is a symbol of greed, so it is often used to describe gluttonous or greedy people.

The red flame beast Zhu Rong, the god of fire, and the god of water are descendants of the Shennong family.

Baize is a mythical beast on Kunlun Mountain. It is a famous mythical beast. It is covered with snow-white body. It can speak human language and understand the emotions of all things. It is rarely seen unless there is a saint who governs the world at that time.

Chong Ming Bird During the seventy years of Yao's reign, there was a country with accumulated branches, and the bird that presented the Ming Dynasty had two clear words in its eyes.

Bi Fang is a kind of bird, shaped like a crane, with one leg, red stripes and a white beak.

The mythical beasts that attract wealth, Pixiu, Golden Toad, and Wangcai Town’s mythical beasts: Kirin, dragon, wind, turtle, lion, elephant, golden toad, Pixiu, four spirits: dragon, phoenix, turtle, Lin, other unicorns (Xie Zhi), thunder beasts

The roar is shaped like a rabbit, with long pointed ears, only more than a foot long.

It is shaped like a tiger with dog hair, two feet long, with a human face, tiger feet, pig mouth teeth, and a tail that is one foot and eight feet long. Kui is shaped like a cow, without horns, and has a huge body, dark black, but only supports one foot.

People who ride on it can live 3,000 years. Rhinoceros looks like a cow, has black fur, barks like a baby, feeds on humans, and is extremely vicious.

The horse's belly comes out of Yishui beside Manqu Mountain. It has the face of a human and the body of a tiger. It sounds like a baby crying and has a ferocious temperament.

Fei comes from Mount Tai, looks like a bull, has a white head, one eye, and a snake tail. It is an ancient plague beast.

Yonghe has red eyes, red mouth, and yellow hair. He looks a bit like an ape. He is the ancient god of panic. It is said that when he appears, he will be accompanied by great disasters.

Roe deer originates from Gouwu Mountain. It has a sheep body and a human face, eyes under the armpits, and claws like human hands and feet. It is also known as Taotie.