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What are the god beasts in ancient mythology? Such as "Brave", "Ze", "Ying Long" and "Famous",

Hu (?): The early dragons were imagined based on the reptile-snake model, often in the water. "It takes five hundred years to become a jiaozi, and it takes a thousand years to become a dragon." It is the embryonic form of the dragon, which once appeared on the bronze decoration in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, but not much.

Qiu: Generally speaking, a little dragon without horns is called Qiu Long, which is a growing dragon. Therefore, ancient literature records: "Those without horns are called autumn, and those with horns are called dragons." The other is that the young dragon is called autumn after it has horns. Although there are differences between the two statements. But everyone is called the growing Longqiu. Others call the dragon of Panqu the dragon, and Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, has a sentence of "A thousand plays play a sheep's intestines" in his poem "Talking about Qingyun".

Panguo: It is a snake-shaped monster of the genus Dragon, an early dragon with no horns. There is a description of "killing dragons without horns" in Guangya. There are also two views on dragons, one refers to the yellow horned dragon and the other refers to the female dragon. There is a note in Han Zhuan that "the red dragon is also a female dragon", so the unearthed Warring States period is decorated with dragons and dragons, which means that men and women mate. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, bronzes, jade carvings, bronze mirrors or buildings were often decorated in the shape of flat flies, including single flies, double flies, three flies, five flies and even swarms of flies. Or as a title card, or as a ring, or as a book. In addition, there are Bo Gu beetles, ring beetles and other changes.

Jiao: Generally speaking, it refers to a scaly dragon that can cause floods. According to legend, the water of the dragon can make clouds and fog and soar in space. In ancient Chinese, it is often used to mean that talented people get the opportunity to display their talents. There are different opinions about the origin and shape of jiaozi in classical literature, some say that "dragons have no horns and are called jiaozi", while others say that "scales are called Xiaolong". The third volume of Mo Ke Dao Rhinoceros is more specific: Jiao is shaped like a snake, with a head like a tiger and an elder of dozens of feet. Most of them live under the caves in Xitan, and their voices are like cattle. There is a story in Liu Yiqing's Shi Shuo Xin Yu in the Southern Song Dynasty, saying that he went into the water for three days and three nights at the beginning of the week to chop jiaozi back.

People often say "dragon", but in fact "jiao" and "dragon" are the names of 1 mythical creatures of different ages: jiao when he was young and dragon when he grew up. Although they all have great power, they are different in essence. There are two prototypes of Xiaolong: one is crocodile, and the English name is Alligator. There are only a few species in the world, such as the Chinese alligator in China; The other is the saltwater crocodile, the scientific name of which is Bay Crocodile. Han Yu in the Tang Dynasty wrote an article offering sacrifices to crocodiles in order to drive away the bay crocodiles that endangered the people in Chaozhou, Guangdong at that time. At present, this crocodile is the largest crocodile in existence, with a maximum length of seven meters.

Ceratosaurus: refers to a horned dragon. According to Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, "A Thousand-year-old Dragon, a Hundred-year-old dragon five Horned Dragon", Horned Dragon is an old man among dragons.

Ying Long: The winged dragon is called Ying Long. According to Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, "dragon five has been a Ceratosaurus for a hundred years, and Ying Long for a thousand years", Ying Long is the essence of the dragon, so he has wings. According to legend, Ying Long was the dragon of the ancient Yellow Emperor. It was ordered by the Yellow Emperor to crusade against Chiyou and kill Chiyou to become a hero. In Yu's flood control, the dragon swept the floor with its tail and diverted the flood. This dragon is also called Huanglong, and Huanglong is it, so it is the hero of Yu. Ying Long is characterized by wings, prickly scales, long head, small nose, eyes and ears, big eyes, high eyebrow arch, sharp teeth, protruding forehead, thin neck, long tail tip and strong limbs, just like a Chinese alligator with wings. The image of Ying Long often appears in jade carvings, stone carvings, silk paintings and lacquerware in the Han Dynasty during the Warring States Period.

Fire dragon: It is a dragon threatened by fire. The whole body is purple fire, and wherever the fire dragon passes, it is all burnt.

Panlong: refers to the dragon that crouches on the ground and does not ascend to heaven. The shape of a dragon is coiled. In ancient buildings in China, dragons coiled on pillars and dragons on decorative beams and ceilings are customarily called Panlong. There is another explanation for Panlong in "Taiping Magnolia": "Panlong is four feet long, blue-black, with a brocade-like red belt, and often goes down with the water and into the sea. Toxic, it hurts. " I mix dragons with jiaozi, snakes and things like that.

Qinglong is one of the "four spirits" or "four gods", also known as the black dragon. Ancient astronomers in China divided some stars in the sky into twenty-eight star zones, that is, twenty-eight nights, to observe the movement of the moon and divide the seasons, and divided the twenty-eight nights into four groups, with seven nights in each group, four colors of blue, red, white and black, and four animals, namely dragons, birds, tigers and basalts (where turtles and snakes intersect), called "four elephants". Dragon means the east, blue, the so-called "East Palace Qinglong". In the Qin and Han dynasties, these four images became "four spirits" or "four gods" (dragon, phoenix, turtle and forest), and their mystery became more and more intense. The existing stone relief of the East Palace Black Dragon constellation in Nanyang Han Painting Academy consists of a dragon, eighteen stars and the moon, and is engraved with jade toad. This dragon is the symbol of the whole black dragon constellation. In the bricks, stones and tiles of the Han Dynasty, there are many images of "four spirits".

Black Dragon: ① The name of the dragon. "Songs of Chu Xi Poetry": "The larva of the black dragon is on the left and the white tiger is on the right." 2 horse names. The Book of Rites and the Moon Order: "Meng Chunzhi, ... took a trip to the black dragon." Note: "A horse over eight feet is a dragon." (3) the ecliptic Oriental seven nights collectively, namely, tsing lung. Book Yao Dian: "The sun always has sparks, so it is midsummer." Legend: "Fire is the star of the Black Dragon. If you lift it, you will see seven stars." (4) refers to the Tai Sui star. In ancient times, ancient astrologers regarded Tai Sui as a fierce side, so they also referred to ferocious people.

Dragon: The dragon lives on the coast or in the estuary. It looks like jiaozi, or it may be one of them.

Storks have an incredible ability to see all kinds of visions from the air exhaled by their mouths. Most of these phantoms are pavilions, luxury goods that no one has ever seen. From the window, you can see the well-dressed nobles walking around. This is often called a mirage.

Yunlong: A dragon entangled in clouds.

Wang Long: A dragon with a side head.

The dragon has nine sons, each with his own unique temperament ―― brothers and sisters may be different in many ways.

The son of one of the dragons, whose name is Bi 'an, is a good prison with a long face. He often waits in prison and leads the war. The dragon's second son, named Yu Ya, has a beak and iris, a fish horn and a unicorn. He is also known as a unicorn. He is an auspicious animal. Dragon's third son, named Suanni, also named Jin Xian, looks like a lion and likes fireworks. Generally decorated with incense burners. The fourth son of the dragon, Xie Zhi, looks like a unicorn and is a symbol of good luck, so he is regarded as a symbol of justice and good luck. Dragon's fifth son, Tuochi, is a good swimmer and often swims around the Yangtze River. The sixth son of the dragon, named Mojie, is a fish with a sheep's head, which was believed by ancient Indians. He is a good climber and a good beast. The seventh son of the dragon, also known as Jin, is said to be a fierce beast with a fierce temperament, and loves to fight and kill people. The eighth son of the dragon, whose name is Zhengning, is a ferocious beast with wolf claws. He is good at intimidating others and is a fierce beast. Dragon's nine sons, named the brave and brave, auspicious and auspicious beast, Yi Long, a phoenix tail, a cow's hoof and a scale, are all good treasures, and like gold and silver jewelry, they are mascots. Nine sons give birth to dragons, that is, nine sons give birth to dragons, and none of them are Jackie Chan, so they are different. The so-called "dragon gave birth to nine children" does not mean that the dragon just gave birth to nine children. In the traditional culture of China, nine represents a lot and has a supreme position. Nine is an imaginary number and an expensive number, so it is used to describe the dragon son. There is a long-standing saying that dragons have nine sons, but there has been no saying about which nine animals are, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that there were various opinions. In the Ming Dynasty, some scholars' notes, such as Lu Rong's Miscellaneous Notes on the Garden, Li Dongyang's Collection of Huailu Hall, Yang Shen's Collection of Climbing the Temple, Xu Li's Essay on the Old Man in the Temple, and Xu Yingqiu's Talking about Yun Yun in Tang Yuzhi, all recorded the dragon's situation, but they were not unified.

The saying that "the dragon gives birth to nine sons" comes from Li Dongyang's Huailu Tangji in the Ming Dynasty. Dragon's nine sons are: Lao Da Prison Niu.

Yazi, second son.

The third child laughed at the wind.

Lao si pu Lao

Sister-in-law (suānni)

Laoliu (Bixi)

Bianca, a seven-year-old armadillo.

Old eight bears a heavy burden (Fuxi)

Laojiu kiss/tail (ch and w ě n/ch and w ě i)

Another way of saying it is:

Big boss (Bixi)

Kiss the penis/tail (ch and w ě n/ch and w ě i)

Laosandao

Bianca

Laowu gluttony

Laoliuba (bāxia)

Lao qi ya zi

Old BaSao (suānni)

Laojiu's religious map

Some stories also include decapitated heads, unicorns, raccoons, and mythical dragons.

The above is only the pedigree of dragons, and as for more, it mainly appears in Shan Hai Jing, such as Chaos, Di Jiang, Xingtian and so on.