Ancient China Feng Shui masters believed that the brave were auspicious beasts who turned disasters into blessings. From ancient times to the present, emperors to the people have paid great attention to the collection and wearing of magic. Legend has it that magic not only has the function of auspiciousness to ward off evil spirits, but also has the function of saving houses, turning the old into the young and promoting marriage. In China, there is a custom of decorating "magic", which has rich meanings and people believe that it can bring joy and good luck. In ancient times, people often used magic as the name of the army.
Myths and legends
Magic is a kind of god beast in ancient myths and legends of China. It is fierce and powerful. It is responsible for patrolling the sky to prevent monsters, plagues and diseases from disturbing the heaven.
Legend has it that the brave man broke the dogma, and the jade emperor punished him for only eating money from all directions, swallowing everything without diarrhea, making a fortune and not getting in, which was extraordinary. After the story spread, this animal was regarded as making money. Many people in China wear brave jade products, which is the story.
brief introduction
A brave man is like a tiger and leopard, with a dragon-shaped head and tail, a golden color like jade, a pair of wings on his shoulders that can't be unfolded, a corner on his head and a backward tilt.
Legend has it that raccoons are a fierce beast, but this beast is divided into male and female, the male is called raccoon and the female is called raccoon. In ancient times, this beast was divided into single horns or double horns. One horn is called "Tianlu" and the other two horns are called "evil spirits". Most shapes are single-angled.
Many people think that the fearless animal now is the giant panda. According to Records of the Five Emperors, more than 4,000 years ago, the Yellow Emperor tamed tigers, leopards, brave animals and beasts (giant pandas) to fight for the army and defeated Emperor Yan in Hanquan (now Zhuolu County, Hebei Province).
In ancient times, it was also used to refer to brave soldiers. In the Beijing Opera "Lost Street Pavilion, Empty City Plan, Chop Ma Su", Zhuge Liang once wrote a lyric "Each is his own master", and "courage" means hero.
In the south, some people call it a "monster" or "four unlike". In China, there is a tradition of decorating "God beast". Like dragons, phoenixes and unicorns, mythical animals are considered to bring happiness and good luck.
Jade carvings are generally prone, some with jade money in their mouths and some lying on jade money. People like to tie jade money in their mouths with red lines, or tie ropes to the tails of animals to play with.
According to records, it is shaped like a lion with wings, and ancient fabrics, military flags, hooks, printed buttons and bell buttons are often used as decorations to ward off evil spirits.
In the Han Dynasty, the plastic arts developed greatly. Many works about animals and people are vivid and widely used. Among them, animals with different shapes are the most striking. These animals are endowed with supernatural characteristics and have strong momentum in appearance. At present, several pieces of this kind of jade have been found in the archaeological excavation of the Han Dynasty site, and there are also a few remains in the jade handed down from generation to generation. This jade beast is typical of this kind of works because of its majestic shape, fierce expression, high modeling expressive force and high technological level. This object has a certain weight and a low center of gravity, so it can be used as a jade town.
Forbidden City Wenchuang
Animals in China bear the romantic cultural color of ancestors, shape concrete images and express abstract natural thoughts. Every god beast is the condensation of a part of our China culture.
The creative design of the brave warrior in the Forbidden City fully draws on the spiritual characteristics of jade in the Forbidden City collection to ward off evil spirits, and its shape is lovely, smart and dignified. The overall color is bright and bright, full of vitality, the corners of the mouth rise, and there is no sense of distance, which makes people feel intimate and affectionate. Eyebrows are enlarged and prominent, vivid and full of spirituality.
history
There is a record in the biography of the Western Regions of Han Dynasty: "Wugeshan is divided into peach, lion and rhinoceros". Meng Kang said, "The peach blossom is called Fu Ba, like a deer's tail. One horn is called Tianlu, and the other two horns are called Evil God. " Fighting evil is fighting.
According to ancient records, the brave is a beast, one of the five auspicious beasts in ancient times (except dragon, phoenix, turtle and unicorn), and is called lucky beast. The brave was once the totem of two ancient clans. Legend has it that he helped the Emperor Yanhuang to fight, and was named "Tianlu Beast", which means to be blessed by God. It is designed for the emperor to protect treasures and is also a symbol of the royal family. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named it "the treasure of emperors". It is also called "exorcism" because it specializes in eating wild animals to ward off evil spirits. Ancient China Feng Shui masters believed that the brave were auspicious beasts who turned disasters into blessings.
However, some ancient poets used magical words to describe fierceness. The wife of Xu Junbao, a poetess in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote the poem "Man Ting, Korea, Shang, Prosperity". "Once the swords and soldiers are raised together, a million flags will be raised", the demon said that it was a beast. The entries in Xinhua Dictionary are as follows: ① A fierce beast in ancient books; (2) metaphor brave army. It can be seen that animals are not necessarily wild animals.
Two kinds of beasts in ancient books. Yi Zhou Shu Zhou Zhu: "Although the mountain is deep, is it desirable for tigers and leopards?" Historical Records of the Five Emperors: "(Xuanyuan) teaches bears"? Tiger, in order to fight Emperor Yan in the wild of Hanquan. "Sima Zhen Suoyin:" These six beasts can teach war. "Liaodong people call it a white bear. Male, female, so the ancients repeatedly cited it. "
Duolian is used to describe a brave soldier. "Wang Tombstone" said: "General, you must not be arrogant. Qing Bi wrote the poem "Chronicle": "When thieves are unprepared, the night is still. "Liu Yazi's seventh poem, Reading History, said:" The greenwood family is proud of it, and the kids take it as a fashion. "