What are the gods and beasts in ancient Chinese mythology?

Pangu family - also known as Yuanshi Tianwang, one name, Fuli Yuanshi Tianzun.

Sanqing:

Yuanshi Tianzun

Lingbao Tianzun is also known as Taishang Daojun

Daode Tianzun is also known as Taishang Laojun (Also known as Taishang Daozu in Journey to the West)

Six Royals

The wife of the Central Jade Emperor: the Queen Mother, also known as the Queen Mother of the West

Zhongtian Ziwei in the North Pole The Great Emperor

The South Antarctic Immortal Emperor, also known as the Jade Qingzhen King, is the ninth son of the Yuanshi Heavenly King.

Arctic God of War and Antarctic God of War))

Mother of the Earth: Empress Chengtian follows the example of the Empress Earth Emperor

Five Directions and Five Elders:

South Antarctic Avalokitesvara

Eastern Chongen Holy Emperor

Three Islands and Ten Continents Immortal King Donghua Great Emperor (i.e. Dongwanggong, named Jinchan clan, nicknamed Mu Gong)

Northern Arctic Xuanling Doumu Yuanjun (the Moli branch of the twenty heavens in Buddhism)

Central Huangji Huangjiao Daxian

Central Tiangong Immortal Table

Sun Star Lord | Wude Star Lord | Blessing Lord True Lord

Zhenren (Zhang Boduan) | Emperor Wenchang | Heavenly Deaf | Earthly Mute

Three official emperors: Tianguan | Diguan | Shuiguan

Four Heavenly Kings:

The King of Growth, the King of Control, the King of Wen and the King of Wide Eyes

Four merits:

Li Bing, the god of the year | Huang Chengyi, the god of the moon | Sun God Zhou Deng | Time God Liu Hong

Four Great Celestial Masters:

Zhang Daoling, Xu Xun (named Jingzhi, nicknamed Xu Jingyang), Qiu Hongji, Ge Hong

Four Directions

The Qinglong Mengzhang Divine Lord, the White Tiger Supervisor Divine Lord, the Suzaku Lingguang Divine Lord, and the Xuanwu Zhiming Divine Lord.

The Four Dragon Gods

Yellow River | Yangtze River | Huaihe River | Jishui River God

The four marshals of Ma Zhao Wenguan:

Marshal Ma is also known as Ma Tianjun, also known as King Huaguang and Emperor Huaguang

Marshal Zhao is the God of Wealth Zhao Gongming, also known as Zhao Xuantan

Marshal Wen Wen Qiong, Emperor Dongyue General

Marshal Guan Yu.

The Five Directions of Revealing: Golden Light Revealing, Silver Head Revealing, Polo Revealing, Para??hāna Revealing, Maha Revealing

Five Qi Zhenjun:

The True Lord of Wood and Virtue in the East | The True Lord of Yinghuo and Fire in the South | The True Lord of Taibai and Gold in the West |

The True Lord of Star and Water in the North | The True Lord of Tude in the Central Star

Five Sacred Mountains

Dongyue Mount Tai, Tianqi Rensheng the Great, Nanyue Hengshan, Si Tianzhaosheng the Great, Zhongyue Songshan, Zhongtian Chongsheng the Great,

Beiyue Hengshan, Antian Xuansheng the Great, Xiyue Huashan, Jintianyuan Holy Emperor

(Five Sacred Emperors: Emperor Dongyue, named Jinhong, younger brother of Emperor Donghua.

The other Siyue Emperors are the four

sons of the Donghua Emperor. ) and Bixia Yuanjun

The Five Star Lords:

East Star Lord | West Star Lord | Middle Star Lord | South Star Lord | North Star Lord

Liuding Liujia:

Liu Ding is the goddess of Yin and Jade | Ding Mao God Sima Qing | Ding Ji God Cui Juqing | Ding Wei God Shi Shutong |

Ding You God Zang Wengong Ding Hai God Zhang Wentong | Ding Chou God Zhao Ziyu |

Liujia is the Yang God Jade Man | Jiazi God Wang Wenqing | Jiaxu God Zhan Zijiang | Jiashen God Huwen Chang|

Jiawu God Weiyu Qing|Jiachen God Meng Feiqing|Jiayin God Articles

Nandou Six Star Lord

The first day of Tianfu Palace: Siming Star Lord

The second day of Xiang Palace ：Si Lu Xingjun

Liang Palace on the third day: Longevity Xingjun

The same palace on the fourth day: Yisuan Xingjun

Shu Palace on the fifth day ：Due Xingjun

The Sixth Heavenly Secret Palace: Shangsheng Xingjun

Big Dipper Seven Stars: (The Seven Emperors of the North in "Lion and Camel Kingdom")

The No. 1 Yang Ming Greedy Wolf Star Lord in the Big Dipper

The No. 2 Yin Jing Jumen Star Lord in the Big Dipper

The Third Real Person Lucun Star Lord in the Big Dipper

Beidou The Fourth Xuanming Wenquxingjun

The Fifth Danyuan Lianzhenxingjun of Beidou

The Sixth North Pole Wuquxingjun of Beidou

The Seventh Day of Beidou Passes the Military Star Jun

(The Big Dipper Jun in "Lion and Camel Kingdom" is another title of the Big Dipper Jun: Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji

, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kai Yang, Yao Guang

Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, and Tianquan are also called Doukui or Xuan. The last three stars form the handle of the bucket, which is called the dipper.

Eight Immortals:

Tieguai Li, Han Zhongli, Lu Dongbin, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe, Han Xiangzi, Cao Guojiu, Zhang Guolao

The eight generals under the Growth King: Pang, Liu, Xunbi, Deng Xin Zhangtao, whose full name is

Liu Jun, Xun Leiji, Pang Yu, Bi Zongyuan;

Deng Bowen, Xin Hanchen, Zhang Yuanbo, Tao Yuanxin (four eyes)

Nine Obsidian Stars

Rahu (eclipse star) | Jidu Star | Purple Qi Star | Moon Star

Twelve Yuan Chen

Zichou Yinmao and others

Twenty-eight Constellations

Kang Jinlong, Female Earth Bat, House Sun Rabbit, Heart Moon Fox, Tail Fire Tiger, Ji Water Leopard, Dou Mu Xie,

Ox Taurus, Di Tu Raccoon Dog, Xu Sun Rat, Wei Yue Yan, Room Fire Pig, Wall Water Deer, Kuimu Wolf,

Lou Jin Dog, Wei Tu Pig, Pleiades Chicken, Bi Yue Wu, Gou Fire Monkey, Shen Shui Monkey, Jing Mu Yan,

Ghost Golden Sheep, Liu Tu Deer, Xingri Horse, Zhang Yuelu, Winged Fire Snake, Zhen Water Earthworm.

Thirty-six Heavenly Generals

Ji Leigang | Cui Zhixu | Jiang Feijie | He Tianxiang | Gao Ke

(The version of the Thirty-six Heavenly Generals is the most, the above is for reference only)

The Heavenly Immortal Table on Earth

Jiang Ziya (also the Emperor of Donghua, probably Mu Gong (successor)

Three Immortals of Penglai:

The three stars of fortune, wealth and longevity, the God of Fortune, Tianguan Emperor, another is said to be Yang Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty, and another is said to be Tang Yangcheng

The God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming, (it is said that Bigan and Fan Li are the God of Wealth and Wealth);

The longevity star of the Antarctic Immortal, the female longevity star: Magu

Emperor Zhenwu, also known as the Patriarch of Jiutian Conquering Demons , Marshal Xuanwu.

The Two Generals of Turtle and Snake (also known as Taixuan Water Spirit Black Spirit God, Taixuan Fire Spirit Red Spirit God)

Prince Xiao Zhang and the Five Dragons

Lao Mu of Lishan, Zhen Yuanzi

Dragon Kings: Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea | Ao Qin, the Dragon King of the South Sea | Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea | Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea | King of Jinghai

Shenxiao sect God

Ziwei Arctic Emperor

Yu Qingzhen King (Antarctic Immortal Emperor) - the ninth son of the Yuanshi Heavenly King

The Eight Emperors of Shenxiao (mostly Taoist fiction) ), the True King of Yuqing and the Eight Emperors of Shenxiao together are also called the Jiuchen Emperor of Shenxiao

Eastern Pole Qinghua Emperor, Jiutian Yingyuan Thunder Universalization Tianzun (Yellow Emperor), Jiutian Leizu Emperor, etc. .

(Emperor Taiyi, Emperor Liutian Dongyuan, Emperor Liubo Tianzhu, Zhenjun Kehan, Zhenjun Interview)

The Three Provinces of Jiu Si and the Four Saints of the North Pole

Nine Divisions: The True Lord of the Yufu Prefecture, the Left and Right Waiters of the Yufu, the Left and Right Servants of the Yufu, the Prime Minister of Tianlei, the Envoy of Yushu,

The Prime Minister of Dou Shu, the Commander of the Shangqing Dynasty and the Order of Yufu You Qing, the envoy of Wuleiyuan, the Lord of Thunder City Yuanmingzhen

Three provinces: Thunder Tai Province, Thunder Xuan Province, and Thunder City Province

The Four Saints of the North Pole:

Marshal Tianpeng (Zhu Bajie) is under his command the Great Sage Tiangang, General Jiutian Killer (the eighth star of the Big Dipper, also known as the Great God of Heavenly Killer),

Thunder Messenger, etc.

Marshal Tianyou (Yu)

Marshal Yisheng

Marshal Xuanwu Emperor Zhenwu

Also: Five Directions Thunder King, Five Directions Thunder Emperor

Underworld

North Yin Fengdu Great Emperor

Five Ghost Emperors:

Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei, Shen Tu, Zhi Taozhi Mountain Ghost Gate

The Western Ghost Emperors Zhao Wenhe and Wang Zhenren govern Jizhong Mountain

The Northern Ghost Emperors Zhang Heng and Yang Yun govern Luofeng Mountain;

Du Ziren, the southern ghost emperor, governed Luofu Mountain;

Zhou Qi and Jikang, the central ghost emperors, governed Baodu Mountain

Luofeng Liutian (the following is the name of the palace, and the six days are the guardians) Palace God)

Zhou Jue Yin Tiangong, Taisha Liangshi Zong Tiangong, Mingchen Naibu Wucheng Tiangong,

Tian Zhao Sin Qi Tiangong, Zong Ling Qifei Tiangong, Dare Silian Wanzui Heavenly Palace

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Ten palaces of kings of hell: King Guang of Qin, King of Chujiang, Emperor Song, King Wuguan, King Yama,

Pingping King, Taishan King, City King, Biancheng King, Zhuanlun King

The generals and ministers:

Chief Judge Cui Fujun, Zhong Kui, Black and White Wuchang, Ox-headed Horse-faced , Meng Po God,

Gods of Ancient Mythology

The God of Chaos - more formally, Pangu is the founder of the world, but there are still some legends that Chaos predates Pangu

Born.

Creation God

Tianwu, Bifang, Jubi, Shuhai, Zhuyin, Nuwa

The ancient four heavenly emperors and auxiliary gods:

The Sun God Yan Emperor and the Fire God Zhu Rong worked together to govern the area of ??12,000 miles to the south

Shaohao and the Water God worked to establish the area 12,000 miles to the west. Place

Zhuanxu and the Poseidon Yuqiang (also known as the Winter God Xuanming) govern the place twelve thousand miles to the north

The Qing Emperor Fuxi and the Jiuhe Goddess Hua Xu and their relatives Shen Jumang governs a place 12,000 miles east of the sky

The Gods of the Yellow Emperor

Lu Wu, Yingzhao, Lizhu, Jinjia Shen (this god should be other Said to be an incarnation of God, according to him I made a virtual one

The Golden Armored God of Thunder in the Kingdom of Lions and Camels)

Chi You, Feng Boyu Master, Chisongzi, Limu, God Emperor , Fenghou, Yinglong, Bao, Kuafu, Hercules Kua'e clan,

Dating clan, Wulong clan

Yandi, also known as Shennong clan

The daughter of Emperor Yan

Nvwa (later transformed into the Jingwei bird)

Yao Ji, also known as Fairy Wanhua in "Lion and Camel Kingdom".

There is also a little daughter whose name cannot be determined (she is the Holy Mother of Summer in my book "Lion and Camel Kingdom")

Shaohao's mother is Huang'e, and his eldest son is the spring god Jumang. , the second son Qiu Shen Fushou

Descendants of Zhuanxu

Fourth sons: Abuse ghosts, monsters, send poor ghosts, and 梼杌

Descendants: Lao Tong , Prince Changqin, Li, Zhong, Peng Zu (grandson)

Di Jun

Heavenly wives: Xihe, Chang Xi

Human wives (omitted)

Nv Chou, Yi

Gun’s wife: Nu Xi.

Yao is also known as: Fangxun, his wife and empress;

Shun's surname is Yao, his given name is Chonghua, his wife is Ehuang, and she is a female ying;

Yu, his father Gun , Wife Nvjiao, also known as Tushan, is a nine-tailed white fox spirit

Three Emperors:

Refers to the three emperors of heaven, earth and man, namely Fuxi, Shennong and Nuwa.

Five Emperors:

Usually refers to Huangdi | Zhuanxu | Emperor Jun | Yao | Shun

Others - the famous immortal table the day after tomorrow

The ancestor of the house - Pengzu | The ancestor of Zongheng - Guiguzi | The real person of Wenshi - Yin Xi | The real person of Nanhua - Zhuangzi

The messenger of immortality - Xu Fu | The ancestor of Maoshan immortal - Sanmao Zhenjun | Wan Ancient Alchemy King - Wei Boyang | Tai Chi Master - Liu An

Wonderful Star of the Year - Dongfang Shuo | Taiping Cult Leader - Yu Ji | Serving Ghosts and Gods - Fei Changfang | Bamboo Forest Madman - Ji Kang

Shuifu Immortal--Guo Pu | Jingming Cult Leader--Xu Xun| Penglai (Capital) Water Supervisor--Tao Hongjing| Celestial Master--Kou Qianzhi

Love Immortal--Pei Hang | Fuyaozi - Chen Tuan | Manifestation of the real person - Zhang Sanfeng

Wang Chongyang and the seven Quanzhen sons (Changchunzi Qiu Chuji, Yuyangzi Wang Chuyi, Guangningzi Hao Datong,

Qingjing Sanren Sun Buer, Changshengzi Liu Chuxuan, Changzhenzi Tan Chuduan, Danyangzi Ma Yu)

Others - incomplete list of folk gods

Tianfei Empress | City God | Land Gods | Door Gods Qin Shubao and Yuchi Jingde

Bed Gods (also divided into Bed Gods and Bed Gods, the former is also called Jiutian Jiansheng Mingsu Zhenjun, and the latter is also called Jiutian Weifang Our Lady Tianjun)

Horsehead Niang, the silkworm god (named Xiling, Leizu in the Classic of Mountains and Seas) | Gaotao, the prison god | Tang Minghuang, the Liyuan god

Horse God | Frog God Bai Yuchan | Locust-driving God Liu Meng (meaning fierce general) | Snake King Shi Xianggong (Shi Quan) |

Pox God Zhang Shuai | Farm God Houji

God of Plague: Also known as the Five Ghosts or the Five Powerful Persons, and also known as the Five Plagues in the human world, including Zhang Yuanbo for the Spring Plague, Liu Yuanda for the Xia Plague, Zhao Gongming for the Autumn Plague, Zhong Shigui for the Winter Plague, and Shi Wenye for the Zhongwen Plague.

The God of Joy and the two immortals Hanshan, Found

The main fictional immortal and magic watch in this book

Tianluo King (an incarnation of the Three Pure Ones in Taoism)

Perak Ancestor | Teng Ancestor | Fantasy Fairy | Qing Mi Tian Gods | Yin Yang Dharma King

Poison Dragon Mountain Thousand Poison Swamp Bottom - Python God (with two wings) | Deep in the South China Sea Less than a thousand miles away - the Sea Emperor (octopus monster);

The Beast Emperor (Nine Snake Heads and Turtle Back) (a monster created by Jiuying and Xiangliu by borrowing the energy of heaven and earth)

Overlord (the arrow dinosaur of Tianchi in Changbai Mountain) | Emperor Zhuanzhu (son of Zhuanxu, lives in the Xuanbing Palace in the north) |

Suanni, the King of the Immortal Forest (lives in the tropical dense forest in the south, is stronger than iron) , invulnerable)

The Great Sage Bull Demon King of Pingtian | The Great Sage Flood Dragon Demon King | The Great Sage Lion and Camel King of Moving Mountains | The Great Sage Wild Elephant King of Expelling Gods |

The Great Sage Huntian Peng Demon King | Ventilation Monkey King | Qitian Monkey King

Xitian Lingshan Immortal Buddha Table

Three generations of Buddha: Namo past, present and future Note: usually three generations The Buddha is divided into the horizontal Buddha of the third generation and the vertical Buddha of the third generation.

Erect the Buddha of the Third World:

The ancient Buddha of the past Buddha, plus the present Sakyamuni Buddha (original name: Siddhartha), and the future

The Maitreya Buddha of the world

The third Buddha:

Sakyamuni Buddha in the middle, Manjushri Bodhisattva on the right, and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva on the left;

On the right It is Amitabha Buddha in the Western Paradise World, with Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva on both sides;

On the left is Medicine Buddha in the Oriental Pure Glaze World, with Sunlight Bodhisattva and Moonlight Bodhisattva on both sides.

(Because there are all Tathagatas, the term "Three Worlds Buddha" will not be added in this article. In the original work of Journey to the West,

Namo's past, present and future Buddhas are mentioned. In this book, they are called It is the third Buddha. /p>

The Vajra of Vairocana on the Mo'er Cliff in Mount Sumeru

The Indestructible King of Eternal Residence in the Jinzhi Ridge of Kunlun Mountain

Buddhas of the Five Directions:

The Immovable Buddha in the east; the Precious Buddha in the south; the Vairocana Buddha in the center;

Amitabha Buddha in the west; the Amitabha Buddha in the north.

Eight Bodhisattvas:

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva,

Lingji Bodhisattva, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, Sunlight Bodhisattva, Moonlight Bodhisattva

Top ten disciples:

Sariputta is the first in wisdom | Moggallana is the first in supernatural power | Ananda is the first in learning | Upali is the first in observing precepts

Anaruddha's celestial eye is number one | Maha Kashyapa is number one | Puruna's Dharma is number one | Kachanyan's discussion is number one

Rahula's secret practice is number one | Subhuti's explanation The First in the Sky

Eighteen Arhats:

Arhat with crouching tiger | Meditation Arhat | Arhat riding a deer |

Eighteen Garlands

Twenty heavens:

Days Heaven (also known as the Emperor of the Sun Palace) | Great Brahma Heaven | Multi-hearing Heaven | Vajra Secret Traces | Mother Goddess of Devils;

Yue Tian (also known as the Emperor of the Moon Palace) | Emperor Shitian | Dhiguo Heaven | Great Freedom Heaven | Malizhi Heaven;

(Great) Biancai Heaven | (Great) Merit Heaven | Growth Heaven | General Sanzhi | Vajra Dragon King;

Weituo Heaven (God of War Saigantuo) | The God of Solid Earth | The God of Wide Eyes | The God of Bodhi Tree | King Yama.

The Four Divine Beasts

There are many legends about dragons, and there are many theories about the origin of dragons. Some say they were introduced from India, and some say they were transformed from Chinese stars. . India itself is said to be about the dragon god, but the status of the dragon in India is not high, and there is also a real thing - a python.

In the era when the Five Elements theory was popular, stories about the Green Dragon slowly began to spread; Five Elements masters assigned five colors to the southeast, northwest, and middle according to the yin and yang and the five elements, and each color was matched with the five elements. The previous mythical beast and a god; the east is cyan, with the dragon, the west is white, with the tiger, the south is vermilion, with the bird, the north is black, with the martial arts, and yellow is the central color.

Among the gods from all directions, according to the Book of Mountains and Seas, ‘Zhurong from the south has a beast body and a human face, riding two dragons. ’; ‘To the west, there is a snake in the left ear, riding on two dragons. '; 'There is Jumang in the east, with the body of a bird and the face of a human, riding on two dragons.

’; ‘In the Yu border in the north, a man with black body and limbs rides on two dragons. ', a more interesting point is that the dragons in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are all ridden, while the snakes of the same kind are held, manipulated or wrapped around the neck, showing the difference between the two; but in the Five The five gods of Fang are quite different from the four gods of Sifang, so I won’t go into details here. Suzaku, Xuanwu (black tortoise and snake, Wu means turtle and snake), Qinglong and White Tiger respectively represent the twenty-eight constellations of the four directions. The dragon represents the seven constellations of the east - Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji. And the shape of these seven constellations is very similar to the shape of a dragon. It can be seen from the meaning of their words that the horn is the horn of the dragon, the horn is the neck, the di is the root of the neck, the room is the shoulder and the side, and the heart is the base of the neck. The heart, the tail is the tail, and the Ji is the end of the tail.

Also in the part of the dragon’s heart, some people call it the ‘big fire’, which is related to sunshine and rain. And because Qinglong belongs to wood, it is also the year of Jupiter in that year. After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits were also given human names to make it easier for humans to call them. The green dragon was called "Mengzhang", the white tiger was called "Jianbing", the red bird was called "Lingguang", and the Xuanwu was called "Zhi Ming". Among the many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their reign name, such as Emperor Wei Ming of the Three Kingdoms. In the historical records, it is also said that the Xia Dynasty was a dynasty of Mu De, so it had the auspicious title of "Qinglong was born in the suburbs". Records of trillions.

In ancient China, those with horns on their heads were called male dragons; those with two horns were called dragons, those with one horn were called dragons; Called mother and son Chi; the dragon's status is much higher than that in India. Because in China the dragon is a divine creature, the supreme being, and the symbol of the emperor. It is also a representative of the East. Among the five elements, it belongs to wood. Because cyan belongs to wood, there is a saying that it is a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right.

Among the twenty-eight constellations, the seven constellations in the east are used - Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji. The ancients imagined them to be the image of dragons. Because they are located in the east, they correspond to the five elements of Yin and Yang. According to the theory of color matching for the five directions, the east is green, hence the name 'Green Dragon'.

There is also a folk saying that the dragon's nature is lustful. When it has sex with an ox, it will give birth to a unicorn, and when it has sex with a pig, it will give birth to an elephant.

The so-called dragon gave birth to nine sons, none of whom are like dragons. This is the saying -

The eldest son is called Prison Ox: it loves music all its life, so it always stands on the head of the piano. . Such as the Huqin of the Han people and the Sanxianqin of the Bai people. The Mongolian Morin Khuur may also be a variant of the Prison Niu.

The second son is Jai Pi: it loves to kill, so it is often placed on weapons to intimidate the enemy. At the same time, it is also used in ceremonies to appear more majestic.

The third son is Chaofeng: a beast-shaped dragon that looks a bit like a dog. It is good at looking out, so it is often placed in the corner of the palace. It is said that it can intimidate demons and eliminate disasters.

The fourth one is Pulao: it likes to roar, so people put it on the bell, mostly in the image of Pulao. It is said that it lives on the beach, but is very afraid of whales. Once a whale attacks, it will scream in fear. Therefore, people shaped the wooden pestle into the shape of a whale to make the copper bell extra loud. The fifth child is Suanni: shaped like a lion. It is a foreign product that was introduced to China with Buddhism, so its personality is a bit like that of Buddha. It is so quiet and loves fireworks. Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's throne or on the incense burner to protect Buddhism.

The sixth son is Baxia: also known as Bixi, he looks like a turtle. According to legend, in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains on its back to create trouble. Later, he was subdued by Xia Yu and made many great contributions to Xia Yu. After the flood control was successful, Xia Yu let it carry out its achievements. Therefore, most of China's stone monuments are carried on its back.

The seventh child is Bian: also known as Charter, it looks like a tiger. According to legend, it upholds justice and can distinguish right from wrong, so it is placed above and below the prison door, on both sides of the door lobby, and on top of the cards that officials quietly avoid when they go on patrol to maintain the solemn atmosphere of the court.

The eighth child is negative: because it loves literature, it is placed on two sides of the stone tablet.

Mozi is Chiki: also known as Ouwei, a fish-shaped dragon. It is said that around the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the "Moji Fish" from India was introduced with Buddhism. It is the object under the seat of the rain god in Buddhist scriptures and can extinguish fire. Therefore, the chi kiss was transformed from this, so it is often placed at both ends of the roof ridge to eliminate disasters and extinguish fires.

It can be seen that Xianchi was originally regarded as the place where the sun rises by the Qiang people. Xianchi is also an alkaline lake, which should be a lake in the Minshan area or Qinghai. This proves that there is no concept of green dragon and white tiger in the star palaces and celestial phenomena worshiped by primitive people. In "Book of Rites. Liyun" it is said: "Lin, phoenix, turtle, dragon, are called the four spirits." ’ Replace Xianchi, which is not an animal, with Qilin. In later generations, it was customary to have a lin among the four spirits and a tiger among the four elephants.

And because the white tiger is the god of war, many powerful generals are said to be white tiger stars throughout the world, such as: Tang Dynasty generals Luo Cheng, Xue Rengui and his son. In addition, the white tiger was attracted by Taoism and deified, becoming the door god of various temples.

Suzaku can also be said to be a phoenix or black bird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits. Like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars and is the general name of the seven stars in the south: Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen. When I think of it, it's Suzaku. Zhu is red, like fire, and the south belongs to fire, so it is called Phoenix. It also has the property of being reincarnated from the fire, just like the phoenix in the West, so it is also called the Fire Phoenix.

According to records in ancient books, the phoenix is ??a beautiful bird, and with its singing voice and demeanor, it is the king of birds. , has the special spirituality of not eating anything that is not bamboo, and not drinking from springs that are not sweet wine. Since it is the length of the feather insect, the dragon and the scale insect have gradually become a pair in the legend, and one is ever-changing. A person with good virtues becomes a pair that complements each other in folk customs. Moreover, because the dragon symbolizes the Yang, and the phoenix, which originally had yin and yang (the phoenix is ??the male and the female is the phoenix), gradually becomes pure after facing the dragon. Yin represents.

There are many original forms of the Phoenix. Such as golden pheasants, peacocks, eagles, swans, black birds (swallows), etc... It is also said that they were transformed into the Buddhist roc Garuda. The phoenix mentioned in the Phoenix myth has the head of a chicken, the chin of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, and has five-color patterns. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: red is the phoenix, green is the phoenix, white is the swan, and there are yellow and purple.

The explanation of the black bird comes from the "Book of Songs. Ode to Shang. Xuannio": "The black bird of destiny descended and gave birth to Shang, and its Yin earth shines brightly." The ancient emperor ordered Wutang and Zhengyu to be in all directions. ’, the descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties said that their ancestor Qi was born from Xuanniao and established a powerful Shang Dynasty. Therefore, Xuanniao became the founder of merchants. "Historical Records. Yin Benji" also records this period of history: "Yin Qi's mother was called Jian Di, and she had a daughter named Rong Di, who was the emperor's second concubine... The three of them were bathing when they saw a black bird carrying its eggs. Jian Di Di took it and swallowed it, and a contract was born due to pregnancy. ’ In addition to the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the Qin Dynasty during the Warring States Period, the Shizi of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Shizi of Xinluo in Korea were also related to fairies swallowing black bird eggs. Regardless of whether it is a black bird or a phoenix, following the development of Taoism, it was transformed from a bird, peacock, pheasant, etc... first into a half-human, half-bird fairy who taught the art of war to a complete Human fairies all follow the development of Taoism.

In Beijing, there used to be three temples dedicated to Xuannv, called Jiutian Niangniang Temple and Xuannv Temple. There are also Xuannv temples in the north and south.

Xuanwu is a spiritual creature composed of a turtle and a snake. The original meaning of Xuanwu is Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are connected. Wu means black; Ming means yin. Xuanming originally described turtle divination: the back of the turtle is black, and turtle divination is to ask the turtle to go to the underworld to ask the ancestors, bring the answer back, and show it to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu was the turtle. Later, the meaning of Xuan Ming continued to expand. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including sea turtles), so Xuan Ming became the water god; turtles live long, and Xuan Ming became a symbol of immortality; the original underworld was in the north, and the oracle bone divination of the Yin and Shang Dynasties said that "the divination must be northward", So Xuan Ming became the Northern God again.

Like the other three spirits, Xuanwu is also transformed from the twenty-eight constellations in the world: Dou, Ox, Female, Xu, Danger, Room, and Wall. People after ancient times have the following interpretations of Xuanwu. ‘Xuanwu’ means turtle. "Book of Rites. Qu Li Shang" says: "OK, the first is Zhuniao and then the Xuanwu..." "Xuanwu" is the turtle and snake. "Chu Ci. Yuan Yu" Hong Xingzu's supplementary note: "Xuanwu means turtle and snake." It is located in the north, so it is called Xuan. The body has scales and armor, so it is called Wu. ‘Xuanwu’ is the fusion of snakes, the intersection of turtles and snakes.

Zhang Heng's "Si Xuan Fu" in Volume 15 of "Selected Works" says: "Xuanwu lives in the shell, and the snake winds and corrects itself." ’ Li Shan noted: ‘The cross between a turtle and a snake is called Xuanwu. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Wang Liang": "Chifu Fu" says: "Wang Liang Zhuheng made Xuanwu." ’’ Li Xian noted: ‘Suwu, the god of the north, is a combination of a tortoise and a snake. 'Xuanwu' is the god of water and the god of the north. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Wang Liang": "Xuanwu, the name of the water god." ’ Volume 6 of "Zhongxian Weishu Collection" "Hetu Emperor Lanxi": "Born from Xuanwu in the north,... controls the north and governs wind and rain." ’

But Xuanwu was upgraded by later Taoist priests to become the great emperor of the north, "Emperor Zhenwu". It is different from the other three spirits. The other Qinglong and Baihu only became the door gods of the mountain temple, while Zhuniao became Youtian Xuannv.

Xuanwu's status increased in the Song Dynasty and was personified. This is inseparable from the fact that the emperors of the Song Dynasty added fuel to the flames. At the time of Taizu in the early Song Dynasty, there were legends that Zhenwu, Tianpeng and others were the generals of heaven. In the first year of Tianxi reign of Emperor Wei Zhenzong, something happened in the military camp. In Volume 7 of "Shijiyuan": "If a soldier in the camp sees a snake, the sergeant will build a true martial arts hall because of it." In the leap month of the second year, a spring gushed down the side of the hall, and it was inexhaustible. People who were sick were healed by drinking more. ’ Zhenzong heard about this and issued an edict to build a temple on the spot and named it ‘Xiangyuan’. This is probably the earliest Zhenwu Temple in China.

The life experience of Emperor Zhenwu is mostly said by later generations to be during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. The Jade Emperor reincarnated one of his three souls into the Queen of Zhuole Kingdom. He hated the world and gave up his throne to practice on Mount Wudang. , successfully ascended and guarded the north, nicknamed: Xuanwu