China is as famous as gluttony. What other monsters are there?
Qu is a one-legged monster in ancient myths and legends of China. Kuiniu was a sacred animal in ancient times. It was born in Langshan in the East China Sea in ancient times. It looks like a cow, and its whole body is blue. It has no horns and only one foot. Every time there is a storm.
It still shines like sunshine and moonlight, and its roar is deafening like thunder. Later, the Yellow Emperor got the beast, made a drum out of its skin, and used Lei Shou's bones as a mallet to beat the drum. The drum resounded five hundred miles away, which was a great shock to the world. Kui is a legendary one-legged monster.
2. clumsy
Also known as Mao, it is a man-eating monster in ancient myths and legends of China, isn't it? Tiger Claw runs very fast. It is said that he is a god. There are many sayings about He Lu's appearance, such as the face of a dragon is the same size as that of a raccoon, and some people say it is the face of a cow with legs, or a beast with a dragon head and a tiger body.
It is said that because he likes to eat people, Emperor Yao ordered Hou Yi to kill it. Mao was originally honest and kind, but later he was killed by a god named Wei (one of the twenty-eight lodging houses, with a bird's head holding a wooden stick). Unable to bear it, the Emperor of Heaven ordered ten witches to be resurrected with elixirs. Unexpectedly, after Mao's resurrection, he became a monster with ferocious personality and love for human beings.
3. Qiong Qi
One of the four ancient executioners in China myths and legends is mainly recorded in Shan Hai Jing and Northern Shan Hai Jing. This means that Qiong Qi looks like a tiger, has wings, likes to eat people, and even eats from people's heads. He is a fierce animal.
However, in Shan Hai Jing, another image of Qiong Qi is mentioned in Shan Hai Jing ·Xi· Shan Jing. Qiong Qi in this article looks like a cow, with hedgehog hair, which is quite different from the description in Hainei Beijing. But both of them are fierce beasts who like to eat people, and there is no difference in this respect.
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The origin of monsters:
These monsters mainly come from Shan Hai Jing. There are 18 articles in the book, and the rest chapters have long been lost. The original ***22 articles, about 32650 words. * * * There are 5 Tibetan Mountain Classics, 4 overseas Classics, 5 domestic Classics and 4 Wild Classics. There are 13 chapters in Hanshu, not counting the later wild classics and family classics.
The contents of Shan Hai Jing are mainly geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, Taoism, nationalities, products, medicines, sacrifices and witch doctors. It has preserved many famous ancient myths and fables, including Kuafu's daily reclamation, Jingwei reclamation and Dayu flood control.
Shan Hai Jing has extraordinary literature value, which can be used as a reference for studying China's ancient history, geography, culture, Chinese and foreign transportation, folk customs and myths, among which the mineral records are the earliest related documents in the world.
The edition of Shan Hai Jing is complicated, so the earliest edition is Shan Hai Jing Zhuan by Guo Pu in Jin Dynasty. But when it comes to Historical Records, the title of Shan Hai Jing, the earliest bibliography is Hanshu Yiwenzhi. As for the real author of this book, many predecessors thought that it was Yu, Bo Yi, and was collated by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin in the Western Han Dynasty before it was handed down from generation to generation. Nowadays, many people think that the exact date and author of this book cannot be confirmed.
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