What is the difference between Pixiu and the gold-swallowing beast?
The difference between Pixiu and the gold-swallowing beast is:
1. The gold-swallowing beast is an Internet term derived from the ridicule of some parents towards their children. It means a newly born baby, because when the four-legged gold-eating beast is just born, it cannot communicate when it is ignorant and can only crawl around on four legs. Most people on the Internet refer to young people who spend their parents’ money.
2. The pinyin of Pixiu is píxiū, also known as "to ward off evil spirits, Tianlu, and Baijie". It is a ferocious and auspicious beast recorded in ancient Chinese books and folk myths and legends. Ancient Chinese Feng Shui scholars believe that Pixiu is an auspicious animal that can turn disaster into good fortune.
Pixiu (pí xiū), also known as "warp evil, Tianlu, Baijie", commonly known as "Pixihu", is a ferocious auspicious beast recorded in ancient Chinese books and folk myths and legends, and is related to "dragon". ", "Phoenix", "Turtle" and "Qilin" are collectively called the five auspicious beasts.
According to "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the Five Emperors": Pixiu is a beast with six legs. "Qingyi Leichao·Animals·Pixiu" records: The appearance of Pixiu is like a tiger, or bear, with gray-white fur. Pixiu's body is like a tiger and leopard, its head and tail are like a dragon, its color is both gold and jade, it has a pair of wings on its shoulders but cannot be spread out, and it has a horn on its head that is tilted back. In ancient times, it was divided into one or two corners. One corner was called "Tianlu" and the two corners were called "warping evil". The shape of Pixiu is mostly single-horned.