Pixiu, Kirin, Phoenix, Mandarin duck, Bifan, Turtle, Taotie

Pixiu——

It is divided into female and male. The male is named "Pixiu" and the female is named "Pixiu".

A ferocious auspicious beast. Pixiu feeds on wealth and receives wealth from all directions. Chinese tradition has the custom of "Pixiu", which, like the dragon and the lion, has the function of driving away evil spirits from the place and bringing joy and good luck. Pixiu likes to sleep lazily, so it is best to pick it up, touch it, and play with it every day, as if you want to wake it up, and wealth will follow.

The role of Pixiu in Feng Shui can be explained in the following points:

1. It has the function of keeping the house in check and warding off evil spirits. Placing the consecrated Pixiu at home can make the home run well, increase good luck, drive away evil spirits, have the effect of calming the house, and become the patron saint of the home to ensure the safety of the whole family.

2. It has the effect of attracting wealth and increasing wealth. In addition to helping partial wealth, it is also helpful for positive wealth, so businessmen should also place Pixiu in their company or home.

3. It has the effect of resolving the five yellow evil spirits. It is used to dispel evil spirits and bring prosperity to the house. Especially in terms of financial luck, Pixiu has a more obvious effect.

Qilin——

The male is called Qilin, and the female is called Lin

Qilin, also known as "Qilin", or "Lin" for short, is recorded in ancient Chinese books A kind of animal, together with the phoenix, turtle, and dragon, they are called the "four spirits". They are the mounts of gods. The ancients regarded the unicorn as a benevolent and auspicious beast.

Kilin is a divine creature in the sky, not on the earth. It often appears with the gods and is the mount of the gods. It belongs to the fire system and is a fairy. Generally they cannot fly, but adult unicorns can fly. The adult unicorn can be big or small. It is kind at ordinary times and extremely ferocious when angry. Lord of wisdom and auspiciousness. The adult Qilin has comprehensive magic. Like a dragon, it can fly and enter water. It has two wings, but it does not rely on them but relies on clouds to fly.

Phoenix——

The male is Phoenix and the female is Huang

The earliest phoenix belongs to the wind. In ancient wind god belief, it was believed that the wind in the world is caused by huge It is produced by a bird flapping its wings. This bird that can produce wind is the phoenix. Therefore, the phoenix is ​​worshiped as the god of wind in all directions. It is believed that there is a giant bird flapping its wings in each direction. Therefore, the two characters "phoenix" and "huang" and the character "wind" both have the "ji" part that represents wind. Later, the representative of wind was gradually replaced by the dragon, which moved the wind and rain, and the phoenix gradually derived symbols of auspiciousness, women, or fire.

鸳鸯——

Mandarin duck refers to the male bird, and 鸯 refers to the female bird, so 鸳鸯 is a compound word. Belongs to the order Anseriformes, Anatidae.

In spring, it passes through Shandong, Hebei, Gansu and other places to the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia and the northern and central parts of Northeast China to breed; it overwinters in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the southeastern coast. The largest overwintering clusters are several sandbanks on the east and south sides of Chongming Island in Shanghai, and their numbers can reach more than 10,000. Some mandarin ducks also breed in Guizhou and Yunnan. This bird is a famous ornamental bird in China.

狴犴——

Male, Suan Ni, one of the nine sons of the dragon in the legend, looks like a lion, likes smoking and sitting, so the image usually appears on the incense burner. Swallowing smoke and spitting out mist.

Suanni is not an alias for lion (some say it is an alias for lion). Legend has it that the dragon is one of the nine sons, the fourth, and a ferocious beast. It is shaped like a lion and likes to smoke and sit easily. Buddha saw that it was patient, so he put it under his crotch and used it as a mount.

Motor turtle——

Motor turtle is a reptile that looks like a turtle and lives in the water. It has a short tail and a dark green carapace, nearly round, with many small bumps. It is a nocturnal animal. They live in rivers and lakes and are good at drilling through mud and sand. Feed on aquatic animals. They are sluggish in movement, have low metabolism, and have strong hunger tolerance. They will go into hibernation if the temperature is too high or too low.

Taotie——

Taotie is the fifth son of the legendary dragon and a mysterious monster in imagination. The ancient book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" describes its characteristics as: a sheep body, eyes under the armpits, tiger teeth and human claws, a big head and a big mouth. He was very greedy and ate whatever he saw. He ate too much and eventually died of starvation. Later, a greedy person was described as: "Glutton".