What is the origin and allusion of the dragon turtle?

The origin of the Dragon Turtle The four most frightening and powerful beasts in ancient China were Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Tsing lung and white tiger palm in all directions, Suzaku Xuanwu is in harmony with Yin and Yang, and the sacred beasts of the Four Spirits are the four spirits of black dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu Heaven. Qinglong is the God of the East; White tiger is the god of the west; Zhu is known as the god of the south; Xuanwu is the god of the north, and the tortoise and snake are combined. Therefore, there is a "Three Auxiliary Maps" saying: "Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, the four spirits of the sky, take the square as the square, and the king will make the palace pavilion and take the method." In ancient times, the ancients divided the sky into four palaces, east, west, north and south, named after Qinglong (black dragon), White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu (a turtle-shaped god). In fact, the sky is divided into four parts, which are formed by connecting seven main stars in each part and named after their shapes. The horns, horns, houses, hearts, tails and dustpans in the East are shaped like dragons, so the East Palace is called Qinglong or black dragon. The western seven stars, Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Horn and Ginseng, are shaped like tigers, calling the West Palace the White Tiger. In the south, the well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and web are bird-shaped, called Suzaku; The northern seven-star bucket, cow, female, empty, dangerous, room and wall, which is shaped like a turtle, is called Xuanwu. As a result, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu have become the four gods guarding the celestial officials, creating evil and regulating yin and yang. Among the four gods, Qinglong and Baihu are mainly regarded as spirits to ward off evil spirits, and their images mostly appear in palaces, temples, gates or tombs and their artifacts. In the last occasion, dragons are not helping the tomb owner ascend to heaven, but deterring evil spirits and defending the soul peace of the tomb owner. Dragon: There are many legends about dragons, and there are many stories about the origin of dragons. Some say that they were introduced from India, and some say that they were transformed from China. India itself is said by the dragon god, but the dragon's position in India is not high, and there is also a real thing-python. In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the southeast, northwest and middle schools, and each color was assigned a beast and a god. East is cyan, with dragon, west is white, with tiger, south is vermilion, north is black, with martial arts, and yellow is the central positive color. Among the gods in the four directions, according to Shan Haijing, "Zhu Rong in the south is a beast with a human face, riding two dragons. 」； "In western Ru Shou, there is a snake in the left ear, riding two dragons. 」； "In the East, there is Ju Mang, a bird and a face, riding two dragons. 」； "Northern Yu Jiang, black hands and feet, by two dragons. It is interesting to note that dragons in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are all riding, while snakes of the same kind with him are all being held or held or held or around their necks, showing the difference between the two. However, the five gods in the five directions are not the same as the four gods in the four directions, so I won't elaborate on them here. Suzaku, Xuanwu (black tortoise and snake, martial arts means tortoise and snake), Qinglong and Baihu respectively represent the twenty-eight lodges in the four directions. The dragon is the seven lodges in the East-the horn, the sonorous, the chariot, the house, the heart, the tail and the dustpan, and the shape of these seven lodges is very dragon-shaped. From their word meaning, it can be seen that the horn is the horn of the dragon and the sonorous is the dragon. White tiger: In Four Holy Beasts of China, another one that is often compared with dragons is the tiger; Tiger is the leader of many animals. Its power and legendary ability to subdue ghosts make it a beast belonging to Yang, and it often goes out with dragons. "Clouds follow dragons and winds follow tigers" become the best partners to subdue ghosts. And the white tiger is also the god of war and war. The white tiger has many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying for prosperity and punishing evil, promoting goodness, getting rich and getting married. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Among the 28 stars, there are seven in the west: Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, and its whiteness is due to the west, which belongs to gold in the five elements and is white in color. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but from the five elements. Phoenix: Phoenix is the god bird and the king of all birds. The ancients said that the male is called phoenix and the female is called phoenix. Later, the phoenix is collectively called; Later, when the dragon and the phoenix matched, the phoenix became the name of the imperial concubine. According to the legend, the phoenix evolved from the bird totem of the Yin nationality in the East. Shan Hai Jing Da Huang Xi Jing mentioned that there is a colorful bird with three names, namely the imperial bird, the warbler bird and the phoenix bird. "Shan Hai Jing Nan Ci San Jing" records a kind of bird, which looks like a chicken and has colorful patterns. It is called Phoenix. It shows that the image of Phoenix is very beautiful from the beginning. In the future, it is the same as the image of the dragon, and the more complicated it becomes, the more it has a head, a hip, a snake neck, a fish tail, a dragon pattern, a turtle body, a swallow's chin and a chicken's mouth. (See "Huai Nan Zi Lan Ming") If the phoenix tree does not inhabit, it will not be eaten unless it is bamboo. (See Poetry, Elegance and Volume) It sings and dances, and seeing it means that the world is at peace. As the head of the flock, it has tens of thousands of followers. Phoenix died on a mountain. Birds come here to mourn it every July and August, and it takes seventeen or eight days to disperse. Therefore, the mountain is called "Mourning Mountain". (See "Notes on Water Classics: Bird Hanging") Phoenix is the combination and sublimation of the elegant demeanor of hundreds of birds, and its prototype is nothing more than four categories: Yang bird, eagle, peacock and chicken. The northern nationalities in China worship the eagle, the king of birds. After the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the phoenix, whose basic form was chicken and finch, has undergone great changes, especially the wings of stubborness, which have outstanding eagle posture. The common phoenix in our artworks now is actually the image after the Qing Dynasty, which is a combination of pheasant tail, chicken body, comb, eagle eye, eagle claw, eagle neck, peacock feather and mandarin duck feather. Its tone is not as permanent and stable as that of a dragon. Suzaku is the seven lodging places in the south-stars, ghosts, wells, willows, wings, birds and Zhang Xuanwu. Xuanwu is a kind of spiritual thing composed of turtles and snakes. The original intention of Xuanwu is Xuan Ming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Wu means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described turtle divination: turtle's back is black, and turtle divination is to invite turtle to the underworld to ask questions first, bring back the answers and show them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Since then, the meaning of Xuan Ming has been expanding. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including turtles), so Xuan Ming became a water god; The tortoise lives long, and Xuan Ming has become a symbol of immortality; The first underworld was in the north, and the Oracle divination in the Yin and Shang Dynasties was "the divination will be directed to the north", so Xuan Ming became a northern god again. Like the other three spirits, Xuanwu has also changed from 28 stars in the world: fighting, ox, female, emptiness, danger, room and wall. However, people after ancient times have the following explanations for Xuanwu. "Xuanwu" is a turtle. "Book of Rites. Quli Shang" says: "Line, before Zhu bird and then Xuanwu ..." "Xuanwu" is tortoise and snake. Hong Xingzu's supplementary note in The Songs of the South: "Xuanwu is called tortoise and snake. Located in the north, it is called Xuan. With scales, it is called martial arts. "Xuanwu" is a combination of snakes, turtles and snakes. However, Xuanwu was upgraded by later Taoist priests to be the emperor of the north-Zhenwu Emperor. Different from the other three spirits. Other green dragons and white tigers only became the gatekeepers of the mountain temple, while Zhu Bird became the Xuan Nv of another day. The Dragon Turtle is the ninth son of the legendary dragon. It has the shape of a leading turtle, and there are four auspicious spirits in Feng Shui. These four auspicious spirits refer to dragons, phoenixes, Kirin and turtles, and the Dragon Turtle is a combination of dragons and turtles, so it is more auspicious. Dragons can turn villains into villains, increase people's luck and popularity, turtles represent longevity and health, can also turn evil spirits into evil spirits, fight against three evils, and most importantly, can increase wealth. Turtle is a healthy, long-lived and steady totem since ancient times, and the leading turtle is a symbol of success, wealth and development, which indicates that the master's children will be healthy, safe, developed and rich all their lives, and Jackie Chan will become a phoenix. Turtle means to return home, and "turtle" means to return. Most people who do business put this thing in the house, which has the effect of prospering wealth and turning evil into evil, praying for the best, and has the function of being cheated in business.