The meaning of Qilin

1. There is a folk saying in China that Qilin brings children. Another image of Qilin is a dragon head, horse body, and dragon scales. The tail hair stretches like a dragon's tail. Its comprehensive coverage is not as extensive as that of dragon and phoenix, but its reputation is not small.

2. Kirin is the most auspicious animal that ancient Chinese people longed for. Their appearance represents the happiness of a generation. Therefore, people at that time hoped that Kirin would always accompany them, bring them luck and light, and ward off bad luck.

Extended information

1. Qilin is an animal produced and created based on the Chinese way of thinking. Judging from its external shape, it has an elk body, a dragon tail, a horse's hooves (said to be "deer hooves" in historical records), dragon scale skin, one horn, and yellow meat at the end of the horn. This shape is a new combination of many real animals. It concentrates all the advantages of those cherished animals on the construction of Qilin, a mythical beast in fantasy, which fully embodies the Chinese people's "Jimei" "Thought.

2. Kirin is endowed with very excellent qualities in legends. For example, it is said that it is gentle and kind, does not grow insects or grass, has horns on its head, and has flesh on its horns. He is equipped with weapons but not using them, so he is called "benevolent favor". King Wuzhao of Xiliang said in "Ode to Qilin": "With a round hoof, he walks in a proper manner. When he travels, he must choose the right place. He will soar and stay behind. He will not fall into traps or fall into traps." "Song Book·Fu Ruizhi" says: "With benevolence, Dai Yi, don’t drink from the pool, don’t fall into the trap, and don’t fall into the trap.”

3. Kirin has also been regarded as a symbol of wisdom and a metaphor for culture and art in Europe since ancient times. However, in modern times, some Westerners have turned it into a modern totem of money fetishism and a hunting target for profiteers, hence the so-called "golden unicorn". A best-selling novel by French contemporary writer and academician of the Goncourt Academy, Herróblais, is named "La chasse à la licorne" (Chasing the Unicorn), which has been translated into Chinese and published in Beijing.

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