Xuanwu Poems of Qinglong White Tiger Suzaku
The four great beasts are Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Tsing lung and white tiger palm in all directions, Suzaku Xuanwu meets Yin and Yang, and the four-spirit beast is the black dragon and white tiger, Suzaku Xuanwu Tiansi spirit. 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 one. Therefore, there is a "three auxiliary maps" saying: "Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Tiansi Spirit, taking the square as the square, the king makes the palace pavilion and takes the method." The ancient 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 connected by seven main stars in each part and named after their shapes.
The horn, horn, room, heart, tail and dustpan of the East Palace are shaped like dragons, so it is called Qinglong or Black Dragon.
The seven western stars, Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Horn and Shen, are shaped like tigers, calling the West Palace the White Tiger.
The well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and net in the south are bird-shaped, called suzaku;
The northern seven-star bucket, cow, female, empty, dangerous, houses and walls are shaped like turtles and called Xuanwu.
As a result, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu have become the four gods who guard the heavenly officials, create evil and regulate 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. On the last occasion, the dragon is not helping the tomb owner ascend to heaven, but deterring evil spirits and defending the soul peace of the tomb owner.
Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu: Four Holy Beasts is the ancestor of all animals. Jin Mu, four lines of fire and water.
Qinglong controls the power of thunder for nine days (thunder robs the sky). It is blue and belongs to wood. It protects the animals in the East and guards the stars in the East Palace.
The white tiger controls the power of tornadoes and storms (summoning all animals). It is white and belongs to gold. It protects western animals and guards the stars in the West Palace.
Suzaku controls the power of burning fire (three unique fires in heaven and earth), and vermilion belongs to fire, protecting southern animals and guarding the stars in Nangong.
Xuanwu's power to control ice and snow (dark ice) is black and belongs to water. It protects the animals in the north and the stars in Gong Bei.
Qinglong-the patron saint of the East in Taoism
Qinglong was originally the God of the East in ancient mythology, and one of the Seven Hosts and Four Elephants in the East in Taoism. Twenty-eight lodging houses, and seven lodging houses in the East (Jiao, Kang, Bian, Fang, Xin, Wei and Fan) have the image of dragons, which are located in the East, belong to wood and are blue in color, collectively called Qinglong, also known as Black Dragon. The forty-four volumes of Taizhi call Qinglong Dongdou as follows: "Jiao Su Tianmen, Kang Su Ting, Chang Su Tianfu, Su Fang Tian Yi Xing Jun, Xin Su Uranus Jun, Wei Su Tian Ji Xing Jun, Ji Su Tian Lu Xing Jun." As for its image, there are seven clouds in The Collection of Doors and Tongjiao: "Oriental Dragon Horn, full of pride, spits clouds and glows, thunders, flies to octupole, walks around the four ghosts and stands on my left. In addition, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of "Seven Chapters of Clouds" quotes the Dan of the four ancient gods, saying: The dragon is a dragon, and the oriental wood is also mercury. It is clear and unwilling, not turbid, not desirable, far away, and infinitely hidden, so it is called dragon.
Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu
Originally, it was the four spirits worshipped by the ancient star gods in China, and it evolved into the patron saint of all directions through Taoism. Based on the ecliptic of the sun, the ancients divided the stars into twenty-eight lodges, each named after four spirits, and the eastern horn, Yuan, Earth, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji were called Qinglong. Nanjing, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Wing and Bird are all Suzaku; Xi Huang, Lou, Wei, Chang, Bi, Gou and Shen are white tigers; Northern bucket, cow, female, virtual, dangerous, houses and walls are all basaltic. Four spirits are blue and white, which is based on the theory of five elements and five colors. "Book of Rites Quli Shang": "Before the trip, Zhu Bird followed Xuanwu, left Qinglong and right White Tiger." Taoism believes that as the guardian of the old man, such as "Bao Pu Zi Miscellaneous English", the old man said that "there are twelve green dragons on the left, twenty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four suzaku in front and seventy-two basalt in the back". There is a guard at the entrance of the Taoist temple, a dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right. Taoist practice also has the art of keeping god, believing that as long as you keep thinking about the image and name of god, you can get the protection of god. For example, "The Secret of the Seven or Six Purple Courts in the Arctic" said: "There is a dragon name on the left, a white tiger prisoner on the right, a suzaku name in front of it, and a Xuanwu name later. Hold the building every festival and surround me with bells and drums on my back for tens of millions of weeks. " The Quartet God is the main object of thinking about gods outside the body, but the images and names mentioned are not consistent. After the song dynasty
2. The four sentences of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu mentioned in the notes of grave robbery are because they live in the south. In geomantic omen, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu are often used to indicate the orientation. For example, The Book of Burial says, "Take the dragon on the left, the white tiger on the right, the suzaku in front and the Xuanwu in the back." "Ten Books of Yangzhai" said: "Anyone who has running water on the left side of the house is called Qinglong; There is a long road on the right, called white tiger; There is a sweat pool in front, called Suzaku; There is a hill behind, called Xuanwu, which is the most expensive place. " Thus, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu became the names of the four gods in Feng Shui.
There is a fixed saying about the location of Qinglong and Baihu Mountain, that is, Qinglong is in the east and Baihu is in the west. But Feng Shui only has the names of dragons and white tigers, but it doesn't fix their positions. That is, the green dragon is often called the left wing, while the white tiger is the right wing and the right wing.
Four gods, such as Qinglong and Baihu, are orientation gods, and each town guards the city, town and house. Those who meet the following conditions can be called "land of four gods" or "land of four spirits". Its conditions are "Xuanwu bows its head, Suzaku dances, Qinglong winds and white tigers tame." That is to say, the peak in the direction of Xuanwu looks down, and the peak in the direction of Suzaku will come to sing and dance, the Qinglong Mountain on the left is constantly undulating, and the White Tiger Mountain on the right is vigorous. Such an environment is a "land of geomantic omen".
Silingdi is an environmental model in any geomantic space. Whether it is desirable or not depends on whether it conforms to the principle of "Xuanwu hangs its head, Suzaku dances, Qinglong winds and white tigers tame". This can be said to be a landscape model, influenced by the astronomical part of China's traditional philosophy and the traditional feudal etiquette of China.
3. The story of Qinglong White Tiger Suzaku Xuanwu The four most terrible beasts in ancient China were Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. Qinglong is the God of the East; White tiger is the god of the west; Suzaku is the god of the south; Xuanwu is the god of the north, and the tortoise and snake are one. So there are "Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Tiansiling, Tongfang and Wangzhi temples." .
The ancient 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 connected by seven main stars in each part and named after their shapes.
The horn, horn, room, heart, tail and dustpan of the East Palace are shaped like dragons, so it is called Qinglong or Black Dragon.
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The well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and net in the south are bird-shaped, called suzaku;
The northern seven-star bucket, cow, female, empty, dangerous, houses and walls are shaped like turtles and called Xuanwu.
As a result, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu have become the four gods who guard the heavenly officials, create evil and regulate 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. On the last occasion, the dragon is not helping the tomb owner ascend to heaven, but deterring evil spirits and defending the soul peace of the tomb owner.
4. Qinglong White Tiger Suzaku Xuanwu Qinglong is one of the four elephants in China traditional culture. According to the theory of five elements, it is a spirit beast representing the East. Qinglong is both a name and a family, and its orientation is east to left, representing spring; The orientation of the white tiger is west to right, representing autumn; Suzaku's orientation is south and front, representing summer; The orientation of Xuanwu is north and back, representing winter. Among the 28 constellations in China, Qinglong is the general name of the seven eastern stars (horn, sound, phase, room, heart, tail and dustpan).
White tiger, the god of the west in ancient mythology. The figure is like a tiger and the white tiger is fierce, so it becomes a symbol of dignity. At the same time, the white tiger also symbolizes power and the army, so many places named after the white tiger in ancient times are related to the military, such as the white tiger flag in the ancient army and the white tiger statue on the military symbol. In the traditional culture of China, it is one of the four images of the Seven Stars in Western Taoism. According to the theory of five elements, it is a spirit beast representing the west, a white tiger, and the representative season is autumn. Twenty-eight Western Seven Hostels (Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, tapir, Shen), whose elephant is a tiger, located in the west, belongs to gold and is white in color, and is generally called the White Tiger.
Suzaku, also known as "Suzaku", is the god of the South in ancient mythology. It can also be called a phoenix or a mysterious bird. Scarlet, like fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the characteristics of being far from fire, also called fire phoenix, just like the immortal birds in the west. In China, the phoenix is a symbol of happiness. There are many kinds of prototypes. Such as golden pheasant, peacock, vulture, mandarin fish, blackbird (swallow) and so on. It is also said that it was made by the Buddhist Dapeng Golden Winged Bird. According to the phoenix myth, the phoenix has a chicken's head, a swallow's chin, a snake's neck, a fish's tail and five-color stripes. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: Red Phoenix, Lan Fenghuang, White Swan and Rayna Sue Phoenix, which can also be called Suzaku or Blackbird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits, and like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars, which is the general name of the seven nights in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and bird. Think of it as Suzaku. Scarlet, like fire, the south belongs to fire, hence the name Phoenix. It also has the characteristics of being far from fire, also called fire phoenix, just like the immortal birds in the west.
Xuanwu originally meant Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are interlinked. Xuan means black; Ghost means yin. At first, Xuan Ming described the turtle divination as follows: the turtle's back is black, and the turtle divination first invited the turtle to ask questions in the underworld, brought back the answers and showed them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu is the tortoise. Since then, the meaning of Xuanming 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; It turned out that the underworld was in the north, and the divination of Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty was' its divination will be in the north', so Xuan Ming became a northern god again. Xuanwu, like other three spirits, is also derived from the 28 stars on earth: bucket, ox, female, air, danger, house and wall. However, people after ancient times have the following explanations for Xuanwu. Xuanwu' is a tortoise. "。 Volume 44 of Emperor Tai Shang Ru Zhai Yi calls North Xuanwu Star Jun: "Dou Su Tian Miao Xing Jun, Niu Su Tian Ji Xing Jun, Female Su Tian Nv Jun, Xu Su Tian Qing Xing Jun, Su Su Tian Qian Xing Jun, Su Su Su Tian Qi Xing Jun, Su Bi Shi Tianxing Jun". As for its image, Jiao Tong's Essentials of Daomen has seven clouds: "North Xuanwu, Taiyin Metaplasia, and Virtual Danger. "At the same time, Taoism also uses it in alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of Yun Qi Tanabata quoted the Dan of the Four Gods in ancient books and records as saying: "Xuanwu is the black mercury in northern China, which can be soft and firm. "The Classic says: Bodhisattva is like water. Non-lead, non-tin, non-stone and so on, water is Hedong Shenshui, born before heaven and earth, so medicine can not be abandoned for the time being, and it can support everything, so it is called Xuanwu.
5. Suzaku, Qinglong, Baihu and Xuanwu The four most terrible and powerful beasts in ancient China and China are Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu.
Tsing lung and white tiger palm in all directions, Suzaku Xuanwu meets Yin and Yang, and the four-spirit beast is the black dragon and white tiger, Suzaku Xuanwu Tiansi spirit. 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 one.
Therefore, there is a "three auxiliary maps" saying: "Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, Xuanwu, Tiansi Spirit, taking the square as the square, the king makes the palace pavilion and takes the method." The ancient 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 connected by seven main stars in each part and named after their shapes. The horn, horn, room, heart, tail and dustpan of the East Palace are shaped like dragons, so it is called Qinglong or Black Dragon. The seven western stars, Kui, Lou, Stomach, Ang, Bi, Horn and Shen, are shaped like tigers, calling the West Palace the White Tiger. The well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, wing and net in the south are bird-shaped, called suzaku; The northern seven-star bucket, cow, female, empty, dangerous, houses and walls are shaped like turtles and called Xuanwu.
As a result, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu have become the four gods who guard the heavenly officials, create evil and regulate 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. On the last occasion, the dragon is not helping the tomb owner ascend to heaven, but deterring evil spirits and defending the soul peace of the tomb owner.
In ancient times, the dragon was a symbol of imperial power and an auspicious thing. "Ruiying Map" says: "Shun Dong patrol hunting, Huanglong negative map, placed in front of Shun."
Some of the blue dragons in Han paintings represent auspiciousness, and some are sacred objects for ascending immortals to ride. Especially in the Han Dynasty, dragons were not only auspicious things, but also immortals.
In ancient times, many gods and people traveled in Lapras. For example, Zhu Rong rode two dragons, Zhuan Xu and Lapras traveled around the world, and the Yellow Emperor Lapras ascended to heaven. Dragon is regarded as a god beast representing the east in the concept of five elements in Han Dynasty.
Qinglong, also known as "Black Dragon", is the God of the East in ancient mythology. Dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation. Since the Yellow Emperor entrusted it to Tianhe and weiser, it has been a symbol of the Chinese nation and even the whole of China, and its stereotype was in the Han Dynasty. Since the Great Han Dynasty, it has been identified as the symbol and representative of the emperor.
In oriental legend, the dragon looks like a long snake, the head of a unicorn, the tail of a carp, a long beard, horns like deer and five claws, which is frightening. In western mythology, the dragon is more like a lizard with wings. White tiger, the god of the west in ancient mythology.
The figure is like a tiger and the white tiger is fierce, so it becomes a symbol of dignity. At the same time, the white tiger also symbolizes power and the army, so many places named after the white tiger in ancient times are related to the military, such as the white tiger flag in the ancient army and the white tiger statue on the military symbol.
White tiger usually appears on the stone tomb door of Han dynasty, or is carved separately on both sides of the tomb lintel with Qinglong as a portrait to ward off evil spirits. "Yi Tong Customs" said: "The tiger, penis, the length of all animals, can beat the sharp, ghost-eating."
In the concept of five elements in Han dynasty, the white tiger was regarded as a western god beast. Suzaku, Phoenix, was honored as the king of birds in ancient times, which is a symbol of good luck.
Totem, originally worshipped by eastern tribes, is like golden pheasant with colorful feathers. It is noble in nature, and it is necessary to choose food when drinking and branches when living. According to legend, the phoenix sees that the world is peaceful, so Suzaku's influence in ancient times is comparable to that of dragons, and it has become an important content of divination metaphysics.
It is regarded as a god beast representing the south. Suzaku, also known as "Suzaku", looks like a phoenix, the god of the South in ancient mythology.
Because it looks like a bird, it is located in the south and has the property of fire, so it often appears in the form of a phoenix in the game. But in fact, Suzaku and Phoenix are two different creatures. Phoenix is the king of birds, but Suzaku is a spirit beast in the sky, which is rarer, nobler and more destructive than Phoenix.
In Japanese comics and games, Suzaku appears as a powerful summoner or monster beast, such as the comic book A Tour of Bai Shu and the game of the same name adapted from the comic book. Xuanwu, also called "Zhenwu", commonly known as "Zhenwu Emperor", is the god worshipped by Taoism.
According to legend, the prince of Gu Jing Le Wang was born fierce and traveled in the East China Sea. When he met the immortal, he gave him a sword and went to Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province to practice. After 42 years of success, it rose during the day and became the Northern Xuanwu Army of Weizhen. But in the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Zhenwu because it was forbidden to use mysterious figures.
Xuanwu is also said to be a big turtle in the North Sea. This turtle was once used as a pillar to support the whole Penglai Fairy Mountain. Because of its profound spiritual awareness, after years of hearing and seeing, it finally came to fruition. Therefore, there are many tortoise-borne tablets in the imperial mausoleum, which is the secret of Xuanwu.
In addition, Xuanwu is also called Xuanming, so it is also called Beiming. Hearing this name, it is estimated that many readers will associate it with Bei Ming's return to the sea and Jin Yong's "The Ancient Gentleman" written by Xiaoyao. Xuanwu, shaped like a turtle and snake scale, is a combination of turtle and snake.
Turtles have the spirit of ascending immortals. Hong Xingzu's Addendum to Chu Ci said: "Xuanwu is a tortoise and snake, so it is called Xuan because it is located in the north, and it is called Wu because it has scales."
The name of Xuanwu comes from this, corresponding to the southern god Suzaku. Among the Taoist guardians, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu specialize in guarding the gates, which are called "Four Elephants" and "Four Spirits".
Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu originated from the belief in the stars in ancient China. In ancient China, the sky was divided into four regions: east, north, west and south, which were called "four elephants", namely, the black dragon in the east, the Xuanwu (tortoise and snake) in the north, the white tiger in the west and the suzaku in the south. This "four elephants" is the image of four animals imagined by the ancients by connecting seven nights in each direction.
For example, in the Oriental Black Dragon, the horns are like dragon horns, the rafters are like dragons, and the tails are like dragon tails. The southern rosefinch is like a bird of hibiscus, with a beak, a star for its neck, a piece of zinc and a feather purlin for its wings.
Later, the ancients matched it with yin and yang, five elements, five parties and five colors, so there were Oriental Dragon, Western White Tiger, Southern Suzaku and Northern Xuanwu. Later, it was applied to military pits and ranks and became the patron saint of marching and fighting. For example, in the Book of Rites Quli, "OK, the former Zhu bird (sparrow) and then Xuanwu, the left Qinglong and the right white tiger, shaking in the building."
Hao Chen wrote, "Yes, the army will leave. Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qinglong, Tiger, the name of the Quartet. "
Then he said, "Liu, all the streamers on the flag have been released, but there are nine dragon flags and seven sparrows."