The dragon gave birth to nine sons, which nine divine beasts are they? What is the order?
1. Qin Niu, the eldest son, loved music all his life. He often squatted on the head of the piano to enjoy the music played by plucked strings, so his portrait was engraved on the head of the piano. This decoration has been used ever since, and some valuable huqin heads are still engraved with the image of a dragon head, which is called "leading huqin".
2. The second son, Yazui, was aggressive and fond of killing all his life. The ring, handle and dragon swallowing mouth of the sword are his legacy. Decorating the image of the dragon, these weapons add even more frightening power. It is not only decorated on the weapons of famous generals on the battlefield, but also widely used on the weapons of ceremonial guards and palace guards, making it even more majestic and solemn.
He has a dragon head and a jackal body. He has a strong personality, is brave and good at fighting, and is eager to kill and fight. He always holds a sword in his mouth, glares angrily, and carves on the ring and hilt of the sword to increase his power. . As the saying goes: A good meal will be repaid, and a grudge will be repaid. Yaju became the incarnation of defeating all evil.
3. The third son mocked the wind and looked like a beast. He was both dangerous and hopeful in his life. The lion head on the prison gate is his portrait, and the beast on the corner of the palace platform is his portrait. These animals lined up in a single line, standing upright at the front of the vertical ridge. The leader of the animals was an "immortal" riding a bird, followed in order by: dragon, phoenix, lion, Pegasus, seahorse, Suan Ni, fish, Xie Zhi, Bullfighting, and entertainment. There is a strict hierarchical system for their placement. Only the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing can have all ten of them, and the number of secondary halls must be reduced accordingly. Chao Feng not only symbolizes good luck, beauty and majesty, but also has the meaning of deterring demons and eliminating disasters. The placement of the mocking wind makes the shape of the entire palace both strict and varied, achieving the harmony of solemnity and vividness, the unity of grandeur and exquisiteness. It adds a mysterious atmosphere to the towering palace.
4. Sizi Pulao looks like a coiled dragon but is smaller than the dragon. He sang and roared all his life. The dragon-shaped animal button on the bell is his portrait. It turns out that Pulao lives by the sea. Although he is a dragon, he has always been afraid of the huge whale. When the whale attacks, it roars loudly in fear. According to the characteristics of "good nature" and "every bell wants to make a loud sound", people cast Pulao as a bell button and made the wooden pestle for ringing the bell into the shape of a whale. When ringing the bell, let the whale hit Pulao again and again, making it "ring into the sky" and "sound alone and far away".
5. The five sons Suanni are also called Jin Ni and Ling Ni. Suanni is originally an alias for a lion, so it looks like a lion. It likes to be quiet and does not like to move. It likes to smoke and like to sit. It leans on the feet of the incense burner. The foot decorations on the Buddha's seat and the incense burner are its portraits. Buddhism was introduced to China. Since the Buddha Sakyamuni has the metaphor of "the fearless lion", people naturally arrange him as a Buddha's seat, or carve it on the incense burner so that he can enjoy the incense. In addition, Suan Ni is also the mount of Manjushri Bodhisattva, and there is a temple dedicated to Suan Ni on Wutai Mountain, Manjushri Bodhisattva’s dojo. Because Suanni is the fifth son of the dragon,
so the temple is named Wuye Temple, which has great influence in the local area.
By the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it had been widely used in Buddhist art in my country. This shape was created by Chinese folk artists and gave it a traditional Chinese style. Later it became Longzi’s Lao Wu, which was arranged Most places are in front of statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas sitting in the lotus position or with their feet crossed. The dragon-shaped decoration in the middle of the collar of the stone lion or bronze lion during the Ming and Qing Dynasties is also the image of Suanni, which makes the traditional Chinese door lion guarding the door more open and majestic.
6. Liuzi Bixi, also known as Baxia, looks like a turtle. He was good at carrying heavy loads throughout his life and had great strength. The turtle Fu under the stele base is his portrait.
It is said that in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains on its back to create trouble. Later, it was subdued by Xia Yu. It obeyed Yu's command, pushed mountains, dug ditches, and dredged rivers, and made many great contributions to Xia Yu. After the water control was successful, Dayu was worried that Ba Xia would go wild again, so he moved a huge stone monument standing high in the sky, on which was engraved the traces of Ba Xia's achievements in water control, and asked Ba Xia to carry it on his back. The heavy stone stone made it unable to walk casually. Therefore, most of China's stone monuments are carried on its back.
Baxia and turtles are very similar, but there are differences when you look closely. Baxia has a row of teeth, but turtles do not. There are also differences in the number and shape of the carapace between Baxia and turtles. . Baxia, also known as stone turtle, is a symbol of longevity and good luck.
It always raises its head forward with difficulty, holds on its four feet desperately, and struggles to move forward, but it can never move away. The bases of some of my country's most prominent stone monuments are carried by Ba Xia, which can be seen in the Forest of Steles and some historical sites.
7. The Seven-Son Biran, also known as the Charter, looks like a tiger and is powerful. It is easy to litigate in prison, but it is also powerful. People carved it on the prison door, so there is a tiger-head prison among the people. statement. The tiger head-shaped decoration on the upper part of the prison door is his portrait. It is also said that it upholds justice, can distinguish right from wrong, and make impartial decisions. In addition to its majestic image, it is also placed on both sides of the lobby of the Yamen and on the top of the cards for officials going out and about to maintain the solemn atmosphere of the court.
8. Bazi Fuxi was a good writer, his body was like a dragon, he was elegant and good at poems. He was coiled around the top or both sides of the stone stele. The Wenlong on both sides of the stele is his portrait.
Our country's stele tablets have a long history and rich content. Some of them are simple in shape, smooth and bright, and the light can be discerned;
Some are exquisitely carved and have unique characters. The postures and writings are vivid; some are poems and stone carvings by famous people, which are popular among people and have been praised throughout the ages. Fuyi liked this kind of inscriptions that shone with artistic brilliance very much. He was willing to turn them into patterned dragons to set off these handed down literary treasures, making the base of the stele more elegant and beautiful. They are coiled around each other and seem to be slowly squirming. Together with the base of the base, it looks even more spectacular.
9. Young son Chiki, also known as owl tail or owl kiss, is a fish-shaped dragon (some say it looks like a lizard with its tail cut off), a dragon-shaped spine-swallowing beast with a loud mouth and a tendency to swallow all his life. , the curly-tailed dragon heads at both ends of the palace ridge are his portraits, which are in the shape of animal heads on the palace ridge.
In Buddhist scriptures, the chi kiss is the object under the seat of the rain god and can extinguish fire. Therefore, placing it at both ends of the roof ridge also has the effect of extinguishing disasters and extinguishing fires. It is said that around the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the "Moji Fish" from India was introduced with Buddhism. It is the object under the seat of the rain god in Buddhist scriptures and can extinguish fire. Therefore, the chi kiss was transformed from this, so it is often placed at both ends of the roof ridge to eliminate disasters and extinguish fires.