well-balanced lineup(zhū què xuán wǔ)

well-balanced lineup

Zhu que Xuanwu is the God of the South and the God of the north in Chinese mythology. It means a neat lineup. It comes from the Weiyang palace of Sanfu Huangtu: "Canglong, Baihu, Zhuque, Xuanwu, and the four spirits of heaven are all square, and the king makes the palace, que, and pavilion."

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Weiyang palace in Sanfu Huangtu: "black dragon, white tiger, rosefinch, Xuanwu, the four spirits of heaven, with the right four directions, the king makes the palace, the palace, and the pavilion." yuan · anonymous's "lock mirror" first fold: "before and after the column Zhuque Xuanwu, left and right column white tiger Qinglong."

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Rosefinch: the general name of seven stars in the South; Xuanwu: the general name of seven stars in the north. It's a neat lineup. In ancient China, the four most terrifying and powerful beasts were the green dragon, the white tiger, the rosefinch and the Xuanwu. Green dragon is the God of the East; white tiger is the God of the West; rosefinch is the God of the South; Xuanwu is the God of the north, the combination of turtle and snake. Therefore, there is "green dragon, white tiger, rosefinch, Xuanwu, the four spirits of heaven, with the square, the king system palace, palace and pavilion, take the method". in ancient times, the ancients divided heaven into four palaces, East, West, North and south, named after Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque and Xuanwu respectively. In fact, the sky is divided into four parts, each part of the seven major constellations line forming, named after its shape. In the East, Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji are shaped like dragons, so they are called Qinglong or Canglong;

Four sacred beasts

Qinglong Baihu Zhuque Xuanwu: Western Qisu - Kui, Lou, Wei, ang, Bi, Zui, Shen, whose shape is like a tiger, is called the Western Palace white tiger; southern Qisu - Jing, GUI, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi, Fu, whose shape is like a bird, is called the Southern palace rosefinch; northern Qisu - Dou, Niu, NV, Xu, Wei, Shi, Bi, whose shape is like a turtle, is called the northern palace Xuanwu: Eastern Qisu - Jiao, Kang, di Its shape is like a dragon, and it is called the East Palace Qinglong. As a result, green dragon, white tiger, rosefinch and Xuanwu became the four gods guarding the heavenly officials, fighting off evil and regulating yin and Yang. Among the four gods, the green dragon and the white tiger are regarded as the spirits of suppressing evil mainly because of their bravery. Their images mostly appear in the palace, palace gate, city gate or tomb buildings and their utensils. In the last occasion, the dragon is no longer helping the tomb owner ascend to heaven, but deterring evil spirits and protecting the soul peace of the tomb owner. Although they rarely appear in European and American fantasy, in Chinese and Japanese myths and legends, they appear as noble four sacred beasts.

rosefinch

Rosefinch, also known as "vermilion bird", shaped like Phoenix, is the God of the south in ancient mythology. Because of its bird shape, in the south, fire attribute, so in the game often in the shape of a Phoenix. But in fact, rosefinch and Phoenix are two different creatures. Phoenix is the king of birds, while rosefinch is the spirit beast of heaven. It is rarer, more noble and more destructive than Phoenix. In Japanese comics and games, rosefinch appears as a powerful Summoner or monster, such as youyoubaishu and the game of the same name adapted from the comics. the rosefinch in reality is a kind of bird, similar in shape to sparrow. Male red or dark brown, female olive brown. Living in the mountains, eating fruits, etc. It's also called kenaf.

Xuanwu

Xuanwu, also known as "Zhenwu", is the God of Taoism. It is said that the crown prince of King gujingle was born fierce. He traveled across the East China Sea. He met the Heavenly God and gave him a sword. He went to Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province to practice. After 42 years, he was successful. He rose in the daytime and became emperor Xuanwu in the North of Weizhen. However, the Song Dynasty taboo xuanzi, so renamed Zhenwu. "Four gods" represent the four directions of East, West, North and south, which provides a more scientific reference for the division of the sky and the formulation of the calendar. Later, with the popularity of the theory of Yin Yang and five elements, people paid more attention to the function of the four gods as the guardian deity, and were endowed with higher divinity. Twenty eight sleepers also became objects of worship. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the four gods matched with the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, green, white, red and black, which had been systematically recorded in the literature at that time, such as Huainanzi and historical records, and became a generally accepted ideological system. In addition, bronze mirrors with eight trigrams and four spirit patterns were also popular in Han Dynasty, with inscriptions on them, such as "four gods" and "the left dragon and the right tiger repel the ominous, the Zhuque Xuanwu follows the Yin and Yang", which also has religious meaning: the mirror reflects the image of human beings, and the soul is attached to it, so it is protected by four gods to avoid evil spirits.

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