Qinglong 1
Qinglong, one of the four spirits and four dragon gods in China ancient mythology, originated from the worship of ancient stars, and was the oriental god representing seven nights in Tai Hao and the East. It is a shocking thing in the gossip, a symbol of shaoyang in the four elephants and spring in the four seasons, and also records that it is the eastern heaven.
2. White tiger
The White Tiger (White Tiger hǔ) is one of the four gods in China ancient mythology, which originated from the worship of ancient stars. It is the God of the West, representing the Seven Nights of Shao Hao and the West. It is a symbol of the four elephants, the autumn in the four seasons and the western paradise.
3. Suzaku
Seven Nights in the South is the product of the combination of China myth and astronomy. Astronomers in ancient China divided the stars visible in the sky into 28 parts, east, west, north and south, and each part had seven nights.
Including Su Jing, Haunted House, Liu Su, Su Xing, Zhang Su, Yong 'an Building and Furong Building. Because the south is Suzaku, it is also called the Seven Nights of Suzaku in the South. In China ancient geomantic omen, it was called Muan Jing, Ghost Golden Sheep, Swertia liutu, Stellar Horse, Zhang Yuelu, Winged Fire Snake and Lumbricus. The patron saint of Taoism, one of the four elephants.
4. Xuanwu
Xuanwu, one of the four celestial spirits in ancient China mythology, also known as tortoise and snake, originated from the worship of stars in ancient times, which refers to dividing twenty-eight lodges into seven northern Xuanwu lodges according to the southeast and northwest of the four elephants.
In the traditional culture of China, the four elephants refer to Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu, representing the east, west, north and south directions respectively. Xuanwu in the north is based on the eight diagrams and the main water in the five elements, symbolizing the old yin in the four elephants and the winter in the four seasons, and is also the land of heaven in the north.
5. Kirin
Kirin refers to the traditional auspicious beast in China. The ancients believed that wherever Kirin haunts, there must be auspicious signs. Sometimes it is used to describe people with outstanding talents and both ability and political integrity. ?
Kirin is a god that ancient people in China believed existed. Among the numerous folklores in China, although there are not many stories about Kirin, they truly reflect its unique preciousness and spirituality everywhere in people's lives.