Liu Zhongtai and Wu Qun were chatting, while Tu Yun's consciousness was brought into another space of the Six Soul Space by the Six Souls.
That space was about the constellations of the Holy Beasts, also called the Star Space, and it was one of the Six Soul Spaces. small space In the star space, the star where Tu Yun is currently located is called the Twenty-Eight Stars, also known as the Twenty-Eight Houses or the Twenty-Eight Stars.
It divides the stars in the southern sky into twenty-eight groups, and they are along the ecliptic or celestial sphere.
The equator of the Earth extends to a circle of stars in the sky.
It is divided into four groups, also known as the Four Symbols, Four Beasts, Four Dimensions, and Four Directions Gods.
Each group has seven stars.
Its origin is still not completely clear.
Originally, the twenty-eight star officials were selected in ancient times to compare the movements of the sun, lunar, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth as markers for observation.
The meaning of "su" is similar to the palace of the zodiac, which means the constellation table.
Indicates the location of the sun, moon and five stars.
In the Tang Dynasty, the Twenty-Eight Constellations became the main body of the twenty-eight heavenly regions.
These heavenly regions were still named after the Twenty-eight Constellations.
Unlike the situation in Sanyuan, as a heavenly region, the Twenty-Eight Constellations were mainly for the purpose of dividing the star officials.
The names of the twenty-eight constellations, arranged from west to east, are: the seven constellations of Canglong in the east; the seven constellations of Suzaku in the south: well, ghost, willow, star, Zhang, Yi and Zhen.
The twenty-eight constellations start from Spica and are arranged from west to east, in the same direction as the apparent motion of the sun and moon: The east is called Qinglong: horned wood, dragon, golden dragon, earth, raccoon dog, sun, rabbit, heart, moon, fox tail, fire, tiger, water leopard; In the south, it is called Suzaku: well, wood, ghost, golden sheep, willow, soil, deer, star, sun, horse, moon, deer, wings, fire, snake, waterworm; In the West, it is called white tiger: Kuimu, wolf, Lou, gold, dog, stomach, soil, pheasant, Pleiades, sun, chicken, moon, black beetle, fire monkey, ginseng, water ape; In the north, it is called Xuanwu: fighting wood, Xie, ox, Taurus, female, earth, bat, empty sun, rat, danger, moon, swallow, house, fire, pig, wall, water, deer.
There are many legends about dragons, and there are many opinions about the origin of dragons.
Some say they were introduced from India, and some say they were transformed from Chinese stars.
India itself is said to be a dragon god, but the status of the dragon in India is not high, and there is also a physical python.
Due to the derivation of the Five Elements Spiritual Energy, stories about the Green Dragon slowly began to spread; monks equipped with the Five Elements Spiritual Energy assigned five colors to the southeast, northwest, and southeast according to the yin and yang and the five elements, and each color was paired with a mythical beast and a dragon.
Gods; the east is cyan, with dragons, the west is white, with tigers, the south is vermilion, with birds, the north is black, with martial arts, and yellow is the central color.
Among the gods in the four directions, according to records in ancient books, Zhurong in the south has a beast body and a human face, riding two dragons. ; To the west, there is a snake in the left ear, riding on two dragons. ; There is a Jumang in the east, with the body of a bird and the face of a human, riding on two dragons. ; In Yujiang in the north, with black body and limbs, riding two dragons. , a more interesting point is that the dragons recorded in ancient books were all ridden, while snakes of the same kind were held, manipulated or wrapped around the neck, showing the difference between the two; but in the five directions The Five Gods are different from the Four Gods of the Four Directions.
Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qinglong, and White Tiger respectively represent the two gods of the Four Directions.
Among the eighteen constellations, the dragon is the seven constellations in the East - Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji.
The shape of these seven constellations is very similar to the shape of a dragon.
It can be seen from their meanings that the horn is For the dragon's horns, the horn is the neck, the Di is the base, but the root of the neck, the room is the shoulder, the flank, the heart is the heart, the tail is the tail, and the Ji is the end of the tail.
Also in the dragon heart part, some people call it a fire, which is related to sunshine and rain, and because Qinglong belongs to wood, it is also the age of Jupiter in that year.
After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits were also given human names to make it easier for humans to call them.
The green dragon was called Meng Zhang, the white tiger was called Jianbing, the red bird was called Lingguang, and the Xuanwu was called Zhiming.
In many dynasties, some monarchs also named them.
Qinglong was used to designate one's own reign, such as Emperor Wei Ming of the Three Kingdoms.
There is also a record in historical records that the Xia Dynasty was a dynasty of Mu De, so it was recorded that Qinglong was born in the suburbs as an auspicious omen.
In ancient China, the one with horns on its head is called a male dragon; the one with two horns is called dragon, the one with one horn is called Jiao; the one without horns is called Chi.
In ancient times, jade pendants often had two dragons, large and small, and they were still called mother and child Chi; the status of the dragon Much higher than other holy beasts.
Because the dragon is a divine creature, the supreme being, and a symbol of the emperor.
It is also a representative of the East.
Among the five elements, it belongs to wood.
Because cyan belongs to wood, there is a saying that it is a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right.
Among the twenty-eight constellations, the seven constellations in the east are used - Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji.
The ancients imagined them to be the image of dragons.
Because they are located in the east, they color the five directions according to the yin and yang five elements.
The color of the east is green, hence the name Qinglong.
There is also a saying in ancient books that the dragon's nature is lustful.
When it has sex with an ox, it will give birth to a unicorn, and when it has sex with a pig, it will give birth to an elephant.
The so-called dragon gave birth to nine sons is not like the saying of dragon.
The eldest son is called Qi Niu: he loves music, so he always stands on the head of the piano.
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Such as the Huqin of the Han people, the Sanxianqin of the Bai people, etc., and many of Emperor Zun's magic weapons and even supreme treasures may also be variants of the prisoner cow.
The second son is Jai Pi: he loves to kill, so he is often placed on weapons to intimidate the enemy.
At the same time, it is also used in ceremonies to appear more majestic.
The third son is Chaofeng: it is a beast-shaped dragon that looks a bit like a dog.
It is good at looking out, so it is often placed in the corner of the palace.
It is said that it can intimidate demons and eliminate disasters.
The fourth child is Pulao: it likes to roar, so people put it on the bell, mostly in the image of Pulao.
It is said that it lives on the beach, but is very afraid of whales.
Once a whale attacks, it will scream in fear.
Therefore, people shaped the wooden pestle into the shape of a whale to make the bronze bell extra loud.
The fifth child is Suanni: shaped like a lion.
It is a foreign product that was introduced to various tribes in the Codling Continent along with Buddhism, so its personality is a bit like that of a Buddha.
It is so quiet and loves fireworks.
Therefore, it is often placed on the Buddha's throne or on the incense burner to protect Buddhism.
The sixth son is Baxia: also known as Bixi, he looks like a turtle.
According to legend, in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains on its back to create trouble.
Later, he was subdued by Xia Yu and made many great contributions to Xia Yu.
After the flood control was successful, Xia Yu let it take on its own merits.
Therefore, most of the stone tablets of various sects in the Codling Continent are carried on its back.
The seventh child is Biuan: also known as Charter, it looks like a tiger.
According to legend, it upholds justice and can distinguish right from wrong.
Therefore, it is placed above and below the prison door, on both sides of the door lobby, and on top of the card that the emperor quietly avoids when he is on patrol to maintain the solemnity of the surrounding environment.
The eighth child is negative: because it loves literature, it is placed on two sides of the stone tablet.
Mo Zi is Chi Kiss: also known as Ou Wei, a fish-shaped dragon.
According to legend, around the prehistoric times, Mojiyu from Buddhism 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.
White Tiger of the West Among the four sacred beasts of the Cod Spirit Continent, the one that is often compared to the dragon is the white tiger; the tiger is the leader of all beasts, and its majesty and legendary ability to subdue ghosts make it a yang divine beast. , often go out together with the dragon, Yun Conglong and Feng Conghu become the best partners to conquer ghosts.
The white tiger is also the god of war and the god of killing.
The white tiger has many magical powers such as avoiding evil, warding off disasters, praying for good fortune and punishing evil, promoting good deeds, making wealth, and getting married.
And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also made of stars.
Among the twenty-eight constellations, there are seven in the west: Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Xi, and Shen.
Therefore, it is the representative of the West, and its white color is because it is the West.
The West belongs to gold among the five elements, and its color is white.
So it is called White Tiger not because it is white, but because of the five elements.
In addition to the four spirits in Taoism, including the green dragon and the white tiger, when Feng Shui masters explore the cemetery, the terrain on the left and right in front of the terrain, which can be used as tombs, has unique names, called Zuo Qinglong and Right White Tiger. , which means protection, and the halls of various sects are also decorated with the same decoration.
On the left and right pillars are blue dragons and hundreds of tigers, which are used to suppress evil spirits.
After the rise of Taoism, dragon and tiger were borrowed as Taoist alchemy terms, which refer to the synonyms of lead and mercury, Kanli, water and fire, yin and yang, etc.
Taoist alchemy is divided into internal and external elixirs for refining qi, and external elixirs for refining elixirs.
In terms of yin and yang and the five elements, the inner elixir is based on the five elements of yin and yang.
Dragon yang is born from Li, and Li belongs to fire.
Therefore, clouds and dragons come out of fire, and tiger yin is born from Kan.
Kan It belongs to water, so Yunhu grows towards the water.
After the two are combined, one yin and one yang harmonize with each other, which is called Taoben.
They are both representatives of the Yuan Shen and Yuan Jing.
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Another way of saying it is that nature belongs to wood, and wood represents the east.
It is in the hexagram Zhen, so it is compared to a green dragon; love belongs to gold, and gold represents the west.
In the hexagram, it is dui, and gold is white, so it is called a white tiger.
Metal can overcome wood, so emotions can damage nature.
If you use the true essence of the two eights to combine them into one, then metal and wood will be seamless, and dragons and tigers will form elixirs by themselves.
In the human body, the liver is the dragon and the kidneys are the elixir.
Tiger, while Waidan still takes the meaning of yin and yang, with dragon as lead and tiger as mercury.
It is recorded in ancient books that tigers are both terrifying and respectable things.
The scary thing is that it can eat humans and animals.
What is admirable is that it is extremely powerful and can ward off evil spirits.
Paint a tiger on the door, and ghosts will not dare to enter.
The tiger is a masculine object and the leader of all beasts.
Able to hold on, crush sharp objects, and eat ghosts and ghosts.
Today, when a soldier encounters a bad situation, he burns the skin of a tiger and drinks it.
Hitting its claws can also ward off evil.
This is the test.
Humans in ancient times also believed that the white tiger was an auspicious sign: a bird and beast of great virtue.
The original Western Star Gods were bears and owls, but later the totems of the ancient Qiang people changed from bears to dragons.
And when the Yellow Emperor developed eastward, the dragon totem was brought to the east and merged with the Eastern Blue Dragon constellation.
The red bird became the new home of the phoenix totem in the kingdom of heaven when the south was unified.
Due to the fusion of the two tribes, it finally became Dragon and phoenix appear auspicious.
As an ancient totem, it is an east phoenix and a west dragon; as an astrology, it is an east blue dragon and a west red bird.
After the Zhou Dynasty, the feudal system was formally established and the Five Elements thought matured.
The celestial images were re-divided, and the red bird was placed in the south and worshiped together with the Zhurong Fire God.
In the West, white tigers are worshiped.
In the tribal struggle and migration, the dragon in the northwest moves eastward, the phoenix in the east moves south, and the tiger in the south moves north.
The whole country shows a great turnover concept movement.
In the Han Dynasty, the concept of the Five Elements became a unified thought, and Xuanwu was added to complete the matching of the gods of the four directions. aa2705221: