Midnight marriage: My husband is a ghost

Chapter 190 Under the Four Bronze Statues

The third bronze statue is Pixiu, also known as Tianlu, to ward off evil spirits.It is a mythical animal in ancient Chinese myths and legends. It has a dragon head, a horse body, and Lin feet. It is shaped like a lion, with gray and white fur, and can fly.Pixiu is ferocious and powerful. It is responsible for patrolling in the sky, preventing demons, ghosts, plagues and diseases from disturbing the heaven.

In ancient times, people often used Pixiu as the name of the army.It has a mouth but no anus. It can swallow everything without diarrhea. It can attract wealth and treasure, and it can only go in and out.Now many Chinese people wear the jade products of Pixiu because of this.

There is a record in the "Biography of the Western Regions" in the Han Dynasty: "Wuge Mountain Liguo owns peach pulls, lions, and urine cows."Meng Kang's note said: "Peaches are pulled out, and talismans are pulled out one day. They are like deer with long tails. Those with one horn are called Tianlu, and those with two horns are called evil spirits."

The shape of Pixiu is like short wings, double horns, curly tail, mane often connected with the front chest or back, protruding eyes, and long fangs.

Pixiu is the beast of auspiciousness that turns disaster into auspiciousness.From ancient times to the present, the emperors and the common people have paid great attention to collecting and wearing Pixiu. It is said that in addition to the functions of good luck and evil spirits, Pixiu also has the functions of town house, turning Tai Sui, and promoting marriage.

Pixiu, also known as Tianlu, Baixie, and Baijie, has four names in total. It is a mythical animal in ancient Chinese myths and legends. It has a dragon head, a horse body, and Lin feet. It is shaped like a lion, with gray and white fur, and can fly.Pixiu is ferocious and powerful. It is responsible for patrolling in the sky, preventing demons, ghosts, plagues and diseases from disturbing the heaven.

Pixiu, its body shape is like a tiger or leopard, its head and tail are like a dragon, its color is also gold or jade, its shoulders have a pair of wings that cannot be stretched, and its head has a horn and is tilted back.

In addition to the functions of attracting wealth, good luck, and warding off evil spirits, Pixiu also has the functions of town house, transforming Tai Sui, and promoting marriage.Pixiu can swallow everything without letting it out, so it has the meaning of receiving wealth from all directions, driving away evil spirits, bringing joy and good luck.

The fourth bronze statue is Bi An, also called Charter.It looks like a tiger, powerful, and good at prison litigation, so people engraved it on the prison door.Tiger is a mighty beast, so it can be seen that the purpose of Bi An is to enhance the majesty of the prison and make criminals daunting.

Bi An, one of the nine sons of the Dragon, ranked seventh.It was litigious all its life, but powerful, and the tiger-shaped decoration on the upper part of the prison gate is its portrait.

It is said that Bi An is not only eager for public justice and righteous, but also able to distinguish right from wrong and make decisions impartially. In addition, its image is majestic and majestic, so it is not only decorated on the prison gate, but also crouches on both sides of the hall of the government office.

Whenever the chief executive of the yamen sits in the hall, the chief executive's badge and the upper end of the quiet and avoiding badge have its image.

These four bronze statues are placed in front of the bridge, two on each side of the Naihe Bridge, and there are many carvings on the stone pillars on the bridge, such as listening to truth.

Di Ting, according to legend, is the mount of the Golden Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, also known as "Unicorn", "Di Ting", "Good Ting", which is the treasure of Jiuhua Mountain.

Jindizang Zhuoxi Jiuhua, determined to practice, because of the truth, listening to the day and night, turning dangers into blessings everywhere, and finally becoming a Buddha.In Buddhism, Di Ting is honored as a god dog. Later generations rely on it to understand Buddhist principles, understand human nature, and avoid evil, and it is regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness.

Diting gathers the auspicious images of beasts into one body, and gathers the beauty of all things into one body. The tiger head, single horn, dog ears, dragon body, lion tail, and unicorn feet are unique in shape and rich in imagination.The world treasures them as "the treasure of the town house", "the honor of the temple", "the spirit of heaven and earth" and "the sign of all animals", and they are widely collected as collections.

Truth Listening is a totem and sacred object that survived from Buddhist rumors and folk interpretations.

The appearance of the god dog Di Ting, from the appearance of Di Ting, one of its single horns symbolizes the ability to receive information from the universe, which seems to be used as an "antenna"; it can be used for body protection and insurance, and its dragon body is auspicious Ruyi, its tiger head means wisdom and courage, it will go forward bravely when facing difficulties, and never give in. Its lion tail means patience and ambition, and persistence in doing anything is victory. For treasure.

Ting Ting looks like a dragon but not a dragon, a tiger but not a tiger, a lion but not a lion, a unicorn but not a unicorn, and a dog but not a dog. They are symbols in people's imagination, and they are also called "nine different images" in society.The folks generally believe that this thing is stained with "nine qi", that is, "reiki, spirit, blessing, wealth, vigor, luck, vigor, strength and backbone".

It can also play the role of "dispelling evil spirits", "dispelling disasters", "delivering blessings" and "protecting the body".Some devout Buddhist believers even believe that the "spiritual energy" of listening to the truth can make the family fortune prosperous and the foundation evergreen; children who wear it will grow up strong, and when they grow up, they can become sincere, sage, wise, enlightened, The Enlightened One, the Longevity One.When adults take it with them, all wishes will come true and good luck will come true!

Another example is Bai Ze, this beast can speak, expressing the emotions of all things.Asking about ghosts and gods in the world, since ancient times, there are 520 kinds of people whose spirits are things and wandering souls are changes.

There is also Bixi, also known as Guifei.Shaped like a tortoise, it is easy to bear weight.It has been carrying stone tablets for many years.People can see this hard-working Hercules everywhere in temples and ancestral halls.Touching it is said to bring good luck.

These four bronze statues are placed here to deter the ghosts who come here. It seems that there is a faint layer of fluorescence in the dark, and the fluorescence is faintly protecting the Naihe Bridge.

On the Naihe Bridge, there are some other stone statues standing on the stone pillars, and those stone statues are also carved lifelike, such as Jiaotu, Yazi, and Kui.

Jiaotu, shaped like a snail and mussel, is easy to shut up, so its image is carved on the shop head of the gate, or carved on the door panel.Snail mussels always close their shells tightly when encountering foreign objects.

Yazi, who looks like a jackal, loves to kill.Often carved on the hilt and scabbard.The original meaning of Yaizu is to stare with anger, the so-called "a meal of virtue must be repaid, and Yaizu's grievances must be repaid."Reporting is inevitable.

Kui, in the East Sea there is Mount Liubo, which goes seven thousand li into the sea.There is a beast on it, shaped like a bull, with a pale body and no horns, with one leg, and when it enters and exits the water, there will be wind and rain. Its light is like the sun and moon, and its sound is like thunder. Its name is Kui.The Yellow Emperor got it, used its skin as a drum, and used the bone of a thunder beast as a prong. It was heard for five hundred miles, and it was powerful in the world.

Legend has it that there is a "Liupo Mountain" on the East China Sea, and Kui lived on this mountain.Kui's body and head are like that of a cow, but he has no horns and only one leg, and his whole body is blue and black.It is said that Kui emits light like the sun and the moon and a cry like thunder. As long as it enters or exits the water, it will definitely cause a storm.

During the war between Huangdi and Chiyou, Huangdi captured Kui, made a military drum out of its skin, and used its bones as drumsticks. As a result, the sound of beating the drum could spread for 500 miles, which greatly boosted the morale of the Huangdi army. , Chi Youjun was horrified.

Kui lived with heaven and earth. There are only three or more in the world. The first one was killed by Qin Shihuang, but Qin Shihuang did not have the achievements of the Yellow Emperor, so the drum made of Kui's skin is not so magical.

(End of this chapter)