Chapter 203: Gluttonous Pattern
Judging from ancient records, gluttony is a fierce beast; And Pixiu is a rui beast.
Gourmand:
It is a mysterious monster in ancient Han myths and legends. The ancient book "Classic of Mountains and Seas" introduces its characteristics: its shape is like a sheep's body and human face, its eyes are in the armpits, tiger teeth and human claws, and its sound is like a baby.
Gluttony is a legendary beast that is extremely gluttonous, so greedy that it even eats up its own body, so its shape is generally headless and bodyless. "LĂź's Spring and Autumn Period: The First Understanding" said: "Zhou Ding is gluttonous, has a head but no body, cannibalism has not swallowed harm and its body, and it is better to repay it with words." In ancient Chinese mythology, gluttony is one of the four evils. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor fought Chiyou, Chiyou was beheaded, and his head turned into gluttony. There is a cloud in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Classic of the North Mountains": "There is more jade on the top of the mountain of Hook Wu, and there is more copper under it." There is a beast, its shape is like a sheep's body and human face, its eyes are under the armpits, tiger teeth and human claws, its sound is like a baby, its name is roe deer owl, it is a cannibal."
Pixiu:
Also known as Tianlu, evil spirit, Baijie, a total of four names, is a kind of mythical beast in ancient Chinese Han myths and legends, dragon head, horse body, lin's feet, similar to a lion, gray fur, can fly. Pixiu is fierce and mighty, and it is responsible for patrolling the heavens to prevent demons, monsters, plagues, and diseases from disturbing the heavens.
In ancient times, people also used Pixiu as the name of the army. It has a mouth and no anus, can swallow everything and never leak, can attract wealth and treasures, only enter but not exit, and has special magical powers. It is said that Pixiu is the ninth prince of the Dragon King, its staple food is gold and silver jewelry, naturally full of treasure, and other three-legged toads that are also auspicious beasts compared with the head of the head, so it is deeply favored by the Jade Emperor and the Dragon King, however, eating too much will always have diarrhea, so one day may be because of the unbearable and drowning anywhere, provoke the Jade Emperor angry, a slap down, the result of the spank, the asshole is sealed, from then on, gold and silver jewelry can only go in and out. After this allusion spread, Pixiu was regarded as an auspicious beast that attracted wealth and treasure. Many Chinese wear Pixiu jade products because of this.
Pixiu also has a male and female, so most of the collection of Pixiu is a collection of a pair, in order to be able to truly attract wealth and treasure.
Legend has it that Pixiu violated the rules of heaven, and the Jade Emperor punished him for only feeding on the wealth of all directions, swallowing all things without pouring, and he could attract wealth and accumulate treasures, only entering and not leaving, and his magical powers were special.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia:
Gourmand:
Pixiu: