The unicorn, also known as "Qilin", referred to as "Lin", is an animal recorded in ancient Chinese books, known as the "Four Spirits" together with the phoenix, turtle and dragon, and is the mount of the gods,[1] The ancients regarded the unicorn as a benevolent beast and a rui beast. The male is called the unicorn, the female is called the lin, and after Zheng He brought the giraffe to the West in the Ming Dynasty, it was used to refer to the giraffe (which is still the case in Japan). It is often used as a metaphor for outstanding people.

The difference between a unicorn and a dragon, and the difference between the four spirits.

The unicorn is a divine object in the sky, not on the earth, and often appears with the gods, and is the seat of the gods, belonging to the fire system and belonging to the heavenly immortals. They don't usually fly, but adult unicorns do. Adult unicorns can be big and small, usually more kind, and extremely fierce when angry. The Lord is wise and auspicious. Kirin Kirin

Every appearance of the unicorn will be a very special time. According to records, Fuxi, Shun, Confucius, etc., all appeared with a unicorn and brought divine instructions that ultimately led to victory. Zhao Zhenyuan of the Ming Dynasty "For Yuan Shi (Yuan Ke Lizi) to reopen Feng Taifu": "Jing Lianghe to settle the world; ”

Judging from its external shape, it is a collection of dragon heads, antlers, lion eyes, tiger backs, bear waists, snake scales, and unicorn photo collection Qilin photo collection Qilin photo collection deer, can also be written as a deer, referring to a deer in ancient books, the tail is like an ox's tail, the hooves are like a horse's paw, and the top of the round head has a pair of horns. But it is said that the beginning of the unicorn roughly resembles a deer. It was regarded by the ancients as a divine beast and a benevolent beast. Kirins live a long life and can live for 2,000 years. It can spit fire, and its voice is like thunder. "There are three hundred and sixty hairy insects, and the unicorn is long" (hairy insects mean hairy animals. ）

The unicorn is an illusory animal created by the ancient Chinese, and this shape focuses all the advantages of those cherished animals on the construction of the unicorn, a fantasy beast. In many Chinese folklore, although there are not many stories about the unicorn, it is really everywhere in people's lives to reflect its unique preciousness and spirituality.

From ancient times to the present, there is no shortage of capable people with lofty ideals, and the image of the unicorn is displayed in various forms. Since the rise of bronze culture, the bronze unicorn has also become more popular, and the image of the unicorn is created with copper, so that people can touch and touch, so that the image of the unicorn in people's hearts has become more clear.

Han Xu Shen's "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" ten: "Qi, benevolent beast, a corner of the oxtail of the elk; Duan Yu cut the clouds: "The shape is like a unicorn moax, a corner, wearing meat, and setting up weapons without harm, so it is benevolent." ”...... According to what method "Zhengxiang Ji": "The unicorn is called the unicorn, and the oyster is called the unicorn, and the unicorn is said to be the lin." ...... Xu Yunren beast, with a ram said, with its no insects, no grass. "The ancient unicorn or simply said Lin, salty as an auspicious thing. "The Book of Rites" etiquette: "The unearthed instrument car, the river out of the horse, the phoenix unicorn, are all in the suburbs." ("Coconut" is the same as "Shu", swamp), and "Linfeng, turtle and dragon, called the four spirits." ”

The unicorn depicted in the Han Dynasty portrait stone, the fourth animal on the left

West Hunt Catches

"West Hunting and Harvesting" occurred in the late Spring and Autumn Period, in the western border of the Lu Kingdom. Its written history is first seen in the earliest chronicle of our country "Spring and Autumn" written by the Warring States Period: the "Biography of the Ram" written by the Warring States historian Ram Gao and the "Biography of Gu Liang" written by Gu Liangchi also recorded this aspect. Zuo Qiu Ming, a contemporary of Confucius, wrote in "Zuo Chuan, Volume 12": In the spring of the fourteenth year of Mourning, he hunted in the west, and the key to the car of the uncle and grandson was obtained, thinking that it was ominous, so as to give Yu people. Zhong Ni Guan said: "Lin also". "Historical Records: Confucius Family" contains: In the spring of the fourteenth year of Lu Aigong, the West Hunting Daye, the car key of the uncle and grandson's family was obtained by the beast, thinking that it was ominous, Zhong Ni regarded it and said: "Lin also", take it. In his "Collection of Explanations" and "Justice", it is also noted: "Daye, the name of the serval, the common place of Lu Tianpu, and the cover of the present Juye is also." "Yanzhou Mansion Chronicles, Shengli Chronicles" contains: "In the spring of the thirty-ninth year of King Jing of Zhou (the fourteenth year of mourning), he hunted in the wilderness. The retainer of the Shusun clan is the key merchant who won the lin. "Fold his left foot and return home." The uncle and grandson thought it was ominous, and abandoned Guo Wai, so that people told Confucius: "Who is the one who has moose and horns?" Confucius looked at it and said: "Lin Ye, Hu Wei is here!" He wiped his face and wept and wept. Uncle and grandson heard it, and then took it. Confucius said: Lin Zhi is the king of Ming, and if he is not harmed at the right time, I will hurt him. ”

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"The Hunt for the West" took place in the ninth year of King Gengshen of Zhou Jing (the fourteenth year of the Spring and Autumn Lu Ai Gong), and Confucius's book "Spring and Autumn" was also out of manuscript in this year, when Confucius was seventy-one years old and no longer wrote. This fully proves that the story of "Confucius won the pen of Lin" that is still circulating in Juye today is true. Confucius won the pen, objectively speaking, because he was old and his energy was not good. But subjectively speaking, feeling worried is also an important reason. Legend has it that in 551 B.C. (the twenty-second year of Lu Ai Xianggong), Confucius's mother Yan Zheng was pregnant, prayed in Niqiu Mountain, met a unicorn and gave birth to Confucius, because when Confucius was born, the top of his head looked a bit like Niqiu Mountain, and he was named Confucius Zhongni. Confucius was born when he met Lin, and when he saw Lin die, he thought it was a bad omen, and immediately wrote an elegy for Qilin: "Tang Yu Shixi Lin Fengyou, what do you want when this is not the time? Because of Confucius's sorrow, coupled with the early death of his only beloved son, Kong Li, he was very sad, and finally passed away in the sixteenth year of Lu Ai (479 BC). After the death of Confucius, the story of the death of Confucius was widely circulated. The great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty has the verse "Ancient Style Poems" in "If the sage is established, the pen will be in the lin".

Kirin Terrace

Later, in order to commemorate the story of "West Hunting and Catching the Forest", people built the Qilin Terrace in the place where the Qilin was buried, also known as the Qilin Terrace, which was called the Qilin Qilin Ancient Tomb in ancient times. The building is located seven kilometers east of Juye City - east of Chenhuzhuang in Qilin Town, and in the large depression north of Houfeng Bridge, and is a key protection unit of county-level scenic spots and historic sites. This platform is the place where Lu Aigong "hunts in the west", 73 meters long from east to west, 52 meters wide from north to south, covers an area of 3,800 square meters. There were several stone tablets of the Tang Dynasty here, which have been destroyed due to the oblivion of the years. In the 14th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Jining Prefecture sentenced Zhang Jiuxu to rebuild a Qilin monument, standing next to Caoji Highway, and the tomb character engraved on the monument and the signature of the era still exist. "West Hunting Capture Lin" is famous all over the country, and some states, counties, townships, and village names such as Linzhou in the Tang Dynasty, Jiaxiang County in the east of Juye, and Fulin Bao (Township) in the east of Juye City, and Ulin Ji, etc., are all named after this. The unicorn came into the world, no one knew it, but it was "killed by the monster". Confucius lamented it, thinking that he had never met a talent in his life, and he was sad when he touched the scene, and wrote an elegy for the unicorn: "Tang Yu is a world of Lin and a phoenix, what do you want when this is not the time, I am worried." Since then, he has stopped writing books and has never written any more. The unicorn mound is also because of the unique cultural connotation to become a famous attraction, the literati of the past dynasties came to the scene to look for holy relics, or eulogize, or sigh, think about the ancient feelings, and sing immortal sentences. Wei Biaowei, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote the "Lintai Inscription": Li Bai, Xin Qiji, and famous poets such as Wang Xudeng and Sun Yi in the Ming Dynasty all left popular poems for Qilintai. In the fourth year of Tang Wude, according to the reason for the capture of Lin in the west, Juye was once renamed Linzhou. In the fourteenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Jinshi Zhang Jiuxu made the three characters of "Qilin Mound" in the fighting book, and carved the stone in front of the stage. During the Apocalypse, the county ordered Fang Shihua to build a temple here, called "Ruilin Temple". Since then, the Qilintai victory has become more famous.

Since the dragon, phoenix, turtle and lin were regarded as gods in ancient times, the hunting of the forest in the west has become an important part of the literati's writing. The book "Collection of Explanations of the Left Biography of the Spring and Autumn Period" written by Du Pre, a general and historian of the Southern Jin Dynasty: "Lin, benevolent beasts, and Jia Rui of the Holy King." Han Yu, a master of the Tang Dynasty, "Won Lin Jie" (annotation) cloud: "Lin is a corner and carries meat, and sets up weapons without harm." "You must be in the soil, auspicious and behind, do not perform insects, do not trample grass, the king has out, and the phoenix, turtle and dragon are called the four spirits. Since the Qilin is one of the four spirits, some historical stories such as "The Book of Lin", "The Book of the Qilin", "The Story of the Golden Wall", "The Story of Lintai" by Song Chengju, and "The Qilin Pavilion" by Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty all use the Qilin as the title or content of the book. Another example is the name of the ancient emperor or the ancient building, the name of the ancient place, also often take the word lin as the auspicious code, Han Gaozu Liu Bang called Weiyang Palace as the Qilin Palace, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty must be called the Qilin Pavilion. Tang Gaozu Wude four years, take the west to hunt Linyi, in Juye Linzhou. Tang Gaozong called the era name Linde, and the Empress Wu was the province of Lintai. In the fourth year of the Tang Dezong calendar, the Lintai monument was erected in the Qilin Terrace. In the seventh year of the reign of the Jin Emperor, he took the auspicious meaning of Qilin and added Jiaxiang County in Shankou Town, Juye County (now the area of Dashantou in Jiaxiang County). Yuan Shizu to the sixteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, with Lin as auspicious, in Juye County to build the Linfeng Pavilion in the north; Yuan Wenzong to Shun two years, Juye County chief book Fan Xun, rebuilt the Linfeng Pavilion. In the Ming Dynasty, Juye Zhixian was timely, and Ruilin Temple was built in Qilintai. Ruilin Temple was built magnificently, the scale was spectacular, according to local legends, the whole temple covered an area of more than 100 acres at that time, there were more than 100 monks, dozens of tenants. Near the temple, there are shops, stone mills, vegetable gardens, salt furrows, car mills, etc., and it is obviously a self-sufficient economic unit. In the south of Ruilin Temple, there is a small river, the name is Bali River, this river flows in the direction of east and west, the willows on the bank are in rows, the flowing water is murmuring, and the swimming fish can be counted. There is a ferry on the south bank of the river, that is, the "Juye County Chronicle" said "Fulin Gudu". Every time the sun is warm, the wind and the sun are warm, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the scholars are businessmen, women and children, and there is an endless stream of tourists who come here for sightseeing. It's a pity that due to the war in the last years of Ming Chongzhen, the entire temple has become a ruin, and today you can only see this barren grass and foggy earthen platform.

In the 31st year of Gaozong Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (the first year of the Later Jin Shizong's Wanyan Yongdading), the 21-year-old patriotic poet Xin Qiji, participated in the anti-Jin rebel army, and improvised a five-character poem on the way to Juye Lintai:

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Pen, the name of the old Jilin. The barren platform was once built in Lu, and the weeds were not burned in Qin.

The lush mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the green scenery is palladium. Is Wei Bian continuing to do it?

Sun Yi, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, wrote a five-character poem when he traveled to "Won Lin Gudu", and his poem said:

Gudu cold smoke accumulates, and Sha Ming hangs brightly. Spring and Autumn are sad and phoenix days, and heaven and earth are crying in the year.

When the recklessness changes, the circumference is reversed. So far, they are all unwritten, and the true meaning is passed on.

Modern writer Zhang Xiaofeng also wrote an article about the acquisition of Qi as the main event.

Kirin status

There is a folk saying: At the beginning of the birth of heaven and earth, the birds were headed by the phoenix, and the beasts were headed by the unicorn. He also said that at the beginning of chaos, there were only the bird king phoenix and the beast king unicorn.

Kirin culture

Qilin culture is a traditional Chinese folk culture, such as the unicorn sending children, which is the old Chinese fertility folk customs. Legend has it that the unicorn is a benevolent beast, a symbol of good fortune, and can bring children to people. Legend has it that on the eve of Confucius's death, there was a unicorn spitting jade book in his home, on which it was written "the son of the water spirit, the king of the declining Zhou Dynasty", which means that he has the virtue of the emperor but does not occupy his position. Although this is false, it is actually the basis of "Qilin sending children", which can be found in Wang Chong's "On Heng Dingxian" and Jin Wangjia's "Collecting Memories". The folk have the reputation of "unicorn" and "liner". During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people often called the bright and lovely boy "my unicorn". Since then, the work of "unicorn sending sub picture". As a woodblock painting, the couplet "Qilin in the sky, champion on the ground" is engraved on it, which is a good omen. It is generally believed that worshipping the unicorn can give birth to children. Tang Dufu's "Song of Xu Qing's Second Son": "It's so strange that you don't see Xu Qing's second son. Induction auspicious dreams followed. Confucius Shi personally embraced and sent it, and it was a unicorn in the sky. Hu Pu'an's "National Customs of China, Hunan" quoted "Changzhi New Year's Poems": "Women can be conceived around the dragon, and it is strange to be obsessed with children." The real dragon is not as good as the paper dragon, and it can be sent by Linlin. Original note: "If a woman has not had children for many years, every time the dragon lantern arrives at home, she will send a sealing instrument, surround the woman with the dragon body once, shorten the dragon body, ride a child, and go around in front of the hall, which is called the Lin Qi sending the child." "According to the Lin Qi, it belongs to the dragon family, and this is the one who replaces the Qi Qi with the dragon lantern.

The hometown of the unicorn

Juye is the hometown of the Qilin, and the people of Juye have a soft spot for the Qilin. In Juno, folk relics about Kirin abound. The poems and songs that describe the unicorn, the calligraphy and paintings that depict the unicorn, and the sculptures that commemorate the unicorn are innumerable in the giant wilderness. There are countless people and things named after Lin in the past dynasties. In 2007, Juye was named the hometown of Chinese Qilin culture, which ushered in an opportunity for Juye to develop Qilin culture.

1. The unicorn is best at resolving the three evils, the five yellow evils, the heavenly slashing evil, the heart piercing evil, the sickle evil, the house corner evil, the knife evil white tiger evil, and the two black disease star symbols. When the Yang Mansion encounters the above-listed evil spirits, it causes family members to live uneasily, damage people and property, family discord, car accidents, blood light, divorce and other Qilin Town can be safe. The unicorn is a benevolent beast that punishes adultery and destroys evil and protects good people. The good are protected by worship, and the wicked are punished by worship.

Second, the Qilin town house has the strongest ability to dissolve evil, and the people who are enshrined should always be grateful for the feelings of protection. Put a pair at home, put the head out of the door or window, can eliminate disasters and solve problems, exorcise evil spirits, avoid evil in the house, urge wealth and promotion, and also add Ding. It differs from the liger in that it does not hurt good people.

3. The unicorn in Feng Shui is like a panacea, prosperous wealth, town house, evil spirit, prosperous people, seeking children, wangwen, etc., which can be used in all aspects. And the unicorn is placed indoors, there is one of the biggest benefits, it plays a protective role for good people, but it is as evil as hatred for bad people, if it finds bad people, it will bite, so the copper unicorn placed in the home can prosper the career, turn the villain, and control the bad guys. Therefore, placing a pair of copper unicorns in the room will bring you auspiciousness in all aspects such as family and career.

Qilin Feng Shui effect

First, the use of warding off evil spirits, such as seeing the promenade in front of the door and rushing straight to the door, committing a heart breaker. You can use a pair of copper unicorns to block it, if the "evil qi" is weak and the corridor is not too long, you can use a copper unicorn to block it.

Second, there is a use to resolve the crime of Tai Sui, the crime of Tai Sui is ranked in different directions according to the year of the year, we can find it in Tongsheng every year. For example, this year's ox offender Tai Sui is in the southwest, and next year's tiger offender is Tai Sui, Tai Sui is also in the southwest.

3. There is a purpose for making the home run well and reducing disasters. The unicorn is a symbol of good fortune, and placing it in the home to ward off evil spirits and add to the auspicious role of the home, not only will the owner's career be smooth, but also the fortune will also improve. In addition, the copper unicorn can also block the mildew of stagnant luck for the owner. Generally, the copper unicorn used for transshipment is best to be enlightened, so that its power can be fully exerted;

Fourth, it has the effect of resolving the white tiger. In the direction of the white tiger in the home, place a pair of copper unicorns, which can resolve the ferocity of the white tiger square and make the people living in the house safe, especially the chimney or sharp objects outside the white tiger square to shoot out, and even more to place the copper unicorn that has been opened.

Both China and the West have legends about the unicorn, which has a horn on its head and is covered with scales, like a deer with a tail. In China, it is referred to as "lin", and in the West it is generally called "unicorn" (lalicorne). The Chinese call the unicorn "benevolent beast" because it is beyond the swamp, does not step on ants and insects, does not step on flowers and plants, is a harbinger of auspiciousness, and is listed as the four folk spirits together with the dragon and phoenix turtle, as well as the beautiful talk of "unicorn sending children". Qilin also often borrows the metaphor of outstanding talents, "Jin Shu Gu He Biography" recorded, a scribe Ya respected his nephew, said: "This is my family Qilin".

Like China, the unicorn has been seen in Europe since ancient times as a symbol of wisdom and a metaphorical figure of speech for culture and art. However, in modern times, some Westerners have turned it into a modern totem of money fetishism, the object of hunting for profiteers, so there is a so-called "golden unicorn". A best-selling novel by contemporary French writer and academician of the Goncourt Academy, Erobloles, entitled "Lachasse à la Licorne" (Chasing the Unicorn), has been translated into Chinese and published in Beijing. Of course, there are also people in the West who have issued a wake-up call to be vigilant against the "golden unicorn". Not long ago, on Christmas Eve, Bishop of the Christian Church in Germany, Wolfgang Uber, accused the president of Deutsche Bank of excessive pursuit of profit and the new idolatry of the golden calf, which caused a stir among the masses. The modern concept of the unicorn in the West seems to have been introduced into China, impacting traditional Confucian morality, causing the descendants of Confucius to lose their social and cultural identity, no longer resigned to poverty, and converted to money fetishism.

Unicorn seal

The unicorn seal "Qilin Ruyi Seal" is a round seal carved from blue-green jadeite, the jade is delicate, the whole body is crystal clear, and it looks like a clear water from a distance. The carving is also quite fine, the small scales on the back of the unicorn shine with warm light, and the unicorn whiskers rise, as if the wind can move.

The overall shape of the "Qilin Ruyi Seal" is a jade seal of a unicorn guarding a party with Ruyi on its back. The handle part is a unicorn holding a young lin, and carrying a jade ruyi. The unicorn is a symbol of benevolence and auspiciousness since ancient times, it "contains benevolence and righteousness, the sound of the law in Lu, walking in the rules, twisting the clock, choosing the soil and then practice, the position is flat and then placed", the person who gets the "Qilin Ruyi seal" must be a gentle and elegant and humble gentleman; and because the unicorn is a divine beast, so the young Lin means that the master increases blessing and longevity (harmonic "beast" sound), "a seal in the hand, the jade is the same longevity"; the jade Ruyi behind the unicorn means that the master is lucky and auspicious. The main part of the "Kirin Ruyi Print" is cylindrical, which has the solemnity of the square seal, and has a little more agility and unrestrainedness. The pillar body is engraved with four clouds and auspicious dragons, which means that the dragon soars all over the world.

Yin has been a symbol of status and power since ancient times. Jade has the five virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity", so the seal of jade can not only reflect the honor of the owner's identity, but also show its tenacious and noble character. Compared with ordinary seals, jade seals also have high artistic and collection value.

Unicorn seal

The unicorn seal "Qilin Ruyi Seal" is a round seal carved from blue-green jadeite, the jade is delicate, the whole body is crystal clear, and it looks like a clear water from a distance. The carving is also quite fine, the small scales on the back of the unicorn shine with warm light, and the unicorn whiskers rise, as if the wind can move.

The overall shape of the "Qilin Ruyi Seal" is a jade seal of a unicorn guarding a party with Ruyi on its back. The handle part is a unicorn holding a young lin, and carrying a jade ruyi. The unicorn is a symbol of benevolence and auspiciousness since ancient times, it "contains benevolence and righteousness, the sound of the law in Lu, walking in the rules, twisting the clock, choosing the soil and then practice, the position is flat and then placed", the person who gets the "Qilin Ruyi seal" must be a gentle and elegant and humble gentleman; and because the unicorn is a divine beast, so the young Lin means that the master increases blessing and longevity (harmonic "beast" sound), "a seal in the hand, the jade is the same longevity"; the jade Ruyi behind the unicorn means that the master is lucky and auspicious. The main part of the "Kirin Ruyi Print" is cylindrical, which has the solemnity of the square seal, and has a little more agility and unrestrainedness. The pillar body is engraved with four clouds and auspicious dragons, which means that the dragon soars all over the world.

Yin has been a symbol of status and power since ancient times. Jade has the five virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity", so the seal of jade can not only reflect the honor of the owner's identity, but also show its tenacious and noble character. Compared with ordinary seals, jade seals also have high artistic and collection value.