Legend of stone carving

Kirin-the eternal mascot of China people, also known as Kirin, is an animal in the ancient legend of China. Together with phoenix, turtle and dragon, it is also called "four spirits", ranking first among the four spirits. In the Book of Rites, there are "unearthed pottery carts, hippos and phoenix kylins, all in the suburbs" ("coconut" is the same as "glutinous rice" and swamp).

Among the numerous folklores in China, there are not many stories about Kirin, but it truly reflects its unique, precious and spiritual ubiquity in people's lives.

It is said that Yan, the mother of Confucius, was pregnant in October. When crossing Nishan, she suddenly had a stomachache and was about to give birth. At this time, the sky roared, and a unicorn carrying a white fat man descended from the sky on colorful auspicious clouds. At this time, the sky was red, the unicorn crashed into Yan's arms, and Confucius was born. In the 14th year of Lu Aigong, an old farmer from Wucheng drove Niu Gengdi, and the cow gave birth to a calf, unlike a pig or a cow. The firstborn unicorn is not a deer, and its scales are not like dragons. That's a four-headed elephant. No sooner had the four elephants given birth than they stood up and ate the plough mirror and the head of the plough share. The old farmer was afraid and asked Sixiang to go somewhere else. Sixiang nodded. Four is not like Kirin. That year, I went hunting in the wilderness more than twenty miles west of Wucheng and shot the unicorn to death, but I didn't know what animal it was, so I asked Confucius to identify it.

Seeing that it was a unicorn, Confucius said with great distress, "This is a unicorn and a benevolent beast. Now it's so chaotic, how can you appear at this time? " After that, he burst into tears and stopped writing and compiling Chunqiu. Soon, Confucius passed away.