Legend has it that China has three saints to protect the country and four saints. What are their names?

Three great beasts to protect the country: Kirin, Zulong and Biling.

The four Guardian are Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. ?

Kirin: The ancients called the public Qi and the mother Lin. Song Shu: Unicorn is a kind animal. I said "Qi" and I said "Lin". Kirin is an auspicious god pet, advocating peace and longevity; Kirin, because of its profound cultural connotation, is made into various ornaments and ornaments in the traditional folk etiquette in China, which are worn and placed at home, in order to pray and keep peace.

Zulong: Zulong generally refers to Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng. "The ancestors, beginning also; Statues of dragons, men and kings. Call it the first emperor. " Zulong didn't call himself the first emperor, but the name Zulong was handed down from Qin people to the first emperor. This matter is recorded in Historical Records of Qin Shihuang.

Biling: Biling, the name of an ancient animal. The disciples of Biling are four ancient beasts: Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. According to legend, Biling is an Ataturk beast with tight blue clothes, blue hair and green eyes.

Extended data:

The four great beasts are the legendary beasts in ancient China, namely, Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu, which belong to the combination of ancient mythology and astronomy. Four kinds of animals are represented by different colors: oriental cyan is wood, western white is gold, southern red is fire, northern black is water, and middle yellow is earth. In addition, Huainanzi mentioned that Huanglong, one of the five dragons, is in the middle, which is the length of four beasts.

The so-called sky, left Qinglong, right White Tiger, former Suzaku, and later Xuanwu. Therefore, you can know the order of the sun and the moon in the shade of the class, and you can know the cold and heat of the world by seeing the ice in the bottle. ?

In ancient China, the stars in the sky were divided into seven star zones, namely "Three Walls" and "Four Elephants". The so-called "wall" is the "city wall". Three walls are arranged in a triangle around Polaris. There are four elephants around the three walls: East Black Dragon, West White Tiger, South Suzaku and North Xuanwu.

That is to say, the stars in the east are like dragons, the stars in the west are like tigers, the stars in the south are like big birds, and the stars in the north are like turtles and snakes. As the earth revolves around the sun, the stars in the sky change with the seasons. Every evening at the turn of winter and spring, the black dragon appears; At the turn of spring and summer, Xuanwu rose; At the turn of summer and autumn, white tigers emerge; At the turn of autumn and winter, Suzaku rose, known as the "four great beasts".

In addition, the four great beasts are also four of the six beasts corresponding to the hexagrams in Zhouyi, which are collectively called "Six Gods", namely Qinglong, Suzaku, Gouchen, Tengshe, Baihu and Xuanwu. They not only represent the five elements and directions, but also reflect the information of the hexagrams.

Four Livestock is also a formulation that China's twelve-hour system corresponds to good or bad luck at different times. Often the time corresponding to Qinglong is auspicious, while the time corresponding to Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu is fierce.

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