Ⅲ.Eastern and Western ancient and traditional animal nouns
1.Oriental charm
a."Jimei," the unicorn
The so-called "Jimei," In layman's terms is all the good things in one thing on a performance.This idea has been for thousands of years the Chinese spiritual world and the physical world to pursue goals and aspirations.Kirin is based on the Chinese way of thinking generated by complex ideas,to create animals.From its external shape point of view,moose body,oxtail,water chestnut,skin scales.This style is a lot of real animals after the dismembered body of the new merged it to the people who cherish the animals much have the advantages of all concentrated in the fantasy animal unicorn the construction,fully embodies the Chinese people "Jimei" thinking.Thus,the selected Kirin deer,cattle,horses,fish and other auspicious animals,there is a certain combination of reason.
Deer primitive animal worship is worship in China,and an ancient symbol of the emperor,while also being included in the scope of theological politics.Orogen in raising reindeer,hunting Hezhen Ewenki and people,deer are often shaman of the gods,and that the shaman often shaped into deer there,and even the Shaman witchcraft are convinced that the true spirit of the shaman can be turned into deer body battle of wits,deer wins the shaman wins,the deer is dead shaman life would end.In the private sector,but also to longevity cents deer beast to appear on many occasions to express birthday,the theme of prayer life.In addition,the deer also with "Paul" harmonics,a symbol of good fortune,Feng Lu.
Cattle,on the altar in ancient times,a festival sacred objects indispensable.Folklore cow came to earth to help human gods of heaven,in the field working hard,to bring the material wealth of mankind,and it reflected the dedication of the body,but also to human beings with spiritual wealth.Worship cattle are common in people of all ethnic groups in China,in the northwest around the bull worship,worship in the South and more buffalo.
Ma,is considered to be intelligent,loyal,brave and stamina of the animal,with a noble,elegant,elegance,"Book of Changes" will be a symbol of days of horse.Worship and more popular in Malaysia and nomadic hunting peoples in northern China,they take the sport to horses as the main force.Qing Dynasty literature,more than a ritual sacrifice of God and the construction of horse red horse temple accounts.
Fish,as a general term for a class of aquatic animals,their body skin scales and valued as a good luck,beautiful decoration,"scale Kam" is a traditional auspicious patterns.Fish worship has been in China the Han,Manchu,Tibetan,Mongolian,Bai,Hani,Lisu and other ethnic groups widespread,and many myths have said that the earth is a huge pack in the back story of the fish lips.Mawangdui in Hunan Han dynasty unearthed in the image on the world,but also to human land on top of two giant fish.Fish and with the "I" harmonics,become prosperous,happy symbol.
Kirin is the best hope for ancient Chinese auspicious animals appear,they appear well-being of that generation.When the ancient times this belief was handed down at the same time,the unicorn has the auspicious meaning that also will be recognized and firmly in the general population exists in people's consciousness,the unicorn became a symbol of some idea,some Artistic Conception,a display of power,and inspire people's imagination,and guide the spirit of the people some ideas to fit into a particular state,to the people with hope,comfort and a pursuit of power.
b.Chinese Kung Fu
Chinese martial arts and profound; Chinese martial arts,is also a large number of categories,origin a long history.Spectrum of animal named a lot of boxing,such as the Dragon Fist,Snake Fist,Tiger Fist,leopard boxing,crane boxing,mantis,eagle boxing and so on.
Legend has it Jimo,Shandong Praying Mantis is the Ming and Qing Dynasties who view mantis and cicada Wanglang fight,which felt the record.Praying Mantis strong agility,length and use,attractive.And hand-foot-Qi moving,channeling jump rapidly out the door in a relatively different type of martial arts,and as such,Mantis attacks up until the other side off guard.The Monkey While the surgery does exist in the country,but it never appeared as a separate martial art before,the spread of influence in the civil aspects of boxing is far less than the above number.However,in kung fu movies,if the missing monkey boxing,it will probably lose a lot of fun.
Overall,Monkey and Mantis,are both a form of boxing away from home.Through the imitation of the monkey jump,dodge,scratching,churn etc,and the offensive operation into a flexible shenfa move among the past can be personal attacks,walk far to jump.The main feature is sensitive Monkey fickle,crisp shot.