Friday, January 1, 2010

4 Mystical Creature of the Wind

1. Suzaku - The Southern GuardBird Zhu Que is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, Tao five-element system, representing the fire element, the south, summer. So sometimes called the Vermilion Bird of South and also known as Suzaku in Japan and Jujak in Korea. It is often mistaken for Fenghuang because of similarities in appearance, but two different beings. Fenghuang is the king of birds, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.Suzaku bird that is elegant and noble bird both in appearance and behavior, are very selective in what to eat and perch, with the feathers in various colors of reddish orange.Suzaku is often associated with the myth of the Phoenix because of their association with fire.
2. Seiryu - The Eastern GuardSeiryu is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. Sometimes called the Azure Dragon of the East, and known as Seiryuu in Japan and Cheongryong in Korea. It represents the eastern and spring. According to Wu Xing, Seiryu berelemen wood (Wood). Do not be fooled by the yellow dragon mythology associated with the Emperor of China.In Japan, the Azure Dragon (Seiryuu) is one of the four guardian spirits are said to protect the city and the city of Kyoto in the east. West is protected by the White Tiger, on the north protected by the Black Tortoise, south protected by the Vermilion Bird, and the center is protected by the Yellow Dragon. In Kyoto there are temples to their respective guardian spirits. The Azure Dragon is represented in the Kiyomizu Temple in eastern Kyoto. Before the entrance of the temple there is a dragon statue that he drank from the waterfall in the temple complex at night. Therefore, every year a ceremony to worship the dragon of the east. 
3. Byakko - The Western Guard
White Tiger is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. This is sometimes called the Western White Tiger, and is known as Baekho Byakko in Japan and in Korea. It represents the west and autumn, and elements of iron.During the Han Dynasty, people believed that the tiger became king of all beasts. Legend tells that when a tiger reached 500 years, its tail will be white. In this way, the white tiger became a kind of mythological creature. It is said that the white tigers will only appear when the emperor ruled with absolute virtue, or if there is peace throughout the world. Because the color white from china also represent the five elements of western, white tiger thus becomes the guardian western mythology.In the Book of Tang, who is the reincarnation of Li Luo Cheng Byakko and Seiryu reincarnation is said to be a rebel named Xiongxin. They both are sworn brothers in Shubao Qin, Cheng Zhijie and Yuchi Jingde. Their souls after death the body is said to have a new hero of the Tang Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, and He Xue Rengui Suwen In some legends of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Rengui he said as a reincarnation of Byakko, and mortal enemy, the Liao Dynasty prince Suwen He is the reincarnation of Seiryu.

4. Genbu - The Northern Guard
Black Tortoise of the North or the Shadow Warrior is one of the four cardinal points and the Chinese zodiac animal totem. It is also one of four fantastic animals from the theory of four elements. Genbu represents the North direction and is associated with water.His Chinese name consists of Xuan, "fuzzy" and wǔ, "fighters", referring to its shell armor. Also called "turtle-snake", usually depicted as a turtle that wrapped the snake around. The realization of this could be the origin myth claiming that turtles men often helpless, unite a woman with a snake. This belief is contradictory symbolism behind the sacred animal since ancient times because of re-representation of the universe, sometimes immoral.Black turtle is the largest of the animal totem astrology for the rules of the northern quarter of the zodiac which is the polar star, the axis of the sky and the constellations that regulate fertility, mortality and longevity.



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