What Are the Names of Two of Dragon's Sons, and Where Can You See Each Kind of Dragon Decoration?
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I know we haven't actually talked about dragon yet. Since in that location are and so much about the dragon in Chinese mythology, today I decide to talk well-nigh the nine sons of the dragon. Why are there 9 sons？ In Chinese, besides the number, nine also means many like in English a couple of means a few. 9 also was considered the number of the emperor.
There is a Chinese saying chosen nine sons of the dragon are all different. The myth nigh that the dragon has nine sons started from the Ming dynasty 明朝 in the book HuaiLuTangJi 怀麓堂集 and ShengAnWaiJi 升庵外集.
There are different variations of the nine sons. According to the volume HuaiLuTangJi by the author Li DongYang 李东 阳, it says,
The commencement son is chosen QiuNiu 囚牛, a mythical creature that likes music and can be institute as a ornament to adorn musical instruments like a string instrument HuQin 胡琴. Niu means cows but I am certain if QiuNiu is a hybrid of a moo-cow and a dragon.
The 2d son is called 睚眦 YaZi (二 四声), a mythical creature that is aggressive. He likes to fight and can be establish as decorations on the cantankerous-guard of swords. It looks similar YaZi is having the blade in its mouth. YaZi'due south eyes are always widely open and looks like a hybrid of a wolf and a dragon.
The third son is chosen 嘲风 ChaoFeng, a mythical brute that likes adventures and can exist found on the corners of roofs. ChaoFeng represents skillful luck and power and of form ward off evil spirits.
The 4th son is called 蒲牢 PuLao, a mythical creature that likes to scream and tin can exist establish every bit decorations on the height of bells. And so the bells can exist heard far away. It says PuLao is scared of whales so the bell hammer sometimes is carved as a whale.
The fifth son is called 狻猊 SuanNi （一 二声）, a mythical creature that is quite and likes to sit downwardly and can be found on the bases or at the anxiety of a Buddhist idols or a Buddhist incense burner. SuanNi looks like a hybrid of a lion and a dragon. Like we talked about in the episode thirteen guardian lions that there are no lions in Prc. The king of beasts symbolism is from Indian civilization through Buddhism. The name SuanNi is said a translation of king of beasts from some language from the central Asia. Maybe that'south also a reason that SuanNi tin can exist found around Buddhism statues.
The sixth son is called 赑屃 BiXi (四四声) or BaXia 霸下，a mythical creature with a difficult shell looking like a hybrid of a turtle and a dragon. People sometimes misinterpret them as turtles notwithstanding BiXi has teeth. It is able to conduct heavy objects like tombstones.
The seventh son is called 狴犴 BiAn （四四声）, a mythical animate being that looks like a hybrid of a tiger and a dragon. BiAn likes litigation and stands for justice. It can be found in the courtroom room and prisons.
The eighth son is called 负屃 FuXi (四四声), a mythical beast that likes literature and can exist constitute on the meridian of tombstones. FuXi looks similar dragon itself.
The ninth son is chosen ChiWen 鸱吻 (一三声)， a mythical beast that has a wide throat and likes to swallow. ChiWen looks like a hybrid of a fish and a dragon. It can be found on both ends of the ridgepoles of roofs and looks like they are swallowing the ridgepoles. Since ChiWen is half fish, information technology tin put off fire. And then the wooden structured buildings are protected non being caught on fire.
According to the volume ShengAnJi, there are some variations. There is son called TaoTie 饕餮, a mythical fauna that likes to eat and its head pattern tin be constitute on cooking wares.
At that place is a son chosen BaXia 虫八 虫夏 （一四声）, a mythical beast that like water and can be found on bridges and outlets of sewage.
At that place is a son called JiaoTu 椒图, a mythical animate being that looks like a clam and doesn't like to be disturbed and can exist constitute on the forepart door as decorations of door knobs.
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怀麓堂集 HuaiLuTangJi
升庵外集 ShengAnWaiJi
Source: https://chinesemythologypodcast.com/2018/10/08/episode-89-nine-sons-of-the-dragon/
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