{"id":13219,"date":"2019-11-21T15:35:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/chinese-myth-figures-zhong-guo-shen-hua-ren-wu-05-qilin-qi-lin\/"},"modified":"2019-11-21T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:35:24","slug":"chinese-myth-figures-zhong-guo-shen-hua-ren-wu-05-qilin-qi-lin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/chinese-myth-figures-zhong-guo-shen-hua-ren-wu-05-qilin-qi-lin\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Myth Figures \u4e2d\u56fd\u795e\u8bdd\u4eba\u7269 05 Qilin \u9e92\u9e9f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The kylin is an animal in ancient Chinese mythology.  It is somewhat like a deer, with horns on the head and scales over the  body. Its tail is like that of an ox&#8217;s. The kylin is said to be an  animal of longevity that could live for 2,000 years. It is also believed  that the beast could spit fire and roar like thunder. The Kylin is one  of the &quot;Four Divine Creatures&quot;, the other three being the phoenix, the  turtle and the dragon. In ancient times, it was regarded as a celestial  animal, a benevolent animal, the mount for god and a symbol of  auspiciousness. Of all animals, the kylin was ranked second only to the  dragon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The kylin is a carrier of profound cultural connotations. In ancient  Chinese culture, there are lots of legends ab0ut the relations between  kylin and emperors. It was widely believed that the animal would convey  the will of Heaven and therefore dictate the rise and fall of a dynasty.  In folk culture, there&#8217;s a saying of &nbsp;&quot;the kylin bringing a child&quot;.  Common people regard the animal as a divine creature bringing children  to them. It is said that Confucius was brought by a kylin. The animal is  also used to describe a brilliantly talented person.<\/p>\n<p>In traditional Chinese folk customs, various ornaments bearing kylin  images are made and given to children as a talisman that could bring  luck and protection. The images of the kylin can still be found today.  The most famous ones are the auspicious guarding creatures in the  imperial mausoleums of the Southern Dynasty located in Qixia Town of  Nanjing. The images of these creatures are derived from kylins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-201643311\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kylin is an animal in ancient Chinese mythology.  It is somewhat like a deer, with horns on the head and scales over the  body. Its tail is like that of an ox&#8217;s. The kylin is said to be an  animal of longevity that could live for 2,000 years. It is also believed  that the beast could spit fire and roar like thunder. The Kylin is one  of the &quot;Four Divine Creatures&quot;, the other three being the phoenix, the  turtle and the dragon. In ancient times, it was regarded as a celestial  animal, a benevolent animal, the mount for god and a symbol of  auspiciousness. Of all animals, the kylin was ranked second only to the  dragon.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2837],"tags":[119,44,130,133,118,135],"class_list":["post-13219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-mythology","tag-ancient-chinese","tag-chinese-culture","tag-chinese-myth-figures","tag-chinese-mythology","tag-culture","tag-traditional-chinese"],"views":292,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}