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Pixiu (PEE-SHOH "PEA-show", Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; Wade–Giles: pʻi2-hsiu1; 貔貅, OC:*bi qʰu) is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature. Pixiu are considered powerful protectors of the souls of the dead, xian, and feng shui practitioners, and resemble strong, winged lions. A Pixiu is an earth and sea variation[clarification needed], particularly an influential and auspicious creature for wealth, and is said to have a voracious appetite exclusively for gold, silver, and jewels. Therefore, traditionally to the Chinese, Pixiu have always been regarded as auspicious creatures that possessed mystical powers capable of drawing cai qi (財氣; "wealth") from all directions, and according to the Chinese zodiac, it is especially helpful for those who are going through a bad year.
There are two types of Pixiu that are categorised by their antlers. The one with two antlers is the female and is called a Bìxié, and the one with one antler is the male and is called a Tiānlù.
Pixiu crave the smell of gold and silver and like to bring their masters money in their mouth. Statues of this creature are often used to attract wealth in feng shui.
Today, Pixiu are a popular design on jade pendants.
Sinologist Axel Schuessler (2007) states that in old texts pí (貔) referred to large panther-like cats. Minimally reconstructing 貔's Old Chinese pronunciation as *bi, Schuessler compares it to Tibetan: དབྱི།, Wylie: dbyi "lynx" then proposes a probable Sino-Tibetan etymology. Moreover, he sees possible cognacy with པི (pi) and བྱི (byi) in two Tibetan words for "cat", namely: པི་ཤི (pi shi) and བྱི་ལ (byi la) respectively. Elements པི (pi) and བྱི (byi) are either of native Tibetan origin or derived from Indic (cf. Hindi बिल्ला (billā) ← Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla)).
Xu Ke (徐珂) describes the 貔貅; pixiu as resembling either tigers or bears and having ashen white furs, the 貔; pi being male and the 貅; xiu female.
Pixiu are auspicious, winged animals, written about in ancient Chinese history and heralded through the millennia by fantastic stories of powerful and grandiose feats of victory in battle. Their legend has been passed down through 2,000 years of Chinese lore. They have the head of a Chinese dragon, the body of a lion, and historically sport on their heads either one antler (male) or two antlers (female). In modern times, this legendary creature's historical physical appearance has been somewhat lost, and is now more commonly depicted with only one antler.[circular reference]
Ancient Chinese descriptions, depictions and stone carvings of Pixiu from the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) show the male with a single antler and the female with two. As with the Chinese phoenix, the common image today represents a single gender with one antler (male). Pixiu have protruding eyes and sharp teeth. There is one ancient stone sculpture variation found with hooves, but all Pixiu have wings. Many have a bifurcated (split) tail that hangs low and downward that covers its rear, a representative metaphor that they hold gold inside their stomachs but will not let it out.[citation needed]
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Pixiu (PEE-SHOH "PEA-show", Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; Wade–Giles: pʻi2-hsiu1; 貔貅, OC:*bi qʰu) is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature. Pixiu are considered powerful protectors of the souls of the dead, xian, and feng shui practitioners, and resemble strong, winged lions. A Pixiu is an earth and sea variation[clarification needed], particularly an influential and auspicious creature for wealth, and is said to have a voracious appetite exclusively for gold, silver, and jewels. Therefore, traditionally to the Chinese, Pixiu have always been regarded as auspicious creatures that possessed mystical powers capable of drawing cai qi (財氣; "wealth") from all directions, and according to the Chinese zodiac, it is especially helpful for those who are going through a bad year.
There are two types of Pixiu that are categorised by their antlers. The one with two antlers is the female and is called a Bìxié, and the one with one antler is the male and is called a Tiānlù.
Pixiu crave the smell of gold and silver and like to bring their masters money in their mouth. Statues of this creature are often used to attract wealth in feng shui.
Today, Pixiu are a popular design on jade pendants.
Sinologist Axel Schuessler (2007) states that in old texts pí (貔) referred to large panther-like cats. Minimally reconstructing 貔's Old Chinese pronunciation as *bi, Schuessler compares it to Tibetan: དབྱི།, Wylie: dbyi "lynx" then proposes a probable Sino-Tibetan etymology. Moreover, he sees possible cognacy with པི (pi) and བྱི (byi) in two Tibetan words for "cat", namely: པི་ཤི (pi shi) and བྱི་ལ (byi la) respectively. Elements པི (pi) and བྱི (byi) are either of native Tibetan origin or derived from Indic (cf. Hindi बिल्ला (billā) ← Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla)).
Xu Ke (徐珂) describes the 貔貅; pixiu as resembling either tigers or bears and having ashen white furs, the 貔; pi being male and the 貅; xiu female.
Pixiu are auspicious, winged animals, written about in ancient Chinese history and heralded through the millennia by fantastic stories of powerful and grandiose feats of victory in battle. Their legend has been passed down through 2,000 years of Chinese lore. They have the head of a Chinese dragon, the body of a lion, and historically sport on their heads either one antler (male) or two antlers (female). In modern times, this legendary creature's historical physical appearance has been somewhat lost, and is now more commonly depicted with only one antler.[circular reference]
Ancient Chinese descriptions, depictions and stone carvings of Pixiu from the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) show the male with a single antler and the female with two. As with the Chinese phoenix, the common image today represents a single gender with one antler (male). Pixiu have protruding eyes and sharp teeth. There is one ancient stone sculpture variation found with hooves, but all Pixiu have wings. Many have a bifurcated (split) tail that hangs low and downward that covers its rear, a representative metaphor that they hold gold inside their stomachs but will not let it out.[citation needed]
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