They say that Dragon has nine sons. People didnt know too much about the Nine Dragons until Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD). However, there is more than one version of the Nine Dragons story. One story is the following.
The Dragon sent its nine sons to help the first emperor of Ming Dynasty to conquer China. After completing the mission, nine dragons were preparing their journey to return to heaven. But the emperor wanted them to continue to help the Ming Dynasty. The nine dragons wouldnt stay and the emperor couldnt stop them. However, the emperor decided to play a trick on the most powerful dragon, the 6th son. He tricked the sixth dragon son to carry a magic stele with a carved inscription, which could suppress any ghost, spirit or evil creature. The 6th dragon couldnt move under the magic stele, and all of his other brothers wouldnt leave without him. However, they wouldnt work for the emperor anymore. They decided to no longer show their dragon identities and turned themselves into evil creatures. Since then, the nine dragons have stayed in China.
The nine dragon have different themes, and they all have different versions too. We skip their names because all of their names are hard to remember. One version is:
龙生九子,九子各有不同:
《中国吉祥图说》中描述为:九子之老大叫囚牛,喜音乐,蹲立于琴头;老二叫睚眦(ya zi),嗜杀喜斗,刻镂于刀环、剑柄吞口;老三叫嘲风,平生好险,今殿角走兽是其遗像;四子蒲牢,受击就大声吼叫,充作洪钟提梁的兽钮,助其鸣声远扬;五子狻猊(suan ni),形如狮,喜烟好坐,倚立于香炉足上,随之吞烟吐雾;六子霸下,又名XX(bi xi),似龟有齿,喜欢负重,碑下龟是也;七子狴犴(bi gan),形似虎好讼,狱门或官衙正堂两侧有其像;八子负质,身似龙,雅好斯文,盘绕在石碑头顶;老九螭(chi)吻,又名鸱尾或鸱(chi)吻,口润嗓粗而好吞,遂成殿脊两端的吞脊兽,取其灭火消灾。
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