Yisi New Year Theme Card-Siping Peace

▣The image of Xuanwu and the seven places in the north The word Xuanwu first appeared in "Chu Ci" and "Yuanyou" in the Warring States Period. In "Huainanzi" and "Tianwenxun" in the Western Han Dynasty, "The north is water, and its emperor Zhuanxu, his assistant Xuanming, holds the title of "Xuanwu". The power governs winter; its gods are Chenxing, its beast Xuanwu, its sound feather, and its sun Rengui. Thirty-forty-two, so at the age of twelve, he travels for twenty-eight nights.” It clearly combines the Xuanwu image with the north, the five elements, the stars, the four seasons, and the heavenly stems, and explains that the Sui star moves through the twenty-eight constellations in twelve years, laying the foundation for subsequent theories in astronomy, Feng Shui, and geography. Later, in the new dynasty established by Wang Mang, the style of four-god tiles appeared. As a decoration for houses, tiles could be used as totems to protect the house. It was deeply embedded in the daily utensils and tomb murals of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Haotan Eastern Han tomb and Xi'an The twenty-eight constellations mural in the Eastern Han Dynasty tomb at Jiaotong University combines the virtual constellations and the dangerous constellations with the patterns of turtles and snakes. According to ancient legends, the Xia people in the north regard Emperor Zhuanxu as their distant ancestor. Zhuanxu’s clan totem is a turtle, and his wife’s clan is a snake. The two are combined. In the "Shangfang Beast with Mirror" written by Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, On it, there is the inscription "The dragon on the left and the tiger on the right are inauspicious, the red bird and the basalt follow the yin and yang." It can be confirmed that in the culture of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the combination of turtle and snake has become the image of Xuanwu, and can bring about the belief of protecting peace.