Taotie

Taotie

mythical creature

Akụkụ nke	Four Perils

Taotie (饕餮) bụ akụkọ mgbe ochie ndị China nke a na -etinyekarị na ọla nchara akpọrọ bronz na ihe ochie ndị ọzọ egwuputara n'ala n'oge BC narị afọ iri mbụ. Taotie bụ otu n'ime " ihe ajọ ihe okike anọ nke ụwa ". N'ime ederede oge gboo nke China dịka " Oke ugwu na oke osimiri ", a na -akpọ fiend nke ahụrụ aha tinyere Hundun (混沌), Qiongqi (窮奇) na Taowu (梼杌). ^[1] Ndị ihe anọ dị nsọ, bu Dragọn Azure, 'Vermilion Bird, White Tiger na Black Tortoise-na agba ha mgba . ^{[2] [3]} A na -ejikọkwa ajọ ihe anọ ahụ na anụmanụ anọ nwere obi dị mma ndị bụ Qilin (麒麟), Dragọn (龍), Turtle (龜) na Fenghuang (鳳凰).

A na-anọchite anya Taotie dị ka ebumnuche na dings, nke bụ arịa ọla nchara ndị China sitere na Shang (1766-1046 BCE) na usoro ndị eze Zhou (1046–256 BCE). ^[4] Nhazi ahụ na -enwekarị ihe mkpuchi ihu zoomorfik. nke akọwara dị ka ihu, nwere ihu abụọ, nwere anya anya abụọ ma ọ nweghị mpaghara agba dị ala. Ụfọdụ na -arụ ụka na enwere ike wepụta atụmatụ ahụ site na iberibe jed nke achọtara na s'ogige Neolithic nke ọdịbendị Liangzhu nke (3310 - 2250 BCE). ^[5] Enwekwara myirịta pụrụ iche na nkwọ ite a tụrụ atụ nke achọtara na saịtị ọdịnala Lower Xiajiadian (2200 - 1600 BCE).

1. ↑ Legge (1872). The Chinese Classics. Trubner. 
2. ↑ Tom (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends, and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824812859. 
3. ↑ The Chinese Sky. International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
4. ↑ Greg Woolf (2007). Ancient civilizations: the illustrated guide to belief, mythology, and art. Barnes & Noble. ISBN 978-1-4351-0121-0. 
5. ↑ Kesner (1991). The Taotie Reconsidered: Meaning and Functions of the Shang Theriomorphic Imagery. Artibus Asiae, 29–53.