Top 10 Chinese mythical creatures

In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled,

serpentine creatures with four legs.
Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods.
The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck. With this, the Emperor of China usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial power and strength.

or any other animal, and in ancient literature, it is

referred to as Mengshou or ‘Fierce Beast’ and enters into popular folklore and folk belief that it is a guardian animal that stands for fair-play and right.
The Pixiu is always represented as a pair, both male and female. It is so fierce that it is a term used for brave troops.

white in colour, able to speak human languages.
It can

fully comprehends the nature of all living things.
This mythical creature is rarely spotted unless a wise king is governing the nation.

through Chinese mythology.
It was born in the Liubo Mountain

on East China Sea; it looks like a cow with gray body and only one leg.
When storm comes near, its body will shine like sunlight and moonlight and its roar is deafening like thunder.
Later, the Yellow Emperor used its fur to make drum which can be heard five hundred miles away.

summer and harvest.
It is said to have been born

of fire, and is considered the Emperor of Birds.
Male and female Feng Huang depicted together are the symbol of everlasting love.
The Feng Huang is also the emblem of the Empress of China, and of brides on their wedding day.

East Asian cultures, and is said to appear with the

coming or passing of a wise sage or an illustrious ruler.
The dragon-headed horse-like beast that appears only in places ruled by the wise, and punishes the wicked—sometimes by breathing fire!
It is sometimes called the “Chinese unicorn” when compared with the Western unicorn.

a dragon, although with a singular horn and cleft-foot like

a goat, which has the ability to discriminate between right and wrong and destroys the wicked by biting or goring(角顶）them. It is believed to live in the wilds and is said to be fire-eating even to its own destruction. Since it also looks like a goat, it is also called Shenyang.

Rabbit with 2 long ears but lion looking and can

roars very loudly.
It is considered sacred and given esteemed reverence.
Perched high on a carved column that resembles a totem pole with wings, this creature stands guard and watches every movement of the Emperor.
Whenever the Emperor should leave the Imperial palace, he becomes a reminder and an admonisher（训诫者） for the Emperor not to indulge in recklessness and become un-cultivated, discarding and neglecting decorum（得体） and engage in being a profligate（放荡） and dissipated(沉于酒色）, given to debauchery(道德败坏）.
His messages from above, reflect the voice from Heaven.

markings on a green background, a white beak, and only

one foot; its song sounds like its name.
Seeing it is an omen of an impending fire in town.
Bifang was part of Huang Di`s flying retinue, as the one who accompanied the vehicle’s linchpin.

of eating and would eat anything within its sight.
It

even ate its own body. So, the image of the Taotie is just a big head and a big mouth without body.
The Taotie ate too much and died as a result.
The monster then became a symbol of greediness and was used to describe people too gluttonous（贪吃） or too greedy.
It is a motif commonly found on Chinese ritual bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasty.