





《 汉书》上有一段记载:“乌戈山离国有桃拔、 狮子、 犀牛”。 孟康注曰:“桃拔,一日符拔,似鹿尾长,独角者称为 天鹿,两角者称为。”便是貔貅。
据古书中记载,广场铸铜貔貅雕塑订购是一种 猛兽,为古代五大瑞兽之一,称为招财神兽。貔貅曾为古代两种 氏族的 图腾。传说帮助炎黄二帝作战有功,被赐封为“ 天禄兽”即天赐福禄之意。它专为帝王守护财宝,也是***象征,称为“帝宝”。又因貔貅专食猛兽邪灵,故又称“ 辟。中国古代风水学者认为貔貅是转祸为祥的吉瑞之兽。
















后来“穷奇”用来比喻背信弃义之人,《左传·文公十八年》有云:“少昊氏,有不才子,毁信恶忠,崇饰恶言,天下谓之穷奇。”
但是,穷奇也有为益的一面。在一种称为“大傩”的驱鬼仪式中,有十二种吞食鬼的猛兽,称为十二神或十二兽,穷奇就是其中之一。
还有一种说法说穷奇是神名,《淮南子·墬形训》:”穷奇,广莫风之所生也。”高诱注曰:“穷奇,天神也。在北方道,足乘两龙,其形如虎也。”在天之痕中,仙山岛上全身火红,状如牛的怪兽就是穷奇。














