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Feng Shui bangle bracelet. Protection of the taotie dragon. 925 silver, copper.

Feng Shui bangle bracelet. Protection of the taotie dragon. 925 silver, copper.

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Feng Shui bracelet. Protection of the taotie dragon.

925 silver,

copper.

Adjustable silver bracelet, which perfectly adapts to all wrist sizes.

Size width of 21mm Weight of approximately 56 grams.

TAOTIE DRAGON

The taotie is a design commonly used on ritual bronze vessels
Chinese of the Shang and Zhou dynasty. The design usually consists of a
zoomorphic mask, described as frontal, bilaterally symmetrical, with a
pair of raised eyes and usually without lower jaw area.
Some claim the design can be traced to jade pieces
found in Neolithic sites such as the Liangzhu culture (3310–2250 BC).
AD).

In ancient Chinese mythology as the "classic of mountains and seas
", the taotie (饕餮) is one of the "four evil creatures of the world", as well
as Hundun (混沌), Qiongqi (窮奇), and Taowu (梼杌). On the other side there is
four holy creatures in chinese mythology called dragon
of azure, vermilion bird, white tiger and black tortoise. The four are also
sometimes friends and juxtapose with the four benevolent animals that are Qilin
(麒麟), Dragon (龍), Turtle (龜), and Fenghuang (鳳凰).

The taotie pattern is a stylized, symmetrical representation of an animal
imaginary, borrowing some of its features from the dragon (龙 / 龍, lóng, or 夔,
kuí). Some other aspects liken it to the tiger, or even to the ox or the mutton.

The animal is described as a ferocious, horned, bulging-eyed creature under
thick eyebrows, the half-jaw of which is adorned with sharp fangs (the jaw
lower is absent).

The term tao tie is sometimes rendered by "glutton", also known for its
voracity. It can be observed in two ways: either as two kui dragons
facing each other, muzzle to muzzle, seen in profile. They only have one leg, and
their tail draws a volute. either like a mask, with protruding eyes,
horns, fangs, a jaw, ...

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