Talk:Pixiu
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i have a jade pi xiu which i got in china. it is said that this creature has a big mouth and ass. it eats everything but doesn't shit, so what goes in its mouth doesn't come out. the main thing it likes to eat is money or treasure, so many people put a big statue of the creature infront of their house to symbolize the money going into the house but doesn't come out. its really kool apparently it is said thAT THE PI XIU IS THE DRAGON'S BROTHER
[edit] Pi Ya??
I translated the original text of this article from Chinese. According to the Chinese source I based on, the female is called bi xie (辟邪). The name is recently changed to "pi ya". I am curious about what the source is. Apparently it came from a bad translation by someone who cannot read Chinese. 辟牙 would be transliterate to "pi ya" in Wade-Giles. Someone must have misread 邪 as 牙 or vice versa. In any case, to use consistent spellings, the Wade-Giles spelling "pi ya" should be changed to pinyin "bi ya" or "bi xie" whatever is correct. Kowloonese 01:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Besides the small figurines, there are statues of this animal. I've seen pictures on the internet of some stone statues. Mention of the larger Bixie should be made in this article. - Guest 209.162.56.40 21:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
