Collection: pi Xiu

Pixiu holds significant status in Taoism as a sacred creature for wealth attraction and evil suppression, embodying three core functions:

Wealth Talisman

• The "Black Tiger Pixiu" under Zhao Gongming’s command specializes in gathering riches (Taoist Ritual Compendium notes its "ingesting without releasing" nature)
• Became a mandatory shrine guardian in temple treasuries since the Ming Dynasty

Underworld Guardian

• Stone Pixiu statues suppress the "Five Pestilence Demons" for the Dark Lord of Fengdu
• Thunder Magic talismans often feature Pixiu eye patterns to break evil forces

Cultivation Warning

• Quanzhen Taoist discipline halls display Pixiu images to admonish against greed
• Internal alchemy compares "anal muscle contraction" to Pixiu’s energy-locking technique

Unlike folk customs of "touching Pixiu for wealth," Taoist Pixiu requires "eye-dotting consecration" to activate power and strictly prohibits blood contamination.