According to Chinese traditions, qi lin tassels are very loyal to their owners and protect them as they would protect themselves. They would not only protect those who keep it but also help them attract prosperity and good luck to the environment where they are. Therefore, they are ideal for being placed at strategic environment places, such as those which feng shui guidelines indicate to be the right spots for attracting prosperity.
A red string around a qi lin tassel makes this object very auspicious and enhances its good luck powers. According to Chinese traditions, color red, and especially red strings are known to be good luck and fortune attractors as well as very auspicious for every life aspect. Therefore, a qi lin tassel with a red string can be a very powerful and auspicious amulet.
A protective qi lin tassel can also be placed according to feng shui guidelines and to what the bagua map indicates. For example, if you need to attract good luck to a spot which has wood as its main element, you can place a wood qi lin tassel and solve the problem. Or, in case you need to add metal to a specific environment in which money has a great impact, you can hang a metal qi lin tassel at it.
Qi lin tassels can be not only placed at houses or offices, but they can also be carried and kept as a good luck amulet. This way, qi lin tassels can work as feng shui lucky charms and protect you not only while you are in your house or at work but also the rest of the time and wherever you go.
The qilin is the Chinese version of the unicorn, with a number of similar creatures including the kirin appearing in the mythology of other Asian cultures. The appearance of a qilin is supposed to bring good luck and prosperity, and you often see depictions of qilins worked into various clothing designs and works of art to convey fortune on the purchaser. Qilins are also depicted in a stylized dance known as a qilin or unicorn dance which involves feats of physical strength and dexterity on the part of the dancers.
The appearance of the qilin is a subject for debate. Most depictions involve a hodge-podge of animal parts, giving the qilin the scales of a carp, the hooves of an ox, the tail of a lion, and the head of a dragon, for example. In many depictions, the qilin has two horns, rather than one, and the horns may lie flat against the animal's head, rather than sticking out. Qilins are closely associated with fire, which they supposedly use to defend the righteous.
A qilin will only appear in an area which is controlled by a just, wise, and benevolent leader, and qilins are closely linked with sages and other wise people. According to the stories, qilins are very gentle, friendly animals, but they can become violent when they need to protect someone. In the course of protecting the righteous, a qilin may breathe fire, gore someone with its horn, or trample someone, making the qilin a useful friend to have at your back in a fight.
In most stories, the qilin is described as a very gentle, loving animal. According to the stories, qilins can walk on grass and flowers without causing harm, and they can also walk on water when they need to. The gentle animals eat a vegetarian diet, and conscientiously avoid injury to all living things. These traits are also regarded as virtues in some parts of Chinese society, so the qilin could also be said to be setting a virtuous example which others should follow.
For a brief period of time, the qilin was identified with the giraffe. This is probably because giraffes were quite novel to the Chinese when they were first brought to China, and giraffes are also naturally gentle, vegetarian animals with heads which do resemble those of some mythical qilin. The qilin is also associated with femininity, perhaps because it exhibits some classically feminine traits like gentleness.
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