Furthermore, from all kinds of records about dragons in ancient and modern China and abroad, we can get a glimpse of the classic image of dragons, especially what is the core of the dragon image in East Asian legends? Nine images? :? Horn is like a deer, head is like a camel, eyes are like rabbits, neck is like a snake, belly is like a dragonfly, scales are like fish, claws are like eagles, palms are like tigers, ears are like cows? . From this point of view, the dragon seems to be a microcosm of animals that exist in real life. It represents a kind of auspiciousness and reposes the good wishes of the ancients.
But from another point of view, whether it is ancient books, ancient paintings or sculptures, there are too many images of dragons and they are widely circulated. Why can an imaginary species spread so widely? Does it mean that dragons really existed widely at some time in history?
From this brief description, almost all the characteristics of this strange creature, the dragon, are given. What can four words sum up? Variable? This is our hardest to accept. But it is also mentioned that they can fly, and secondly they can dive into the abyss, which is related to seasonality. Dragons are hydrophilic and are described in many ancient books.
Therefore, some friends have speculated that dragons have not been seen yet. Are they hiding in the abyss?
70% of the earth's surface area is covered by oceans, with an average depth of more than 3000 meters. The deepest place, the Mariana Trench, is over10000m. Even if Everest is filled in, it is impossible to take the lead. We have always been curious about the deep sea world. Are there any unknown mysterious creatures there?
You can look at some features of the deep sea. First, as the depth of the ocean increases, the pressure will increase. A simple calculation is almost 10 meter, an atmospheric pressure. Ten thousand meters deep, that is 1000 atmospheric pressure, which is equivalent to nearly 20 people standing on each square centimeter.
The barren deep sea means food shortage, which also leads to the existence of few large creatures, because it is difficult to make a living. Can't even break the metabolic steps? It's amazing that dragons can exist forever without eating or drinking. What are the typical large creatures living in the deep sea? Yellow croaker Some people call it earthquake fish, which is the longest known bony fish. Adult body length is more than three meters, and the body is flat and long, which is also suitable for deep-sea survival.
Although there are records of dragons in many ancient books, most of them are artistic and exaggerated records, which are beyond the scope of normal species. Their skeleton fossils have never been found in archaeology. If dragons once existed or existed widely, even if they were particularly mysterious, there would always be traces after death.
Dragons have been witnessed many times in history. The latest one is 1934? Yingchuan dragon falling incident? , and there are fuzzy image data retained, which was reported by the Shengjing Times run by the Japanese at that time. CCTV's "Approaching Science" also made two programs about the dragon-dropping incident, and finally came to the conclusion that the bones of unknown creatures should be stranded baleen whales, which were caused by patchwork errors after ancient decay. Similar incidents include 1944 dragon falling in Chenjiaweizi Village and 1999 mystery of falling trees in Moshan Mountain, East Lake, Wuhan.
The current situation is that there are many records about dragons, but they are all exaggerated, just making people not believe in its existence.