The spirit of the dragon can be summarized by the spirit of unity and cohesion, the spirit of benefiting mankind, the spirit of pioneering and enterprising, and the spirit of harmony between man and nature.
Dragon is a participant and witness in the great integration of the Chinese nation. When the Yellow Emperor launched a unified war, the Dragon made great contributions. In the battle of Zhuolu, the Yellow Emperor used a powerful dragon to deter the enemy, and Ying Long with wings took the lead for the cause of the Yellow Emperor. Moreover, the mythical Yellow Emperor itself is a "yellow dragon body", and Yan Di is also a "dragon species" born of his mother's dragon sense. The integration of Yan and Huang tribes is naturally the integration of dragons. Furthermore, the pre-Qin period was the formation period of the Chinese nation, and at the same time, the image of the dragon also developed by leaps and bounds in various generations of the pre-Qin period, from miscellaneous to complete, from simple to beautiful. As far as the dragon itself is concerned, it also embodies the word "harmony", which not only combines animals such as fish, crocodiles, snakes, pigs, horses and cows, but also natural phenomena such as clouds, thunder and lightning, rainbows and tornadoes. It is precisely because of the above factors that we say the dragon spirit, that is, the spirit of unity and cohesion.
The mythical Dayu is a dragon that jumps out of his father's stomach. Qiu's first problem is to eradicate the flood that has flooded the world. He "guided Sichuan Yiyue wholeheartedly" and went into the house three times without entering, which is a model of wholeheartedly seeking welfare for the people. And its first hero, is the painstaking efforts of Ying Long. As a pioneer, Ying Long rowed the land with his tail, and Dayu extended the river wherever he extended it. In later years, the dragon became a rain master and a water god. It is the unshirkable responsibility of Long to sow rain to control water. Therefore, we have seen all kinds of customs of praying for the dragon interpreted all over the country, and we have seen the working people thanking Long Ciyu for lifting the drought and running to dance, crying with joy. At the same time, the dragon has an auspicious and auspicious divinity. People believe that as an auspicious and auspicious sacred object, the dragon can bring them endless happiness and good luck. We say that the dragon spirit, that is, the spirit of benefiting mankind, is based on these two meanings.
The dragon is a water god, and walking in the water is the dragon's specialty; The dragon is also a god, and soaring into the sky is the dragon's housekeeping skill. Whether swimming in the water or soaring in the sky, if you want to swim fast and fly high, you must hold your head high, stare at the weight, concentrate, be full of energy, work hard and advance at full speed. So we say that the spirit of the dragon is also the pioneering spirit.
Dragon is a kind of deity produced by ancient people in China, which is a fuzzy collection of natural phenomena such as fish, crocodiles, snakes, pigs, horses and cows, such as clouds, thunder and lightning, rainbows, etc. Love water, good at flying, soaring, fickle, supernatural, auspicious, ominous, indicating. The animals and celestial phenomena that led to the formation of dragons represent the "heaven" in the minds of the ancients, which is what we call nature. The ancestors reflected their fear, doubt, imagination, worship and dependence on the outside world in the image of dragons. In other words, the dragon is a visual expression of the relationship between man and nature. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that the dragon is the ancient people's understanding of heaven and respect for all beings outside the body; It is not wrong to say that the dragon is the product of the connection between man and nature, the ups and downs of man and nature, and the ups and downs of * * *. So we say the spirit of the dragon, that is, the spirit of harmony with heaven.