In Shan Hai Jing, there is a Zhongshan God named Candle dragon, also known as Candle Nine Shadows. Candle dragon can be seen in many modern fantasy novels. He has magical power, magic and begging for rain. Some people think that Candle dragon is the earliest prototype of Pangu God. Who's Candle dragon? We look for the answer from the original text of Shan Hai Jing.
The image of Candle dragon
Northwest Overseas, north of Chishui, there is Zhang Weishan. There is a god, the snake's face is red, and his eyes are riding a horse. Its eyes are gloomy and bright, it doesn't eat or sleep, it's endless, and the storm is coming, which is embarrassing. It means Candle dragon. ?
This record can be found in Shan Hai Jing? The Great Northern Wilderness Classic, overseas in the Northwest Sea, in the north of Chishui, there is a Zhang Weishan. There is a mountain god in the mountains. Is he a snake with a reddish face? Guo Pu in Jin Dynasty commented here? How long is it? Wang Niansun of the Qing Dynasty said:? A thousand miles long is also a mistake in the text. Wang Niansun's statement is right. After Guo Pu, many scholars studied it and found that? How long is it? The word "four characters" did exist in the original text of Beiye Jing compiled by Ou Yangxun in the Tang Dynasty. Under the paranormal, written in the Song Dynasty, "Taiping Yu Lanqing? Ghosts ii, that's all? How long is it? Returning to the original text, the only difference is, "literary gathering"? How many thousand feet in length? .
What are Candle dragon's eyes like? The original text says:? Look straight ahead? Guo Pu's Notes on Shan Hai Jing says: Straight eyes, eyes from also; Never heard of it? In ancient times, it had vertical meaning. As for what riding means, Guo Pu said that he had never heard of it. Bi Yuan explained this in Qing Dynasty, he thought? Taking advantage of my falsetto fear, vulgarity
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This explanation makes sense. The word I was first found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. During the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, I meant to split, which can be extended to the intersection of two things. Others say, my original meaning is
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Seam, but there is no convincing information to prove this explanation.
Candle dragon's eyes are vertical, whether it is a seam or a seam. When he closed his eyes, it looked like two long cracks.
Candle dragon's eyes dominate day and night. When he opened his eyes, it was daytime, and when he closed his eyes, it was night. He doesn't eat, drink, sleep or breathe, and he has the magical power to call the wind and rain. He can also illuminate dark places, so he is called Candle dragon.
Candle dragon's head.
Candle dragon's residence and image are recorded in Wild Classic, and his magical power is mentioned by the way. But how are these magical forces manifested? What can we read in Shan Hai Jing? Find the answer in overseas classics:
The name of Zhongshan God is Yin Candle. He regards Zhongshan God as day, night, winter and summer. Without drinking or eating, rest is the wind. It is thousands of miles long, to the east of Wudi (qǐ). It is a thing with a snake-like face and a red body. It lives at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain. ?
The Great Northern Wilderness Classic says that Candle dragon lives in Zhang Wei, and here he is said to be a Zhongshan God. Is it because the author made a mistake, or are there two different Candle dragon?
In fact, Zhang Wei is an old adage.
Explain ancient times or dialects in the current language
In learning, there is a saying that when the initials of Chinese characters are the same, the change of vowels leads to the phenomenon of single word passing and false. Here? Chapter? And then what? Clock? This is the case. To make it easier to understand, we can simply think that in this sentence, chapter? And then what? Clock? Leave.
Candle dragon, also known as Candle Jiuyin and Yin Candle, is the mountain god of Zhongshan. Think of it as day and night? Consistent with the description in the Wild Classic, his magical power of calling the wind and calling the rain is as follows: it is a cold winter that blows, and it is a hot summer that exhales. He generally can't breathe, and once he breathes, he can become the wind. He is long in Wan Li, which can be used as a footnote to the classic of the Great Northern Wilderness, and can also be inferred from the collection of literary talents? How many thousand feet in length? The record of is incorrect.
The status of Candle dragon
Since The Classic of Mountains and Seas, candle dragons have been found in many ancient books and poems of China, and their expressions are basically the same. For example, Huai Nan Zi said: Candle dragon, the man of God, has a Zhang Long face and no feet? This is a portrait of Candle dragon, with a face and a dragon body. In this kind of ancient books, the meaning of dragon body and snake body is roughly the same.
Qu Yuan also wrote in The Songs of Chu:? sun
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No, what about Candle dragon? Why doesn't the sun shine on that place, and why does Candle dragon shine? That place is northwest of the sky. In ancient mythology, there was a ghost kingdom in the west of the sky. Without the sun, all the light comes from Candle dragon. In the annotation of Shan Hai Jing, Guo Pu thinks that Candle dragon can shine because he has a dragon in his mouth, so he can shine. It is also called because it can bring light to a dark country. Yin Candle? .
Thus, Candle dragon is indeed a dragon and a mountain god in Zhongshan, but other records are different:
Candle dragon was ordered to carry the torch, and he stopped at Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. .
Said Candle dragon was actually recruited by the gods, let him hold the torch, after Zhongshan, rest here, if we put all the above information together, we can find that Candle dragon's identity is very interesting:
Candle dragon is a dragon with a face (snake) and a red body. He can shine, but he must rely on the essence of fire in his mouth. The place he illuminates is limited to a shadowless country without the sun. He was also recruited by a higher-ranking fairy to light a fire for him. He is very tired all day long, so he can only have a rest by passing through Zhongshan, so he is regarded as the mountain god of Zhongshan.
Is the torchbearer around the Great God equivalent to the position of the general of the shutter around the Jade Emperor (joke)? It seems that Candle dragon's position is not so high.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, Candle dragon's position was slowly rising. In the Ming Dynasty, Tao wrote Tan cymbals, which became the symbol of the sun. This is not without reason, because Candle dragon originally contains the essence of fire, bringing a bright dragon to the dark world.
Since then, Candle dragon has become the object of sacrifice. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, even the royal sacrifices had the status of Candle dragon, and together with another ancient god beast, Ying Long, they really became the dragon god!