generally refers to scaly dragons that can flood. According to legend, Jiaolong's water can make clouds and fog and soar into space. In ancient Chinese, it is often used to mean that talented people get the opportunity to display their talents. There are different opinions about the origin and shape of dumpling in classical literature, some say that "the dragon has no horns and calls it dumpling", while others say that "the scales call it dragon". The third volume of "Mo Ke Ways the Rhinoceros" is more specific: the dumpling is shaped like a snake,
its head is like a tiger, and its elders are tens of feet. Most of them live under the stone cave in Xitan, and the sound is like a cow. If Jiao sees pedestrians on the shore
or in a ravine, he wraps them around with fishy saliva in his mouth, which makes people fall into the water, that is, he sucks his blood under his armpit until the blood is exhausted. Shore people and boat people often suffer from it.
in Shi Shuo Xin Yu written by Liu Yiqing in the Southern Song Dynasty, there is a story that Zhou Chu went into the water for three days and three nights to chop dumplings and came back. Jiao may be a crocodile.
Kuilong
The imaginary one-legged monster is the embryonic stage of the dragon.
in The Wild East, Shan Hai Jing describes Kui as: "Like an ox, it is pale and has no horns. When you step in and out of the water, there will be wind and rain. Its light
is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder, so it is called Kui". But more ancient books say that Kui is a snake-like monster.
"Kui, the charm of God is like a foot of a dragon." ("Shuo Wen Jie Zi") "Hey, one foot,? And
line ". (Liutie) In the decoration of bronzes in the late Shang Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty, Kuilong pattern is one of the main decorative patterns of
, and its image is mostly a long strip with a long tail. Its shape is suitable for the
structural line of bronze decorative surface, with straight lines as the main part and arcs as the auxiliary part, which has the aesthetic feeling of Gu Zhuo.
Hu
is an early kind of dragon, which is imagined by taking a reptile-snake as a model and often exists in water
. "It takes five hundred years to turn into a dumpling, and a thousand years to turn into a dragon." It is the infancy of the dragon, which once appeared on the bronze decoration in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, but not much.
Qiu
Generally speaking, a little dragon without horns is called a kind of dragon, which is a growing dragon. Therefore, the ancient literature
notes: "If there is a horn, it is called Qiu, and if there is no horn, it is called dragon." The other is that the young dragon is called Qiu only after it gives birth to horns.
although there are differences between the two statements. But everyone calls the growing dragon Qiu. Others call the dragon with a panqu
a kind of dragon, and Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, has the sentence
in his poem "Talking about Qingyun".
Pan Chi
is a snake-like monster of the dragon genus, and it is an early dragon without horns. In Guangya
, there is a description of "killing dragons without horns". There are also two kinds of sayings about the dragon, one refers to the yellow < P > horned dragon, and the other refers to the female dragon. In The Biography of Han Sima Xiangru, there is a note that "the red < P > dragon is also a female dragon", so there is a dragon and a dragon in the shape of a combination on the unearthed Warring States Yu Pei. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, bronze wares, jade carvings, bronze mirrors or buildings were often decorated in the shape of flat flies, with various forms, such as single flies, double flies, three flies, five flies and even group flies. Or as a title card, or as a ring, or as a book. In addition, there are various changes such as Bo Gu beetle and
ring beetle.
ceratosaurus
refers to a horned dragon. According to Shu Yi Ji, "Jiao became a dragon in a thousand years, and dragon five was a horned dragon in a hundred years", and horned dragon was the old man among dragons.
Ying Long
The winged dragon is called Ying Long. According to "The Tales of Distinctions", "dragon five was a Ceratosaurus for a hundred years, and Ying Long for a thousand years", Ying Long was the essence of dragons, so he grew wings. According to legend, Ying Long was
the dragon of the Yellow Emperor in ancient times. It was ordered by the Yellow Emperor to crusade against Chiyou, and killed Chiyou, making him
the hero. In Yu's flood control, the Dragon once made contributions by sweeping the floor with its tail and diverting floods. This Dragon < P > is also called Huanglong, and Huanglong is Ying Long, so Ying Long is the hero of Yu. Ying Long is characterized by
wings, scales and spines, a large and long head, a snout tip, small nose, eyes and ears, large eyes, high eyebrows
arch, sharp teeth, protruding forehead, large neck and abdomen, long tail tip and strong limbs, just like a winged Chinese alligator. The image of
Ying Long often appears on jade carvings in the Warring States period, stone carvings, silk paintings and lacquerware in the Han Dynasty.
a fire dragon
is a dragon threatened by fire. There is purple fire all over the body, and everything
is burnt wherever the fire dragon passes.
Panlong
refers to a dragon that lies dormant on the ground but does not ascend to heaven, and the shape of the dragon is coiled around. In ancient Chinese buildings, dragons coiled on columns and dragons on decorative beams and ceilings are customarily called
dragons. In Taiping Yu Lan, there is another explanation for Panlong: "Panlong is < P > four feet long, blue and black, with a red belt like brocade, and often goes down with the water and into the sea. Toxic, hurting people means
death. " I mixed the dragon with dumplings, snakes and the like.
Qinglong
is one of the "Four Spirits" or "Four Gods", also known as black dragon. Astronomers in ancient China
divided some stars in the sky into twenty-eight star zones, that is, twenty-eight constellations, to observe the
movement of the moon and to divide the seasons, and divided the twenty-eight constellations into four groups with seven constellations in four directions, namely, east, south,
west and north, four colors of cyan, red, white and black, and dragons, birds, tigers and basalts < The dragon represents the east,
blue, which is called "East Palace Qinglong". By the Qin and Han dynasties, these four images had become "four spirits" or "four gods" (dragons, phoenixes, turtles and forests), and their mysterious colors became more and more intense. The stone reliefs of black dragon Constellation in the Eastern Palace in the Han Dynasty, existing in Nanyang Han Painting Museum, are composed of a dragon, eighteen stars
and the moon engraved with jade and toad. This dragon is the symbol of the whole black dragon constellation.
There are many images of "Four Spirits" among the brick, stone and tile in the Han Dynasty.
yuhualong
is a dragon with a dragon head and fish body, and it is also a form of "dragon-fish mutual change", which has existed in ancient China for a long time. In Shuo Yuan, there is a record that "the cold deep under the white dragon turned into a fish in the past"
. In Chang 'an Ballad, "the big fish in the East China Sea turned into a dragon" and the popular carp jumped over the Longmen
, all of which described the mutual change of dragon and fish. This kind of sculpture appeared in jade carvings as early as the late Shang Dynasty < P >, and it has been developed in past dynasties.
other
pepper pictures, which are also paved with heads, are like snails and clams, so they are often decorated with rings on doors.
ha ... this other guy isn't an illegitimate child, is he?
dragon form
Sitting dragon
Sitting dragon is in the form of sitting with its head facing forward, a fireball standing under its chin, four claws
extending in four directions in different forms, and the dragon body is curled up and then bent downward in an arc, with a correct posture
. Sitting dragons are generally set in the center, solemn and serious, and are often lined with rushing dragons up and down or left and right. In feudal society, sitting on a dragon is a noble dragon pattern.
the dragon
the dragon walks slowly, and the whole dragon is the front side of the horizontal state. Dragons are often decorated in pairs
opposite to each other, forming a picture of a dragon playing with pearls, which is often decorated on the double sides of the front of the temple, and
the long and narrow decorative surfaces of utensils are also often used. When it appears as a single phase, the dragon's head often turns back to make the picture more vivid.
the dragon
the dragon's head is above, galloping and dancing, showing a rising momentum. If the faucet rises to the left
, it is called "dragon rising on the left" and the faucet rises to the right, it is called "dragon rising on the right". There are different priorities for the promotion of the
dragon. If the promotion is slow, you will "slowly promote the dragon". Those who rise in a hurry are called "urgent
ascending dragons". The ascending dragon on the head moves downward again, which is called "returning the descending dragon".
Dragon
Dragon's head is below, galloping and dancing, showing a downward trend. If the faucet moves down to the left
, it is called "dragon descending on the left", and the faucet moves down to the right, it is called "dragon descending on the right". There are different priorities for descending dragons. Those who descend slowly are called "slow descending dragons". Those who descend more rapidly are called "anxious < P > to descend the dragon". A dragon with its head down moves upward, which is called a "rebound dragon" or an "upside-down dragon".
Yunlong
generally refers to the dragon galloping in the clouds. Dragon and cloud are combined together, and cloud is the basis of dragon < P >. And the dragon's breath becomes a cloud. Cloud dragon pattern is the same body of cloud and dragon, which "breaks up" the head, tail and feet of dragon
and blends them with abstract clouds, showing a mysterious pattern that looks like a cloud rather than a cloud, like a dragon rather than a dragon.
grass dragon
is a kind of grass-rolling pattern with dragon image, also called "grass-rolling and branch-binding dragon". The head has the obvious characteristics of a dragon's head, while the body, tail and limbs have become grass-rolling patterns. The whole often presents the main theme of
"S" shape, and continues to extend the "S" shape, resulting in a continuous and eternal artistic effect. The rich changes of the head and the curly grass form a picture with uneven movement, mutual echo and rich layers. In composition, it adopts a balanced form, pays attention to the beauty of curves, and < P > has a sense of rhythm. In the form of expression, romanticism is used to integrate the content of "ruyi Wen" with auspiciousness and meaning
into a picture, giving people room for imagination. Twisted grass
branches are often used in the decoration of buildings, furniture and utensils.
Kidnapping dragons
Kidnapping dragons originated from grass dragons and was born out of them, forming a unique form of expression. Guai
Yulong's line decoration is straight and tough, and the turning point is a square corner. The dragon's head is also square
round, which is coordinated, concise and bright, and has a certain decorative interest. It is often used in furniture, interior decoration and architectural frames.
Tuanlong
The shape of the dragon is suitable for being round, which is called Tuanlong. It originated in the Tang Dynasty and was widely used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Group flowers such as "four dragons" and "eight dragons" were designated as the crown service system at that time, that is, four or eight dragons on a < P > dress were the most distinguished. Later, it developed into ten regiments, twelve regiments, ten regiments, six regiments, and twenty-four regiments. The number of regiments was increasing, and the scope of use was also relaxed. Brocade, embroidery,
ceramics, architecture, furniture and other decorations all had tuantong, which had strong applicability, kept the
integrity of dragons, and was very decorative and widely used. There are also many forms of dragon regiments, such as "sitting dragon regiments", "ascending dragon regiments" and "descending dragon regiments". The round edge of Tuanlong is also decorated with water < P > waves, ruyi, grass dragon and other patterns, and the dragon pattern of the mission is gorgeous and rich.
double dragon playing with beads
double dragon playing with beads is the expression of two dragons playing with (or grabbing) a fire bead. Its origin
comes from the planetary chart in astronomy, and the fireball evolved from the moon. Since the Han dynasty,
playing with pearls on Shuanglong has become an auspicious and festive decorative pattern, which is mostly used for architectural color paintings and the decoration of noble and luxurious vessels. The form of Shuanglong depends on the area of decoration. If it is long, the two dragons are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides, showing a dragon-walking posture. If it is square or round,
(including blocks similar to these shapes) the two dragons are diagonally arranged up and down, with the upper dragon descending and the lower dragon ascending. Whether it's a long strip or a block, the fireball is in the middle, showing < P > a lively momentum.
dragons give birth to nine sons
There are many foreign countries, and dragons are basically evil.
Legend has it that a three-headed dragon was carved on Agamemnon's shield. Later, the Romans used the dragon as the badge of the infantry brigade, and the Vikings used the dragon as the bow. There are also many records about dragons in the Bible, usually as a symbol of terror.
Drake/Wurm/Wyvern
These three kinds of dragons are all dragon-shaped without a dragon grid, among which the dragon-shaped beast is the smallest, looks like a lizard, has dragon blood but a low level, and can only glide without flying; Yalong has the smallest relationship with dragons. In legend, it appears as a "big snake". It is huge but has no feet and wings (obviously unable to fly), spits poisonous gas but is afraid of fire (obviously unable to breathe fire), and its body is covered with scales. Strictly speaking, it should be classified as a snake myth.
the wanlong has two claws and wings. It looks like a dragon with claws like an eagle, so some people call it a "biped dragon". Buron is small in size, with a lion's mane on the chest and spikes on the tail. Its image often appears on English family badges, symbolizing war, plague, jealousy and evil.