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Dragon, an animal in ancient China mythology, is the length of a scale worm and one of the symbols of the Chinese nation. According to legend, dragons can fly, be good at change, call the wind and rain, etc. , tied with Phoenix and Kirin as auspicious, which mainly implied imperial power in ancient times; Fairy tales have the finishing touch, what makes the sea noisy, Sun Moon Lake and so on. It is mentioned in the clan code: "the ancestral dragon is the old dragon." The "old dragon" is Ying Long, so Ying Long is the "ancestor of the dragon". Because Ying Long has wings and auxiliary wings on his back, he can be regarded as a "real dragon".
Er Ya Yi records that "horns are like deer, heads are like camels, eyes are like rabbits, necks are like snakes, bellies are like dragonflies, scales are like fish, claws are like eagles, palms are like tigers, ears are like cows"; "Lun Heng" records that "secular painting of dragons is like a snake-headed horse"; According to Guangya, there are four kinds of dragons: Jiaolong, Yinglong, Jilong and Jilong.
Since ancient times, the dragon has always been a symbol of good luck in our tradition. In fact, the dragon is not a strange animal in legend, but a star that actually passes over people's heads every day. Through the observation of the "dragon" and other stars, the Chinese ancestors completed the positioning of time and space and embarked on an uninterrupted journey of civilization for thousands of years. In order to observe the celestial phenomena, the ancients divided the stars in the equatorial region and the ecliptic region into 28 star groups, which were grouped every 7 nights.
Among them, the "Oriental Black Dragon" contains seven nights, which are connected in the shape of dragons. The black dragon's seven nights correspond to rainfall. The ancients believed that dragons were in charge of rainfall, which determined agricultural harvest, and agricultural harvest determined people's living standards. Dragon has become the most important "totem" in agricultural society.
Sima Zhen's Supplementary Biography was preceded by Fuxi's snakehead, but in the end he said that "those who have it are called dragon masters". According to "Hanshu Weishu", Fu is the first in virtue and the first among the hundred kings. Fu is a Qinglong person. Yandi Shennong takes fire as the king, red dragon; The Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan takes Tude as the king and is called Huanglong.
According to the five elements, wood appeared first, not fire and earth. Similarly, Di Qing should be the first emperor in ancient times, and Qinglong is also the Yilong of the Chinese nation. Fuxi, naturally the founder of Dragon Totem, initiated the civilization of the Chinese nation.