Dragon is one of the four spirits in ancient China mythology. It is a water god, and walking in water is its specialty. The dragon is also a god, and soaring into the sky is the dragon's housekeeping skill. Whether traveling in the water or flying in the sky, if you want to travel fast and fly high, you must hold your head high, stare at the scales, gather your strength, shake up the gods, strive to open up and advance at full speed. Therefore, we say the spirit of the dragon, that is, the spirit of pioneering.
the dragon is a kind of deity which is produced by China ancient people's vague collection of deer, cattle, donkeys, shrimps, elephants, fish, snakes, phoenixes and other natural phenomena, such as clouds, thunder and lightning, and rainbows. It is fond of water, loves to fly, flies to the sky, is fickle, supernatural, evocative, ominous and demonstrative. 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 the dragon. 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 * * *. Therefore, we say the spirit of the dragon, that is, the spirit of harmony with the sky.
the spirit of the dragon can be summarized by the spirit of unity and cohesion, the spirit of benefiting mankind, the spirit of striving for development and the spirit of harmony with heaven.
dragons are participants and witnesses of the great integration of the Chinese nation. When the Yellow Emperor launched a unified war, dragons made great efforts. In the battle of Zhuolu, the Yellow Emperor used powerful dragons to deter the enemy, and a winged Ying Long took the lead for the cause of the Yellow Emperor. Moreover, the mythical Yellow Emperor itself is a "yellow dragon body", and Yandi is also a "dragon species" born of his mother's sense of dragon. The integration of Yanhuang tribes is naturally the integration of dragons. Furthermore, the pre-Qin period was the formative 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 integrated, from simple to beautiful. As far as the dragon itself is concerned, it also embodies the word "He", which not only combines deer, cattle, donkeys, shrimp, elephants, fish, people, snakes, phoenixes and other animals, but also integrates natural phenomena such as clouds, thunder and lightning, rainbows and tornadoes. It is precisely because of the above factors that we talk about the spirit of dragons, that is, the spirit of unity and cohesion.
The mythical Dayu is a kind of dragon that jumped out of his father's belly. The primary problem facing Qiu Longyu is to eradicate the flood that has flooded the world. He "tried his best to guide Sichuan and Yiyue", and went through the house three times without entering, which is a model of wholeheartedly seeking benefits for the people. And its first hero, it is painstaking Ying Long. As a pioneer, Ying Long rowed the land with his tail, and Dayu extended the river road wherever he rowed. In later years, the dragon became a rain teacher and a water god. It is the dragon's bounden duty to spread rain and manage water. Therefore, we have seen all kinds of customs of praying for the dragon interpreted all over the country, and we have seen that the toiling people thanked the dragon for the rain and the lifting of the drought, and ran to dance and shed tears with joy. At the same time, the dragon has the divinity of auspicious and auspicious. People believe that as a sacred object of auspicious and auspicious, the dragon can bring them endless happiness and good luck. It is from these two meanings that we say the spirit of the dragon, that is, the spirit of benefiting mankind.