The Dragon and the Chinese

The dragon is a symbol of power, nobility and honor in traditional Chinese culture, as well as a sign of luck and success.

The reason why the dragon has this cultural symbolism is that it has a lot to do with the legend and myth that the dragon in the sky is flying in the clouds and driving the mist, the sea is chasing the waves, and on earth is calling the wind and calling the rain, but more importantly, it is because the dragon has often become the "exclusive patent" of the supreme ruler of China's slavery and feudalism over the past thousands of years, and it is synonymous with the imperial power.

Therefore, the emperor compares himself with the "true dragon, the son of heaven" and his body with the "true dragon, the son of heaven", and his body with the "true dragon, the son of heaven".

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Legend of the Dragon

At the time of the legend, the Yellow Emperor, who had the bloodline of a dragon, had been on a tour of the world to see how the people felt. He asked people to mine the same of Shushan Mountain, and then transported it to the foot of Jing Mountain to cast a tripod to commemorate his glorious victory in the battle against Thumbing You. After a period of time, the tripod was finally finished, and the Yellow Emperor held a special ceremony on Jing Mountain to celebrate the completion of the giant tripod.

Invited to the ceremony were not only the gods and goddesses, but also the people of the eight directions, who all wanted to see what the tripod cast by the Yellow Emperor really looked like. The hour came, probably or the emperor himself unveiled, only to see a taller than three, the mouth as big as a tank of copper tripod glittering with dazzling gold presented in the gods, people before,

The crowd slurping envy, go up to see, the tripod body engraved with a sturdy dragon in an auspicious clouds, around the four sides of the ghosts and gods and all kinds of exotic birds and beasts, can be said to be a thousand forms, but also very good.

Just as the crowd of gods with reverence to appreciate the giant tripod and the above pattern, suddenly the sky thick clouds, blocking the sun, the sky quickly dark, everyone thought it was going to rain, cognizant of a golden light penetrate the thick clouds, a cloak of golden armor of the divine dragon broke through the clouds, its tail and the lower half of the body to support the clouds, the head leaning on the tripod, the long dragon whiskers down the tripod feet dropping to the ground.

The Yellow Emperor realized that this was the completion of his mission on earth, and that heaven had sent the divine dragon to take him up to heaven, so he took a long leap, straddled the dragon's back, and flew back to heaven. It is said that the dragon's whiskers fell to the ground, then gave birth to many small slender grass, people later called this grass "dragon grass".

Most of the famous monarchs of the Legendary Era had an indescribable relationship with dragons. When Yao was on the throne, there was a big flood in the world, everywhere was flooded, in order to save the people, he ordered Jiu Ji replied, "Jiu Ji is the father, father is the son. Jiu Ji replied, "Father is son, father is son." Jiu Ji stole the resting soil from the emperor, and used the method of "blocking" to cure the water, but his effort was not successful, and he was killed by the furious emperor in the Feather Mountain, where Candlewick Dragon happens to be the guardian of this place.

Feather Mountain is a place where the sunlight can't shine, so Jiu Ji replied, "Father is son, father is son". Jiu Ji replies, "Father is father, father is son, father is son". Jiu Ji is father, father is son, father is son, father is son, father is son. Jiu Ji is the son of Yu. Jiu Ji replied, "Father is father, son is son." After Yu was born, Jiu Ji's body rolled down to the Yu River, and turned into a dragon, "raising his beard and vibrating his scales, crossing the river".

Yu inherited his father's will, finally subdued the flood, and gained the admiration of the people. Later, the aged Shun obeyed the people's will and gave the throne to Yu, who became the founding monarch of the Xia Dynasty, which is one of the historical bases for the saying "the emperor is the son of the real dragon".

Another cultural symbolism of the dragon is to be outstanding and different from the ordinary. The dragon is a god, non-mundane comparable, so people often and those who have high aspirations, behavior is not common, very capable of, and achievements of the people called "dragon". When Zhuge Liang Ge Kongming in Nanyang plowing Longmu has not yet out of the hut, compared to Guanzhong Le Yi, No. Mr. Wolong, meaning the empty swan's three aspirations and talent.

In the Chinese language, the dragon, the worm is relative, what is the worm, the snake. Snakes, also known as long worms, can be found everywhere, a variety of species, rare, not surprising, not expensive." Dragons and snakes are mixed together" means that good things and bad things are mixed together and it is difficult to recognize them. This is a phenomenon from the biological explanation of the phenomenon - the prototype of the dragon, or the dragon's basic physiological livestock is a snake, the dragon and the snake is not to say that the brothers,

At least it is the same clan (the snake's name is also "dragon"), but the dragon and the snake once the separation of the snake, the snake is not quiet, and even in order to show that they can not be said to be the same day as the snake, but also to the snake, "chopped up" a little bit. The most typical is the story of Liu Bang, the Han emperor, said Liu Bang's mother, Liu Old Woman, dreamed of having sex with the dragon, pregnant and gave birth to Liu Bang, who had great aspirations,

On a wild road, met a python blocking the road, and immediately wielded the sword to cut off the snake, breaking the abdomen to take the gall, which is rumored to be a beautiful story, and the people of the time thought that it was not bad. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Liu Bang took the opportunity to raise an army in Peixian County, leveled the herd, and established the Han Empire, accomplishing 400 years of the two Han Liu's kingdom.

The dragon does not also symbolize the outstanding, extraordinary, the ancient sage who is also known as the "dragon". According to legend, Confucius went to see Li Dan, the founder of Taoism, and went back without speaking a word for three days. His disciples were very surprised and asked him, "How did you teach Li Dan when you saw him?" Confucius said, "What I saw was a dragon that changed endlessly along with the yin and yang, and with my mouth open, how could I teach him!" It means that all words are superfluous, and Laozi is this dragon among men, a rare and great sage.

Additionally, Zhuge Kongming was called "Mr. Wolong" before he started his career, and Cai Yong, a doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was called "Drunken Dragon" when he drank hundreds of pounds of wine and fell down by the roadside. Therefore, all the moral character, talent, or fine calligraphy, or clean government, or outstanding behavior, can be compared to the "dragon".

As the saying goes, "to hope for a dragon" is not to hope that one's child will become a monster with a long head, according to the long scales on the dragon, but to hope that one's child will be able to have success, and in the future will be able to excel in the world, and do a lot of work. One of the new children's songs that have become popular in recent years is 〈〈100 points is a dragon〉〉, which also means this.

In addition, we often hear the radio, television, newspapers and magazines, what is the "Singing Dragon Tiger List" and other news, what is the "Dragon Tiger List"?

The "dragon and phoenix" pattern was widely spread after the Tang Dynasty. It not only symbolizes the authority of the emperor and the empress, but also symbolizes the beautiful union between all human couples, and also symbolizes the harmony between the yin and yang poles of spirit and matter in all the world. It can be said that the dragon and phoenix motifs are the most representative image symbols of the Chinese nation and are wonderful artistic images.

The dragon and phoenix of the oracle bone inscriptions, although no definite shape, why can you see that the dragon is the spirit of the insect that bends and stretches at the right time, and the phoenix is the spirit of the bird that has a long and beautiful tail. In the ancient bronze, the image of the dragon shows a hideous, mysterious and dignified overall effect. To the Han Dynasty, it took the heavy large surface, unrestrained and powerful arcs, delicate points, constituting a large structure, the main theme of the momentum, breaking through the boundaries of the mysterious and bizarre atmosphere.

Tang, giving it a calm and gentle humanized character, the formation of rich and graceful, vibrant style. Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the wind of the beautiful, by the fine craftsmanship to the tedious pile, between the dragon and phoenix pattern but always maintain a simple, bright, concise, vivid style, with a strong sense of life.

Source? Baidu Encyclopedia - dragon symbolism