Who are the "Dragon Kings of the Four Seas" that often appear in myths, and what are their abilities?

Since ancient times, China has said that it is universally applicable. In The Journey to the West's literary classics, such as "Romance of Gods" and "The Complete Works of Three Religions Seeking Gods", there is a saying of the Four Seas Dragon King. The Dragon King of the Four Seas is far away from heaven and moves in his own ocean, which has great autonomy.

The four dragon kings are the East China Sea Dragon King, the South China Sea Dragon King, the West Sea Dragon King and the North Sea Dragon King. What skills do they have?

First, let's look at the East China Sea Dragon King.

The Dragon King of the East China Sea is the dragon king who rules the East China Sea. His name is Ao Guang. In ancient China, the East was the most revered place, so the Dragon King of the East China Sea ranked first among the four dragon kings, with great power, dominating the rain, thunder, floods, tides and tsunamis on the earth.

However, in myths and legends, the East China Sea Dragon King seems to have no good end.

In the Romance of Gods, the third prince of the Dragon King in the East China Sea, Ao Bing, went to apologize for what happened at sea, was killed by Nezha, and was skinned and cramped. The Dragon King of the East China Sea went to Nezha's father, Li Jing, and was beaten by Nezha. Even Longlin was stripped off and turned into a small snake.

In the fairy tale "Three Religions Seeking God" in the Yuan Dynasty, the Dragon King in the East China Sea became more and more serious. Nezha made a mess of the Dragon Palace when he took a bath in the East China Sea. The Dragon King of the East China Sea sent troops to capture Nezha, and nine dragon soldiers were killed by Nezha. There was nothing the Dragon King of the East China Sea could do, so he had to go to the Heavenly Palace himself, intending to report it to the Jade Emperor. However, Nezha ambushed outside Tianmen, intercepted and killed the poor East China Sea Dragon King.

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Is that enough? Not exactly. In the novel Travel Notes in the South, two East China Sea Dragon Kings were both killed by the protagonist Hua Guang.

Secondly, look at the South China Sea Dragon King.

In The Journey to the West, there is a miraculous Guanyin Bodhisattva in Nanhai, who once helped Tang Priest and the Monkey King. In fact, in the South China Sea, besides Guanyin Bodhisattva, there is also a South China Sea Dragon King.

The dragon king of the South China Sea is the dragon king who rules the South China Sea. His name is Aoqin (Ao Ming). The south belongs to fire, and the fire is red, so the South China Sea Dragon King is also called the "Red Dragon".

The South China Sea Dragon King is the most outstanding of the four dragon kings. Han Yu, a famous writer in the Tang Dynasty, once erected a monument for the Nanhai Temple, which mentioned that "the God of the South China Sea is precious".

Not only that, the South China Sea Dragon King also has a high status among fishermen. Throughout the ages, fishermen have built temples in the South China Sea in Guangdong and Hainan. In Miaotou Village, Huangpu District, Guangzhou, there is a Nanhai Temple with a history of 1400 years. It is the only largest and most complete of the four sea temples in China. Incense has been burning for thousands of years. Before going out to sea, fishermen must make sacrifices to the Dragon King in the South China Sea to pray for a safe return. In 20 13, Nanhai Temple was announced as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Then the West Sea Dragon King.

The dragon king of the West Sea is the dragon king who rules the West Sea. His name is Aorun, and he is responsible for controlling wind convection, cool climate and weather changes.

As we all know, China has four sea areas: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea and South China Sea, but there is no West Sea. Where does the West Sea Dragon King operate? This is a fairy tale.

Long ago, the old dragon king gave birth to four dragon kings. When the four dragon kings grew up, they were very naughty and made trouble everywhere, which broke the old dragon king's brain. The old dragon king had to arrange for them-the big prince Ao Guang to go to the East China Sea to be the East Sea Dragon King; The second prince Aoqin went to the South China Sea to be the Dragon King of the South China Sea; The third prince Aoshun went to Beihai to be the Dragon King of Beihai. For the dragon prince Aorun, the old dragon king has already made plans to let him stay with him.

However, Aorun didn't want to be with the old dragon king and volunteered to be the West Sea Dragon King. Unexpectedly, Aorun has gone far west and has never seen the West Sea. When he came to the southern foot of Qilian Mountain, he was heartbroken and burst into tears, and actually formed a vast water area, which is what we usually call the "Qinghai Lake" West Sea.

The West Sea Dragon King didn't make a grand appearance in The Journey to the West, but he had a son who was the protagonist in The Journey to the West-he was the third prince Ao Lie. When the Tang Priest went to the West to fetch Buddhist scriptures, Ao Lie ate his own white horse by mistake, and after being enlightened by the Bodhisattva, he became the White Horse Dragon and became the mount of the Tang Priest.

Finally, the Dragon King of the North Sea.

The dragon king of the North Sea is the dragon king who rules the North Sea. His name is Oshun, and he is responsible for the management of cold air such as wind, frost, snow, rain and ice.

Because the Dragon King of Beihai has the ability of "refrigeration", it once played a unique role in the Journey to the West.

In the 77th episode of Journey to the West, "Demons bully nature and worship truth as one", Tang Priest and his disciples were caught by the green lion, the white elephant and Dapeng when they passed the camel bell, and they were put in an iron cage, intending to steam it and eat it. At this critical juncture, the Monkey King escaped from the steamer by magic, and quickly called Oshun, the dragon king of Beihai, to make him "turn into cold air, blow it into the pot and circle around", so that the temperature of the steamer would not rise any more, and the lives of Tang Priest and his disciples would be saved.