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What do you mean by descendants of dragons?

The descendants of the dragon are claimed by China people. The formation of dragons recorded the aggregation process of ancient national development and played a role in maintaining and centripetal. Dragon culture has become an important part of oriental culture and has made great contributions to human civilization, and China people are often proud of it.

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China people call it "the descendants of the dragon", which comes from ancient totems and legends.

According to legend, before the Yellow Emperor unified the Central Plains, the "bear" was a totem. After Chiyou was defeated and the Central Plains was unified, the Yellow Emperor abandoned the original "bear" totem and used a new one, which was a combination of the head of the original "bear" totem and the body of a "snake" totem.

"Joe (there is a bug on the left)" means "snake" and was connected with "bridge" in ancient times. The burial of the Yellow Emperor in Qiaoshan Mountain shows that the Yellow Emperor worships the totem of matriarchal clan. In fact, the totem of "Dragon" is the image combination of the parents' totems of the Yellow Emperor. The formation of the strange image of dragon reflects the development history of the Chinese nation and the process of national integration.

Later, the image of the "dragon" symbolizing the Chinese nation began to appear in various patterns and gradually formed characters. People can find the word "dragon" in ancient Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed in Shang Dynasty, and the pattern of "dragon" can also be found in ancient pottery fragments unearthed. Archaeologists unearthed two pieces of dragon pottery at the ancient site of Chahai in Fuxin, Liaoning Province. One is a dragon, the other is a panlong, lifelike, and the scales of the dragon are clearly visible.

According to the legend of China, Nu Wa and Fu are the ancestors of human beings, and they are both snakes with heads and bodies. The ancients even thought that Huang San in China was a "dragon species" and a "dragon body". The ancestors of the Chinese nation, Huangdi and Yan Di, are also closely related to dragons. For example, it is said that Emperor Yan was born by his mother's induction of a "dragon head" and turned into a red dragon after his death. The ancestors of our Chinese nation are all dragon gods, and we are descendants of dragons.