How many types of dragons are there?

There are 14 kinds of dragons*** which are Qinglong, Yinglong, Vicious, Gnarled, Chi-dragon, Ichthyosaurus, Mirage Dragon, Hsinglong, Jiao, Horned Dragon, Wanglong, Fiery Dragon, Coiled Dragon and Cloud Dragon.

1, Yinglong

Yinglong is also known as the flying dragon, also known as the yellow dragon. The back of the two-winged dragon, according to the "Description of the strange record" records: "Jiao thousand years into a dragon, the dragon five hundred years for the corner of the dragon, and a thousand years for the Yinglong." It is said that when Emperor Xuanyuan famous general is Yinglong, the main achievements have killed Chiyu, Quafu.

2, venomous

"Description of the book": "venomous five hundred years into the auger, auger thousand years into the dragon." It is the juvenile stage of the dragon.

3, gnarled

Gnarled dragon for the ancient legend of a small dragon with horns, a hornless young dragon. The dragon is said to have no horns. In the original version, it was said that the dragon had horns. Now, according to the rhyme scheme, it is correct. However, Rhyme Club still mistakenly used the word "zi". Li Shanzhu, "Ganquan Fu", quoted in "Shuowen", the dragon without horns.

Expanded Information

Historical Origins of the Yinglong: The Yinglong first appeared in the previous period of the Yellow Emperor, which was recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Records of the Grand Historian. To the effect that the Yellow River Valley tribes headed by the Yellow Emperor and the Yangtze River Valley tribes headed by Chi You war, both sides use a variety of magical animals to help. Yellow Emperor's side of the Yinglong specializes in "water storage", Chiyu side is also good at calling the wind and rain of the spirit of the creature, the ability to Yinglong more than one step ahead of the rain drifted to the Yellow Emperor's side.

The Yellow Emperor is in a weak position, the sky woman "drought demon" to help stop the rain, wipe out the Chi tribe in one fell swoop. Yinglong in the war to take credit for killing Chi You and Kwa Fu. Due to the war consumed too much energy, no longer able to fly back to the court of heaven, quietly came to the south hibernate in the mountains.

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