What are the legends about dragons and phoenixes in ancient China? Try to be as detailed as possible. If it helps me, I will give you a reward.

According to legend, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan defeated Chiyou in fifty-three wars, calmed the war, unified three tribes and seventy-two small tribes, and established the first country with a common owner in the world. The Yellow Emperor intends to formulate a unified totem (similar to the current national flag or a national symbol). At first, the advisers under the Yellow Emperor suggested not to engage in new totems. The reason is that the Yellow Emperor's merits are boundless and unparalleled in the world. Unify the whole country according to the totem of the Yellow Emperor tribe. The Yellow Emperor said, "Not so. All tribes, big or small, support me as an elder. How can I live up to the expectations of the people, act arbitrarily, bully the small with the big and bully the weak with the strong? " Then the Yellow Emperor said, "No matter what Chiyou did, we must never do anything to our brother's behavior." The Yellow Emperor asked Cang Xie to write a notice asking primitive tribes of all sizes to present all the used totems, and then the primitive tribes of all sizes sent a representative to the palace of the Yellow Emperor to discuss and formulate a new totem. Who knows, as soon as the notice came out, all tribes, large and small, sent totems that the tribe had used before. There are hundreds at a time. Among them are snake totem, eagle totem, horse totem, fish totem, bear, leopard, sheep, elephant, dog and other totems. This stumped the Yellow Emperor. Which totem should be adopted? He couldn't make up his mind at the moment, so the Yellow Emperor called his advisers, such as Chang Xian, Da Hong, Hou Feng, Li Mu and Cang Xie. Ask for their opinions. Everyone says a word, and he says a word. Some people agree to use this totem, while others advocate using that totem. I still haven't decided in the end. Da Hong said anxiously, "The Yellow Emperor has too many thoughts. Just use a totem. Why do you have to choose like this? Too much trouble. " The Yellow Emperor said patiently, "This is a new unified big tribe, not that simple. We should be careful everywhere and never act rashly. We must take care of the emotions of primitive tribes of all sizes and build a totem symbolizing unity. Otherwise, there is the possibility of division. " After listening to the words of the Yellow Emperor, all the counselors felt very reasonable and praised them again and again. Only da hong quickly corrected his words: "I am leading troops to fight, and I know nothing about totems." I should forget what I just said. " Everyone laughed when they heard it.

In order to make a new totem, the Yellow Emperor didn't sleep well for days and nights. One night, it was raining cats and dogs, and there was lightning and thunder. The Yellow Emperor found that there was a flash of lightning and a flash of strong light, which was deeply reflected in his mind. The next day, the Yellow Emperor summoned Cang Xie and Hou Feng respectively and told Cang Xie and Hou Feng about the lightning image he saw last night. Then, the Yellow Emperor pointed to the totem of each tribe and said, "I think in order to take care of the emotions of each tribe, we should refer to the characteristics of totem of each tribe and make such a totem: snake body, fish scales, horse head, lion nose, tiger eyes, cow tongue, deer horn, elephant teeth, sheep beard, eagle claws and dog tail. Form a special totem. It is thoughtful to use some primitive tribal totems of various sizes and take care of them. But what does this totem look like and what is its name? " Cang Xie said, "Huangdi, this totem is one of the animals in the world. No one can find it or forge it. I think it's better to give it a name, called' Dragon'! It can not only fly in the clouds, but also cross the river. " The Yellow Emperor smoothed his beard, stepped lightly, pondered for a long time, and then said decisively, "Good! It's called' dragon' ". Since then, the dragon has become a symbol of auspicious authority of the Chinese nation. No one can infringe on it, even the Yellow Emperor takes the lead in worshipping it. This is the origin of' dragon'.

So how did the Phoenix come from? After the dragon totem was formed, some tribal totems were not used. What shall we do? Lei Zu, the first wife of the Yellow Emperor, is an extremely clever woman. She invented sericulture, made clothes for the Yellow Emperor and invented many things. Inspired by the new totem formulated by the Yellow Emperor, Lei Zu carefully studied the remaining totems of various tribes, and imitated the dragon totem method formulated by the Yellow Emperor: peacock head, swan body, golden chicken wings, Jinshan chicken feathers and golden finch color, forming a beautiful and gorgeous big bird. Lei Zu called the other three wives of the Yellow Emperor to ask for their advice. Fang is a calculating woman, and her words reminded Lei Zu. At that time, Tongyu and Mo Mu also cheered in chorus, saying that Lei Fang's words made sense. Together, the four sisters put the rest of the useless little totem on the' dragon' totem and soon formed another gorgeous big bird. It's just a pair of big birds made up of mothers. However, what are their names? This stumped the four wives of the Yellow Emperor. Finally, they invited Cang Xie, the wily wind queen and lyricist. Ask them to give these two big birds a name. After watching the wind, he laughed and said, "The Yellow Emperor built a dragon, which is unique to all kinds of birds and animals in the world. The four of you made two big birds, which you can't find among the birds flying in the air. This has become the most precious mascot in the world. " Cang Xie was absorbed and observed the two birds carefully without saying a word. It was not until Lei Zu asked him that Cang Xie blurted out the names that had come to his mind long ago: I think they should be called' Phoenix' and' Phoenix'. Phoenix represents men, phoenixes and women, which are collectively called phoenixes. ""good! I agree. Let's call it Phoenix.

It turned out that no one noticed that the Yellow Emperor had already stood behind them, listening to their various comments. Now the Yellow Emperor agreed to call it Phoenix, so he asked the Yellow Emperor to make the final decision. The Yellow Emperor pondered for a long time and said, "Without them, no one can find the dragons and phoenixes in the world. This is its nobility. In my opinion, Hou Feng is right: no one will forge these two totems, which will set a standard for future generations. I agree that' Dragon and Phoenix' was officially decided as a new totem after the new tribal unity alliance. " This is the origin of "Phoenix".

The dragon has the divinity of loving water, flying, flying, fickle, supernatural, auspicious, ominous and demonstrative.

Phoenix has such gods as love of fire, sunshine, virtue, auspiciousness, loftiness, Shang Jie, beauty and metaphor.

Judging from the image of dragon and phoenix, the color of dragon is monotonous, mainly yellow, with four kinds of black, white, blue and red. The phoenix is colorful, colorful, showing beauty and peace in the bright sunshine, and the clear clouds and long colorful tail feathers under the phoenix are its most basic characteristics, which are basically the state of rainbow. The color is monotonous, shaped like a tree root, and the whole body is shiny and scaly, but without wings, it can appear and disappear in thick clouds and heavy rain. These are not only the appearance of dragons, but also the characteristics of lightning.

Judging from the sex of dragons and phoenixes, any animal that can reproduce is divided into male and female. Only the dragon has never really involved in gender issues for thousands of years, and dragons, sons and grandchildren are basically born from the hidden organs. According to legend, dragons and phoenixes are such excellent companions that emperors and queens always pretend to be dragons and phoenixes. But the combination of dragon and phoenix is far-fetched and contradictory, because according to legend, phoenix is a male and a female, how can dragon and phoenix become a pair? This shows that dragons are neither male nor female, nor are they animals. So, what animal can be a suitable companion with such a terrible dragon that is not an animal? But dragons and phoenixes are always the representatives of yin and yang, regardless of whether the phoenix is male or female.

Judging from the characteristics of dragons and phoenixes, dragons are inseparable from thick clouds and rain, especially in vast waters. It can often cause ground floods, but also cause forest house fires, and drought will occur if it is not seen for a long time. So asking for rain is asking for dragons, clouds and lightning. Lucky dragon and phoenix should mean that after a terrible thunderstorm, it instantly turns into a refreshing and beautiful rainbow scene. According to legend, Phoenix is the abbreviation of Phoenix, the phoenix is male and the phoenix is female. Rainbow is divided into main rainbow and auxiliary rainbow called "neon". The main rainbow is bright inside and the auxiliary rainbow is elegant outside. Dragons are born in water, soar in the sky, phoenixes descend from the sky, and heaven and earth are auspicious. Dragons are common, but phoenixes are rare.

Judging from the movement state of dragon and phoenix, the movement state of dragon and phoenix is very different. The moving speed of the dragon is very fast. With the thick clouds and rain, lightning and thunder brought by "Dian Mu" and "Lei Gong", it fully shows its great power. However, the movements of the Phoenix are full of auspicious clouds, flying, soft and moving, floating away from the sky, which is enough to show its beautiful and auspicious charm. In reality, lightning is a fast-moving and fleeting natural phenomenon, and its appearance cannot be separated from strong convective clouds or abundant rain. The rainbow in nature is also different with different observation angles, and as the observer moves, the rainbow seen by the observer will slowly move and change, and the rare and short-lived meteorological condition of rainstorm will appear. The images of rainbows and phoenixes have the common feature of relative stillness.

From the root of the worship of dragons and phoenixes, as the ancients living in a completely primitive and pure natural environment, the only common natural phenomenon that can make them feel mysterious and have great potential can only be lightning. Not only that, once lightning appears, everything will be dominated by it, and even modern people are worried about it. Only the appearance of rainbow can instantly "drive away" this extreme and frightening lightning. How can these keep the ancients infinite? The great worship of dragons and phoenixes shows that the ancestors who took dragons and phoenixes as the most important totem greatly depended on farming. The essence of "descendants of the dragon" refers to a nation that worships, depends on and regards agriculture as its life.

Judging from the shape and pronunciation of the dragon and phoenix, in the hieroglyphic-based Chinese character system, the dragon character is a very special character, which consists of two parts, a radical consisting of a vertical character and a moon character and an original pictographic font. These two parts have never appeared in other Chinese characters, and the whole character has not attached any animal radical, let alone appeared in any animal font. This can explain two things. First, the dragon is related to sound, and it only appears when there is no sunshine, because the day in the sound is replaced by the moon. Second, the dragon is just a special phenomenon, and there is nothing like it. It's not an animal. In addition, the pronunciation of the dragon "Lбng" shows that the dragon itself is a natural phenomenon with a "rumbling" sound, that is, lightning! Judging from the word "feng", it is the edge of the word "feng", obviously not referring to animals, but to a natural phenomenon. Even if there is a bird in the word "phoenix", there is a horizontal character on the word "bird". Just like the word "phoenix", it can be understood as a natural phenomenon like a bug, and also as a colorful and beautiful natural phenomenon like a bird. This may be the reason why Feng is known as the king of birds with his huge and beautiful tail feathers. Moreover, the pronunciation of the phoenix is similar to that of the wind, which means that it has nothing to do with the wind.

From the definition of thunder and lightning, in our complex Chinese character system, any common natural phenomenon has corresponding words to name it, including tangible and intangible. Such as clouds, fog, wind, thunder, frost, dew, etc. But lightning doesn't have the right word to name it. Although the word "lightning" in Lightning once specifically refers to lightning, the word structure and word combination of lightning show that it is just the opposite of the natural phenomenon of thunder after lightning, and only one word "lightning" (invisible) or "lightning" (visible) can not vividly define the characteristics of lightning. So, why isn't there a suitable hieroglyph to name lightning, a very special mysterious natural phenomenon? This should be because, although it existed originally, it was deified because of its mystery, and then it was replaced by an electric character similar to thunder, so that it can only be accurately defined by lightning (belonging to two phenomena) or lightning, so the original pictographic lightning character should be "dragon".

There are indications that dragons and phoenixes are not imaginary and do not really exist. How can we have some consciousness and imagination? Especially for the ancient people with extremely poor knowledge.

In addition, the dragon, in terms of its various natural and man-made attributes, has not changed much for thousands of years, and even the dragon itself should remain unchanged. There is only one reason, because its inherent natural attributes are enough for the ancients to worship infinitely, and it is logical to deify it. Because of this, it has been a unique synonym for the feudal supreme ruler who claimed to be "the real dragon emperor" for thousands of years. Therefore, no one can doubt it, change it, study it, and make the basic original appearance of the dragon spread to this day.