How did the dragon come down when it looked up?
Dragon is a magical animal in ancient myths and legends of China, which is often used to symbolize good luck. It is one of the most representative traditional cultures in China.
In ancient China, the Jade Dragon appeared with its own ancestral form. Some tribes regard dragons as totems, while Fuxi and Taiyi have obvious dragon totem worship.
During the Shundi and Xia Dynasties, there were activities to raise dragons, and the dragon was named as the family name.
During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the dragon changed from the primitive dragon pattern in the totem era to the real dragon pattern. People deify dragons as water gods and rainbow gods.
After the dragon was deified, it was combined with the worship of emperors. There is Jin Wengong in Lu Chunqiu? Call it a dragon? Records, and Qin Shihuang said? Zulong? Said.
After Qin and Han dynasties, the dragon has been shaped into the incarnation of the emperor. Who is the emperor? The real dragon emperor? , date of birth? A real dragon fell from the sky? , passed away? Dragon royal guest? ; People living in Long Ting, people lying on dragon beds, people sitting on dragon chairs and people wearing dragon robes.
In Song Huizong, five dragons were made kings, and the belief of the Dragon King became popular.
Luo Yuan, a writer in the Song Dynasty, concretized the image of the dragon: horns like deer, head like camel, eyes like rabbits, neck like snakes, belly like dragonflies, scales like fish, claws like eagles, palms like tigers and ears like cows? .
With the spread of Buddhism, the Dragon King, Dragon Palace and Dragon Lady also spread rapidly.
By the may fourth movement, Descendants of dragons? It also came into being.
Yue believes that this is also the collective memory and recognition of a nation.
In our minds, the image of the dragon has always been like this, but since ancient times, the dragon has been constantly changing. Dragons in Shang and Zhou Dynasties are abstract, dragons in Qin and Han Dynasties are unrestrained, and dragons in Ming and Qing Dynasties are gorgeous. Today, we will use 100 second to see what dragons look like in different periods.
As early as Shang Dynasty, dragons began a long and complicated evolution process. At first, the image of the dragon mainly appeared on jade articles. Most faucets don't have horns, and their ears are enlarged. Now we can see that it is simply the image of a pig head. But there are already dragons on my body, although it is still strong? Pig prints? Color, but after all, has entered the threshold of the dragon.