All the zodiac animals exist except dragons, so are there really dragons in the world?
The ancients regarded dragons as sacred and spiritual objects, and they were changeable, shrinking like silkworm ants, and stretching can cover the sky. Sometimes exposed in the clouds, sometimes invisible into the abyss. Legends about dragons are found in almost every book in China's ancient classic works, and there are countless legends and myths about dragons. Classics, such as the Book of Changes, make a complete and systematic exposition of dragons and endow them with philosophical meanings. In the eight diagrams, the dragon is used to illustrate the dry divination, which is also the first divination in the Book of Changes. In addition, legends and myths of dragons have appeared in all dynasties, and many places named after the word "dragon" also have legends of dragons. Up to the era of the Yellow Emperor, there was a legend that Lapras ascended to heaven and Ying Long helped the Yellow Emperor defeat Chiyou. Xia Yu controls the water, and it is said that there is a dragon painting a river with its tail to divert the flood; Liu Bang, the emperor gaozu of Han Dynasty, is said to be pregnant and born after his mother dreamed of mating with the red dragon. From many stories and legends, we can see that people often concentrate all kinds of virtues and excellent qualities on dragons. Legend has it that the tradition of frying corn on the second day of February every year is to commemorate Yilong's efforts to solve the suffering of human drought, even at the expense of offending dogma. Legend has it that Yulong was imprisoned by the Jade Emperor because he couldn't bear the people's suffering from drought and helped them to rain, and made a rule that only golden beans would be released when they bloomed. The people gathered together to fry corn because they were grateful for Yulong's righteous act. Because it looked like golden beans blooming, Taibai Venus, who was in charge, was mistaken and released Yulong. The tradition of frying corn on the second day of February every year has also been preserved.
The image of the dragon known today combines the characteristics of various creatures: antlers, ox heads, donkey mouths, shrimp eyes, elephant ears, fish scales, human whiskers, snake bellies and chicken feet. Some studies have pointed out that the image of the dragon has undergone constant development and change. In the long historical process, through war and alliance, the nation that believes in the dragon totem has gradually become the leader, and the dragon totem has gradually become the banner that the whole Chinese nation believes in. The totem image originally believed by other nationalities has been gradually absorbed and enriched into the image of the dragon, so the dragon has more and more characteristics, and its image has become increasingly complex and powerful, and it has become the representative of the emperor.
At that time, the common people thought that the dragon from heaven was a lucky thing. Some people used reed mats to give the pavilion of the monster tower, and some carried water to pour it on the monster, in order to prevent the monster from getting dry. It is said that people are very active, even lazy people on weekdays have to carry water and water. In the temple, many people and monks have to cross over for it every day, which lasted until the monster mysteriously disappeared after another rainstorm for several days.