What are the legends about dragons?
for thousands of years, the dragon has penetrated all aspects of China society and become a kind of cultural cohesion and accumulation. The dragon has become a symbol of China, the Chinese nation and China culture. For every Chinese descendant, the image of the dragon is a symbol, a mood, and a flesh-and-blood emotion! . The names "descendants of the dragon" and "descendants of the dragon" often make us excited, energetic and proud. In addition to spreading and inheriting the dragon culture in China, it has also been brought to all parts of the world by overseas Chinese. In Chinese residential areas or in China, the dragon is still the most striking ornament. Therefore, "the descendants of the dragon" and "the country of the dragon" have also been recognized by the world.
Search for the trace of the dragon, enter the ancient history and the dragon world, and understand and explore the mystery of the dragon ...
The legend of the dragon-the dragon king:
The dragon is one of the four spirits in ancient China mythology. There are "Dragon King Products" in the Sutra of the Divine Mantra in Taishang Cave, which lists the "Five Emperors Dragon King" in terms of orientation, the "Four Seas Dragon King" in terms of ocean, 54 dragon king names and 62 dragon king names in terms of everything in the world. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the Dragon Pool in the Temple was summoned, and an altar official was set up to offer sacrifices to the Dragon King. Song Taizu followed the system of offering sacrifices to five dragons in the Tang Dynasty. In the second year of Daguan in Song Huizong (118), all the five dragons in the world were granted titles of nobility. Seal Qinglong God as King Guangren, Red Dragon God as King Jiaze, Huanglong God as King Fuying, White Dragon God as King Yiji and Black Dragon God as King Lingze. In the second year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1863), the Dragon God of the Canal was named "the God of the Dragon King who should divide the water", which made the governor of the river pay a sacrifice at the right time. In The Journey to the West, the dragon kings are Ao Guang in the East China Sea, Aoqin in the West China Sea, Aorun in the South China Sea and Aoshun in the North China Sea, which are called the Four Seas Dragon Kings.
Dragon Legend-Dragon Ball:
People often find "Dragon Ball" (such as "Single Dragon Ball" and "Two Dragon Ball") patterns on architectural colorful paintings, sculptures, clothing embroidery and other carriers. A friend asked: What is the "Dragon Ball"? Where did the "Dragon Ball" come from? What about the "Dragon Play Pearl"?
Dragon balls are related to dragons. "The pearl of a thousand dollars must be under the jaw of a dragon in a nine-fold abyss." That's what Zhuangzi said. "Yaya" also said that "the dragon ball is in the jaw". "The Story of Different Things" says, "Where there is a dragon ball, the dragon spits it ... The Vietnamese proverb says,' It is better to plant a thousand acres of wooden slaves than a dragon ball." The above statement has two meanings: first, the dragon ball is often hidden in the dragon's mouth, and when appropriate, the dragon will spit it out; Second, the value of the dragon ball is very high. In the folk proverb, it is better to get a dragon ball than to plant a thousand acres of citrus.
So, where did the Dragon Ball come from? Why does the dragon play with pearls? As we know, pearls are some mollusks in the water. Under certain external conditions, their shells are endocrine and form round particles, which are loved by people because of their bright luster, so they are called pearls. Since the animals in the water can give birth to pearls, as the dragon of the aquarium, it is natural to have pearls and give birth to jujubes, which should be a basic idea of the dragon pearl myth.
however, it seems that things are not so simple. Dragons are mythical creatures that are vaguely assembled, and the objects of assembly are fish, crocodiles, snakes, pigs, horses, cows, lightning, clouds, rainbows and so on. Among them, crocodiles and snakes are oviparous. Eggs are round or granular, which are much larger than pearls. Then, will the ancients regard crocodile eggs and snake eggs as a kind of "bead"? The answer is yes. The ancients could take crocodiles and snakes as the main collection objects, and naturally they would not ignore their eggs; For crocodiles and snakes, eggs are of great significance and the source of life. If there are eggs, there will be crocodiles, snakes and then dragons. Therefore, eggs can completely enter the dragon's life as "beads". Then, the dragon ball is the dragon egg; Dragon play beads, in fact, are the "eggs" of dragon play, which are the sacred objects of dragons and care, caress and respect for life. What is embodied and expressed in it is a kind of "life consciousness" of the ancients, that is, the understanding, understanding and exertion of the endless life phenomenon.
The folk legend of swallowing pearls and turning them into dragons provides a footnote for our view: a teenager gets a treasure pearl when he mows grass (or draws water), which is put in a rice jar to increase rice and put in a till to make money. When a rich man knew about it, he brought people to grab pearls. The teenager put the bead in his mouth in a hurry, but accidentally swallowed it. So I longed for a drink, and the water in the jar dried up, and I went to drink river water and river water. Drinking and drinking, my head has horns, my eyes are protruding outwards, and my body has grown into scales and turned into dragons. Such legends are widely spread in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places, from which the preciousness of "pearl" and the relationship between pearl and dragon life are revealed.
The sun is another understanding of "pearl". Some dragon-playing bead patterns we have seen, especially those with two dragons playing beads, mostly have flames rising, which are clearly a "fire bead" or a "fireball"; Below is the surging sea water, which can be understood as a fireball jumping out of the sea. In people's vision and ideas, it can be called a "fireball", and the sun can rank first. So, obviously, the fireball goes out to sea, which means the sun goes out to sea. Since the sun is out to sea, why do you want dragons to "play"? Here we should introduce the four gods in the eyes of the ancients: Oriental Dragon, Western White Tiger, Southern Suzaku and Northern Xuanwu. The sun rises in the east, and the dragon is a sacred object representing the east. In this way, the dragon playing with beads means sun worship, which is a blend of sun worship and dragon worship.
dragons are divided into males and females, which is the reason why there are many patterns of playing beads in Erlong. If a pearl lays an egg, it means that both parents care for and caress their children; If the pearl is the sun's solution, it is the male and female dragons who greet the rising sun and let the bright sunshine shine on the earth. Furthermore, the two dragons are symmetrical, the dragon body is curved and long, and the beads are rounded, which also has a sense of beauty in composition.
The Legend of the Dragon-Oolong:
At the Longtan Fort under Shaohua Mountain, there were only a dozen families. There are two people living in the village: a father and a daughter surnamed Liu, who make a living by selling tofu. My daughter is a pearl phoenix, and she looks pretty and handsome. One day, Zhufeng went to fetch water and hooked up a little black snake. She caught the little black snake and put it on the well platform, saying, "Poor thing, let it go!" " The little black snake nodded to her and turned and ran into the well.
Zhu Feng had just entered the room carrying water when she heard someone calling her from behind. Turning around, I saw a beautiful young man in his twenties. The young man grabbed Zhu Feng's hand and put a round bead in her hand. He said, "I am the fifth prince of the Dragon King of Weihe River. I just played in Longtan, and I accidentally bumped into your hook and broke free. Thank you for saving my life. This is a dragon ball. If you put it in the water tank, you don't have to carry water every day. If there is anything difficult in the future, just let me know. " Say that finish, suddenly disappeared. Zhufeng chased the door, only to see a mass of white fog at the wellhead, and heard the well water clatter a few times. She felt as if she were in a dream, and when she looked at her hand, it was clearly a treasure. After entering the room, she threw the dragon ball into the water jar, wow, the water splashed, and the jar was full of clear water. It was sweeter than the well water, and Zhu Feng knew it was a treasure, and she didn't tell anyone, even her parents. I just often think of Oolong, and I go to the well every day to pick a handful of water and secretly look into the well.
In Sunjiabao, four or five miles away from Longtan Fort, there lived a wealthy family, Yin Lixian. When Zhufeng's mother died, Liu Laohan had no money to be buried, so he borrowed 12 taels of silver from Yin Caidong. Life is poor and I can't afford it, but I often send some tofu to Yin's family, so I should pay the interest. These twelve books of Yin Caidong are not urged, and they are happy to eat tofu all year round without spending money.
Miss Zhu Feng is one year older, and she is getting worse and worse. Yin Lixian took a sly turn and played Zhu Feng's ghost idea. First, I hired a glib matchmaker to give Zhu Feng a bride price. Liu Laohan refused, but Zhu Feng was strong-willed. She lifted the gift box and threw it outside the door, and the matchmaker got a rebuff.
when yin caidong knew this, he rolled his eyes in anger and scolded, "the old thing is shameless, and he has been in debt for more than ten years." Hum! Even if you pay a hundred taels of silver with interest, you can't pay anything in three days! " He squinted and sneered: "Call Miss Zhu Feng to pay the bill!" When the words reached Liu Laohan's ears, he didn't have an idea. Zhu Feng just crawled on the edge of the kang and cried, but she couldn't think about it. "When she fell asleep in the middle of the night, she ran to the well platform. With a bite of her teeth and a horizontal heart, she shouted," Mom, I'm coming with you! " As soon as you close your eyes, jump into the well.
Zhu Feng only felt dizzy, as if she were walking on clouds. Suddenly I heard someone shouting in my ear: "Zhufeng, Sister Zhufeng!" I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I had never fallen into the water, but I was lying on Oolong's arm. "Brother Oolong!" Like seeing relatives, she fell into Oolong's arms and burst into tears. Oolong advised her, "Zhu Feng, I know everything about you, so don't be sad. It's cruel for a dog to be rich. God forbid. Look at me to clean up this old dog. "... I'll send you home! "Zhu Feng refused, and he whispered in her ear, talking tearfully and nodding.
I heard that Zhu Feng threw herself into the well and the villagers went down with torches to save people. Oolong saw someone coming down and whispered to Zhufeng, "Good sister, I won't see you off." Hold Zhu Feng up with both hands. The person who went down the well touched Zhu Feng, tied a rope and rescued her.
In the dead of night, Zhu Feng told her father about her and Oolong from beginning to end. The old man was secretly surprised, but he was dubious. Zhu Feng fished up the dragon ball from the urn, and the old man believed Zhu Feng's words when he saw that it was really not a worldly thing. The news that Zhufeng was saved by jumping into a well reached Yin Lixian's ears. The old thief stroked the moustache with a sly smile: "Hey, it's obviously fair weather. I'm Yoon, with a rich family and a box full of gold and silver. It's really ... Ah, hey ... "At a glance, I ordered the servants to prepare separately. Early the next morning, the old thief ran to Zhu Feng's house with a group of servants. Halfway there, a gust of wind blew away the sand and stones, and the bride price brought by it was blown away early, and the thief Yin fell to the ground with his horse and man. After the gale, the old thief saw that the bride price was empty and everyone was there, so he rubbed his crooked nose, took a bunch of homes, waved sticks and danced sticks, and went straight to Liu Laohan's house to grab the Pearl Phoenix.
Oolong saw that the old thief had done three things, but he still didn't know how to change. When the old thief rushed to the well platform, he showed his true shape, with a dragon ball in his mouth and a clear spring. At that time, lightning flashed and thunder blared, and the waves were terrible. Yin thieves and his gang cried and cried, rolled with the waves, and were washed into the Weishui River and fed the fish and turtles. After a while, the clouds cleared away and the sky was full of sunshine. A black dragon danced in the clouds, and Miss Zhu Feng was sitting on the dragon's back. Flying to the top of the mountain, Oolong lay down to rest, and Zhufeng waved goodbye to his father and villagers.
From then on, people called this village Longquan Village, and later changed it to Longtanbao. The mountain where the dragon rested was also named Wulongshan, which has been called Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort for a long time.
The Legend of the Dragon-Louvered Dragon:
Long, long ago, on the bank of Tiaoxi River in northern Zhejiang, there lived a hardworking and kind young couple. My wife was pregnant for a year and gave birth to a freak, like a human being, like a snake instead of a snake.
When the old clan leader knew this, he flew into a rage and insisted that it was ominous, forcing the couple to immediately block the baby. The couple couldn't bear it, so they gritted their teeth and told the man to pick up the footbath and pour the baby into the lotus pond in front of the door.
a few days later, my wife got out of bed and went to the lotus pond to wash rice. Suddenly, she saw her son swim from the lotus to Shibu and beg for milk from his mother. Mother always loves her son, so she picked him up and fed him. In this way, she washed rice three times a day and fed him three times. One day, two days, after 36 days, my son grew up gradually, but he showed the appearance of a dragon.
The news reached the ears of the old clan leader again. He knew that the freak had grown up instead of being stuck, and was very angry, so he came up with a poisonous plan to kill it.
At noon one day, the old man hid a wood cutter beside him and hid himself in the trees by the pool. When the woman was washing rice, she saw a little dragon swimming ashore to beg for milk.
When the old man saw this, he raised his knife and cut it. Xiaolong jumped into the lotus pond at once. But it was too late, and this knife cut off the tail of Xiaolong, and it was dripping with blood in an instant. There happened to be a beautiful big butterfly parked in the pool. When the butterfly saw that the little dragon had suffered for no reason and lost its tail, it was very sympathetic. It immediately flew over and connected its tail with its own body, thus becoming a beautiful dragon tail.
Just then, the wind was blowing hard, the dark clouds were rolling, and the petals of lotus flowers in the pool were swirling. The dragon suddenly grew to more than ten feet long, jumped out of the pool, filled with lotus petals, and flew straight to the sky.
when the old man saw this momentum, he fainted and died. When Xiaolong's mother saw her son flying in the clouds, she called Xiaolong three times with tears in her eyes, but Xiaolong had already flown without a trace < P > Since then, whenever there is a drought on both sides of Tiaoxi River, Xiaolong will fly to rain and make the villagers get a bumper harvest. In order to thank it, people in Changxing area made Long Lin with lotus petals and butterfly dragon's tail out of colored cloth, and made Changxing's famous "Louvre Dragon". Every Spring Festival, people dance dragons to commemorate and celebrate.
The legend of the dragon-Jiro chased the dragon:
(Guangyuan County) Another twenty miles is a sacred post, that is, the ancient preparation of a pen post. According to legend, the marquis of Wu was stationed here. ..... God announced the post, and it was handed down from the world that Erlang God held a sword to chase the dragon, hence the name. (Ming, Cao Xue * Notes on Places of Interest in Shu, Volume 24)
Erlang, Li Bingzi. "Zhuzi Yu lei" Volume III: "The Erlang Temple in Guankou, Shu, was built because of Li Bing's digging and leaving the pile. Now there are many ghosts, but he is his second son ..." (According to the name of Li Bing as "Erlang", it has already appeared in this book. The words about Erlang God are not contained in ancient books, but only in the accounts of neighbors. "Dujiangyan Gong Biography" says: "Erlang is Li Bingzhong, who likes to hunt and chop dumplings with seven friends. Pretending to be a beautiful woman, she got married and went to the temple to persuade her to drink. " It is also recorded in Volume 5 of Guan Zhi Wen Zheng and Li Gong and his son's record of water control. There are many myths about Erlang spread among modern people. Here is one of them: the Qin Dynasty suffered from Shu, and the king of Qin ordered Li Bing to guard Shu County, and Erlang also went to Shu with his father. When there were many floods in Shu, Jiro was ordered by his father to find the source of the flood and think of ways to cure it. Jiro waded through mountains and rivers, from autumn to winter, from winter to spring, and there was no news. A day into the mountains, meet a tiger, Jiro shot the tiger to death, and then cut off the tiger's head. Seven hunters came out, Jiro raised his head to show it, and seven people were surprised. I asked * * * to investigate the flood, and Jiro allowed it. Then they went to a small river near Guanxian city, and heard crying in the hut. It was the old woman who mourned that her young grandson was going to sacrifice the dragon monster, and knew that the flood was caused by Si 'er. So he went to Bai Fu with seven people, and Li Bing gave him the method of catching dragons, and everyone followed the plan. On the memorial day, Jiro took a three-pointed, two-edged knife and entered the Jiangmiao Temple with seven friends. In a moment, the evil dragon entered the temple with the wind and rain to seize the sacrifice. Jiro led seven friends out, fought against evil dragons, and the dragons ran out of the temple. The four mountains are full of gongs and drums, and the voices are like a tide. The dragon is afraid of entering the water, and Jiro and his seven friends also enter the water; When dragons go ashore, they all go ashore, so they catch evil dragons. Jiro was tired of fighting with his seven friends, so he temporarily rested under Wang Poyan and set the dragon in the river. There is a dragon cave in the river, which leads to the bed state river, and the evil dragon is waiting to escape. Jiro put a three-pointed, two-edged knife on the river, leaned his ear close to the handle and listened. He was shocked and said, "The dragon has escaped!" However, he and his seven friends rushed to find the dragon, and finally they were captured in Tongziyan, Xinjin County. When he returned to Wang Poyan, he met his grandmother crying in the hut the day before yesterday and came to thank her with an iron chain. Jiro locked the evil dragon with this chain and tied it in the deep pool under the pillars of Fulongguan, and there was no flood after that. (China Dictionary of Myths and Legends)
Legend of the Dragon-Evil Dragon and Sick Dragon:
the Year of the Loong, the Gengchen of the lunar calendar, met in the year 2, which is only once in 3, years, so this "dragon" became a very rare "Millennium Dragon". Entrepreneurs and intellectuals have made a fuss about the "dragon". Generally speaking, the dragon is good, of course, but not good. How can it affect our nation and country?