The God in charge of day and night recorded in Shan Hai Jing is Candle dragon. According to Shan Hai Jing, Yin Candle, the God of Zhongshan, regarded it as day, turned it into night, blew it as winter, and called it summer. Without drinking or eating, rest is the wind. Translated, it is Zhongshan God, named Yin Candle. Opening your eyes is daytime, closing your eyes is night, blowing is winter, and exhaling is summer. If you don't eat, drink or breathe, once you breathe, you form the wind.
Candle dragon's image is described as "a snake with a red face and straight eyes" in Wild Classic, and "a snake with a red face" in Overseas Classic. Legend has it that Candle dragon has two eyes, one for the sun and the other for the moon. It is extremely powerful, and when you open your eyes, the whole world is bright, that is, during the day; When you close your eyes, it will be dark, that is, at night. But if it opens its eyes at the same time, the earth will be scorched by high temperature. Yin Candle never stopped eating, with a candle in his mouth, and his sacred light shone on the whole earth. The ancients thought that Yin Candle's blowing would lead to strong winds, so they thought that it blew heavily in winter and exhaled a little in summer.
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The myth of Candle dragon essentially describes a natural wonder-the volcanic cone. This is a dragon burning like a candle. When it burns, sometimes smoke covers the air and the earth like night; Sometimes it is hot, illuminating the earth and turning night into day. Its body is like a lux dragon winding in the sky. Coincidentally, there are more than 20 volcanic cones 30 kilometers east of Datong, but these volcanic cones stopped their activities 60,000 years ago and have been identified as dead volcanoes by geological experts in China. Therefore, it is hard to imagine that the scene of volcanic eruption can be spread for more than 50,000 years and still remain in the legend of our ancestors, thus forming the myth of Candle dragon. There must be another reason for the formation of Candle dragon myth.
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