So it should be in the water at the earliest.
As for the image of the dragon in China's legend? It is said that dragons can become any image. It can be like a bug or a beast walking in the sky. It can also transform into a variety of creatures such as adults. However, in legends or folk arts, dragons still have a fixed image. "Three stops and nine similarities" is a description of the basic form of a dragon. According to the records in ancient books, the dragon's body can be divided into three parts, all of which have the same length. "Surrender to the waist, waist to tail, and stop each other." Volume 438 to Lei Xin quoted from Shi Zhuan. Nine Similarities was put forward by Luo Yuan, a poet in Song Dynasty, in Er Ya Yi Shi Long. "Horn like deer, head like camel, eyes like rabbits, neck like snakes, abdomen like dragonflies, scales like fish, claws like eagles, palms like tigers, ears like cows. Later, in the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen used this expression in Compendium of Materia Medica, changing "scales like fish" to "scales like carp" and adding "there are 81 scales on its back, and there are nine and nine yang numbers" and "there are beards beside the mouth, pearls under the jaw and scales under the throat." It is precisely because of the nine Jiuyang that it explains why the legendary dragon has the ability to subdue monsters. Because of the nine Jiuyang, this thing can easily subdue some monsters. "Meng Qian Bi Tan" also mentioned that there is a Yelai Mountain to the west of Heishui, and there is a Dragon Shooting Temple on the mountain. There is a dragon tongue in the temple, "shaped like a sword". When ancient people painted this beast, there were also some taboos in the painting: mouth taboo, eye taboo, neck taboo, short body taboo and bow taboo. When painting a dragon, the most important thing is to make the finishing point. Later, this sentence became an idiom to describe people using incisive poems or sentences to point out the main idea of an article. But how did this sentence come from?
Zhang Sengyou, a painter in Nanliang, is famous for painting dragons. According to Zhang Yanyuan's Records of Famous Paintings in Past Dynasties, Zhang Sengyou was invited to draw four white dragons on the wall of Jinling Anfu, all of which were available, but he refused to make the finishing point. When he does this, the white dragons will fly away with the wind. People refused to believe him, thinking that he was talking nonsense, and repeatedly asked him to make the finishing point. Zhang Sengyou really couldn't stand everyone's demands, so he dipped in ink, but in order to leave two white dragons in the temple, he was only willing to make the finishing point for the other two white dragons; When the front fell, the two white dragons had bright eyes, and suddenly there was lightning and thunder, and the painted wall where the white dragons stood split from it, and the two white dragons walked away, leaving only the other two white dragons who didn't make the finishing point on the painted wall. In addition to making the finishing point, Zhang Monk Friends is said to be able to "draw locks and control dragons". In Huiju Temple in Kunshan, he "painted dragons with two murals and four pillars". If people within a hundred miles of Fiona Fang get sick and boils, just come to the wall and pray devoutly, and then stay for a while, they can recover. But whenever it is dark and the wind and rain are coming,
Speaking of dragons, people usually think of phoenix. According to ancient records, Phoenix is a beautiful bird, and its singing and manners are the king of birds. It can bring good luck to the world, and at the same time, it has the special spirituality of "phoenix trees don't live, bamboo doesn't eat, and springs don't drink", and because it is the length of "feather insects" and related to "scale insects", it has become a complementary pair in folk customs, and because the dragon symbolizes the sun, the phoenix (the phoenix is the male and the female is the phoenix), which was originally divided into yin and yang, has gradually become the representative of pure yin after being opposed to the dragon.
The other is often compared with the dragon-the tiger is the leader of all animals, and its power and legendary ability to subdue ghosts and gods make it a beast belonging to Yang, and it often goes out with the dragon, "the cloud follows the dragon, and the wind follows the tiger" (so in places with strong mountain winds, the so-called "tiger" monument can often be seen to suppress these strange winds, and there is one in the early guides of Taiwan Province Province. In addition to the four spirits in Taoism, including dragons and white tigers, and even when Feng Shui masters explore cemeteries, the terrain protruding from the left and right sides in front of the terrain can be used as burial rooms, which have unique titles, called Zuo Qinglong and Right White Tiger, to take the meaning of their guards, and also have the same decoration in the court. The left and right pillars are painted with dragons and white tigers to suppress evil spirits. After the rise of Taoism, dragon and tiger were borrowed as Taoist alchemy terms, meaning "lead, mercury, fire, water, yin and yang" and so on. Taoist alchemy is divided into two parts: internal alchemy and external alchemy (I'm not sure). As far as yin and yang and five elements are concerned, Neidan means that dragons are born in fire, so the cloud "dragons are born in fire", tigers are born in ridges, and ridges belong to water, so the cloud "tigers are born in water". After the two elements are combined, one yin and one yang are mutual. Another way of saying this is that sex belongs to wood, and wood represents the East. In divination, it is an earthquake, so it is a dragon. Love belongs to gold, gold represents the west, and the hexagrams are exchanged, which is golden white, so it is called white tiger. Gold can crush wood, so feelings are more harmful. If we use the true meaning of 28 to make it one, then it will be seamless, and the dragon and tiger will change from crouching tiger to Dan. In the human body, the liver is the dragon and the kidney is the tiger, while the external Dan still takes the meaning of yin and yang, with the dragon as the lead and the tiger as the mercury.
And what dragons were there in ancient China? Let's talk about the era of the Yellow Emperor. When the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou fought in Zhuolu, Chiyou went out with his magic soldiers, while the Yellow Emperor went out with some beast soldiers and magic soldiers he had trained, and each side made a surprise move. The Yellow Emperor sent his "Ying Long", a winged dragon in charge of rainwater. He originally wanted to be drowned by the flood. Finally, he fled hastily (it is said that he later went to Dayu's subsidiary to help him with water control and waterway planning), so the Yellow Emperor had to ask his daughter "Hiderigami" to evaporate all the water in Fengbo and Shi Yu, so that the Yellow Emperor won this round. However, after the war, the mana consumption of "Hiderigami" was too large to return to heaven, which caused great disasters among the people. In this way, Ying Long, who was in charge of rain, lost the battle in an embarrassing way for the first time. However, whenever people ask for rain in the future, they will create an image of Ying Long, hoping to get his response. This is not too bad. At least compared with Hiderigami, he lost for a while, but later he was welcomed by everyone, and Hiderigami still wandered around. .......
In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story about Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, the Five Elements assigned five colors to the Southeast, Northwest and China, and each color assigned a beast and a god. East is cyan, with dragons, west is white, with tigers, south is scarlet, north is black, with martial arts, and yellow is the central positive color. Among the four gods, according to Shan Hai Jing, "Southern Zhurong is a face beast and rides two dragons. 」; "In the west of Ru Shou, there is a snake's left ear, riding two dragons. 」; "Oriental Ju Mang, a bird and a face, consists of two dragons. 」; "North yujiang county, black hands and feet, was two dragons. Interestingly, the dragons in Shan Hai Jing are all riding, while the snakes of the same kind with him are all being led or held or held or wrapped around their necks, which shows the difference between them. However, the five gods are different from the four gods, so I won't elaborate here. Suzaku, Xuanwu (black tortoise snake, martial arts means tortoise snake), Qinglong and Baihu represent the twenty-eight lodges in four directions respectively. The dragon is the seven lodges in the East-horn, clang, car, room, heart, tail and dustpan. These seven lodges are all dragon-shaped. As can be seen from their meanings, horns are the horns of dragons, and clanging is dragons. There is still a part of the dragon's heart, which some people call "fire", which is related to sunny and rainy days, and because Qinglong is wood, it is also the age of Jupiter. After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits have also been given names, which are convenient for human beings to call. Qinglong is called Meng Zhang, White Tiger is called Jianbing, Suzaku is called Lingguang, and Xuanwu is called Meiji. In many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their national title, such as Wei Mingdi in the Three Kingdoms. "Historical Records" also said that the Xia Dynasty belonged to the Mude Dynasty, so there was ".
"yue longmen Carp", a small carp, can become a proud and glorious dragon after leaping onto the dragon gate. What kind of process will it go through? Let's have a look! The article "Longmen" in Taiping Guangji (Volume 466) is quoted from Sanqin Ji: "Longmen Mountain is in the east of the river. It's more than a mile wide to break the door in Chishao Mountain. The Yellow River flows downstream, and there is no traffic between the two sides ... In Ji Chun, yellow carp come and go from the sea and Zhuchuan every year. He who comes to the door at the age of one is only 72. When I first boarded the Longmen, the clouds and rain followed, and the sky fire burned its tail from behind and turned into a dragon. " No wonder many people compare the imperial examination system or today's exam to "carp yue longmen". Looking at such fierce competition, it can almost be said that it is even more terrible than the joint entrance examination in Taiwan Province Province. Moreover, carp that can't get to the dragon gate are often exhausted and can't swim back to the original starting point. In the end, they can only "show their cheeks out of the dragon gate" and become a way to eat shrimp and crabs. The Longmen referred to here is the "Yuhekou" of the Yellow River (northwest of Hejin County, Shanxi Province and northeast of Hancheng County, Shaanxi Province). As mentioned earlier, the confrontation between the cliffs on both sides of the strait is really like a magnificent gate, and this is also the legendary waterway dug during flood diversion. According to local legend, a group of various carp came from the East China Sea and went upstream, and registered with Yu near Longmen of the Yellow River. Dayu encouraged them to say, "ichthyosaurs are the same kind, and when they leap into Longmen, they become dragons." "Carp drum gills, wagging its tail, jumped up with all its strength, jumped for 7749 days, and didn't reach the Longmen, because the Longmen is as high as one hundred feet. Later, they lifted one by one, and then jumped to 7749 feet, which added up to 980 feet. Seeing these carp working so hard, Dayu made a breeze, let these carp jump on the Longmen in the wind, leaving only the last cushion for everyone. Jump on the wave peak by hydraulic power, then beat the wave peak with your tail and jump over the Longmen gracefully. Dayu was very happy when he saw it, and immediately painted the head of the golden-backed carp red, so the fish dragon changed. From then on, this dragon changed from carp to dragon was ordered by Dayu to guard the Longmen here.
Another well-known dragon is the dragon. It is said that he is a dragon that can stir up floods. His image is mentioned in Guo Pu's notes on The Classic of Mountains and Seas and The Eleventh Classic of the Middle Ages: "Like a snake, it has four small feet, a thin head and a white neck, and the largest one has more than a dozen. Its eggs are like a stone urn, which can swallow people. It is said that there is a ring on his tail, which can tie the baggage to his head after his body passes through something. However, the legend did not explain why Xiaolong did this strange behavior. I wonder if it is possible to act as a key ring for a higher god. However, due to its fierce nature, dragons often do great harm in the local area. Even tigers that drink water will be dragged into the pond. Rowers and passengers crossing the river are also very afraid of this dragon. When attacked by a dragon, the victim often "laughs but doesn't fall down", so he laughs with fear and finally falls into the water and becomes the bait of the dragon. There are also some dragons with low dragons, and their attack methods are somewhat similar. They will lick your whole body with their stinking saliva first, then drag the victim into the water and suck blood from the armpit. People often have holes as big as wine glasses under their armpits within a few days after being attacked by this dragon. Jiaozi's story in "Early Zhou Dynasty" is naturally a story that every pupil has heard, so I won't say much here. Legend has it that there are traces of the so-called dragon people, and these creatures with similar shapes to the legendary mermaids abroad can often be seen at the seaside. Many fishermen will take good care of him after accidentally catching him ashore, but in the end, either jiaozi people died of excessive grief, or the fishing village was swallowed up by big waves, and jiaozi people returned to their homes. What's more, these jiaozi people's tears will turn into extremely shining pearls, which are very valuable, and many people in jiaozi are.
When it comes to all kinds of dragons, the well-known "Dragon King" is indispensable. However, the word "dragon king" was introduced from the western regions, and the name of the dragon king first appeared in the translated Lotus Sutra. There are eight dragon kings here, one is Nando, the other is Nando, the third is Nando, the fourth is Xiuji Dragon King, the fifth is Yi Dragon King, and the sixth is Anpo Dragon King. There are ten dragon kings in Hua Yan Jing, and their names are not exactly the same as those in Miao Fa Hua Lian Jing. One is Bocha Dragon King, the other is Luo Tommy Tam Dragon King, Sanyun Miao Yinzhuang Dragon King, Siyan Guanghai Dragon King, Wupugao Trang Van Dragon King, liu de Renyi Dragon King, Seven Infinite Steps Dragon King, Eight Static Colors Dragon King and Jiupuyun Loud Dragon King. It is recorded in Hua Yan Jing that these dragon kings "made efforts to make clouds and rain, which made all beings angry." Obviously, it can be seen that these dragon kings play the role of priests related to sex and rain. These legends have many branches in Ming and Qing novels. In the Romance of the Gods, the East China Sea Dragon King was Aoguang, the South China Sea Aoshun Dragon King, the North China Sea Aoming Dragon King and the West China Sea Aojilong King, while in the fairy mirrors of past dynasties, their labels were longer and thinner, namely, the East China Sea Ningde King Aoguang and the South China Sea Qin Hong Wang Shengji. In The Journey to the West, Wu Cheng'en, the monkey king of Huaguoshan, killed the Dragon Palace of Ao Guang, the dragon king of the East China Sea, and got a golden hoop. However, after getting this magic weapon, I am still not satisfied. I asked Aoqin, the dragon king of the South Sea, for a purple crown with phoenix wings, Aorun, the dragon king of the West Sea, and a set of lotus root silk clouds. In Taoist classics, the concept of Buddhism has been inherited, and many dragon kings have appeared, such as the Four Seas Dragon King, the Heavenly Dragon King, and the Five-Party Dragon King. And these dragon kings must obey the will of the old gentleman and Buddha from beginning to end to perform their duties. According to Indian legend, Indra, the god of thunderstorms, lives at the top of Mount Sumi in Buddhism. When Indra was going to patrol, the dragon king of Elop became a solemn white elephant with six teeth, and Indra rode away. This is both Lapras and an elephant. The Indian character "Naga" may be a snake, a dragon or an elephant, so Buddhist translators at that time would
It goes without saying that the identity and species of dragons are complex, but even their sons and grandchildren are complex and rigorous. "The dragon has nine sons, and nine sons are different." Moreover, none of the nine sons in this folklore lived up to expectations, and none had the power of a dragon. They are: at first they looked like turtles, so they pretended. The stone tablets of palaces, ancestral temples and tombs are mostly erected on the backs of turtles. These guys who are overwhelmed by heavy objects are the oldest among the dragons. Secondly, they kissed and looked like a four-legged snake with its tail removed. They looked around, and the steps and temples of the palace, as well as the animal heads carved on the houses, were all their portraits. Kuai Yue prison is a bit like a dragon, but he likes to roar very much. Although he lives by the sea, he can't call the shots like his parents and grandparents. On the contrary, he was very afraid of whales, so the ancients mastered his weakness. The cast iron bell knobs in temples and ancestral temples are all made in his image, while the wooden pillars that hit the bell are all carved like whales, so it is said that it will be particularly loud when it hits. This guy is an armadillo, shaped like a tiger, and like Machamp, he is a litigator. The tiger head carved on the ancient prison door is his appearance, and the fifth is gluttony, which looks like a wolf and has a good diet. The dragon is the animal head carved on the tripod cover. Liu Yue's sister-in-law, who looks like a teacher, is good at fireworks and sit-ins. The statue of the Buddha in the temple and the animal head carved on the incense burner are all his remains. The cow in prison looks like a yellow dragon with scaly horns. It has good music all its life, and the animal head carved on the Huqin is this dragon. The eight words "flaw" are like jackals, which are easy to kill. Usually, their statues can be seen on the handles of some weapons, or on the rings at the tail end, so as to enhance the murderous look. The nine-word "pepper map" is like snails and clams, and it is easy to approach. So most of them are engraved on the door, indicating that it is easy to close. Of course, I hope that no one can enter this house except the owner, so as not to patronize at night.
"Wulin supreme, sword slew a dragon, call the shots. Dare not disobey, don't rely on the sky. Who will compete with the front? " I believe that people who have seen the story of Eternal Dragon Slayer are familiar with it, so there is no need to mention the story of Dragon Slayer Road here. It's just that there is a sword related to dragons in history, and these magic soldiers sometimes appear as dragons. They are the so-called Longquan. It is said that Ou Yezi, a famous sword maker in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, traveled around looking for a place where he could show his talents. When he came to the foot of Xiqin Mountain, he found a clear and cold lake with seven wells on it, just like the Big Dipper in the sky. Ou Yezi made a fire on the hillside, melted and cast it with fine iron ore from nearby mountains, and made Long Yuan and Taia with Qixing Lake water. So it was renamed "Long Yuan". Later, in the Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid Tang Gaozu's taboo (the ancients were very serious about this kind of thing. If there was any word in the father's name, the metropolis of later generations avoided it as a sign of respect, but some maverick people opposed it and thought it was ridiculous to stick to the form. ), and change "Long Yuan" to "Longquan"; Moreover, the lake is also called "Jianchi Lake". There is a Ou Yezi Temple in this place, which is enshrined by generations of swordsmen. Modern archaeologists once found two swords of the King of Yue in a Chu tomb. It is said that it was cast in Ou Yezi and buried underground for more than two thousand years. After unearthed, it not only has no embroidery and luster, but also is extremely sharp. Sometimes, I can't help but wonder what kind of technology enabled the ancients more than 2,000 years ago to make swords that modern people are not sure to compare with. The reason why Longquan sword was treated differently by heroes of past dynasties is mostly due to the following reasons: first, it is tough and sharp; Secondly, it is both rigid and flexible; Third, it is cold and intense: Longquan sword is polished by hand, and the grindstone used is a kind of stone called "bright stone" in Longquan. It often takes several days or even months from rough grinding to fine grinding, but once it is ground, it will be bright green. Fourth, ingenious patterns: Carving patterns on the body of the sword is another stunt of Longquan sword and a symbol of tradition. The carved flowers come from the legendary patterns of seven stars and dragons. Swordsmen don't use colored pencils, and they don't play cards according to routine. They just used a few steel chisels to carve swords less than an inch wide. After carving, they poured copper water, then leveled and polished it, and the seven stars and the sword remained on the sword forever.