Why do dragons and phoenixes cooperate and appear accordingly?
A piece unearthed from Yangshao cultural site in Beishouling, Baoji, Shaanxi Province. This precious cultural relic, uot Dragon and Phoenix Pattern & uot painted pottery flask, shows that both dragons and phoenixes originated in the Neolithic Age 7000-8000 years ago, and they are synchronous.
As a long and rich cultural phenomenon, both dragons and phoenixes are the marks, emblems, signs and symbols of the Chinese nation. If the traditional cultural symbols of the Chinese nation are ranked according to their functions and effects, the dragon will undoubtedly occupy the first place, and then the second place is the Phoenix.
Dragon is a kind of god that the ancients were vague about natural phenomena such as fish, crocodiles, snakes, pigs, horses, cows, clouds, lightning and rainbows. Reptiles and mammals are the main objects of dragons, so dragons are often called &; The length of uot scale family &; Uot, and. Uot king of beasts &; uot。
Phoenix is a mythical thing that the ancients blurred many kinds of birds and some stray animals. Birds with wings are Feng's main target, so Feng boarded &; The length of uot feather family &; Uot throne, with &; Uot is the king of birds &; Uot is called.
Dragons have deities such as liking water, flying, flying to the sky, fickle, supernatural, auspicious and ominous.
Phoenix has such gods as love of fire, sunshine, virtue, auspiciousness, loftiness, Shang Jie, beauty and metaphor.
The complementarity and correspondence of divinity combine dragons and phoenixes: one is the king of beasts and the other is the king of birds; Change into the sky, change into magic, change into elegance, change into beauty, change into auspiciousness; With the establishment of a good relationship of mutual assistance and cooperation, it will &; When uot dances &; Uot, and. Uot dragon and phoenix become auspicious &; Uot, yes.
Phoenix is mainly composed of birds. Most birds like warmth and sunshine, so it is also called &; Uot sunbirds, and. Uot flying birds & uot, and. Uot fire essence &; Uot, the so-called &; uot； Feng Dan Chaoyang &; Uot, and. Uot Feng Ming Chaoyang uot, and. Uot fire and fire; .
In this way, from the Neolithic Age to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements prevailed, the phoenix was mostly in the form of&uot penis and uot.
And the dragon, because its materials are mostly &; Uot water and uot, and. Uot water beast uot and&uot water elephant &; Uot, therefore, in the early days of its formation, it was basically a genus &; Uot Yin uot Yes.
The coordination, combination and correspondence between dragons and phoenixes embody the ancient concept of Yin and Yang.
Unearthed jade ornaments and Yu Pei in Shang Dynasty and Warring States Period, some dragons hold the phoenix, some are under the phoenix, and some are the same as the dragon and phoenix, indicating that people realized at that time that Yin and Yang are different, relative and related, and no one can live without each other.
Belonging to the Yin and Shang Dynasties &; Uot dragon and phoenix crown humanoid &; Uot Yu Pei is a typical example. The dragon is on the right, the phoenix is on the left, the dragon opens its mouth and bows its head, while the phoenix crookneck looks up. The combination of dragon and phoenix, worn on the head at the same time, not only embodies the concept of harmony between yin and yang, but also shows the degree to which dragon and phoenix were respected by people at that time.
if &； Uot dragon and phoenix crown humanoid &; Uot Yu Pei embodies the ancient people's respect for dragons and phoenixes, so it is embodied in&; Uot dragon and phoenix picture & uot silk painting is more than respect.
This silk painting was unearthed in the Chu Tomb of Chenjiadashan, Changsha, Hunan. The dragon on the screen, with its tail curled vertically, its head facing the sky, and its claws paddling, is eager to climb up. Next to it is its partner-the phoenix with its head held high and its wings spread. Under the dragon and phoenix, stood a woman in a dress, her hands crossed, praying for ascension.
Obviously, the dragon and phoenix work closely together here, and * * * shoulders the heavy responsibility of guiding people to get rid of secular dust and ascend to heaven, and is the object of people's worship and prayer.
During the Warring States period, there were also some figures intertwined with dragons and phoenixes.
Unearthed from the Tomb of Sun Yat-sen in Pingshan County, Hebei Province &; Uot four dragons and four phoenixes &; The holder of uot solution is very famous. The surface of the wooden box has been damaged, and the box seat is wrapped with four dragons and four phoenixes, and the four lying deer are the box feet, which are arranged around the chassis respectively. The dragon has two bodies and three tails, and the tail tip is hung with a dragon horn; The dragon shoulders have wings, and the dragon wings are connected. The crested chicken feet are exposed from the chain of the dragon tail. The scales of the dragon are clearly distinguishable from the feathers of the phoenix.
A number of silk fabrics were unearthed from the Chu tomb in Mashan, Jiangling, Hubei. The embroidery patterns on it are all beautiful dragons and phoenixes. Have & uot Long Feifeng pattern &; Uot, and. Uot dancing phoenix chasing dragon pattern &; Uot, and. Uot Phoenix Dragon Pattern &; Uot, and. Uot dragon and phoenix combination pattern &; Uot, wait a minute. The dragons and phoenixes in these patterns dance with each other, are happy, are intertwined, or look forward to life.
There is a story that Confucius made a special trip to Luoyi to visit Laozi. After coming back, Confucius didn't speak for three days. The children asked him what he said when he met Lao Zi. Confucius sighed: I actually saw a dragon! Dragon,&; Uot combines into an adult, disperses into a chapter, and flies with clouds and yin and yang; Uot, my mouth is open but I can't close it, and my tongue is raised but I can't communicate &; Uot, how can you calculate others!
This is Confucius calling Laozi a dragon.
Another story says: Seeing Confucius walking in front with five people, I asked: Who is the person in front? Answer: Lutz is brave and strong, Zi Gong is wise, Ceng Zi is filial to his parents, Yan Hui is particular about benevolence and righteousness, and Zhang Zi has martial arts. Hearing this, Lao Tzu sighed: I heard that there is a bird in the south, whose name is Phoenix. Uot Wen Phoenix Bird, Dai Nengling, You Zhi Zuo Xian &; uot。
This is that Laozi is more phoenix than Confucius.
Dragon and phoenix are made for each other, and Kong Lao is also made for each other. How to explain this &; Uot was born right &; What about the uot phenomenon?
We say that Confucius compared the dragon to Laozi, taking the dragon to heaven and diving into the deep, and the fickle divinity to compare Laozi's static and dynamic appearance, as well as his eclectic thinking ability. When I compare Phoenix with Confucius, I compare the divinity of Phoenix's pro-virtue and benevolence with Confucius' character of wisdom, kindness and joy, and the virtues of benevolence, self-discipline and benefiting others.
This is probably the earliest record of the coordination between dragons and phoenixes in the literature.
Since Qin and Han Dynasties, the relationship between dragon and phoenix has changed.
On the one hand, continue to correspond to the combination, such as&; Uot gold-plated silver plate with dragon and phoenix pattern &; uot； & In the Han Dynasty; Uot four gods tattoo &; The dragon and phoenix patterns on the stone gates of Han tombs unearthed in Wadang and Yulin, northern Shaanxi, uot: the edge decorative painting of the epitaph of the Northern Wei Dynasty: the immortal Lapras cross-phoenix stone carving; Celadon of the sui dynasty crested dragon handle pot; Bronze mirror of dragon and phoenix in Tang dynasty; Jade bowl with phoenix dragon handle in Song Dynasty; In the Yuan Dynasty, Longquan Kiln was covered with decals with dragon and phoenix patterns. Dragon and phoenix pictures and dragon and phoenix stones in the Temple of Heaven in Ming Dynasty; In the Qing Dynasty, there were enamel dragon and phoenix double bottles, embroidered dragon and phoenix auspicious patterns, colored embroidered dragon and phoenix double happiness gauze curtains, and so on.
This correspondence and combination has continued to the present age.
On the other hand, the dragon began to have the divinity symbolizing the monarch and the emperor-both the monarch and the emperor said that they were &; The true dragon emperor of uot&; Uot, as Qin Shihuang said &; Uot ancestor uot Emperor Gaozu was born in his mother's sense of dragon, and he was born &; Uot Long Zhun and Long Yan&; Uot, follwed wants to&; Uot When a fairy becomes a dragon & uot, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty &; Uot Dream Red Dragon &; Uot, wait.
Since the emperors called the dragon Buron, as a counterpart, the queens began to call the phoenix more than the phoenix. Huangfu &; Uot Zhou Long uot, the emperor will wear &; Uot rockhopper UOT; Royal residence &; Uot Tommy Tam uot, the emperor will live in the future &; Uot Fenglou UOT; The emperor has&; Uot dragon fire suit &; After Emperor uot, there was&; Uot Feng Touxie uot, wait.
Correspondingly, great changes have taken place in Phoenix: that is, from &; On the whole, uot Yang & uot turn uot Yin uot tends to&; Feminization of uot and uot. Because emperors are mostly men, and they hold supreme power, and because of a wide range of objects, dragons collect and occupy many &; Uot penis and uot its characteristics, its power to call the wind and rain, the energy to fly and change, are also in harmony with genus &; Uot Yang & uot Men's; Phoenix, because of its beautiful appearance, prefers to dress up beautifully. Uot Yin uot is close to women.
There is also Phoenix, which is the abbreviation of "Phoenix". It is divided into male and female: male is Phoenix and female is Phoenix. The so-called & uot； Feng Qiuhuang &; uot。 But after the corresponding dragon is the emperor, it is male or female, and the whole land &; Uot female uot melted.
In Pailou Township, Hengyang, Hunan Province, there is a village called &; Prince uot and dancer & uot archway are running wildly. According to legend, an emperor toured here in his early years and got to know the smart and beautiful wine girl Li, so he performed a&; The story of prince uot and dancer & uot. Someone also made up a play based on this.
Later, Li died unfortunately. After hearing the news, the emperor wrote a letter and built this stone memorial archway at the foot of the local mountain to commemorate it.
According to legend, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang, who was proficient in learning, entered Shu from the capital and arrived in Lizhou City, now Guangyuan, on Duanyang Festival. At that time, there was a dragon boat race in Jialing River, and there was probably a warrior from Lizhou sitting on the official boat to watch. Suddenly, an oolong jumped out from the depths of the river and flew to the western hills; Almost at the same time, one flew in with rosy clouds, rang at the top of Dongshan Mountain, and then flew north. Everyone and the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces were stunned by the scene before them, but Yuan Tiangang said with a loud smile,&; Uot, this is called dragon and phoenix, and there will be noble people here. & UOT In the first month of the second year, the military commander's wife gave birth to a girl, who was the only female emperor in China later-Wu Zetian.
It is said that when Wu Zetian was two years old, the military commander invited Yuan Tiangang to see the photos. At that time, Wu Zetian was wearing children's clothes and was held by the wet nurse. After studying for a while, Yuan Tiangang exclaimed:&; Uot is sunny, the phoenix is in the Pearl of Heaven, and Fuxi is extremely noble. & uot When I learned that it was a girl, I still asserted:&; Uot If you are a woman, you should be the master of the world. & ampuot
Such a legend is hard to get rid of the suspicion of fabrication. However, mythical thinking and god-making activities are originally a way of life of human beings. Therefore, meaningful legends will generally spread for a long time, and the more they spread, the more strange they will become, and they will become available cultural resources. For example, people in Lizhou take &; Uot Dragon and Phoenix are auspicious and noble &; Uot Legend has it that Xishan and Dongshan were renamed Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort and Shan. Huang Ze 'an was built in Wulong Mountain Scenic Resort, and a building was built in the mountains-two buildings have become the symbols of Guangyuan City.
There was an emperor in name in the late Qing Dynasty, and the actual power was in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi. The emperor is&; Uot dragon and uot, empresses are&; Uot Feng uot, the dragon is dominant, and the phoenix is obedient. This is&; Uot traditional culture and uot Cixi are unhappy, but they cannot be completely changed. The compromise is to have both dragons and phoenixes. As a result, some royal palaces appeared in the Qing Dynasty, called &; Uot dragon and phoenix become auspicious &; Uot scenery
Bronze dragons and phoenixes are displayed on the platform in front of Renshou Palace in the Summer Palace. At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi was worshipped by the ministers among the cigarettes curled up by dragons and phoenixes. Uot listens to politics &; Uot, yes.
There are three big pine trees in front of the temple. It is said that in order to please her master, Li hung lanterns on three pine trees to celebrate Cixi's birthday. One tree decorated Jackie Chan, and the other two trees leaned together, one was the head and the other was the phoenix wing and phoenix tail. Together, they are called &; Uot dragon and phoenix become auspicious &; uot。 Such a birthday present delighted Cixi, rewarded Li and asked her to install electric lights in all the halls of the park. -This is almost the earliest record of using electric lights in China.
Among Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace, Nanhu Island is the largest, commonly known as Longwang Temple. It is located in the southeast of the lake, and there is a Dragon King Temple on the island. This round island called Dun, formerly known as Youlong Pavilion, is the palace of the Dragon King. According to legend, Cixi visited the lake and asked about the name and origin of the island. The eunuch told her truthfully that Cixi was very unhappy. The autocratic western empress dowager certainly doesn't like being everywhere &; Uot dragon and uot. When Lee saw it, he gave an idea to change his&,so&uot Youlong Pavilion &; Uot becomes &; Uot wharf and wharf; .
This pier is symmetrical with Longwang Temple, which constitutes another part of the Summer Palace &; Uot dragon and phoenix become auspicious &; uot。
In the contrast between dragon and phoenix, highlighting the phoenix can be said to be the lifelong pursuit of Cixi. Her seat in Dehe Garden Theatre is not called &; Uot dragon position and uot or&; uot； Dragon chair &; Uot, and said &; Uot gold lacquer enamel birds put the phoenix throne &; uot。 It is said that at first she often asked Emperor Guangxu to accompany her to the theatre, but she didn't give this &; Emperor uot, uh, seat uot. Poor Guangxu can only stand behind her. Later, the famous ugly man Liu Gansan was upset and deliberately added this line during the performance:&; Uot, look, I am a fake emperor, and I still have a seat. The real emperor doesn't even have a seat. & uot Perhaps Cixi was in a good mood at the theatre. Instead of blaming Liu Gansan, she moved a chair for the emperor.
Ding Dong Mausoleum in the Qing Mausoleum is the mausoleum of Cixi and Ci 'an. The three halls of the Empress Dowager Cixi's Mausoleum are not comparable to the palaces of the twenty-four emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties because of their huge consumption of gold and exquisite craftsmanship. In particular, the single stone carving in the middle of Long 'en Hall is unique. This stone carving is 1.6 meters wide and more than 3 meters long. Design is&; Uot Phoenix brings dragons &; Uot: High Taihō, spreading its wings in the air and bowing through the clouds; A little dragon came out of the water, lowered his head and looked up at Taihō. The same moral pattern also appeared on the white marble railing around Long 'en Hall. On the platform, on the bouldering, just &; Uot Phoenix is above, Dragon is below &; Uot, yes. These flocks of phoenixes, with their heads held high and their wings slightly spread, seem to be full of ambition. They are simply arrogant phoenixes! And the dragon living in a lower position, with a small head and thin body, only looks forward to the arrogant phoenix, which is a pity!
Cixi's practice of raising a phoenix on a dragon is rare in the long history of the development of Longfeng culture. Under normal circumstances, the dragon is dominant, the phoenix is obedient, the dragon is the first, and the phoenix is the second; At the same time, most of the dragons are high and the phoenix is low, and the dragons are big and the phoenix is small, which clearly reflects the reality of the patriarchal society in China.
The golden crown of Emperor Wanli unearthed in Dingling is made of extremely fine gold thread, with vivid ornamentation. Uot Two Dragons Playing with Pearls &; Uot can be called & uot Dragon Crown &; uot。 The queen is wearing &; There are three uot rockhoppers, one is&; Uot three dragon three rockhoppers. , one is&; Uot View of Jiu Feng in Kowloon &; Uot, one is&; Uot six dragon three rockhoppers. . The golden dragons decorated above are all on the emerald phoenix.
Dragon and phoenix are sacred objects created by labor, which embodies many people's good wishes. Naturally, it is impossible for the emperor and the queen to monopolize all of them.
The harmonious correspondence between dragons and phoenixes is widely circulated among the people and reflected in the customs of different regions and nationalities. Its moral is harmony between yin and yang, happy marriage and love, and seeking good luck and happiness.
Living in the northeast, there are&; Uot dragon and phoenix match &; Uot legend: Zi Long first became a snake, then became a handsome boy to pursue three girls, and then got married and took the exam. The elder sister of three girls stole the snakeskin left by Zi Long, so that the snake lang in the senior high school entrance examination could only fly back. Three girls committed suicide and turned into a fiery red. So, dragons, phoenixes and Song all flew into the sky.
The rubbings of the stone carvings of Confucius Temple have dragons and phoenixes on the top and pine cranes and unicorns on the bottom, forming a big&uot word named &; Uot dragon and phoenix become auspicious &; uot。
In Qufu, Shandong Province, Confucius' hometown, with the discovery and excavation of Zhusha stone in Nishan, the custom of carving dragons and phoenixes appeared: when a child is born, the dragon is chosen as a boy, which means &; Uot wishes his children success &; uot； If you are a girl, choose Phoenix, which stands for&; Uot watched a woman become a phoenix &; uot。 Or the young man chooses the phoenix to send the girl, and the girl chooses the dragon to send the young man, which means &; Uot Dragon and Phoenix uot has a happy marriage and long-term happiness.
If the man is so satisfied with twins, triplets and quadruplets, people will take &; Uot twins &; Uot, this is commensurate.
Expressed in words, there are&; When uot dances &; Uot, and. Uot Dragon Zhang Fengzi &; Uot, and. Uot Long Pan Fengyi &; Uot, and. Uot Phoenix &; Uot, and. Uot dragon feels broken by the wind &; Uot and&uot dragons give birth to dragons, phoenix gives birth to phoenix, and the son of a mouse can make holes &; Uot, and. Uot knows the pearl, the phoenix knows the treasure, and the cattle and horses only know the grass &; Uot, wait.
Dragon and phoenix also enter the language. For example, a sentence from xifeng liquor, Shaanxi Province is:&; Uot xifeng liquor, xifeng liquor, accompany me to eternity &; uot。
Friends who like to collect all know that there is a precious copper coin called Longfeng Bao Tong. Bao Tong was the dragon and phoenix of the Yuan Dynasty &; Uot Red Scarf Army &; The uot peasant uprising welcomed Han Liner as emperor, and Jianyuan & uot Longfeng uot was the currency of the bank at that time. This coin has regular script on the front. Uot Dragon and Phoenix Bao Tong &; Uot four characters, dignified font. But there are no dragon and phoenix patterns on both sides.
Coins with dragon and phoenix patterns are extremely expensive for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This kind of big money is not used for circulation, but a commemorative coin with the nature of furnace opening or special casting to celebrate success. There are six or seven kinds of big money that have been discovered. The largest one weighs about nine pounds, and its size and weight are the highest in history. Big-style double dragons grab pearls on the front and double phoenixes on the back.
The Dragon and Phoenix Gold Medal is a set of two high pure gold commemorative medals first issued by the Bank of China in. Its front pattern is a soaring dragon and phoenix.
The bronze medal of double happiness, dragon and phoenix is also a commemorative medal with collectible value. Shanghai Mint, issued on. Full set of two pieces. The front pattern is a double magpie with happy characters, and the back pattern is a flying dragon and a flying phoenix, which means happiness and good luck.
Longfeng also flew abroad together.
It can be said that China culture spreads there, where dragons and phoenixes are auspicious, healthy and gorgeous; Wherever the footsteps of Chinese children go, there is&; Uot dragon and phoenix become auspicious &; uot。
Although these dragon and phoenix patterns vary from country to country, their basic forms all come from the dragons and phoenixes of China. Its implication is also consistent with the local dragons and phoenixes in China: harmony between Yin and Yang, happy marriage and good luck.
Ying Long was a very popular dragon in the Han Dynasty. Ying Long is a dragon with wings. Wings should be the characteristics of the phoenix. In the Qing dynasty, there was also a phoenix-tailed dragon with a winding body and a feathered tail.
Phoenix's wings and flower tails appear on the dragon. This dragon has the composition of phoenix, and the dragon has the nature of phoenix.
In Shang dynasty, there was a stork with deformed phoenix lines at the bottom, dragon horns and dragon tails. When Shuowen talks about Phoenix, it says that it has a body &; Uot Longwen &; uot。 Of course, the phoenix has feathers, and this feather pattern and the scales on the dragon are actually the same thing in the eyes of the ancients. All these show that the phoenix has absorbed something from the dragon, and there are dragons in the phoenix.
Dragon and phoenix attract each other, which embodies the blending and infiltration of dragon and phoenix worship. Just like men and women in the world, you have me and I have you (the so-called &; Half of uot men are women &; Uot), Longfeng is also you have me, and I have you.
Dragons have all kinds of gods, which can be summarized in one word, that is&; Uot force to force ratio. , the strength of&; Uot force to force ratio. Strong &; Uot force to force ratio. .
Phoenix also has various gods, which can also be summarized in one word:&; Uot beauty and uot, beautiful uot beauty and uot, beautiful uot beauty and uot.
The dragon is a symbol of strength, and the phoenix is a symbol of beauty. The combination of dragon and phoenix is the combination of strength and beauty; The correspondence between dragon and phoenix is the correspondence between strength and beauty.
Without the phoenix, the dragon is a lonely dragon; Without dragons, Phoenix is a sad phoenix. Dragons are born of strength, and phoenixes are born of beauty. The strength of the dragon provides support and destination for the beauty of the phoenix, and the beauty of the phoenix provides a goal for the strength of the dragon, adding a particularly charming style.
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