According to legend, the dragon gave birth to nine children, and the dragon was long and had a heavy burden. In ancient times, people often carried three mountains and five mountains on their backs and made waves in rivers, lakes and seas. Later, Dayu subdued it when he was controlling the water. It obeyed Dayu's command, pushed mountains and dug ditches, dredged rivers and made contributions to water control.
When the flood was defeated, Dayu was worried that he would run rampant everywhere again, so he moved to a huge stone tablet with indomitable spirit engraved on it and told him to carry it. The heavy stone tablet prevented him from walking casually.
The spindle is very similar to a turtle, but there are differences when you look closely. The spindle has a row of teeth, but the tortoise doesn't. In addition, the number and shape of nail plates on its shell are also different from those of turtles. Also known as the stone turtle, it is a symbol of longevity and good luck.
The tortoise carrying a tombstone in ancient times was the overlord. In ancient legends of China, Baxia often carried three mountains and five mountains to make waves. After being appeased by Yu Xia, he made many contributions to Yu Xia. After the success of water control, Yu Xia put the credit on his back, so most of the stone tablets in China were carried on his back.
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Archaeological significance:
1. The image of primitive dragon spread abroad through ethnic migration and cultural exchange in ancient times. Many stories of dragon kings and daughters in ancient Indian Buddhist scriptures. But the concept of dragon was introduced from ancient China. According to the description of dragons in Buddhist scriptures, dragons are also the length of snakes. "On Good Opinions" Volume 17: "The dragon is long but not full." It is clearly the ontology of primitive dragons and snakes.
2. Han people try to associate snakes with dragons, because they are very similar in shape. In the zodiac, China people call snakes "dragons", and also call snake slough (snake skin) "dragon skin". There is a saying in Yixing: "Turn a dragon into a dragon and be born in the belly of a snake". Hunan folk songs have the lyrics of "the south snake sheds its skin and becomes a dragon".
3. Historical Records and Hanshu recorded the story that Liu Bang killed the white snake after drinking, and was later edited as the story of killing the white snake. Di Zi is a dragon, of course, but he is a snake by nature. Without the folk customs handed down from generation to generation as psychological support, how could Liu Canbang fool people with such nonsense?
To sum up, we can draw a conclusion that in ancient times, snakes and dragons were integrated, and snakes were both dragons and dragons. And because there are "dragons and ants"; Forest, the length of the caterpillar; Phoenix, the length of feather insects; Turtles, the length of ants. " Therefore, the folk combination of snakes and turtles is often replaced by the combination of dragons and turtles.
It can be concluded that prickly, prickly, prickly, prickly, prickly, prickly, and prickly, evolved from the initial turtle shape (Xuanwu) to the turtle shape of the leader, which is also a Xuanwu image widely circulated among the people in China.