A long time ago, there lived a hardworking and kind young couple by the Tiaoxi River in northern Zhejiang. My wife was pregnant for one year and gave birth to a freak, like a human being, like a snake instead of a snake.
The old patriarch flew into a rage when he knew it, insisting that it was an ominous sign, forcing the couple to lock the baby immediately. The couple couldn't bear it, gritted their teeth and asked 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 lotus to Shibu, begging for milk from his mother. Mother has always loved her son, so she picked him up and fed him. In this way, she washed and fed him three times a day. One day, two days, after 360 days, my son grew up gradually, but he showed the appearance of a dragon
The news reached the ears of the old family again. He knew that this freak had grown up instead of being stuck. He was very angry, so he came up with a deadly trap to kill it.
One day at noon, the old man hid a firewood knife beside him and secretly hid it 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 the knife, he cut it down, and Xiaolong quickly jumped into the lotus pond. But it was too late, and this knife cut off the tail of Xiaolong, and it was instantly bloody. There happened to be a beautiful big butterfly parked in the pool. When the butterfly saw the little dragon suffering for no reason and losing 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 blew, dark clouds rolled and lotus petals flew in the pool. The dragon suddenly grew to more than ten feet long, jumped out of the pool, filled with lotus petals, and flew straight into the sky.
Seeing this momentum, the old man fainted and died. Xiaolong's mother saw her son flying in the clouds and called Xiaolong three times with tears in her eyes, but Xiaolong had already flown without a trace.
Since then, whenever there is drought on both sides of Tiaoxi River, Xiaolong will fly to beg for rain and let the villagers get a bumper harvest. In order to thank it, people in Changxing area made lotus petals and butterfly dragon's tail with colorful cloth, and made the famous "Louvre Dragon" in Changxing. Every Spring Festival, people dance dragons to commemorate and celebrate.
Pretend to love what you are actually afraid of.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a magistrate named Shen Chuliang in Ye County of Chu State, and everyone called him Ye Gong. Ye Gong likes things about dragons very much, whether it is decorations, beams and columns, doors and windows, dishes and clothes, there are dragon patterns on them, and even a big dragon is painted on his wall. Walking into Ye Gong's home, everyone thought that they had walked into the Dragon Palace, and dragon patterns could be seen everywhere! "My favorite is the dragon!" Ye Gong proudly said to everyone. One day, the fact that Ye Gong likes dragons was known by the real dragons in the sky. Zhenlong said, "It's rare for someone to like dragons so much. I have to go to his house to see! " The real dragon flew from the sky to Ye Gong's home, put his head into the window and shouted, "Is Ye Gong at home?" ? When Ye Gong saw the real dragon, he was scared and shouted, "Wow! Monster! The real dragon felt very strange and said, "Why do you call me a monster?" I am your favorite dragon! "Lord Ye trembled with fear and said," I am like a fake dragon, not a real dragon. Help! " Ye Honghua didn't finish, and ran away quickly! He left the real dragon in regret and said, "Hum, it is false that Lord Ye said that he likes dragons. He's just afraid of dragons! I also flew to visit him! "
Later, everyone used "Ye Gong is good at dragons" to describe a person. He pretended to be very good, but in fact, he could do nothing in private!
Put the dragon in the painting into the pupil of its eyes to make it lifelike ―― adding vitality to the works of art.
During the Liang Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a famous painter named Zhang Sengyou, whose painting skills were superb. At that time, Emperor Liang Wudi believed in Buddhism and built many temples, so he was asked to paint.
According to legend, one year, Liang Wudi asked Zhang Sengyou to paint the Anton Temple in Jinling, and drew four golden dragons on the temple wall. He promised to finish it in only three days. These dragons are lifelike, as lifelike as real dragons.
After Zhang Sengyou finished painting, many people went to see it and praised it for its good painting and lifelike. However, when people take a closer look, they will find that all four dragons have no eyes. Everyone begged him to put the dragon's eyes on it Zhang Sengyou explained: "It is not difficult to put eyes on dragons, but if you put eyes on dragons, they will break through the wall and fly away."
Hearing this, everyone didn't believe him and thought his explanation was ridiculous. How can the dragon on the wall fly away? After a long time, many people thought he was lying.
Zhang Sengyou was cornered and had to promise to "make the finishing point" for the dragon. On this day, many people watched in front of the temple wall. In front of everyone, Zhang Monk raised his brush and gently lit the eyes of two dragons. Strange things did happen. He just clicked the eyes of the second dragon. Suddenly, the sky was overcast, the wind was blowing, and there was lightning and thunder. In the thunder and lightning, people saw two "finishing touches" dragons, breaking through the wall, soaring into the sky, bared their teeth and flying into the sky.
After a while, the dark clouds cleared and people were too scared to say a word. Look at the wall again, there are only two undiscovered dragons left, and the other two "discovered" dragons don't know where they went.
Later, people derived the idiom "make the finishing point" from this legend, which is a metaphor for a speech or an article. Point out the main idea with one or two key and incisive sentences in the main points to make the content more vivid and powerful. But in the information age of knowledge reform and opening up, we can think that this is an innovation, because monk Zhang gave the dragon a look and made a qualitative leap. ......
How happy it would be if everyone could draw an eye for the country!