The dragon was also a symbol of the emperor during the imperial period in China. Every dynasty in China's history, emperors also called themselves "the real dragon emperor", and dragons also had the symbol of power.
things related to the emperor are also marked with dragon, such as "dragon bed", "dragon face", "dragon robe" and "dragon chair". Influenced by China's culture, the monarchs of Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Ryukyu and other countries with Chinese characters cultural circle also use dragons as a symbol of power. On the other hand, the dragon is also a spiritual symbol of Chinese culture.
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dragons rank fifth among the traditional Chinese zodiac in East Asia, and the corresponding earthly branch is Chen. In the homologous Indian Zodiac, it corresponds to the naga Dragon Snake.
Dragon, together with Phoenix, Kirin and Turtle, is also called "the four auspicious beasts". The banknotes issued by Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong since 1979 are all based on these auspicious beasts. (There are also many ancient books and historical books that mention the "four auspicious beasts" as: caring, living, caring and caring. )
Qinglong and Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu are the four astronomical phenomena in China.
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1. Archaeological discoveries
The earliest loong-shaped pattern found at present comes from the Chahai site in Xinglongwa Culture about 8, years ago, which is located in Aohan, Inner Mongolia, near Fuxin, Liaoning Province. It is a dragon-shaped sculpture, that is, a dragon stacked with reddish-brown stones, with a total length of nearly 2 meters and a width of nearly 2 meters, at the village site. However, dragons placed in earth and stone are easy to be faked, and dragons have been faked since the 198 s and 199 s
The early dragons found in the south include the rising dragon and bowing dragon at Yingpanshan site in Pukou about 5, years ago, and the jade pig dragon at Liangzhu site in Yuhang.
Second, the process of dragon transformation
There are two widely circulated stories: one is that the dragon was originally a snake on the ground, and it took a long time to collect the aura of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and the moon, and then it turned into a dumpling, and the dumpling finally became a dragon after transformation, and then it had the ability to take charge of the wind and rain and fly, that is, the so-called "five hundred years into a dumpling, dumpling" in the ancient "Stories of Differences"
another way of saying it is that in ancient times there was a door in the sea called Longmen. This Longmen is so big that you can't see the whole picture. One day, a carp swam under the Longmen and was blocked. The carp wanted to jump over the Longmen and swim to other places.
After numerous jumps, the carp finally jumped over the dragon gate, but at this time, it became another image, with a long body covered with scales, two horns like antlers on its head, and four legs, as well as eagle claws, which can reach the sky above and dive into the sea below, and have the ability to call the wind and rain. This legend later became the story of "Fish Jumping at the Dragon Gate".
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dragon