Why do the descendants of the dragon symbolize China people? Come on, everybody, 3Q.

The essence of dragon culture The primitive dragon in China once originated from the primitive totem culture, but the essence and mainstream can not be simply attributed to the primitive totem culture. From the four aspects of "time background-specific content-cultural connotation-social function", China's dragon capital is obviously different from the original totem, thus showing the following essential characteristics: the dragon culture, which originated from the totem and surpassed the totem of China, is not only a few relics in modern China, but also maintains a strong vitality, abandoning the negative factors of feudalism, mysticism and absolutism, although the dragon culture can not play a role in national unity and national rejuvenation. Totem culture is essentially the clan culture of primitive society, but the dragon in China, the primitive dragon, was born around 3000 BC, which is the disintegration of primitive society in China, the origin of Chinese civilization and the dragon of Chinese civilization in China later. Although the prototype can be found in nature, it is not an existing thing in nature in essence, but a cultural creation and cultural symbol based on national cultural concepts. The formative period of the times. The essential feature of dragon is that it transcends the blood relationship of clan culture and sublimates into the national cultural connotation based on geographical relationship. Dragon-This is the unique cultural creation, concept creation and symbol creation of China people. After the dragon world, the successor of the dragon, was opened up, it was time to create life and reproduce human beings. In China's myths and legends, this great work was done by Fuxi and Nu Wa. Living in the distant and beautiful "Hua Xushi", the girl "Hua Xushi" visited a scenic "Leize" and accidentally saw a huge footprint, so she stepped on it curiously, so she got pregnant and gave birth to a son named "Fuxi". The footprints in Razer were left by "Raytheon", who owns the head of the dragon. Therefore, Fuxi was originally a "dragon species" with a dragon head. Unable to find another woman, Mr. Fuxi, a dragon and determined to be the "father of mankind", had to marry his sister, Miss Nu Wa, and gave birth to the first men and women. This Nuwa, known as the "Mother of Humanity", is also a leader. In this way, in those Han Dynasty stone reliefs, human parents will snuggle happily together, or hold mascots and respect each other, while the tails of the two dragons are tightly surrounded and holding hands. This is probably the origin of the expression "descendants of dragons". The legend of the dragon and the symbol of the emperor After the Han Dynasty in the second century BC, the image of the dragon was linked with the imperial power and became the symbol of the royal family. The emperor called himself "the real dragon emperor", and his descendants were called descendants of the dragon. His clothes are called dragon robes, and all his articles depict the image of dragons. So, how did the dragon become the symbol of the emperor? There are probably two reasons: the ancient emperors and gods were mostly dragons, or they were dragons. We mentioned Pangu, Fuxi, Nuwa, Huangdi, Yan Di, Tang Yao, Yu Shun, Yu Xia, Tai Hao, who took dragons as officials, Ju Mang, who traveled in Lapras, Zhuan Xu, who took pigs as fun to teach dragons to play everywhere, and Emperor Ku, who was lucky enough to be born because of his mother's dragon sense, and so on. China was born in ancient times and likes to imitate sages. In the past, the emperor was a dragon, and later emperors were naturally dragons. Even if you don't have the dragon nature, you should try to package yourself as a dragon. Besides, if the dragon wants to manage the water on the ground and the water in the sky, it must have the ability to come and go freely between heaven and earth. It can directly go to heaven and reflect the human situation to the emperor; You can also come down from heaven to convey God's will and serve God. Didn't the emperor say that he was "ordered by heaven"? Don't you claim to be the son of heaven and manage the world on behalf of the emperor of heaven? Obviously, the divinity of the dragon and the kingship of the monarch are linked here. As a result, the emperors became "real dragons". It seems that no emperor does not say that he is a dragon. Qin Shihuang is known as the "Emperor through the ages", so he is called "Zulong". Emperor Gaozu claimed to have been born after his mother Liu Wei's dragon, and was born with a "long face". When Chu and Han contended, Fan Zeng found that Liu Bang had the spirit of "the son of heaven", and that "all of them are dragons and tigers, and become colorful". Han Jing dreamed that the red pig turned into a red dragon, so he had Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. There is a children's song in the Jin Dynasty, "Five horses float across the river, and one horse turns into a dragon", and the result should be on the emperor of Jin and Yuan Dynasties. . When Emperor Taizong was born, there were two dragons playing in the pool in Wugong County. Song Gaozu was lying alone in front of the podium when he was a child, with a "five-colored dragon emblem" on it ... Throughout the history of feudal society in China, rulers associated themselves with dragons for obvious utilitarian purposes: either to enhance their prestige because of humble origins or to anesthetize the people because of social unrest. Overseas dragon culture In western culture, the dragon is a giant reptile with a fire-breathing monster in its mouth and wings, which is a symbol of evil and violence. The dragon in the book of revelation is the incarnation of Satan. The prince fought the fierce dragon with his sword, beheaded the dragon and rescued the weak girl. This is the western version of the hero saving the United States. Fierce-looking dragons were also used by ancient westerners on shields, military flags and badges to deter enemies. So the dragon is also a symbol of war in the west. In oriental culture, the dragon is a symbol of strength, wealth, prosperity and peace. China's worship of dragons is very fanatical. Western couples look forward to the Millennium baby, while China people look forward to having a dragon son and a dragon daughter. China people regard themselves as descendants of the dragon no matter where they live in the world. Without dragons, China's cultural traditions, including architecture, costumes, festivals, food, folk customs and even language, would be pale and powerless. With the emigration of China people, the dragon culture of China has spread all over the world. In fact, long before white people came into contact with the dragon culture, dragons had already crossed the ocean to Japan, Southeast Asia and even Native Americans. For one or two thousand years, Japanese farmers and fishermen have been offering sacrifices and worshipping dragons in order to achieve good weather and good harvest. In Gao Songzhong's tomb, there is a seventh-century mural "The Dragon Map", which has almost the same shape as a dragon. Among Japanese ancient buildings, China's dragons were common in the Han, Tang, Ming and Qing dynasties, but rare in the pre-Qin period. It can be seen that the art of dragons was introduced into Japan in large quantities from the Han Dynasty. Dragon culture was introduced into Southeast Asia much earlier than Japanese culture, so it was more primitive. The art of dragons and phoenixes in Viet Nam, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia is obviously characterized by the Yangtze River Culture Department in China. Dragons have big heads, some like lions or cows, thick bellies, big tails and small feet.

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