The dragon surname Ao in Journey to the West, what is the origin of their surnames?

Dragons are considered to be creatures with a relatively high probability of appearing in the myths and stories of our country, what does the dragon look like? If you ask someone in a sure tone, I'm sure he won't be able to answer. But when we think of dragons, we immediately think of them again.

We Chinese all call ourselves the descendants of dragons, and we don't remember whether dragons have appeared in history, or when the descendants of dragons began to rise. When it comes to dragons, all Chinese respect it very much, which adds a bit of mystery to the dragon.

"Journey to the West" I believe that every friend should have seen it, have you found a strange phenomenon, whether it is the Dragon King of the East China Sea, the Dragon King of the West Sea, or the Dragon King of the South China Sea, they all have a common surname, that is, the surname Ao, how did this surname come about? Why do all the dragon kings have this surname?

Every country has its own totem, and our country has the dragon as its totem. Most of these totems are illusory, for the sake of good looks, and it has been suggested that dragons may be a collection of certain animals. When we look at dragons, it should not be difficult to find that dragons have antlers, reckless bodies, eagle claws, and fish scales.

Some people say that the dragon appeared after the ao, what is the ao? It also looks the same as the "dragon head" we know.

However, he carried a huge turtle shell on his back, which lacked the feeling of being elegant. In fact, it is also the same as the dragon, it belongs to the part of myths and legends, and it is said that when Nuwa was afraid that the sky would fall, she cut off the limbs of the Ao and made four pillars of the heavens. The dragon evolved from the mastiff, so people removed the "fish" under the word "ao" as the dragon's surname.

There are some legends about why the dragon is surnamed "Ao", and there is another legend about the surname of the dragon king, which is said to be the surname of a Taoist in the Southern Song Dynasty. This Taoist priest's Taoism is unfathomable, he focuses on alchemy, and finally cultivates into an immortal and incarnates as a dragon, so people take his surname as the surname of the dragon king.

Of course, many of us now also give a lot of explanations, some people say that when the dragon screams, it makes a roaring sound, so the surname is homophonic "Ao". Some people also say that "Ao" has the meaning of traveling all over the world, and the dragon king lives in the sea after all, so it is most appropriate to give him this surname.

Legend has it that the dragon was cultivated by a turtle-like creature at the bottom of the sea, and this creature is called Ao. Later, the carp successfully cultivated, crossed the dragon gate, and turned into a dragon in one fell swoop, so the fish character under the ao was removed. In this way, all the dragons have the surname Ao, and it has continued.

Legend has it that when Nuwa was afraid that the sky would fall, she cut off the limbs of the Ao and made four pillars of the heavens. The dragon evolved from the mastiff, so people removed the "fish" under the word "ao" as the dragon's surname.

It is said that there was a cultivator who was unfathomable in his Taoism, and finally achieved positive results, and he himself was surnamed Ao.

It was in ancient times that this name has been passed down to the present day in a long time.

Some people say that it evolved from the ao, and then the carp successfully cultivated, crossed the dragon gate, and became a dragon in one fell swoop, so the fish character under the ao was removed.

Some people say that it evolved from Ao, and some people say that it was a Taoist priest surnamed Ao who cultivated the body of a dragon.

The surname of the dragon king is Ao, and this surname I think is inseparable from the origin of the dragon:The image of the dragon king originates from the Ao in the sea, and the dragon has the characteristics of a bird and soars into the sky, so the bottom of the fish character below is removed, resulting in the surname "Ao".

The dragon is an image in Chinese mythology, and it is an imagination of people's minds for expectations. Dragons first originated from the Fuxi clan in ancient times.

It represents the sacred and honorable. For example, the son born to an ancient emperor was called Longzi.

There is also the phrase we often say, "I hope that my son will become a dragon, and I hope that my daughter will become a phoenix", which can be seen that the status of dragons in people's minds.

And the appearance of the dragon, the ancients had their own imagination of it. The dragon combines the characteristics of snakes, beasts, eagles, deer, fish, and other animals, specifically, including the curved body of a snake, and beasts.

The well-developed limbs, the claws of an eagle, the horns of a deer, the tail and scales of a fish, the head of a horse. This is the image of the general dragon, in ancient mythology, there are many kinds of dragons, the sea dragon king.

Just one of them.

More specifically, the dragon king also has a name, according to folk records, our country has a dragon king in the four seas, their names are Ao Guang, Ao Qin, Ao Yan.

And Ao Shun. It is worth mentioning that they all have the surname Ao.

I think this is inseparable from their living environment and habits. They originated in the vast ocean, and in the sea, we can find a similar reptile with a shape similar to that of a dragon, called an Ao.

In this way, we have the conclusion that the imagery of the sea dragon originated in ancient times.

The Ao in the sea, people later transformed it on the basis of the Ao, forming the appearance of the final dragon; However, the Ao is a reptile, and the dragon can fly in people's imagination, so the bottom of the fish character of the Ao is removed, and then the surname of the Sea Dragon King is named after "Ao".

In ancient times, Ao means honorable. At that time, Ao was considered to be a dragon with a fish head and carp tail, but because the surname Ao was not very good, the fish below was removed and the meaning of traveling all over the world was taken, which gave rise to the surname Ao.

The image of the dragon king comes from the Ao in the sea, and the fish under the word Ao is removed to have the surname Ao of the Dragon King, of course, this is just a legend.

It should be related to the origin of the dragon: the image of the dragon king comes from the turtle in the sea, and the dragon has the characteristics of a bird and soars into the sky, so the bottom of the fish character below is removed, resulting in the surname "Ao".

Originated from the sea of Ao, and the dragon has the characteristics of a bird, soaring into the sky, so the bottom of the fish below is removed, resulting in the surname "Ao".

This is related to the origin of the dragon: the image of the dragon king comes from the Ao in the sea, and the dragon has the characteristics of a bird and soars into the sky, so the bottom of the fish character below is removed, resulting in the surname "Ao".

The image of the dragon king originates from the Ao in the sea, and the dragon has the characteristics of a bird and soars into the sky, so the bottom of the fish character below is removed, resulting in the surname "Ao".

During the agricultural period in our country, it was the world of matrilineal clans, and the expressions at that time existed: frog, vortex and concave. Later, it slowly evolved into Ao.

Ao is considered to be a dragon with a fish head and carp tail, and the surname Ao is not very good, so the fish below is removed, and the meaning of swimming in the four seas is taken, and there is Ao.

The surname of the dragon king Ao is inseparable from the origin of the dragon, the image of the dragon king comes from the Ao in the sea, and the dragon has the characteristics of a bird, soaring into the sky, so the bottom of the fish below is removed, resulting in the surname "Ao".

Getting back to the point, why are the dragon kings surnamed Ao? I've put together five explanations:

1.Because of the "Proud Country" in the Yuan miscellaneous drama

The fact that the dragon kings are all surnamed Ao is very interesting, like the white dragon horse in Journey to the West, which is called Ao Lie, and the four dragon kings in the god list are also surnamed Ao.

The reason why the dragon kings are all surnamed Ao can also be traced back to an ancient book, the first four dragon kings proposed in the Yuan miscellaneous drama "Fighting for the Jade Board and the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" are all surnamed Ao, and many of the subsequent ** most of them continue to use this ** name for the dragon king.

In fact, there is a more interesting folklore about dragons, which was passed down from the beginning of the text.

It is said that when Li Laojun opened the world, he transformed into a water elf, and this elf is not like a hairy calf. The Jade Emperor's eldest sister, the Great Immortal Gu, was in love with the mortal world, and had feelings for this Mao Du, and gave birth to four divine beasts: the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Xuanwu.

Because the place where the big fairy girl and the calf met was in the country of Aolai, which used to be called the country of Aolai, so the dragon king was surnamed Ao.

2.Because of the nature of the dragon.

In the 12 zodiac signs, the dragon is the fifth, which means the ninety-five.

The fifth hexagram of the Book of Changes is called: The flying dragon is in the sky.

In our minds, dragons can travel in all directions, soar in the sky, and go to the sky and enter the sea with omnipotence.

The traditional Chinese character of Ao is a "out" at the top and a "put" at the bottom, which itself has the meaning of "travel".

There is also a saying that the dragon's cry is " |o′|Whew

Later, in order to anthropomorphize the dragon family, taking into account the characteristics of the dragon, "ao" became the dragon surname into the dragon's family tree, among the many "ao" pronunciations, Ao is the simplest and most like the form of traveling and flying, so "Ao" was selected as the dragon surname.

4.Related to the Taoist priest surnamed "Ao" who cultivates immortals?

The surname "Ao" of the Dragon King only began to appear in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and there was a Taoist priest surnamed Ao during the Southern Song Dynasty, a Taoist priest who focused on alchemy and cultivating immortals, and people called him Ao Zhenren. It is said that he cultivated the Tao and turned into a dragon and ascended. Then folklore took his surname "Ao" and took the surname of the Dragon King.

Chrysanthemums, wind and heat, eyes ache and want to get rid of tears, and the eyes are soothing.

Legend has it that it is a medium for the dead and the living.

A daisy in a chrysanthemum that can cover the eyes of death.

In this way, the soul of the deceased can temporarily escape the hunt of the god of death and say the last words to the living.

Their surname is Ao, and in mythological stories it is mentioned that the third prince is called Ao Guang, so their surname is Ao.

Ao, in Chinese mythology, the surname of the dragon family has always been Ao.

In Journey to the West, Ao is regarded as the surname of the dragon family, and the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas are the supreme leaders of dragons and outstanding representatives of dragons, and they are local officials in charge of water conservancy under the leadership of the Jade Emperor.

This has something to do with the origin of the word Ao, plus the dragon's ability to control water in myths and legends echoes the ancient surname Ao, so people add the surname Ao to the dragon, just like Ao Guang, Ao Yan and other sea dragon kings in "Journey to the West".

The origin of Ao is in the oracle bone script, which is a person wearing a feather crown dancing and playing, and there is a hand on the right holding a tool to command. After continuous historical evolution, it was not until the time of the official book that it became the word Ao used today. As a pictograph, this word represents to go out to play, and it is a huiyi word, which has the same meaning as the word 遨, indicating leisure and roaming.

From the "Sayings": "Ao, travel also." This meaning is also used in "Poetry, Wind and Baizhou", "I have no wine, so I swim."

And the dragon is people's belief, the image in the mind is naturally chic to come and go, the world is the dragon to travel, so people put the word "Ao" on the dragon's body.

The legend of the ancient surname AoIt is said that in ancient times, the teacher of Emperor Zhuan was surnamed Ao, known as Tai Ao. It is precisely because of this that the surname Ao is given a kind of brilliance, and the descendants of later generations are proud of the surname, and the Tai Ao family is in the period of Emperor Yan, because of the military exploits and the reward fief, self-contained, and the dragon as the totem, so people put Ao and the dragon in the same.

There is a folk legend that after the establishment of the Chu State by the bear, the surname Ao was given to the descendants of the royal family who were abolished, and it was precisely because they were abolished that they could no longer be officials, so they slowly had the saying that "the surname Ao is an official, and the country will be turned over", and this statement is a little equivalent to the dragon's specialty in the legendIn mythology, the dragon is in charge of the water source, has the ability to spread water and rain, and overturn the river and the sea, so the dragon naturally gave the surname Ao.

Whether it is Ao Bing in "Nezha", or the Dragon King of the Four Seas in "Journey to the West" Ao Guang, Ao Yan, Ao Shun, Ao Drink, or other mythological stories, the dragon is surnamed Ao, I don't know what different understanding and saying you have about the dragon surnamed Ao?

Related to the literal meaning of this Ao word, it is to wander, roam. And the dragon can roam the four seas in people's minds, and in ancient times, the totem of the Great Ao people was the dragon, so people would hook the dragon with Ao.

This name actually originated from the oracle bone inscription, and the word Ao in the oracle bone inscription at that time presented a wandering appearance, so it was more like a dragon, and the dragon family used this surname in the future.