Why do we claim to be descendants of the dragon?

Nowadays we like to call ourselves descendants of dragons, but in fact, our roots are due to ancient legends.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there were many tribes between heaven and earth, and each tribe had its own totem. Most of these tribes worship a certain animal and make it their totem. And the early tribal totem of the Chinese nation was the snake.

In the course of the long campaign, our ancestors defeated the eagle-worshipping tribes, the fish-worshipping tribes, the deer-worshipping tribes, and so on. After the victory, our ancestors added some of the totemic features of the defeated tribe to their own totems, and thus slowly formed the original image of the dragon.

After the formation of the image of the dragon, there has been an evolution of later generations, and the image of the dragon has become more specific and diverse. In later generations, there were five-clawed dragons, as well as golden dragons, green dragons, etc. And because the Han Dynasty and later dynasties respected the dragon very much, they linked the dragon with imperial power.

Therefore, the Chinese dragon has a more stable position, and for thousands of years it has been used as a symbol of the royal family, and it is also a sacred beast to protect the people of Li.

We now like to refer to ourselves as descendants of the dragon, partly because of the legends of ancient totems, and partly because of the deep historical traditions.

First of all, according to ancient Chinese legends, human beings were made of clay by Nuwa, so we humans are all children of Nuwa.

But if we look at the image of Nuwa, we will understand why we call ourselves the descendants of the dragon, because Nuwa is the head of a human and the body of a snake, and the ancient snake is equivalent to a dragon. Therefore, we are the descendants of Nuwa, and naturally we are also the descendants of the dragon.

Secondly, the clans and tribes in ancient China had totems, and there were all kinds of totems. Among them, in the process of the great integration of various ethnic groups, each tribe added a little bit of its totem to it, and finally became a totem like a dragon. So dragons are characteristic of various animals.

Of course, legend has it that this is also related to the Yellow Emperor.

Legend has it that the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor finally unified ancient China at that time, but the unified tribe could not help but take the totems of others, so in the end they chose to fuse the totems together, and finally became a unified tribe, and the totem is the first draft of the dragon.

Later, after the continuous improvement of later generations, it became the dragon it is today. And we have since called it the descendants of the dragon.

1.During the three dynasties, judging from the oracle bone inscriptions, there is already a record of "it was made as a dragon in Fantian, and there was rain", indicating that the dragon was believed to have a certain spirituality at that time. At that time, the dragon was a relatively mature decorative pattern on bronze, which can also bear witness to this account.

In the 12 chapters established in the Zhou Li, Chunguan, and Si Uniform, there is also the existence of a dragon.

2.The Han dragon gradually became part of the four gods, the "green dragon", which symbolized the power of change. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu had "the descendants of Emperor Gao are all right, and the dragon species is different from ordinary people."

proves that the dragon was closely associated with the emperor and imperial power at that time. And Tang Xuanzong's favorite Tianzi Mirror is actually the Panlong Mirror.

3.During the Song and Liao dynasties, with the gradual popularity of Buddhism, the "dragon king" in Indian Buddhist stories was introduced to China. The original meaning of the dragon king is the great snake and the god of water, and after sinicization, it is isomorphic to the image of the dragon.

In Indian Buddhist stories, there are good dragons and evil dragons. It happened that the civic culture of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and the earliest civic literary works were also finalized during that period, so the story of the evil dragon also entered the civic literature, and in this context, the image of the dragon declined. For example, we are familiar with the story of Nezha and the sea, and the story of Nazha Kuvara in India chasing the dragon king of Xiuji.

4.After the Yuan Dynasty, the relationship between the dragon image and the emperor became closer and closer, and gradually became a special decorative symbol for the emperor. The symbolic meaning of the modern dragon is actually the result of generalizing the dragon's representation to the emperor.

The descendants of the dragon are the self-proclaimed name of the Chinese. The formation of the dragon records the development of the ancient ancestors, playing the role of maintenance and centripetal. Dragon culture has become an important part of oriental culture, making great contributions to human civilization, and Chinese are often proud of it.

The formation of the dragon records the development of the ancient ancestors, playing the role of maintenance and centripetal. And firmly engraved in the minds of the Chinese, we are often proud of the descendants of the dragon. There were no dragons in the world, but why were the ancient totems dragons?

In the ancient totemic era, the earliest legend was that the Nuwa clan and the Fuxi clan were human ancestors, and they were both human-headed snake bodies. The development of history, the union of tribes, especially after the two emperors of Yan and Huang united in the north of Baoding, various tribes have joined this big family. When the horse totem tribe joins in, the head of the horse is added to the head of the snake, the deer totem tribe merges in, the antlers are added to the head of the horse, and the fish tribe comes in, and the fish tribe adds fish scales to the snake.

As a result, the dragon embodies a variety of animal characteristics: animal feet, bird tails, and goatees.