Dragon and China recorded that people in China, who have always regarded themselves as descendants of the dragon, hold the dragon culture on holidays.
Some festival activities, such as dragon lanterns, dragon king sacrifices and dragon boat races, pray for good weather, peace and prosperity, and food and clothing. The origin of dragon culture and its practical significance to China. As a symbol of the Chinese nation, the dragon has been deeply rooted in the hearts of all Chinese sons and daughters for 5,000 years, forming a dragon culture with strong cohesion. Dragon culture has made great contributions to the unification and development of China in history, and still plays its unique role in the unification and prosperity of China. During the Yanhuang period, dragons were regarded as totems, and the worship of god beast dragons had a long history in China. Dragon culture is one of the sources of China culture. As early as five or six thousand years ago in the Neolithic Age in Hongshan Culture, our ancestors carved various "C"-shaped jade dragons and jade pig dragons as sacrificial vessels for mountains and rivers. According to records, in the Yanhuang period, the dragon became the totem of the tribal alliance of the Chinese nation. Later, the Xia Dynasty took Huanglong as a totem, and the dragon culture spread more widely in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In all kinds of exquisite bronzes and jade articles, the image of dragon often appears. After Qin and Han Dynasties, the dragon became the symbol of emperors. Emperors of all dynasties claimed to be "real dragon emperors", and they also used the word dragon in their things, such as the clothes they wore, the chairs they sat in and the beds they slept in. In the eyes of the ancients, the dragon is a mysterious treasure, which is not easy to be seen. Even if it appears, you can't see it, or you can only see the scales. The appearance of the dragon is a symbol of world peace, so the dragon is regarded as the biggest mascot in the world. Although mysterious and changeable dragons are rare, people have clearly described the image of dragons since ancient times. Wang Chong, a scholar in the Han Dynasty, pointed out that the dragon surrendered to the shoulder, from shoulder to waist, from waist to tail, and the three parts were equal in length; The dragon horn is like a deer, the head is like a camel, the eyes are like rabbits, the neck is like a snake, the abdomen is like a stork, the scales are like fish, the claws are like eagles, the hands are like tigers, and the ears are like cows. Dragons can walk, fly, swim, climb clouds and rain; Dragons can also be hidden, strong and thin, long and short. The vernal equinox flies to the sky and the autumnal equinox dives into the Yuyuan Garden. In myths and legends, there are many kinds of dragons, such as scaly, winged, Ying Long, horned, horned, not ascended to heaven, panlong, good at water, good at fire, good at roaring and aggressive. "Dragon" is one of the most common terms in Feng Shui works. Because of the different shapes of mountains and water in nature, which are similar to the legendary dragons, the ancients compared them to dragons, called the mountains "Long Mai" and the winding water "Water Dragon". In this way, the dragon has become a symbol of mountains and water, and a large number of statues and patterns of dragons have appeared in palaces, large families and even ordinary people's homes. The Nine Dragon Wall in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Dragon Chair and Dragon Column in the Hall of Supreme Harmony are all well known. Because they believe that dragons have some magical power, many modern people also like to use dragons as decorations or furnishings. If the external environment of the house lacks real landscape, a dragon statue can be placed in the living room as a symbol of landscape. If the surrounding environment and indoor environment are not enough to hide wind and gather gas, you can also use dragon statues or patterns to form a good atmosphere indoors. Among the four beasts in Kanyu, namely "Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku and Xuanwu", Qinglong is the representative of the East, so the statue of the dragon is suitable to be placed in the East. Dragon is closely related to water, and the north belongs to water, so the statue of dragon is also suitable to be placed in the north.
Cultural essence
1. originated from totem. loong source once originated from primitive totem culture, but its essence is the mainstream dragon culture.
But it can't be simply attributed to the primitive totem culture. From the four aspects of "time background-specific content-cultural connotation-social function", China's dragons are obviously different from the original totems, thus showing the following essential characteristics: China's dragon culture 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 it cannot play a leading role in national unity and national rejuvenation. 2. 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 period of primitive society in China, the origin period of Chinese civilization, and later the dragon of Chinese civilization in China. 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.
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The dragon in China, with the unique form of oriental mysticism, has accumulated dragon culture through complicated and changeable artistic modeling.
It contains the basic concepts unique to China people and China culture: first, the concept of dragon contains the four most important concepts of China people, from the image of dragon to the world view of harmony between man and nature; The interactive subject view of benevolent and loving; The development view of yin-yang intercourse; The inclusive view of multiculturalism. On the second level, the concept of dragon, behind the image of dragon and the concept of dragon, contains the ideal goals and values of China people in dealing with the four major relationships, and pursues the harmony of harmony between man and nature, interpersonal relationship, contradiction between Yin and Yang and multicultural relationship. On the third level, the dragon spirit is pluralistic and integrated, and the basic spirit of China culture is comprehensive and innovative, which is the deepest cultural connotation of dragon image and dragon culture. Wang Dong believes that exploring the deep connotation of dragon culture will help solve some civilized conflicts in the contemporary world.
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They vaguely guessed that there should be such a powerful dragon culture related to "water"
"Holy things" dominate and control these animals and astronomical phenomena, just as a clan must have a leader; In other words, these animals and natural phenomena are the embodiment of this "sacred object", just like people want to talk, scream, eat, drink, sleep, laugh and curse. Dragons originated in the early Neolithic age, and the time from today will not be less than 8000 years. During this period, primitive ancestors did not simply and passively rely on God's reward. They raise wild horses, bison, wild boar and so on. We don't just eat those picked wild fruits, but selectively plant grains to harvest them. They can skillfully use fire, learn to build simple houses with wood, start grinding stone tools and bones, make pottery by hand, and gradually settle down and engage in production activities. Production activities make people's contact with nature more and more extensive, and nature, as an incredible force outside people, has a greater impact on people's spiritual world. As a worship phenomenon and an "understanding" of incredible natural forces, the dragon began its "fuzzy collection" from this time. The "dragon sculpture" unearthed from the ruins of the original village of Chahai in Fuxin, Liaoning Province provides evidence for its "time positioning". Chahai site belongs to the "pre-Hongshan Culture" remains, dating back about 8,000 years. The "Dragon Sculpture" is located in the central square of this primitive village site and is made of red-brown stones of equal size. This dragon is nearly 20 meters long and 2 meters wide. Its first mouth is tilted, its back is bent and its tail is looming. This stone dragon is the oldest and largest dragon ever discovered in China. It is said that there is a 10,000-year-old fish-tailed deer Longyan painting on the stone cliff of Persimmon Beach in Jixian County, Shanxi Province, which is considered as the earliest prototype of the dragon. This rock painting has not been published, and its appearance is still unknown. ) take over the dragon culture
Later, there were pottery dragon patterns unearthed in Xinglong Valley, Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia, painted pottery dragon patterns unearthed in Beishouling Site, Baoji, Shaanxi, and dragon patterns unearthed in Xishuipo, Puyang, Henan, more than 6,400 years ago. The process of fuzzy dragon mining began in the Neolithic Age, and it basically took shape in the Qin and Han Dynasties after considerable development in the Shang, Zhou and Warring States periods. This "basic" has two meanings. One is that the framework, elements and styles of dragons were basically available in Qin and Han dynasties; Second, the dragon is an open and constantly absorbing new systems, which does not meet the basic formation of Qin and Han Dynasties. Later dynasties, until today, are constantly changing and developing. Since the formation of Shang Dynasty, the totem image of dragon has been changing and developing with the circulation of long years. The rise and fall of politics, the change of dynasties, the vicissitudes of the world and the pulse of history have left a deep or shallow mark on the image of the dragon, which has a direct or indirect impact. Shang dynasty was replaced by Zhou dynasty in 1 1 century BC. In the primitive religion of the Zhou people, there was a strong humanistic color, because the Zhou people attacked and overthrew the Shang Dynasty because the Shang Dynasty had no virtue and harmed the people, and the Zhou people punished the Shang Dynasty on behalf of heaven. Because Zhou people have "virtue", they can match the sky and win the world. After defeating the merchants, Zhou people not only seized the tripod that embodied the merchants' power (in fact, the ruling power), but also highlighted their religious ideas in the newly cast ritual vessels. Legend has it that there was a huge red phoenix when the Zhou people crusaded against the Shang Dynasty, and the jade and silicon in its mouth (also recorded as the calligraphy of Dan in its mouth) fell on the Zhou people's country hall, representing that it was given to Zhou by heaven. Therefore, in the ritual vessels of the Zhou Dynasty, the image of the phoenix is more prominent, and the image of the dragon tends to weaken. Even in some designs, the crown of the phoenix is put on the dragon's head, and the dragon's posture is less flashy and ferocious. In Shang dynasty, the dragon was regarded as a strange beast. Its horrible and fantastic image gives people a strong sense of mystery and a fierce beauty, which shows that the dragon has authority beyond the gods in the world. Dragons in Shang Dynasty were mainly carved on bronze ritual vessels, with lines strewn at random and protruding, deep and vigorous. Coupled with the heavy and steady shape of the bronze ritual vessels, the dragon has a great deterrent, which embodies an unspeakable religious concept.
Practical significance
1. Symbol of national unity and peaceful reunification Since the establishment of a unified centralized state in the Qin Dynasty, China has been in a chaotic state of division and separation for a long historical period, but reunification has always been the mainstream. This is because all ethnic groups in China have a strong sense of identity with dragons, forming a strong national cohesion and promoting the unity of all ethnic groups. The dragon culture is inclusive and closely unites the Chinese nation. As a symbol of China's peaceful reunification, it has played a positive role in China's national unity and national unity. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), all ethnic groups have prospered and exchanged, and regional ethnic autonomy has effectively guaranteed the equal autonomy rights of ethnic minorities, promoted the development and prosperity of ethnic minorities, and enhanced the centralization, unity and prosperity of the country. However, a few people with ulterior motives describe China's system of regional ethnic autonomy as China's aggression and oppression of ethnic minorities, which is particularly evident on the Tibet issue. On more than one occasion, the US Congress threw out the so-called "Tibet Amendment", describing China's lawful jurisdiction over Tibet as China's occupation, accusing people in Xizang of "living in extreme poverty" and "being persecuted politically and religiously" under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and claiming that Han people entered Tibet in order to gradually sinicize Tibet. In fact, Tibet is an inseparable part of China's territory: Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng of the Tang Dynasty successively entered Tibet, which developed Sino-Tibetan friendship, and the "Tang-Fan Alliance Monument" in front of Jokhang Temple is the best witness of this friendship; The Central Government of the Yuan Dynasty established Zheng Xuan Academy, which formally incorporated Tibet into Chinese territory. 195 1 Since the peaceful liberation of Tibet on May 23rd, under the leadership of the China * * * Production Party, Tibet's economy has developed rapidly. Today, Tibet enjoys social stability, economic prosperity, numerous temples and continuous development of religious undertakings. All these strongly refute the fallacy that "life in people in Xizang is extremely difficult" and "there is political and religious persecution". As for the entry of Han people into Tibet, it is the embodiment of the unity and cooperation of the people of all ethnic groups in China, and it is also the embodiment of the strategy of developing western China. In fact, many Han people in Tibet have made great contributions to Tibet's prosperity, and Kong Fansen is a typical example. This is also a solid cornerstone of China's national unity and national unity. People in Xizang has long been integrated with other ethnic groups in China, sharing the same cultural background and a strong sense of national identity. This kind of national unity and friendship created by the same dragon culture and national identity can not be destroyed by any external force-this is a great practical significance of dragon culture. 1. Another great practical significance of dragon culture is that it promotes the unification of China. The unity of China is the voice of all dragons. However, due to the different social systems and different levels of economic development between mainland China and Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province, it is difficult to unify China with one social system. Therefore, China's * * * production party put forward the concept of "one country, two systems" from reality. Its essence is to put aside ideological disputes and rely on the national identity of Chinese in various places to unify China, so as to realize China's prosperity. Among them, everyone's sense of identity with dragon culture played a key role: First, it promoted the concept of "one country, two systems". As we are all from China, it is possible to abandon ideological disputes and rely on our national identity to unify China. Here, the unification of China is not mainly based on the same social and economic system, but on the national identity of both sides. This paves the way for the practical feasibility of "one country, two systems". Secondly, it has promoted the economic exchanges between Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and the mainland, and this increasingly close economic exchange has become a powerful guarantee for the smooth transition of Hong Kong and Macao and the peaceful reunification of China. It can be said that the economies of the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao have been closely integrated, creating favorable conditions for the return of Hong Kong and Macao. 2. Spiritual Pillar of Economic Takeoff China's economic take-off depends on reform and opening up, and Long Wenhua has played an important role in both, becoming the spiritual pillar of China's economic construction. The role of dragon culture in the reform is mainly to use its strong cohesion to the Chinese nation to promote social stability and provide a good environment for the reform. Over the past twenty years, China has made great strides in reform, but there has never been a great social unrest, precisely because of the strong cohesion of the dragon culture. The role of Dragon Culture in opening to the outside world is mainly to attract many overseas Chinese to invest in the mainland by making use of its strong national cohesion to overseas Chinese, thus promoting economic development. First of all, wealthy overseas Chinese entrepreneurs are willing to invest in the mainland. As descendants of the Chinese people, having the same culture, language, family relationship and historical origin makes it easy for overseas Chinese to invest in the mainland. At the same time, as descendants of the dragon, they also want to help the economic development and modernization of the motherland in this way. Secondly, it is because overseas Chinese hold huge assets. "According to conservative estimates, the liquidity of overseas Chinese is as high as $2 trillion. If these China people are placed in one country, their gross national product will reach at least 500 billion US dollars. " In addition, the attitude of the China government has also played an important role. The mainland's attitude of welcoming the development of foreign trade and investment stimulated the formation of transnational Chinese economy. The belief of "descendants of the dragon" is undoubtedly a great spiritual motive force for overseas Chinese to invest in the mainland, and it also provides a steady stream of motive force for China's strong development momentum. Of course, China's progress has not been smooth sailing. Problems such as corruption and inefficiency of state-owned enterprises have been plaguing China's economy. However, it should be noted that these problems are not insurmountable under the influence of dragon culture. In the world, people are used to calling China the "Oriental Dragon". This dragon really woke up and began to take off. The people of China also took the dragon's take-off as a symbol of economic development. Some people say that "2 1 century is the Pacific century". As the economic growth center of the Pacific Rim Economic Circle, China will become the "leader" in the new century!