Legend of the Yellow Emperor
The legend states that Huang Di (Yellow Emperor) used a snake for his coat. Every time he conquered another tribe, he added the emblem of his own enemy. Huang Di was immortalized into a dragon which seems like his arms. This explains why the Chinese dragon has the body of a snake, scales and tail of a fish, the antlers of a stag, the face of a qilin (a mythical creature kind suede with fire all over his corp), and two pairs of eagles greenhouses and the eyes of a demon. They fly in the sky amidst the clouds. Almost all the images of Chinese dragons are playing with a pearl of fire. It is assumed that the latter gives them their power and enables them to ascend to heaven.
Also, as the Chinese consider Huang Di as their ancestor, they refer to themselves sometimes as "the descendants of dragons."
Legend of carp
Another legend said that the carp can jump over the dragon gate become dragons. Several waterfalls and cascades in China are considered the locations of doors dragon. This legend is an allegory of the conduct and efforts to overcome obstacles.
Dragon toes
The imperial Chinese dragons have five toes on each foot, the Korean and Indonesian dragons have four Japanese and three. To explain this phenomenon the Chinese legend states that although dragons are Chinese in origin as far as they went they were losing their toes and to explain that they only exist in these countries if they had gone further they no longer had a toe. The Japanese legend is that the inverse dragons first appeared there, and they had more toes as they moved farther t that they had too many fingers to work properly. Korea and Indonesia both explanations apply depending on which direction journey dragon.
Another interpretation: according to several sources the Chinese dragons had four toes - but the Imperial Dragon had five. It was a felony for another as the Emperor of the symbol of the dragon to five greenhouses.
The number nine
The number nine is considered lucky in China and Chinese dragons are often connected. For example, a Chinese dragon is normally described in terms of nine attributes and usually scales to 117 - 81 (9x9) male and 36 (9x4) female.
Chinese zodiac
The dragon is one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals are used to designate the year in the Chinese calendar. It is assumed that each animal is associated with certain personality traits.
Symbol of the emperor
An imperial robe from Qing DynastyLe dragon was a symbol for the emperor in many Chinese dynasties. During the end of the Qing dynasty the dragon was even adopted as the national flag. It was an offense punishable by death for manants (ordinary people) to wear clothing with the symbol of the dragon.
The dragon is the manifestation of imperial power, the Empeureur emblem and symbol of royal functions. It represents the Empeuruer, while the phoenix is a symbol of impératice.
Control of the seas: The dragons are considered as those who order on the seas. They may be in typhoons or tornadoes over water.
Master of Elements
Dragons rule the seas and oceans. They may be in a tornado or typhoon. Keepers of the water, they are rather good, but they can be awkward, the wrong task, asleep or drunk, and then the disaster is beyond the river, the storm ravaged the coast, or, On the contrary, the sources dry up, drought threat. It should then call them to order, or even punish them if the rain delay too, despite the prayers on the fate of the dragon statue outside the temple for display in bright sunshine, because it is well known that the Dragons do not like too much sun ...
Many dragons haunt the skies of China. Some tirelessly pursuing the sun and moon, causing eclipses. (It is interesting to note qu'astronomiquement, head and tail of the constellation of the dragon are the nodes of the moon, the points where eclipses occur). A large dragon fire determines the moods of his life: he opens his eyes and this is the day it closes and it is night. His breath caused storms. Thunder is a manifestation of his anger, or his battles with other dragons.
They also play a vital role in agriculture and represent the cycle of vegetation, represented by the hexagram K'ien principle of heaven and creation, including 6 solid 6 represent the stages of manifestation of life Plant:
* The first is the "invisible dragon", the image of the buried seed, the power of creation not yet expressed.
* The second is the "dragon fields", like the seed that grows, but is not yet visible.
* The third is called "dragon visible", and symbolizes the seeds appearing out of land.
* The fourth is the "leaping dragon": the plant grows and bears its fruit.
* The fifth is called "flying dragon", the image of seeds and pollen swarm.
* The sixth is finally the "dragon hovering" is the mind that directs it all, the dragon king of heaven.
We find that association of the dragon with the element water and the cycle plant in the Dragon Boat Festival, which takes place on lakes and rivers in some Chinese provinces in memory of suicide in 290 BC of poet Qu Yuan, in despair that his talents are not recognized by the king. This memorial ceremony is also linked to the time of planting green shoots of rice, which takes place at the same time, after the heavy rains of spring.
Nine types classics
* Tianlong, the celestial dragon
* Shenlong, the dragon spiritual
* Futs-Lung, the dragon of hidden treasures
* Dilong the dragon underground
* Yinglong (应龙), the winged dragon
* Qiulong (虬龙), the horned dragon
* Panlong (蟠龙), the coiled dragon: inhabits the waters
* Huanglong (黄龙), the yellow dragon, which emerged from the River Luo to show Fuxi elements of writing dragon king.
The first Chinese dragon
The oldest archaeological object representing a dragon was discovered in 2005 in a tomb of the noble palace of Erlitou (二里头) in Henan, supposed site of the capital of Xia. His age was estimated at 3700 years and is composed of some 2,000 pieces of turquoise. Other artifacts in the shape of a dragon have been found on the current territory of China, but in outlying regions.
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