So, how did the dragon come from? According to legend, Huangdi in Xuanyuan unified three tribes and seven 12 small tribes, and established a 1 country with a common owner in the world. The Yellow Emperor plans to formulate 1 unified totem and create 1 new totem-dragon on the basis of totems used by tribes of all sizes.
After the dragon was deified, it was combined with emperor worship. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the unification of China needed a corresponding great god to integrate the beliefs of all ethnic groups, and dragon worship was combined with emperor worship. Ancient emperors in China described themselves as incarnations or sons of the Dragon God, or people protected by the Dragon God. With the help of dragons, they established their authority and gained people's universal trust and support. In this way, the dragon gained a more prominent position and played a very important role in the development of dragon culture.
All tribes in the Central Plains have a common dragon totem, and the history of unifying Chinese civilization begins, so China people are all "descendants of the dragon".
So how did the Phoenix come from? After the dragon totem is formed, there are still some tribal totems that are useless. What shall we do? Lei Zu, the first wife of the Yellow Emperor, is an extremely clever woman. She invented sericulture, made clothes for the Yellow Emperor and invented many things. After being inspired by the new totem formulated by the Yellow Emperor, Lei Zu carefully selected and studied the remaining totems of various tribes, and imitated the dragon totem method formulated by the Yellow Emperor: peacock head, swan body, golden chicken wings, golden pheasant feathers and broom color, forming a beautiful and gorgeous big bird. Lei Zu called the other three wives of the Yellow Emperor for advice. Fang is a calculating woman. She said to Lei Zu, "Sister. The words reminded Leizu. At that time, Tongyu and Mo Mu also cheered in chorus, saying that Lei Fang's words made sense. Together, the four sisters put the rest of the useless little totem on the' dragon' totem and soon formed another gorgeous big bird. It's just a pair of big birds made up of mothers. However, what are their names? This stumped the four wives of the Yellow Emperor. Finally, they invited Cang Xie, the wily wind queen and lyricist. Ask them to give these two big birds a name. After watching the wind, he laughed and said, "The Yellow Emperor built a dragon, which is unique to all kinds of birds and animals in the world. The four of you made two big birds, which you can't find among the birds flying in the air. This has become the most precious mascot in the world. Cang Xie was absorbed and observed the two birds carefully without saying a word. It was not until Lei Zu asked him that Cang Xie blurted out the names that had come to his mind long ago: I think they should be called' Phoenix' and' Phoenix'. Phoenix represents men, phoenixes and women, which together are called phoenixes. "
It turned out that no one noticed that the Yellow Emperor had already stood behind them, listening to their various comments. Now the Yellow Emperor agreed to call it Phoenix, so he asked the Yellow Emperor to make the final decision. The Yellow Emperor pondered for a long time and said, "Without them, no one can find the dragons and phoenixes in the world. This is its nobility. As a new totem after the new tribe unified alliance. " This is the origin of "Phoenix".
For 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has accepted the myth that dragons and phoenixes become auspicious, which has become the great symbol of the Chinese nation and the spiritual pillar of everyone in China. The broad masses of people also regard the dragon and phoenix as mascots. So people in China take dragons and phoenixes everywhere they go. As long as there are dragons and phoenixes all over the world, there are people's footprints in China.