Do the Chinese dragons of the top ten mysterious creatures really exist in the world?

In ancient Chinese mythology, human beings were created from loess kneaded by Nuwa.

Nuwa created human beings, so who created Nuwa herself?

According to popular belief, Nuwa was first created by a people who worshiped snakes as their totem.

What is a totem?

Totem is a symbol of clan in primitive society.

Totem belief is a very primitive belief.

The color of the snake totem can be clearly seen in the images of Nuwa, Fuxi, etc.

Snake totems are widely distributed, mainly in the southeast and southwest of my country.

During thousands of years of continuous migration, the cultures of various ethnic groups have blended with each other. Snake totems have spread throughout the north and south of the Yangtze River. There are relics or customs of snake totems among the Gaoshan people in Taiwan and the Li people in Hainan.

In areas where snakes are regarded as totems, people generally believe that "snake" is the original form of "dragon", and "dragon" is the divine manifestation of "snake".

Therefore, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui, domestic snakes are called "Canglong", "Celestial Dragon", "Domestic Dragon", etc. Some ethnic groups in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places call themselves "dragon species", "dragon people", "dragon people", etc.

Households" and build snake temples to worship the snake god.

So do Chinese dragons exist in the world?

Let’s take a look at Chinese historical records: Historical records are: 1. The first recorded dragon falling event was during the Xia Dynasty.

Emperor Kongjia came to the throne in the year of Renyin. He was interested in the affairs of ghosts and gods. He was not upright in the palace and did not care about virtuous government. Many princes in the world rebelled.

The clouds are playing, just pretend you don't know.

The ministers refused to listen.

One day, two dragons descended from the sky, one female and one male, and landed outside the imperial gate.

2. "Book of the Later Han·Five Elements": In June of the first year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Dynasty, Ding Chou, black energy fell into the east courtyard of the Wenming Hall of the Beigong. It was as black as the hood of a car, and it rose rapidly, with a body of five colors and a head.

The body is more than ten feet long and looks like a dragon.

(One foot is 3.3 meters in modern international measurement).

In the 24th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huanglong appeared in Chishui, Wuyang, stayed for nine days and then left. A temple and monument were built for this purpose.

3. "Book of Jin·Volume 19·Record Ninth": In April of the first year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 345), Murong Huang, Taizu of Yan, sacrificed to the dragon: "There were black dragons and white dragons, one each, seen in Longshan.

, Huang personally led a group of officials to watch, walked away from the dragon for more than 200 steps, and offered sacrifices to the Taizai.

The Longxiang Buddhist Temple was erected on the mountain."

4. "Tang Nian Supplement": One day in the last year of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, a green dragon fell into Tongcheng County and died on the spot due to throat injuries.

The dragon is more than ten feet long, with half of its body and half of its tail.

The tail is flat.

Its scales are similar to those of a fish, it has two horns on its head, its mouth is two feet long, and it has legs under its abdomen with red membranes on its legs.

5. In the 32nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1162 AD), a dragon was found by Taibai Lake. It had giant scales and long beards, a white belly and a green back. There were fins on its back and tall horns rising from its head. It was a few miles away.

You can smell the fishy smell outside.

The local people covered its body with mats, and the government even sent people to offer sacrifices in person.

After a thunderstorm overnight, the dragon disappeared.

A deep trench was left where it lay.

6. Lang Ying's "Seven Revised Drafts": In the late Chenghua years of the Ming Dynasty, a dragon fell on the beach in Xinhui County, Guangdong and was beaten to death by fishermen.

This dragon is about a person tall and dozens of feet long. It looks exactly like the dragon in the painting, except that its belly is red.

(tens of feet or about a hundred meters, which is beyond people’s imagination of the length of ordinary animals).

7. "Manuscript of the History of the Qing Dynasty": In July of the seventh year of Kangxi's reign, there was a dragon swimming in front of the county office in Xianning. It was raining heavily and could not rise up. People in the city tied it around its neck to swim in the city.

In June of the 1960s, a dragon hung in front of Jintan Academy. Its smell was offensive to my nose. I burned incense and prayed to it before it flew away in the air.

In the fifth month of the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign, a dragon rose from Zhoushan, Dinghai, and flooded the fields and huts, drowning the population. Three days later, the dragon was cut into three sections, its tail was missing, and its scales were as huge as a sunflower fan.

In November of the third year of Xianfeng's reign, a dragon descended from the Xina River in Xining, and the smell could be heard for miles.

8. "Yongping Prefecture Chronicle": In the summer of the 19th year of Daoguang (AD 1839), a dragon landed in Laoting County in the lower reaches of the Luan River, and flies and gnats were everywhere.

Local people built a tent for it to protect it from the sun and splashed it with water.

Three days later, during a heavy thunderstorm, the dragon left the place.

9. Volume 98 of Guangxu's "General Chronicles of Jiangxi": In winter, in December, a dragon was seen in the fields of Fengcheng. It was more than forty feet long and had a head like scales. Seven days later, it flew away in the wind and rain.

10. The most famous one is the Yingkou Dragon Falling Incident in modern times.

In early July 1934, a living dragon was found in the upper reaches of Tianzhuangtai in Yingkou. People built a shelter for it with reed mats and carried water for it. The temple monks performed dharma salvation for it every day. After several days of heavy rain, it disappeared.

Witnesses said that the living dragon looked the same as the dragon in the picture, with four claws and scales, two long whiskers on its mouth, big bulging eyes, and a body length of about ten meters.