As the totem worship of the Chinese nation, the dragon has a history of thousands of years. With the totem worship of dragons, in primitive society, dragons have become an important symbol of clan leaders buried with them. The clam shell dragon unearthed in Henan province 6600 years ago fully illustrates this point. The ancestor of the Chinese nation, the Yellow Emperor, was a dragon who ascended to heaven and died.
The reason for the formation of the dragon totem is that it originated from the Busan symbol of the Yellow Emperor. Records of the Five Emperors in Historical Records records that after the Yellow Emperor defeated Yandi and Chiyou, he visited all directions and "joined Busan". This "symbol combination" not only unified the military symbols of various ministries and established a political alliance, but also combined some elements of primitive tribal totems to create a new animal image-dragon.
According to the available information, the earliest emperor wearing a dragon robe may be the Emperor of Zhou. However, not only the emperor can wear the Dragon Zhou, but other members of the royal family can also wear the Dragon Zhou. After the Song Dynasty, the restrictions on the use of dragon patterns became stricter, and more and more regulations were formulated. In the Yuan Dynasty, the monopoly of dragon pattern developed to a new stage, and the use scope of dragon pattern was clearly defined. The use and control of dragon patterns were stricter in Ming Dynasty.
In people's imagination, dragons can walk on the ground, swim in the water and fly in the clouds, full of infinite power. For thousands of years, feudal emperors regarded it as a symbol of power and dignity, and ordinary people also regarded it as the embodiment of virtue and strength and auspicious things.