The dragon is China and other East Asian countries ancient myths and legends living in the sea of divine creatures, for the scaly insects of the long, in charge of the clouds and rain, is the master of the wind and rain, often used to symbolize auspiciousness. Dragon is one of the most representative of the Han and other East Asian peoples of traditional culture, dragon legends and other dragon culture is very rich.
Legends for its ability to show can be hidden, can be fine can be huge, can be short can be long. The spring equinox ascends to the sky, the autumn equinox dives into the abyss, calls the wind and calls the rain, and these are already images of dragons developed in the late stage, which are more complex compared to the original dragon.
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Early mascots were products of primitive human culture. Primitive human beings, due to the very low level of productivity, appeared weak in front of the powerful nature, they could not understand many natural phenomena and human's own physiological phenomena, and always thought that there was a supernatural power dominating everything. When people visualize the supernatural power, the most primitive mascot is produced.
The Chinese dragon is one of the most important mascots. The dragon originated in the early Neolithic period, due to the primitive human understanding of the limitations of nature, they can not understand, why the fish wear swim not live, bay crocodile sound and form, snakes eerie, lizards in strange colors, why the clouds roll, lightning, thunder, heavy rain, why the sea waves, rainbow through the sky, mudslide roar down, devouring people and animals, invincible? The behavior of these animals and the ever-changing natural phenomena of the sky to the ancients, it is impossible to explain with science.
They guessed that there was so much power, and "water" related to the "gods" dominated the command of the manipulation of the management of these animals and the sky, like a clan must be a leader. The dragon as a worship phenomenon, an incredible force of nature, an "understanding", when the people after the figurative, it has become the people pray for good luck.