Twelve Zodiac Funny Talking Dragon

Chen is not as simple as a mouse or a rabbit. It contains many projects, just like an almost all-rounder. The ambiguity of Chen is the accumulation of a long historical process, and the history of Chinese astronomy can be used as a guide to "Chen". Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bi Tan" Volume 3, the article is dedicated to "Chen". The article talks about the twelve Zhongchen dragons from at least two aspects : On the one hand, the twenty-eight stars start from the East Canglong Qisu, and the Qisu Zhongjiao and Kangsu are the heads of Canglong Qisu, which are in the position of Chen, so the 12th meeting of the sun and the moon is called "twelve chen". Chen belongs to the dragon, which is related to the position of the stars from the east of the Canglong. On the other hand, in ancient times, the Mercury was called Chenxing. Because the planet Mercury is the closest to the sun, when viewed from the earth, the Buddha always swings around the sun, no more than an hour away from the sun-Mercury, which is about one hour away from the sun, has the reputation of Chenxing; at the same time, the ancients In imagination, the relationship between dragon and water is the same as the relationship between fish and water, which is inseparable.

In the twelve zodiac signs, the chen is the dragon. This should be an important factor. However, regardless of the origin, the chen in the twelve branches is the dragon. This is an iron rule. Among the Chinese zodiac signs, only the dragon is a legendary fetish, which is absent in nature. But where did the dragon come from? Let Gu Yifang take a look at the folk customs and interesting stories.

No. 1:

Mengya in ancient times, dense forests, thick shades to cover the sun. Every year in the second month of the lunar calendar, many wild beasts sprang up in the mountains and forests. The green rice seedlings were eaten up, and countless people and animals were bitten to death. The Mengya people had to leave their homes and flee for food. One year, a smart and brave Daiya guy came up with a good way. He asked everyone to weave a lot of bamboo cages and chains, stain them with the blood of chickens, pigs, geese, and ducks, and hang them in the fields on the Ox Day in February , and put them in the ground and intersections. At night, the wild beasts that came out of the forest saw the blood-stained bamboo cages and bamboo chains, and were afraid to approach the crops and villages, and gradually moved away from the crops and villages. After a period of time, the original bamboo cages and chains were torn apart, and wild animals came to harm humans, animals and crops one after another. On the fifth day of May, the young man did the same thing again, and gathered many calamus leaves like sharp arrows to insert on the door of each house. Everyone’s head and waist were covered with calamus leaves. At night, people lively sitting around the fire in Zhaitou, drinking, guessing, and playing antiphonal songs. Wild beasts rushed into the fields, the ground and the bamboo cages and bamboo chains at the intersections, and saw the burning fire and the people full of "sharp arrows" from a distance, so they didn't dare to harass them again. Later, the Dai Ya people did this year after year. As a result, people and animals were prosperous, and the grains were harvested.

No. 2:

On the eighth day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year, the Naxi people’s dragon sacrifice festival is celebrated. With the Sanba Naxi Dongba cultural sacred site Baishuitai as the center, the Naxi, Tibetan, Yi, Hui, Bai, and Lisu ethnic groups with a radius of one hundred li will go to Baishuitai to hold the annual dragon sacrifice festival. According to legend, in ancient times, there was a poisonous dragon in Baidi Dam. The entire dam was so full of water that nothing could survive in the dam. People had to live in the deep mountains and old forests to lead a hunting life. This scene was seen by Milareba, the son of the gods. In order to save mankind, the Son of God released five white clouds, which turned into five immortals. After descending to the Baidi Dam, they used infinite mana to subdue the poisonous dragon and make it to withdraw the water. The water in the Baidi Dam gradually decreases. Baishuitai flows, and land is gradually exposed in the center of the dam. People successively moved to the dam to settle down and thrived, forming today's villages such as Gudu, Bowan, Wushuwan, Shuijia, and Enshuiwan. In order to thank the children of the gods and the immortals for their kindness, on the eighth day of the eighth dragon king’s birthday in February, the Baishuitai Dragon King invited the son of the gods Milareba and five immortals to visit the Baishuitai Dragon King’s Mansion. When the sons of the gods and fairies arrived, the dragon sons and grandsons greeted them with singing and dancing. In order to thank the Dragon King for his blessing, every household went to worship. On the eighth day of February, no one can enter the Baishui Terrace, in order to let the five immortals led by the dragon king and the son of the god Mirarepa play happily. On the ninth day of February, people can go to Baishuitai to burn incense and worship the gods. This custom has been passed down and evolved into the current ethnic festival of worshipping dragons for a picnic on the eighth day of February. There are many beautiful folk legends about the origins of the White Water Activities on February 8th. Some are legends about the miracle exorcism song and dance sermon, some are the story of the ancestor Din Bashiro, and some are Milarepa and Din Bashiro. The story of fighting law, the "February 8th" festival has been given a strong religious color.

No. 3:

The dragon gets its name from the straw. Tie a large handful of straw into a dragon head with a mouth, horns, eyes, and a beard. Use a bundle of straw ropes to form a seven-section dragon body as thick as the dragon’s neck. Then use a handful of straw to make a fish. The tail-shaped dragon's tail has nine sections, which are connected in series at intervals with straw, and each section is inserted with a bamboo pole. The dance of the grass and the dragon is mainly held in the village of Tujia. From May to July of the lunar calendar, it is the time for the dance of the grass and the dragon. The meaning of the dragon dance is that entertainment includes both anti-blast and fire prevention.

Expelling plague. During the May and June of the lunar calendar, the rice grass seedlings in the field were fierce and prolonged, the weather was hot, and there were many diseases and insects. Among them, the devastating disease and insect pests were "rice blast". In the era when science and technology could not be controlled, Tujia farmers used dancing grass to drive the dragon out of rice blast. , After a long time to become a practice, gather people to entertain. The dancing grass drives the dragon away from the village to the fields, and dances along the way in every paddy field and every hill and ridge. The dance moves are the same as the dragon. Dragon dance team, bragging angle number, put three guns, drums, burning firecrackers sound of dancing performances, quite spectacular. After all the field dances in the respective villages were finished, the grass was carried to the side of the stream and the dragon was burned, which is called sending the dragon back to the sea.

Move the flame. It is held in the village around the Dragon Boat Festival in May of the lunar calendar or in July when the rice is about to mature. On the day of the dragon dance, put a basin of water and a sieve of grains in the middle of the halls of all the villages, waiting for the dragon dance team to come. In the dragon dance team, in addition to the nine-segment grass-handled dragon, there was a bamboo that broke a one-foot-long bamboo into a boat shape, and a pot of charcoal flame was installed in the middle, which was carried by two people. In addition, there are three people including water shooting, archery and Tu Lao Si, and a number of free audiences afterwards.

No. 4:

Two dragons rise in February, and the second folk proverb on the second month of the lunar calendar, a traditional Han folk festival, is popular in most areas of the country. On February 2, there are different customs and activities in various parts of our country, such as the Flower Festival, the Outing Festival, the Tiaolai Festival, the Spring Dragon Festival, Qinglong Festival, the day when the dragon rises its head. On February 2nd, there are many customs about the dragon raising its head, such as throwing ash to attract the dragon, supporting the dragon, fumigating insects and avoiding scorpions, shaving the dragon head, avoiding acupuncture longan and other festival customs, so it is called the dragon raising day.

The Dragon Sacrifice Festival of the Yi people is also the second day of February. The whole village of Yi people went to places with water in the dense forest outside the village to slaughter pigs and cattle and sheep to hold a "sacrifice to the dragon" ceremony and have a picnic. Before the meal, Bimo faced the spring water and chanted prayers, begging the "Heaven Dragon" to rain more and the "Earth Dragon" to spit more water. The weather was good. After the founding of New China, the "sacrifice to the dragon" activity ceased, and only picnics and singing and dancing performances were held. In fact, not only the Yi nationality, but also in the Han areas, there was also an activity of "Sacrifice to the Dragon for Rain" on February 2. In the past, people formed a rain-seeking team on this day, playing the role of the Dragon King and Guanyin, accompanied by the noisy gongs and drums on the streets to "seeking rain". ". Residents along the street hold water and wine to respect the Dragon King and Guanyin. Pray for good weather in those days. It has been discontinued after the founding of New China.

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In the Zhuang language, dragon sacrifice is called "He Chu", and Dragon Festival is a grand and grand traditional festival of the Zhuang nationality. Every year on the first dragon day of the second month of the lunar calendar, or the first dragon day of the third month of the lunar calendar, Zhuang villages generally carry out dragon sacrifice activities in one village and one village alone. Before the festival, the esteemed elderly in the village convened various households to raise funds. In some villages, the number of households was divided among the heads of the household, and each household took turns presided over, and the host was called the "leader." On the day of the festival, the host led some strong people to kill pigs and chickens under the banyan tree next to the stockade to prepare memorial items. Legend has it that Chenlong becomes a tree and is the banyan tree. Most of the sacrifices to the "dragon tree" are also the sacrifice to the banyan tree. In villages without banyan trees, black bark trees, saccharum, and palm trees can also be selected as "dragon trees". However, these trees must grow on the edge of the village, with lush foliage, tall, tall, and vigorous. As the dragon tree is a sacred symbol, cows, horses, pigs and dogs are not allowed to approach, let alone children climbing and playing. The rituals for commemorating the dragon vary from village to village, with different lengths and different chanting, but the main theme is nothing more than begging for God's blessing, spreading the rain, making the grain harvest, six animals prosperous, and households safe and so on.

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