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often in fantasy creatures and fascinating. Such as the dragon.
Held when the army of the Yellow Emperor and Chi You, fighting in the Zhuolu; when Houyi La open bow, shoot down  ; When the Gun and Yu face of the surging river, the dragon has been off to turn the tide in China hh vast land on.
when the Argo for the Golden Fleece and the heroes across the oceans; when the wisdom of Adam and Eve picked the fruit of the tree; when the St. George into the famous pagan town has been humming hh Long Wan Wan Shanyuan in Europe between.
transfer of long years, today's long, still live in this world of ever-changing.
a thousand years, and a thousand years later, East Long, West Dragon, which has become a romantic legend of ancient culture.
us as Rye, With a variety of different mentality, and open long history, want to in the Western culture to find a common ground.
story starts here.
will preface this topic may have been
objections mm long, is only a fictional creatures, superstitious people would only I believe it is there, so to say, your research will entirely on the enigmatic legend and fantasy, this is not so ridiculous it? author's answer is no. are words: . differences. precisely because the image of the dragon and the dragon completely rooted in the connotation of the concept of people, it is possible to become a carrier of culture, through which we can touch the pulse of World Civilization. dare I say, if I choose the object is a real species, I am afraid this can only proceed from the biological level, study the regional difference of the species. Would not be more ridiculous? this tedious work is done to a good biologist .
topic because
dragon is the symbol of China. We claim to be descendants of the dragon, singing Dragon White Tiger to geomancy, lunar calendar but also had a symbol. St. George's Dragon Legend in every month to a girl to the nearby city of dragons, is responsible for the legendary Golden Fleece Golden Fleece eaten brave dare to encroach on the dragon, RPG (Role-Playing Game) in the dragons is to help increase top-level players to upgrade equipment & good comrades, in the movie is the second meteorite, Godzilla, after another attempt to destroy the alien planet of the East.
with the dragon, in Chinese and Western culture, yet there such a big difference, we need to think about it, find the source of such differences arise. So I chose this seemingly odd topic.
in every respect of the subject
Dragon Prince hh Dragon King III recently, the Western novel and the underground city) of the novel, which appeared in many Western dragons are the author's favor, this article will be summarized in these stories different from the Western dragon.
this we can from many different aspects of the dragon For example:
the origin of the dragon, the dragon of development, the type of dragon, the symbol of the dragon, the dragon festival, dragon art, dragon worship hh
In addition, I also study some of the more close to life, Entertainment relatively strong things. such as: movies, songs, computer games, of course. Let us in these gaps, look for the dragon's footprints!
data collection methods
1, access the Internet. In the information technology, high-speed development today, the Internet has become an ideal way to find information. I believe in the ever-changing Internet, I can find a lot of useful material mm beautiful pictures, detailed information, beautiful music hh all easy to grasp.
2, to the library to read data. Zhongshan Library, Canton Library. II school students also have a library, though small, but in close proximity, can access information at any time, without wasting a lot of time in traffic. In the process of visiting the library , the author of two books will be the main object of attention:
1) Chinese ancient books. Chinese dragon culture has a long history, would like to know the dragon in ancient Chinese culture, .
2) the original English books. high school students vocabulary while not great, but I still have the courage, the first reading of authentic information in English, take a look at a real Western-made , incidentally, also improve my English reading level. one target Bibliography mm Domain Dragon Dragon is also the author of the study subjects have a place.
4, refer to the game settings. Dragon RPG has become indispensable in all kinds of monsters, but each game set against the dragon are different. from reflects is the dragon game makers have the cognitive differences. Heroes series, Warcraft, Ultima Online Dragon hh popular game what what the weak strong, let us compare to a one by one. < br> research methods
1. Classification: Classification is not only the mathematical ideas can be discussed, the different information categories, there is easy research work carried out smoothly. After classification, temporal and cultural differences between the dragon can clearly to the fore, more convincing.
2. extraction method: the complex raw data, without extraction, can not help but dazzling. Therefore, I need to sort and filter the information available, only through merit, only really useful to extract information.
3. of graphs: graphics and tables with text can not match the intuitive and can make a lot of papers chromophore. especially the design part, I have downloaded from the Internet not only satisfied with the fruits of labor of others, more intend to have a go, so colorful dragon in his lines, > 4. survey: life, people the impression that the dragon will differ with the description of the book? fan base will be opened at the end of the investigation.
results show
1, a complete study of natural essential, coupled with the illustrated narrative, will be able to let you watch. Of course, I will try more of its own in the text view is not limited to parrot.
2, static paper, silent narrative, can not help but feeling a little dull. living in the 21st century, how can we research paper only stay in the media? I will research into exciting computer courseware, the courseware will let you all themselves.
Long mm totem of good luck (on the part of the Chinese dragon)
origin
dragon Chinese dragon dates back eight thousand years ago.
So far, the earliest discovered in China, the largest dragon body, located in Liaoning Fuxin check the original village sites the sea. This statue, sites within the central square. In the long ancient years, it had as the ancestors of tools to communicate with God exists, to carry the rise and fall of this village.
really shocking record on the ancient, primitive ritual is always the period cruel to be unreasonable, I wish fasting, kneeling Chen, worship hh these are just a prelude to the real protagonist is the sacrifice. Burning Heaven mm God who needs the blood of his subjects in exchange for rain. in the hot flame, emitting a human flesh When the smell is burnt, the villagers are fervent prayer in the monotonous repetition, begging for mercy of Heaven. It was said to be burned as a sacrifice, there are two kinds of people: Wu and monsters. witch, is the messenger of the gods, with fire, her soul can enter heaven, the gods dwelt on the fact the private sector to drought, obtained by precipitation. monsters, it is ominous with disabilities who often have little body and is always on his back of the nose. God pity monsters fear of water flow to go their nostrils, which refused to rainfall, drought led to the proliferation of monsters will be burned only in witchcraft, can we end this situation. At this point the dragon, did not have the qualifications to be called God, only a species of the rain god tool for fabric.
until the Spring and Autumn period, this brutal ritual method of finally being questioned, the burning of ancient times people have been improved mm from heaven to kill the abuse. pyre into exposure field and burned alive under the hot sun exposure into a few days hh At the same time, the status of the dragon rising, its image is widely used in ritual vessels, to assume the role of spokesman for the gods. It is also used debris in the sediment made field image of the dragon, take this rain. ;, is the narrative of the phenomenon. religious factors aside, the dragon totem of the origins of the original faith can find a lot of contact. totems, from the Indian language, means little known about the natural images that they see the clouds rolled transformation, see the lightning pierce the sky, see the magnificent scene of the rainbow, but can not explain the existing experience or common sense can see spectacular. field Why bear fruit crops? growth and reproduction of cattle and sheep livestock Why? There is no doubt that with the rain related. When thunder and lightning when the sky will always be rain, so they think Sky are concerned with the rain. too little rainfall, vegetation no students; excessive rainfall, human and animal flooded; only moderate rainfall before harvest. As for the rain many times, small to rely on the blessing of the ancestors. In this way, they by virtue of speculation, finds there are so dominated by a kind of extraordinary ability of species, it is closely related to rainfall, control the order of the world, and they, and with this particular species has a genetic relationship, so that they will this animal as the symbol and protector of the clan and its name for the dragon, Suizi known as the people claiming to be causes a fetish to worship. And when all these excuses have been handed down, it will become a myth. Although these myths through the descendants of the modification and processing, but still contained a culvert at the historical background. At this point, I only take a case for analysis.
about 26th century BC, the Yellow Emperor and Chi You set off a war in Zhuolu, legend, Huang Di sent dragon. , the Yellow Emperor's army was the wind Peter, teachers summoned the rain storm to have sunk. Later, the Yellow Emperor invited days women According to legend, can be inferred points: 1, the weather at the time of victories has become an important factor, it's good or bad, will determine which party will win .2, the ancient imperial war (such as the Yellow Emperor, Chi), often the various religious rituals, and hope to influence the weather. Huangdi call , may be responsible for the military Chi wizard .3 rain, people's minds at that time, Shi rain is not the prerogative of the dragon, the wind Peter, rain teachers and others can call rain. It was only with the worship of the dragon promotion, and other names of those declining rain, the final annihilation does not smell.

image of the dragon dragon, what a long way in the end, it seems that no man can tell. Song Luo Yuan in b Release the dragon . The reason for the dragon, not only because it is who has the characteristics of different animals, but also because of its unparalleled divine power, it controlled the wind and rain, lightning, thunder, it is silhouetted against the mist, rays, rainbow, it is deep and distant, too elusive mystery. It is the assembly of the forces of nature, represents a powerful and incredible. People are scared of it, is actually afraid they can not understand nature. descendants are from the abstract its name mm Long (Long).
Because the dragon is just all kinds of things known and unknown fuzzy build-up, it changes the image of thousands, with the difference in time and space have different. candle dragon, should be dragon, dragon , Chi Long, Beaulieu, Qiu Long, Long Kuilong bring together a variety of hh is simply to compile a taxonomy of a dragon has. the differences and connections between them, sometimes clear, sometimes blurred. For example , the dragon have wings? The question was not answered. It is known, in the Western Han Dynasty relics, there are no pterosaur pterosaurs and co-exist, to the Tang and Song Dynasties, dragon wings to all into one to two streamers of. This shows that the image of the dragon is in constant change. This change may have many causes:
first and related to changes in the role of the dragon.
the Shang dynasty, the dragon is often engraved on bronze and used for worship. For God's power and prestige was a significant need for deep and solemn image of the dragon, full of a sense of awe. to the Spring and Autumn Period, people no longer restricted to ritual image of the dragon, the dragon began to commodities such as mirrors mm , appeared on silk, and living closer to the dragon's image become more and more moderate, even more close to the people. But to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the image of the dragon kings monopoly, architectural decoration for the royal family, when the dragon in the roof beam on the claws, they are once again get high, no way arrogant. to the contemporary, I am afraid there will not be what people will believe the dragon is the god like a pack of lies, the dragon pattern can also be used casually , so the image of the dragon has become more casual, more malleable. (I'm afraid they would never dream of our ancestors, the dragon will become a cartoon image of the right kind of cute silly.)
Second, it also may be related to the artist their ability to raise the painting.
primitive times, very rough image of the dragon, on the one hand, because they are monsters, just like their looks terrible, details on a free. On the other hand, even if the wild during the painter They want to paint a presentable Long, also beyond their grasp. so there was no set a The picture drawn more and more beautiful, people no longer satisfied with quite similar, but the shape of the investigated. This need to standardize image of the dragon. but because different people have different interpretations, so the theory to a wide variety painted dragon The difference is clear, therefore there will be a variety of different dragon types.
Thirdly, I am afraid we must give thanks to repeated the baseless assertion that the.
rumor that much, it will come true, especially in China. In this , I cite just one example. legends of ancient times, Emperor Yao had an excellent music officer, called Kui. Yao had appreciated him, said: enough. Unfortunately, the classical no punctuation, people do not know how the one, put the pass phrase has become self-righteous people, the legendary phrase Kuilong and misinformation, then linked into the Kuilong that is a foot. So the Chinese legend, it ran only one foot long.
Dragon Dragon
in literature literature in China, likely to appear high, poetry, words, music, fiction, drama hh got almost as rare as it is.
in Qu Yuan's Road , the idea is very popular practice becoming immortal, not text people known to the world, often want to take this leave the real world of the infighting. and a sight to behold the dragon, will assume the obligations of escorts have become the great writer are God's means of transport. < br> Another example is in the the smoke, the small pools in the hidden mediated hh all know, Zhuge Liang called born in the imperial family missed, they often both brilliant and upright character, a little bit narcissistic another underappreciated. Chinese people appreciate that such a person? hard to say. However, from the dragon, phoenix title, the author also think of another point: Many people would think that dragon Yang, Feng-yin, the two are husband and wife. But in fact, the ancients did the dragon and phoenix relative, but not always emphasize the opposite sex (to say is, in the classical , Phoenix, and Phoenix is the wife Well, Phoenix is male, female phoenix) but future generations to reconcile the idea of yin and yang in trouble, not only should the dragon, phoenix to separate the men and women.
then again, the dragon, although strong , there will be a very poor time. In the incarnation, otherwise, things have to cut the lead to not come up with a literary inquisition. It seems very interested in Wu Cheng-en is also proved that the dragon is not so sacrosanct. the next, , first universal Dragon King is playing the monkey sticks Liushenwuzhu meal, after the Prince was found guilty of the Dragon King of heaven as a monk forced the White Horse hh
crotch of course, the dragon in the some to be more miserable. Dragon King Edward III was naughty the Rebels smoked ribs, then the scales, the dragon prince was bragging to us as This is as auspicious benevolent, very good image in the minds of the people, why to this point, but significantly change the attitude of the people? This has to be attributed to the image of the feudal rulers who monopolized the behavior of the dragon. emperors claim to be sons of the dragon image of themselves, so some people are also shaped the image of the dragon, refer to the history of the tyrant, and this is the dragon in literature is often the reason the subject of ridicule.
text describing the dragon a lot, I do not want to enumerate at great length, and interested readers can go looking through the dragon part)
Dragon, the definition and origin of
Dragon, what is a biological it? Encarta is defined as: usually represented as having wings, huge claws, and a fiery breath. How come? I think they are the result of our ancestors worship of nature. when science and technology developed, a variety of natural phenomena and human biology a psychological fear, for fabrication of a number of gods demons, the dragon is one of them .
Dragon
look up the tragedy of the English dictionary, you will see this explanation: see Long unpopular, and even can be said that evil creatures. We can find some confirmation from a variety of legends.
(1) the evil dragon:
evil is not good to see the fate of the dragon to know.
Mesopotamian epic Enuma Elish, tells the Creation, before the Lord God Marduk defeated the chaos dragon Tiamat, the dead bodies of her cut in two, half a day, half a way, which created the world;
the Bible, the Lord God made the dragon Leviathan primitive yield in the beginning of creation: Leviathan's head, it would be like a gift such as food animals.);
ancient Greek mythology, Zeus, and one hundred dragon Typhon fighting Zeus, of course won, but said Typhon ditch, creating a volcano Etna magma (Etna volcano, one at the altitude of 3,325.1 meters in eastern Sicily's active volcano. According to the material it is the first known eruption in 475 BC);
medieval German legend of Lord of the Rings hero Siegfried killed the dragon guardian of the dragon after the blood bath, after the upgrade and did a lot of heroic deeds;
legend of St. George's Dragon, a long occupation of a pagan town, those of urban residents sheep and even send their own people to appease it, and Santo's daughter was chosen as one of the victim, as she waited to solve their own monster when St. George came, naturally, St. George the dragon to kill (if homicide Undead Dragon, the story is not handed down to you), save the people trapped in dire straits, the results of the original letter of Allah into the urban residents believe in God.
Anglo - Saxon epic Beowulf known, did a bunch of words Beowulf heroic deeds have served its purpose, to do the king. At this time a dragon was killing his people came to the king despite the advanced age, did one with the dragon, the results of the old king and the dragon are mortally wounded People sadly recited the epitaph of the king, the epic songs in the tragic end.
(2) with the security of the Dragon
Dragon is definitely not a good security, as it always had been killed , the guardian of what is lost naturally. (according to the information we found, very like the ancient Greeks to do with the long security)
ancient Greek legend of heroes legend of Cadmus, the dragon is to hold its own teeth. Cadmus is Europa's brother, his father told him to get back Zeus abducted by large Lover's sister, or do not go home. can not find my sister, can not go home, he sought God's guidance, the result of God that he can establishment of the city of Thebes, and that there is a holy city next to a small forest, where only the long occupation of the (still guarding it? This depends on which side of the stand). After some battles, we won again the hero victory, he pulled down the dragon's teeth (they are God's instructions), and then planted the teeth, can be done by a group of force in the city of soldiers;
is the ancient Greek legend, the story of the Golden Fleece , the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece is just a walk-on role, Jason and a group of pigs in the GF Friends of Dogs with the help of the poor to kill the dragon;
again among the ancient Greek legend, the golden apple Garden Fairy (Hesperides) rely on the help train, guarding the golden apple orchard there. This is like treasures of Hercules, but he found a father fairies Atlas (the guy that held day ) to go to Apple, this dragon has finally escaped the,
(3) the commercialization of the Dragon
in this materialistic modern society, the dragon can not avoid the commercialization of nature, film, literature, computer game filled with dragon figure.
① Film: Fire Dragon Empire , only the capacity for destructive and shouting.
② Literature: Myths and Legends has already been mentioned, and there would not say, and say that the modern Lord of the Rings (Lord Of the Rings), Harry Potter (Harry Potter) and Dungeons & Dragons (Dragons & Dungeons) series of novels.
Lord of the Rings: Lord of the Rings trilogy, although there is no queuing, but the prequel to Lord of the Rings Hobbits appeared in Dragon, but also is the protagonist the story is carried out around its treasures. [long ah poor, greed of the dragon born baby, the fourth Harry has close and long concentrated contacts (bring home the dragon eggs). Here, the dragon is a protected magical creatures, Ron's brother Charlie also went to Romania to study this biological (our poor finally get a good home for long a);
Dungeons & Dragons series: here the dragon is generally divided into three main categories: color dragon, dragon stones and metal dragons. representative of the color of the evil dragon camp are: Black Dragon, Blue Dragon, Green Dragon, Red Dragon and White Dragon. on behalf of the metal dragons good camp are: brass dragons, bronze dragons, bronze dragons, dragon, and Silver Dragon. on behalf of a neutral camp, including amethyst dragon gem dragon, crystal dragon , jade dragon, sapphire dragon and Huang Yulong. in the Dragonlance (DragonLance) novels in this series, good dragon dragon god in their war waged under the leadership; in Forgotten Realms (Forgotten Realms), the hero Drizzt, after killing a White Dragon was the beloved ice magic with dead machetes mm of ice (ice death);
③ computer game: the game is really endless dragon appears, whether it is what types of games, dragon comrades will reveal a face, even when the main character. excluding the background of the game Dungeons & Dragons (Heroes, Might and Magic, Forgotten Realms series) (because this is too many), World of Warcraft hegemony (frost dragon), Dungeon Siege (one off the big boss), Dragon (the unknown), Stone Age (ugly guy) hh, the dragon is a monster (although it was originally), not for men play (because they share the treasures and has a huge experience) is to help people fight (stone inside the pet, the frost dragon, Warcraft III), in short, no it is a good thing.
wave of commercialization, the dragon or with the breath of evil, or hero (because of the computer game's sake, the hero is an ordinary player a) a good > Dragon Why do evil?
the above information, we can see that no matter where dragons are the embodiment of evil, with no difference between mice on the streets, then quickly kill everyone.
why the Dragon in the West is the symbol of evil? The reason we will in the next section where specific details, I can now look briefly nonsense: Dragon by the appearance of the main features of which created the snake, the snake is very ugly, and most snakes are poisonous become a symbol of evil is natural. The ancient superstitious people in order to concoct an evil totem, borrowed from the snake to an image, create a dragon. one or more of the tribes used this totem, after time goes by and people's imagination and creativity, the dragon turns into the present form. because the original took the seed of evil, are evil elements add up: the wings are bat (to be distinguished and the angel wings, devil wings is a bat); claws beast (to kill time so that it can be more convenient that is); together with the mouth of hell fire, is simply killing machines, do not do evil things to those weapons to sex yet ? so Dragon in the West generally is considered to evil so that we experience the
Western Dragon, compare the following we will come to produce such a difference in the Western dragon reasons
Never Endmm small research study concluding sense
long year, we seem to have joy and pain in the realm of two different alternating back and forth, but in this reality and illusion in the distance, but can not find a suitable foothold. We have studied the West dragon, listening to their stories, watching their legends, and then work diligently to write long papers. Then one day, you can leave pens, calmly look back at the work done. only to find himself, although always want to stand taller than their ancestors, with a detached point of view of the ancient faith, they did not find a definite stand ...