Beauty Comprehensive 1999

Chapter 599
"Our modern Dongguo people's impression of dragons is the image of a dragon that looks like a snake, has scales and claws, can fly into the sky and dive, and can make rain and cloth clouds."

"In fact, historians and archaeologists have discovered that as early as the Wei, Jin and Han Dynasties, the mainstream view of the shape of the dragon was actually a four-legged beast with scales and horns, similar to a liger. For details, please refer to the popular The image of the figurine of Pixiu to ward off evil spirits."

"And there is also Yinglong with four legs and wings, which is the source of dragons, similar to the existence of dragon gods. This is very similar to the giant dragons and fire dragons in Western legends."

"After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the shape of the dragon began to be gradually elongated by people's artistic processing. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the dragon in the shape of a long snake appeared in the later generations. Therefore, architectural sculptures in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the emperor's dragon robe The rusty dragon has a very different form from the ancient dragons."

"Of course there are also dragons that are in the form of long snakes, such as Jiaolong, Qiulong and Chilong!"

Because there were many foreigners who could not understand Dongguo, every time Xie Zihao said a few words, he would stop and wait for Sophia to translate for them.

Having a long history of family education, he still has a good way of speaking, so he gradually became more confident in speaking, and his language became fluent.

And the people below, whether they were foreigners or people from Dongguo, nodded their heads repeatedly. What Xie Zihao said was easier for them to understand than reading the information by themselves.

"There are different legends about the nine sons of dragons in our country. In fact, in my understanding, they are just a synonym for different types of dragons. Just like people in the East China think that nine is the ultimate number, and they like to use nine to refer to many. It's the same as in the case of the dragon, and it's not that the dragon really gave birth to nine dragon sons."

At this time, a young foreigner with red hair and a few small freckles on his face raised his hand.

Sophia signaled that he could pronounce, and the kid excitedly said to Xie Zihao:

"I can understand that the dragon that Mr. Xie said gave birth to nine sons, is it like the setting of dragons in DND, with many branches and countless subspecies and dragon-born creatures?"

After Sophia translated, Xie Zihao nodded and smiled and said to the boy:
"That's right, I have also learned about the DND that this gentleman said. It is true that whether it is Middle-earth or Europe, there are sayings that dragons are more promiscuous, and they have bred batches of dragon subspecies with many different creatures."

It seems that because of the approval of the expert Xie Zihao, this made the little red hair very excited.

Xie Zihao could clearly feel that this little foreigner had a good impression of him, as if he had the reverence attitude of a student who met some really capable professors in school.

This made him somewhat embarrassed, after all, he was an expert from Ye Luzi, without a certificate!

But he had a very good impression of the little red hair.

So he went on to explain:
"Predecessors divided dragons into four categories according to their shapes. Those with scales are called Jiaolong; those with wings are called Yinglong; those with horns are called Qiulong, and those without horns are called Chi. I think this is more reliable. of."

Of course, what he didn't say was that, according to the secret records of mountains and seas handed down from the Taiyin School inherited by the Xie family, the dragon is respected by Yinglong.Other than chilongs and fire dragons, which are regarded as true dragons, jiaolongs and horned dragons are all subspecies bred by dragon blood.

Among them, the Chilong is likely to be the prototype of the dragon like the Dragon King of the Four Seas in the folk opera scripts. After the Chilong grows further, it will also give birth to dragon horns.

As for someone on the Internet attaching Candle Dragon as the ancestor dragon, the ancestor of the dragon, it is actually a wrong statement.

Candle Dragon, the God of Zhongshan.In fact, the candle dragon is in the form of a human head and a dragon body, just like Fuxi and Nuwa who are said to have a human head and a snake body.

The human-headed dragon-god and the human-headed snake body mentioned here are not talking about a head with a long snake body, but the monster beauty python described by Lu Xun and Huanzhu Louzhu.

The so-called human-headed snake body refers to a human-shaped upper body and a snake-shaped lower body, similar to mermaids and mermaids. The pictures and murals of Fuxi and Nuwa unearthed by ancient people over the years can prove this point.

It's just that the ancient language is different from the modern one, so modern people who don't understand it have some misunderstandings.

"So, after studying the materials of the Liaohe Dragon Falling Incident we investigated this time, I believe that if the Dragon Falling Incident is real, then the dragon that fell at the mouth of the Liaohe River should belong to the Jiaolong category."

People in the Eastern Kingdom are undoubtedly familiar with the existence of Jiaolong. Even if they don't know it, they have heard and seen descriptions of Jiaolong on TV, storytelling, novels, or some fairy tales.

But foreigners don't understand what kind of existence Jiaolong is.

The little red-haired man who asked the question was named Philip Field.

It can be seen that this kid is a game lover, which is a very common hobby in the circle of nerds and nerds in the United States.

After listening to the female director's translation, Xie Zihao replied:

"Jiaolong, you can understand it as a subspecies of giant dragons under the real giant dragons. They are usually aquatic. There are natural dragon species among the Jiaolongs, but most of them are made of snakes, fish and others. Amphibians, including tortoises, evolved from dragon blood, so the forms of dragons are also different."

"In our east, dragons belong to demons. You can understand them as a kind of bad monsters. They can obtain bloodline improvement through evolution, and then become real giant dragons. Whenever a dragon embarks on the path of evolution into a real dragon , it is a terrible disaster for the life around and downstream of the waters where it lives, and we call this phenomenon 'walking Jiao'!"

"Zhou Jiao?"

Little Red repeated the word in a broken accent.

Some Dongguo people in the crowd couldn't help but want to laugh.

Xie Zihao nodded to little red-haired Philip.

"That's right, Zoujiao is a common name among the people. You can understand it as a ritual that Jiaolong must go through if he wants to be promoted to a real dragon. According to our oriental legend, dragons can control wind and rain. Since ancient times, dragons have been the weather gods responsible for rainfall. , so the promotion ceremony of Jiaolong is to awaken the ability to control the wind and rain in his blood. Starting in the waters where he lives, he will set off a large-scale storm, just like a typhoon passing through the border, and continue all the way to all the waters in the middle, until he follows the river. When the downstream outlet enters the sea, it will be able to complete the ritual and evolve into a real dragon!"

"I buy it!"

Little Red Hair exaggeratedly called.

"Wouldn't this lead to a terrible disaster?"

Xie Zihao nodded with a serious face:
"This is indeed the case, so the ancient folks believed that many typhoons and floods were caused by flying dragons, and invented many rituals and methods to restrain dragons and prevent them from flying. Therefore, many bizarre folklore stories have been derived."

After everyone digested the magical legends of the dragon that Xie Zihao told, Sophia asked:
"Then, does the falling dragon incident we are going to investigate nearly a hundred years ago have anything to do with the flying dragon?"

Xie Zihao nodded.

"According to the records in the data, if the falling dragon incident is real, then I think it is very likely that it was a dragon that failed to escape, or a dragon that was injured and dying due to other reasons."

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　　The red envelope plus the full discount is indeed cheap, but in fact it is not too cheap. Many products are usually discounted, but 618 is not discounted.

　　However, daily necessities such as laundry detergent and paper towels are really cheap to buy together, almost half price. Let's also stock up on toilet paper like Lao Mei's, hehe!

　　
　
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