The jubilant year of the loong realized that the dragon is the only animal in the zodiac that can’t find any real animals.
However, with the dragon in the zodiac, it seems that there is the whole nature. From the dragon, we can see not only the images of many animals, but also the images of plants and astronomical phenomena.
What animals, plants and even astronomical phenomena are there? Next, we will try to find possible answers.
Dragon, the animal expansion package of the zodiac. Among the 12 zodiac animals, cattle, horses, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs, which have been domesticated by human beings, account for half. Others are mice, tigers, rabbits, snakes and monkeys, which people often say are common real animals.
"Dragon" is unique. At present, there is no one-on-one real animal that can make everyone agree. There are even views that the dragon prototype is pine, rainbow and lightning.
When looking for its animal prototype, the main one is: it deserves all the beauty in this world.
In ancient books, there are descriptions of dragons "horns like deer, head like camel, eyes like rabbits, neck like snakes, abdomen like salamanders, scales like fish, claws like eagles, palms like tigers and ears like cows". Later, everyone also had their own version of "dragons have nine similarities" in their hearts.
What other animals can compete for the dragon prototype independently?
There are alligators, pythons, silkworms and so on.
The Chinese alligator was called tuó in ancient times, and it was commonly known as "Tulong" or "Pig Polong" among the people. The name of the Chinese alligator became dragon-like. It is an ancient rare animal unique to China and a close relative of dinosaurs. And the "dragon", this is not a kiss and a kiss!
In Shuo Wen Jie Zi, the dragon "ascends to the sky at the vernal equinox and dives in the autumn equinox". The water body is the main activity place of Chinese alligator. Moreover, the roar of the Chinese alligator was once a forecast of the thunderstorm weather of our ancestors. Chinese alligator courtship and mating in the rainy season, and the loud call of courtship seems to have its own filter.
But it can dive deep, but it can’t climb to the sky. As a small crocodile, to become a dragon, it is a little powerful.
So, how can the silkworm become one of the versions of the dragon prototype, let alone formidable?
This is because, in some areas, the dragon worshipped by ancestors who herded horses and raised silkworms was the silkworm with a scaly head.
There are different opinions about the prototype of the dragon. With the dragon in the zodiac, it is like having the whole nature. This may also be a pluralistic tolerance of dragon culture.
(Source: CCTV News Client)
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