Speaking of how big it is, the sun, moon and planets can accommodate it. No one knows where it begins or ends, nor where it starts, left, right, or up or down. Guess the zodiac sign should be dragon.
The productivity of early society was low. People survived in harsh natural environments and could not independently control natural forces or explain their own origins. They were full of fantasies, longings and even fears for the natural world, and worshiped all kinds of things that were more powerful than humans. Natural or supernatural power, this is the social basis for the emergence of totems and ghosts.
The formation of the dragon totem can be traced back to the ancient Fuxi era. The Fuxi clan used snakes as their totems. According to records in ancient books, Fuxi was born in the Cheng Dynasty. He only ruled Chencang, and his capital was in Chen. He reigned for 150 years and passed down the family for 15 generations. The Fuxi family originated in the Cheng Dynasty. After developing and growing, they entered Guanzhong along the Wei River Valley, exited Tongguan, moved eastward near Xiaoshan, Wangwushan, and Taihangshan, and then turned to the southeast, and finally settled in Chen. This activity area generally coincides with the distribution area of ??the ancient ruins of the Yangshao Culture.
The formation of dragon totem originated from Fuxi. In addition to Mr. Wen Yiduo’s discussion, there is other evidence. Although Sima Zhen's "The Chronicles of the Three Emperors" mentioned Fuxi at the beginning with a snake body and a human head, at the end he said that the Fuxi family "has a dragon aura, uses the dragon to discipline officials, and is called the Dragon Master". This record implies that Fuxi played a leading role in the formation of the dragon totem. And the snake is called Xiaolong in the zodiac. If a snake becomes spiritual, it becomes a dragon. According to the Weishu of the Han Dynasty, Fuxi's first virtue was wood, and he was the first of a hundred kings. Fuxi's family is Qinglong, Qingdi. The Yan Emperor Shennong's clan took fire virtue as their king and was called the Red Dragon; the Huang Emperor Xuanyuan's clan took the earth virtue as their king and was called the Yellow Dragon. According to the Five Elements theory, wood appears first, not fire and earth. In the same way, Qing Emperor should also be the first emperor in ancient times, and Qing Long is also the first dragon in the Chinese nation. Fuxi is naturally the well-deserved founder of the dragon totem, and created the civilization of the Chinese nation.
There is a popular saying in modern times that it originated from the Yellow Emperor's Busan Confucius. "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the Five Emperors" records: After defeating Emperor Yan and Chiyou, the Yellow Emperor patrolled the four directions and "matched Busan". This "conformity" not only unified the talisman letters of various military orders and established a political alliance, but also combined some elements from the original totems of each tribe to create a new animal image - the dragon.
There are many theories about the origin of the image of the dragon. One says it comes from crocodiles, another says it comes from snakes, and some people think it comes from pigs. There is even a saying that the earliest dragon is the lightning in the sky when it rains. . Most experts now believe that dragon is a totem complex with snake as the main body. It has the body of a snake, the head of a pig, the horns of a deer, the ears of an ox, the beard of a sheep, the claws of an eagle, and the scales of a fish. In the ancient clan society, the Huaxia clan in the Yellow River Basin, which used snakes as their totems, defeated other clans and at the same time absorbed the totems of other clans and combined them into dragon totems.