China has thousands of years of traditional culture, and China people call themselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor and descendants of dragons. So today, let's talk about what the dragons and phoenixes in feudal China represented. Dragon and phoenix are the honorifics for men and women with high status in ancient China, which also proves that dragon and phoenix have high status. In the ancient feudal period, the dragon and phoenix were closely related to the imperial power, and the phoenix followed the dragon. The emperor is regarded as the real dragon emperor by the world, and the phoenix naturally becomes the queen.
But there is also a saying that the phoenix is male, the phoenix is female and the phoenix is a pair. So is the dragon and phoenix a pair or the phoenix a pair? The dragon is a mythical creature. Since ancient times, dragon fighters have been symbols of nobility, power and honor. It is said that dragons can fly in the sky, turn the clouds over in the water and let the rain fall on the ground. It can be said that it is omnipotent, so the ancients thought that the dragon was a manifestation of the gods. Later, this statement was used by feudal rule. In order to better consolidate the rule and make people believe in the statement that the monarch is endowed by God. The real dragon emperor? Slowly, the dragon became a symbol of power.
In myths and legends, the phoenix is a divine bird, and the phoenix and the phoenix are paired. The view that the phoenix is the hero can be reflected in the poem "Yellow". This poem expresses men's love pursuit for women. Later, in the Song Dynasty, the dragon gradually became the symbol of the emperor, and because the status of the phoenix was as noble as that of the dragon, it was called the synonym of the queen. At the same time, the phoenix has auspicious meaning, which is used to refer to the empress dowager, meaning that the country is peaceful and the people are safe.