In the era when the Five Elements Theory prevailed, the story of Qinglong began to spread slowly. According to the five elements of yin and yang, the five elements of the family match the five colors of southeast, northwest and northwest, and each color matches a beast and a god; The east is cyan, with dragons, the west is white, with tigers, the south is scarlet, the north is black, with martial arts, and yellow is the central positive color.
According to Shan Hai Jing, among the four gods, Zhu Rong in the south has a face and two dragons. ; In the west of Ru Shou, there is a snake with two dragons in its left ear. ; There is Ju Mang in the east, with a bird face and two dragons. ; Yujiang county is in the north, and the Black Brothers have two dragons. More interestingly, the dragons in Shanhaijing are all riding, while the snakes of the same kind are all caught, manipulated or wrapped around their necks, showing the difference between the two; However, the five gods of the five parties are very different from the four gods of the four sides, so I won't describe them in detail here. Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qinglong and Baihu respectively represent 28 nights in four directions. Dragon is the seven nights in the east, with horns, horns, heart, tail and dustpan. These seven nights are very similar in shape to dragons, which can be seen from their meanings.
In the heart of dragons, some people call it fire, which is related to rain, because Qinglong belongs to wood and it is also Jupiter's old age. After the rise of Taoism, these four gods have also been given names that are convenient for people to call. Qinglong is called Meng Zhang, White Tiger is called Sword Screen, Suzaku is called Lingguang and Xuanwu is called Ming. In many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their own years, such as Wei Mingdi of the Three Kingdoms, and there is also a historical record that the Xia Dynasty belonged to the Mude Dynasty, so he has
In ancient China, the horned head was a male dragon; The one with two horns is called dragon, and the one with one horn is called jiaozi. Hornless is a beetle. In ancient times, there were often large and small Ssangyong in Yu Pei, which was still called mother-child beetle; The status of dragons is much higher than that of India. Because in China, the dragon is sacred and supreme, and it is also a symbol of the emperor. It is also the representative of the East, and the five elements belong to wood. Because cyan belongs to wood, there are sayings of Zuo Qinglong and Right White Tiger.
among these 28 stars, seven are located in the east corner, ridge, house, heart, tail and dust disk. The ancients imagined them as Jackie Chan. Because they are located in the east, they are colored according to the five elements of yin and yang, and the east is green, hence the name Qinglong.
There is a folk saying that dragons have immoral sexual behavior, that is, when interacting with cows, unicorns are born, while when interacting with pigs, elephants are born.
The so-called dragon gives birth to nine sons, unlike the dragon's saying, it is like this-
The eldest son is called a prison cow: he likes music, so he often stands in front of the piano. Such as Huqin of Han nationality and Sanskrit of Bai nationality. Ma Touqin may also be a variety of captive cattle in Mongolia.
The second son is Pippi: He likes killing people, so he often rides a weapon to intimidate the enemy. At the same time, it was used in ceremonies to show more majesty.
The third son is a mocking wind: he is an animal-shaped dragon and looks a bit like a dog. He is good at lookout, so he often sits in the corner of the temple. It is said that it can frighten demons and eliminate disasters.
The first Si Er was Pu Prison: when people like to shout, they put it on the clock, which is mainly the image of Pu Prison. It is said that it lives by the sea, but it is very afraid of whales. When a whale attacks, it screams in fear. Therefore, people make wooden pestles in the shape of whales, so bronze bells are particularly loud.
The fifth child is a lioness: it looks like a lion. This is a foreign product, and it was introduced to China with Buddhism, so its characteristics are a bit like that of Buddha. It is so quiet and likes fireworks. Therefore, it is often installed on the Buddha's seat or incense burner so that it can protect Buddhism.
The sixth son is Baxia, also called Xiaxia, who looks like a turtle. According to legend, in ancient times, it often carried three mountains and five mountains to make waves. After being conquered by Yu Xia, he made many contributions to Yu Xia. After flood control became an attack, Yu Xia took its advantages and let it go back. Therefore, most China stone tablets are carried by it.
The seventh son is an armadillo: also known as the Charter, it looks like a tiger. According to legend, it upholds justice and can distinguish right from wrong. Therefore, it is installed in the upper and lower doors of the prison, in the lobby of the door, at the top of the card, and officials keep quiet and avoid when patrolling to maintain the awe of the court.
The eighth son is negative: because he loves literature, he always pays attention to two stone tablets.
A son is a kiss: also known as a tail, a fish-shaped dragon. According to legend, it was introduced by Indian Moji fish with Buddhism in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is an object under the seat of rain god in Buddhist scriptures, which can put out fires. Therefore, kissing has changed this, so it is often installed at both ends of the roof to eliminate disasters and put out fires.
Qinglong Legend
Qinglong Lake
In ancient times, there was a huge swallow near Jufeng Mountain in the northern suburb of Anqiu City, which was bottomless. No matter whether it is dry or wet all the year round, the blue waves are sparkling and there are strange stones standing on the shore. The cliff is covered with rare flowers and plants, and vines fall into the water like waterfalls. People call it Yanzi Qinglong Lake. Legend has it that there is a huge green dragon in the lake. When it comes to Qinglong, we have to start from Jufeng Mountain.
a long time ago, phoenixes lived in Jufeng Mountain all the year round, bringing blessings to people here. This matter was known by Qinglong, the eldest son of the East China Sea Dragon King. This dragon is magnificent, powerful, kind and eager for good luck and happiness. Qinglong heard people say that this is a phoenix settlement, and heard that there is a beautiful lake there, so he moved his heart. He thought that place must be beautiful. Besides, it is even more auspicious to have a phoenix and a dragon. It would be great if you could live in that new world. When he was thinking about it, one day, he suddenly heard that there were two monsters in Wenhekou, east of Jufeng Mountain. One of them was the one-horned dumpling, which took lanterns, fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, and also brought floods to destroy villages and farmland. One is loach essence, which has won the road for thousands of years. It often opens its mouth and lives in the sky, blocking sunlight and rain, so that farmers have no harvest; They colluded with each other and destroyed the Phoenix Party. Qinglong was very angry when he heard this. He came to his father and invited him to Mount Jufeng. When the Dragon King of the East China Sea was furious, he looked into his eyes and shouted to his son, I want you to inherit the throne of the Dragon King when I am old, but you son of a bitch have no ambition and want a prince and a showgirl! Hearing his father say this, Qinglong shed tears in grievance, plopped down on his knees, and carefully explained his idea of going there to remove Uber and benefit the civilians. When the Dragon King heard his son say that there was a monster in Wenhekou, he was surprised at first, and then worried: Can you deal with the monster in Wenhekou? With the martial arts taught by my father, I will definitely beat them! Qinglong replied. The Dragon King of the East China Sea saw that his son had lost his mind and had to agree.
Qinglong said goodbye to his parents, left the rough sea, went to Weihe River and came to Wenhekou, where he was blocked by Dujiao Jiao and Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. One-horned dumpling and loach thought Qinglong was coming to grab their territory. When they saw Qinglong alone, they started a disturbance first and then jumped on Qinglong together. Qinglong stood up to meet them without fear, and fought with the two monsters for three days and nights, regardless of winning or losing. Direct warfare makes mountains and rivers ugly and the sun and moon dim. Qinglong's brave exorcism touched Anqiu's elders. One day, an old woodcutter took advantage of the truce between the two sides and suggested that Qinglong separate the two monsters with one sand and one stone.
treat loach essence first. The biggest skill of loach is drilling mud, which has great magic power in the mud of Wenhekou. Lao Sui suggested to Qinglong that the loach essence should be introduced to Wenhe River first, and then, because there is no mud at the bottom of Wenhe River, but it is full of hard sand washed down by the old Yishan in the west, so the loach can't get in and can't be used well. How to guide it? Most fish look forward to Jackie Chan. It is said that fish will become dragons after drinking good wine. Therefore, the villagers poured the wine from the well into the Wenhe River. Sure enough, the loach smelled the wine in the estuary and greedily swam into the Wenhe River. Now or forever, the dragon vine rises in the air, with its dragon horn, its claws open, and it goes to the loach essence. The loach is drunk. Suddenly, people found that the sky suddenly changed, and he felt very bad. He bent down to drill a hole under the water, but the sand couldn't get in. He was caught red-handed by Qinglong and locked under the Xiashan Mountain.
please eat one-horned jiaozi again. One-horned dumpling has very sharp horns, so it uses this weapon to try to be brave and do bad things. The loach was caught, and the unicorn lost her lover. She became angry from embarrassment and vowed to fight Qinglong and the villagers. Qinglong listened to the advice of the old man and climbed a nearby cliff-Jingang Cliff with the villagers. The cliff stood on the wall, but one-horned jiaozi couldn't climb it. The angrier he was, the crazier he became. He smashed the cliff with his horn, trying to knock it down first, and then attacked Qinglong and the villagers. But the cliff rocks are angular and extremely hard. Not only did the one-horned dumpling not arch off the cliff, but its horn was knocked off by a rock, and its head suddenly bled and screamed, killing the dust.
Qinglong defeated the monster and hurt the people. Finally, it came to Jufeng Mountain and the lake. Phoenix people shouted in the mountains and the sky to express their gratitude to him. Since then, the phoenix between Fengshan has been singing all year round; By the lake, Qinglong rained on Yun Geng on time. Anqiu people have a bumper harvest every year and are lucky every year. What a harmonious and happy picture of dragons and phoenixes!
Qinglong Cave
To the east of Chengjiang Dam, there is a small mountain village surrounded by mountains. At the head of this mountain village, there is a majestic and tall mountain with lush flowers and trees. It is spring all year round. This mountain is called Qinglong Mountain.
Under the shade of red flowers and green trees, there is a bottomless pit on the mountain called Qinglong Cave. Many people want to go in this hole and see what's inside, but they fail every time. Because the hole is too deep, no one can get to the bottom. A wonderful story has been handed down since then.
A long time ago, there was no rain for dozens of miles in Fiona Fang of this village. Baked by the sun as hot as fire, the land dried up, the crops dried up and the water in the well became less and less. In suffering, the desire to survive makes people worship God with shrines, hoping that it will rain and save the suffering people. But even if they pray every day, it doesn't help. God hasn't rained a drop.
People's sincere prayers reached the Dragon Palace. The old dragon king not only ignored them, but also ordered his dragon not to rain, otherwise they would be severely punished. People's prayers touched a little green dragon. He went to beg the dragon king to let him rain to save the suffering people. The Dragon King not only refused to listen to Xiao Qinglong's entreaties, but also severely reprimanded Xiao Qinglong.
Xiao Qinglong was scolded and had to go back to his residence. He is angry and anxious. He was angry at the cruelty of the Dragon King and worried that some people in the world were suffering. It's no use asking the Dragon King, he thought. Only by absorbing rain from his own death can he save the suffering people. Therefore, he quietly flew to the sky, and the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and the dark clouds rolled. Soon it began to rain cats and dogs. After the rainstorm, the poor people cheered up and jumped for joy. They think that their prayers touched the Dragon King. The crops in the field are also growing well. After a few days, they become green and strong.
but it didn't last long, and the dragon king knew about it. After asking, I realized that it was Xiao Qinglong who had rained heavily on the earth. The old dragon king flew into a rage and locked Xiao Qinglong up angrily.
Since then, Xiao Qinglong has spent several months in the lonely Dragon Palace. People's prayers reached the Dragon Palace again, and the old dragon king laughed with joy. The guards didn't pay attention, and the little dragon sneaked into the world and fell a heavier rainstorm. This time, when the old dragon king found it again, he played with the Dragon Palace and locked it in a bottomless cave. He was never allowed to return to the Dragon Palace. In order to commemorate this little Qinglong implicated by everyone, people call this tall and majestic mountain Qinglong Mountain, and the cave where the little Qinglong is located is called Qinglong Cave.