It is recommended that the dragon seal should be engraved with a large dragon character, and then micro-engraved characters should be added, and the phoenix seal should be the same. The following provides dragon and phoenix seal micro-engraved text materials.
Chinese dragon
The Chinese dragon was created by ancient people from a fuzzy collection of fish, crocodiles, snakes, pigs, horses, cows and other animals, as well as natural celestial phenomena such as clouds, thunder and lightning, and hauni. A kind of fetish. The fuzzy aggregation process of dragons originated from the development and prosperity period of primitive society, that is, the early Neolithic Age when the gathering economy transitioned to the production economy and the worship of fetishes became widespread. It has a history of about 8,000 years.
The formation process of the Chinese dragon is the same as the process of diverse integration of the Chinese nation. In ancient Chinese myths and legends, the dragon is either as famous as Pangu as the creation god who created the world; or it actively participated in the marriage of Fuxi and Nuwa, thus reproducing mankind; or it helped the Yellow Emperor win the unification war; or it assisted Xia Yu Control floods and benefit future generations. Therefore, in view of the inseparable relationship between myths and legends and the origin of the nation, it can be said that all descendants of the Yanhuang and Chinese people have received the blessings of the dragon and can be called "descendants of the dragon."
As a participant and witness of the great integration of the Chinese nation, the spirit of the Chinese dragon is the spirit of unity and cohesion; at the same time, the dragon is also the god of water. It is the dragon’s bounden duty to bring down rain and manage water. Therefore, the spirit of the dragon is the spirit that benefits mankind; after entering modern society, the dragon gradually evolved from a divine object into a mascot. As a mascot, the dragon has the meaning of soaring, inspiring, pioneering, and changing. Therefore, the spirit of the dragon, That is the spirit of hard work and pioneering.
Love of water, good at flying, reaching the sky, fickle, signifying auspiciousness, portending misfortunes, and demonstrating, are the basic divinity of the dragon. After entering the class society, the dragon's body added divinity symbolizing the emperor's imperial power. The changes of the times, the evolution of civilization, and the impact of modernization have weakened the divinity of the dragon that symbolizes the imperial power and the divinity of foretelling disasters and demonstrations. Correspondingly, other divinities related to the identity of mascots have weakened. But it has the potential to strengthen and carry forward.
The land of China is the hometown and home of dragons. Dragon culture has widely penetrated into all aspects of social life. Whether it is arts and crafts, architectural attractions, singing, dancing, film and television, or annual festivals, wedding and funeral etiquette, clothing and shoes, dragons are an important part, occupying a prominent position in various forms such as circling, leaping, flying and so on. contains indispensable cultural connotations. People summon the dragon spirit through sacrifices and prayers; through sculptures, they depict, simulate, and display the image of the dragon to show its divine power; through writings and articles, they explore the origin of the dragon and discover its secrets; through songs, dances, competitions, and film and television dramas, people It is endowed with the divinity of the dragon, radiates the spirit of the dragon, and promotes a national atmosphere that spans the river, sky, and the universe.
The dragon is a cultural symbol with rich connotations. It is a symbol, a seal and an emblem of the Chinese nation.
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Chinese Phoenix
From ancient times to the present, the beautiful and auspicious image of the phoenix has remained deeply in the hearts of the people, and has been cherished by people from generation to generation. Praise, sing praises.
Since there is no such bird as the phoenix in nature, we can only appreciate the image and beauty of the phoenix from relevant ancient books. For example, Guo Pu's note in "Erya": "Chicken head, snake neck, swallow's jaw" , turtle back, fish tail, five colors, about six feet high. ""The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Pictures" says that the phoenix has five patterns of characters: "The first text is De, the wing text is Shun, the back text is Yi, and the belly text is. The text is called letter, and the text is called benevolence. "Xu Shen of the Han Dynasty said in "Shuowen Jiezi" that the phoenix "comes from the country of the eastern gentleman, soars across the four seas, passes through Kunlun, drinks from the pillars, and washes its feathers from the weak water. At dusk) when you stay in the Feng (Dan) Point, you will see great peace in the world. "The book quotes Tianlao, a minister of the Yellow Emperor, as saying: "The image of a phoenix is ??like a phoenix in front and a lin in the back, a snake's neck and a fish's tail, and a mandarin duck's gills. , dragon and tiger's back, swallow's chin and chicken's beak, five colors. "As for the phoenix, which is a great combination of animals, relevant scholars believe that the phoenix is ??a kind of bird totem worship by ancient ancestors.
Judging from the image of the phoenix, it is a fusion of the characteristics of natural objects worshiped by different clans in ancient times. As a result, the beautiful totem "Phoenix" emerged.
So, who is the true identity of Phoenix? Some scholars say it is a peacock, some think it is a golden pheasant or a pheasant, some suggest it should be a domestic chicken, and some say it is a crane. Ancient scholars believed that the Peng and the Phoenix were the same kind of birds. Song Yu's "Conversation" in "The Songs of Chu" said: "The Phoenix flies up nine thousand miles, cuts through the clouds, and carries the sky to the underworld." "Zhuangzi·Xiaoyaoyou" : "There is a bird, and its name is Peng. Its back is like Mount Tai, and its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. It holds its horns and soars up ninety thousand miles away. It cuts through the clouds and carries the blue sky." In myths and legends, the phoenix is ??also called a black bird. Qu Yuan said in "Tianwen": "What's the right time for Jian Di to be in Taiwan? How can a daughter be happy when a black bird gives birth to a child?" Zheng Xuan in "Book of Rites" notes: "Xuan bird is a swallow." It is said that many scholars have researched it. , Yan is one of the Phoenix prototypes. "Erya·Shiniao": "郾 is also a phoenix, and its oriole is yellow." "Feng, a name is 郾." In ancient times, 郾 and ? were the same pronunciation.
China has been a country based on agriculture since ancient times, and the calendar has played a dominant role in the agricultural season. In ancient times, the "Fengniao clan" was the first official position in managing the calendar. , Shaogao, the son of Huangdi, was the ancestor of Yanzi, the monarch of Yan Kingdom. In the seventeenth year of Lu Zhaogong's reign, when he visited the state of Lu, Lu Zhaogong asked him: "Why is the Shaogao family called the bird official name?" Yanzi replied: "Shaogao is my ancestor. When he ascended the throne, a phoenix flew over. Congratulations, in order to commemorate the bird, various official positions are named after various birds. The Fengniao family is the official who manages the calendar. "
In history, he was the first person to be honored as "Feng". Confucius is a great Chinese educator, philosopher, and thinker. The Confucian school of thought he founded has not only profoundly influenced China's society, politics, culture, ethics and morals for more than two thousand years, but also exerted a profound influence on world culture and thought. History has made outstanding contributions. The ancient thinker Laozi used the phoenix to compare Confucius. According to "Zhuangzi", "Laozi saw the five disciples of Confucius and asked: 'Who are you in front of me?' He said to him: 'Zilu is brave. Secondly, Zigong is wisdom, Zengzi For filial piety, Yan Hui is benevolent, and Zi Zhang is for martial arts. "I heard that there is a bird in the south, and its name is Feng. It lives in a place with thousands of miles of rocks, and its tree is called Qiongzhi, which is a hundred feet high and is decorated with colorful flowers." "The Book of Songs·Shang Song·Xuanniao" says: "Destiny." The black bird descended and gave birth to Shang. "Confucius was from the Lu State, and his ancestors were from the Song State and were descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty, so he enjoyed the high reputation of "Feng".
In ancient times, the phoenix had a higher status than the dragon. In the unearthed cultural relics, such as some murals and silk paintings from the Chu Kingdom, the phoenix dominates. The flying phoenix dares to chase the beaked dragon. Gradually, the positions of the two changed. Especially in the long feudal society, the dragon became the "totem" of the emperors of the past dynasties, and no one else could use it. The phoenix was relegated to a subordinate position, used for queens, concubines, etc. When Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty came, she changed the positions of dragon and phoenix in order to highlight herself. The murals in the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi in the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty all have phoenixes on top and dragons on the bottom. It is completely different from other dragon and phoenix pictures. The phoenix, which is favored by people, has entered the folk and is loved by the common people. The phoenix can be seen everywhere in terms of clothing, food, housing and transportation, such as wearing phoenix crowns, phoenix shoes, and phoenix hairpins; eating phoenix wings and feet; living in phoenix towers; During festivals or weddings, cut a phoenix and stick it indoors to make the house full of glory; for travel, you can use phoenix chariot and phoenix fan; for playing, you can use phoenix sheng, phoenix flute, etc.; there are also idioms such as dragon flying and phoenix dancing, dragon and phoenix showing auspiciousness, phoenix feathers and horns; for girls Names such as Fengxiang, Fengli, Fengyun, Fengjun, Wenfeng, Jinfeng, Yinfeng, Danfeng, etc. In particular, the spirit of Feng inspired the rise of women. Many women living in remote mountains and remote areas dared to work hard in the tide of market economy, kept pace with the times, and became the leaders of the times. People praised them as "women who flew out of the ravine". Golden Phoenix".
The phoenix culture is everywhere in the history of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years. Like the dragon culture, it has become a symbol of the Chinese nation, inspiring the Chinese people to carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, keep pace with the times, and create a beautiful world. tomorrow.