Today, as a symbol of the Chinese nation, the dragon has long been recognized by Chinese at home and abroad. Dragon is also the representative of Chinese national spirit. This year is the year of Chen Geng in the China lunar calendar, usually called the Year of the Loong, and it is the golden dragon year that comes once every three thousand years. In the traditional concept of China people, the combination of dragon and phoenix is a symbol of good luck. On the wedding day, people are used to giving the couple gifts with Long Fengxiang patterns to wish them good luck. Why are there such wonderful and wonderful cultural phenomena and customs among the colorful China customs? I have been thinking for a long time: why do China people regard dragons as the totem and national symbol that the whole country believes in; Why is this belief so long-lasting, timeless and so extensive? But this totem, which has a long history and is widely respected, does not exist in nature at all, but is gradually established by people through long-term observation and experience from the perception, abstraction and generalization of nature. Why do people name this worship image constructed by thinking dragon, but not any other name? These are all worth exploring and playing with. Dragon is not an objective thing, what is it? According to research, it is made of serpents, horseheads, oxtails, antlers, fish scales, beards and dog claws. Then, why did the ancients design totems to offer sacrifices to people like this? Let's imagine that in ancient times, people's production and life were very primitive and backward, and communication was difficult. It was not as developed and convenient as it is now. At that time, in the vast land of China, there were people who lived on different species, such as nomads, who ate horses, cattle and sheep. Naturally, they have the deepest impression, the most perception, the most reverence and the most specific understanding of horses and sheep. However, the object of survival activities of water-eating ethnic groups is mainly fishing. Similarly, they have the deepest impression, the most perception, the most reverence and the most specific understanding of fish. There are ethnic groups that specialize in hunting. Of course, they have the deepest impression, the most perception, the most reverence and the most physical understanding of animals such as snakes and deer. In contrast, there is a larger group who are engaged in primitive agriculture. They mainly breed horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and ducks, and also engage in fishing and hunting activities during the slack season. This part of people's understanding of various species in nature is much more comprehensive, profound and rich than the above-mentioned ethnic groups. In addition, with the evolution and advancement of history, other industries have also transformed into farming, just like today's urbanization process, which has become an irresistible trend. No matter how difficult and inconvenient the traffic and communication were at that time, there were always some necessary contacts, exchanges and contacts between all ethnic groups. In the process of communication, exchange and communication, migration, tolerance and assimilation may occur, even large-scale migration and assimilation. Due to the needs and development of production and life, different nationalities are linked together. At this time, the totem of the original beliefs of ethnic groups in different regions and different seed industries will naturally change and become more inclusive and representative. After many times of negotiation, grinding and running-in between different ethnic groups, when things reach a certain stage, the wise will come forward, combine all kinds of knowledge of negotiation and grinding between ethnic groups and collect their achievements, with snakes and pythons as the trunk, the horse's head worshipped by nomadic people as the head and the oxtail familiar to farming people as the tail. Replacing its paws with dog paws that are familiar to all ethnic groups, combining with the association with natural phenomena such as natural phenomena, wind, thunderstorm, etc., and then implementing the main idea of farming ethnic groups on agriculture, a brand-new dragon image is designed and constructed, which is different from the natural species originally worshipped by all ethnic groups as a totem worshipped by all ethnic groups, so as to unify the spirit and will of the great ethnic groups after continuous integration, expansion and assimilation. And gradually shaped the dragon into a symbol of majesty, strength and wisdom. As for why only a part of these five animals is used to construct a brand-new totem-dragon, it may also imply the hope that the five industries will flourish and the grain will be plentiful. The next question is: why should snakes and pythons be used as the trunk of dragons, rather than other species, such as eels or silver carp in water? This may be because, although all ethnic groups who live with different species have their own totem objects that they are familiar with and admire, mountains and rivers are the objects of life activities that all ethnic groups are familiar with and must rely on, and snakes are also natural species living in different regions and ethnic groups, especially after abstracting mountains and rivers, they are naturally similar and coincident with the bodies of snakes and pythons. Then the question comes: why is this man-made species, the totem of assembly, named dragon instead of other names, such as python and horse? It is known that the ancient people's abstraction and naming of natural species originated from their production and life practice. On the one hand, this may be due to the dominant position and absolute advantage of agricultural nationalities in the integrated nationalities; On the other hand, it comes from farming activities themselves. In farming activities, "getting rid of" means doing something. Page 2 *** 2. Today, asking someone to do something is doing something. "Nong" and "Nong" are homophonic. Then there is the beauty of labor creation. Maybe some people integrate their own aesthetics when they do farm work. They don't just plant seeds in the ground, but dig trenches and ridges in advance, and then dig holes in the trenches or ridges to plant seeds, so that both ends of the trenches are straight and the ground looks beautiful. There is also a word "long" here, which is also homophonic with the word "agriculture". In farm work, this is called ridging. This "long" is also homophonic with the word "agriculture". Perhaps with the passage of time, people call farming agriculture, and people who engage in farming activities are called farmers. The word "agriculture" is also homophonic with the word "dragon". When agriculture, farm work, busy farming, agriculture ..., too many "farmers" are "farmers". How can there be no "farmer" in the totem worshipped by farmers as the main body of ethnic groups? Besides, the word "agriculture" is homophonic with "dragon". People were persuaded, so they praised it and said, let's call this sacred object "dragon" I hope it can bring people good weather, abundant crops and good luck in life. Its simplified evolution process is: dragon-dragon. From ancient matriarchal society to paternal society, people experienced the process of worshipping sex. The ancestors understood that yin and yang combined to create everything, and thought that heaven was yang, earth was yin, and heaven and earth combined to create everything. This understanding is also reflected in the imaginary god. So is the dragon. In ancient China mythology, dragons were divided into male dragons and female dragons. Fuxi and Nu Wa, like Adam and Eve in the west, are called the ancestors of human beings. Fuxi is depicted as the first dragon body, and Nu Wa is depicted as the first snake body, which means that our ancestors were huge dragons and snakes, and other ancestors were also depicted as dragons and snakes. This is an early description of the dragon's marriage. It can be said that in ancient China, dragons were the idols of our ancient ancestors. However, after entering the class society, especially after the Zhou Dynasty, due to the expansion of imperial power, the royal family gradually took the dragon as their own. In Lu Chunqiu, Jin Wengong was compared to Jackie Chan, and then Qin Shihuang was compared to the ancestor of the dragon. After the Han and Tang Dynasties, the emperor was repeatedly called "the son of the real dragon" and was the embodiment of the dragon. This view reached its acme in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is not only the full embodiment of the thought of attaching importance to agriculture or people-oriented, but also the best evidence that Long Yuan is famous for agriculture. The highest representative of society, the emperor has a dragon, and the queen must have a phoenix. Phoenix is also a sacred object that is not found in nature. Like the dragon, it is a perfect object of worship created by man to meet people's worship needs. It is said that the embryonic form of phoenix is chicken. The royal family regards dragons and phoenixes as auspicious symbols, forming a heterogeneous collocation of dragons. It can be seen that the concept of the match between the dragon and the phoenix was formed step by step under the influence of the ruler's will. Although dragons and phoenixes are born with rationality, after a long evolution, the combination of dragons and phoenixes has become an important part of China traditional culture. And shape the phoenix into a combination of generosity, gentleness and beauty. This kind of cultural identity, for us Chinese people and dragons, naturally has a strong cohesion.