Chinese zodiacAnecdotal stories of the dragon

Calvin is not like a child for the mouse, bases for rabbit as simple, it contains a lot of projects, like a versatile almost omnipotent.Chen polysemy is the accumulation of a long historical process, can be "magic" peep of day Chinese literature tube of the panther.Shen kua "MengXi stature" volume 3, proprietary items do "Chen", in this paper, at least from two aspects about twelve, from birthBelong to the dragon: on the one hand, by the black dragon seven nights starting 28 stars, seven nights of spica and syndrone lodge is the head of the black dragon seven nights, spica and syndrone SuZheng in orientation, so the third part of the twelve year old, called "twelve birth".Calvin is a dragon, black dragon with seven up east star bearing;On the other hand, the ancient called mercury stars.Because the planet mercury in recently, from the sun from the earth and put the Buddha always swing around the sun, the sun does not exceed a Calvin - from the sun about mercury, a quick stars of reputation;At the same time, the ancients thought, is the relationship between dragon and water like fish and water relations are inseparable relationship.

In the Chinese zodiac is dragon, this should be a important factor, however, regardless of origin, with 12 Calvin belong to the dragon that is in the iron law.In the Chinese zodiac, only the dragon is a mythical guardian, is not by nature.But, the dragon from where come of.Let the ancient yi fang take you see below, folk customs and anecdotes about the story.

The 1:

The ancient meng, lush forests, blotting out the sun shade.Lunar month every year, many wild animals, mountain the bushes finished off by the green rice seedlings, human and animal is bitten by killed countless, meng luhya emigrated, have become beggars everywhere.One year, a smart and brave dai ya boy came up with a good solution.He told everyone made up many bamboo cage, bamboo chain, with chickens, pigs, geese, duck blood, in FebruaryBelong to cowDay to hang in the field, inserted in the fields and intersections.Out at night, the mountain forests of wild animals see blood bamboo cages, bamboo chain, all dare not close to crops and village, gradually away from the crops and villages.After a period of time, the original bamboo cage, bamboo chain rags, beast has to harm people and livestock and crops.Fifth day, the young man to do the same thing again, and to many like a sharp arrow calamus leaf on the door of the families, even everyone's head, the waist with calamus leaves.At night, people fanfare sat around the firedrinkingMora, playing song.Beast into a field near the bamboo, bamboo cages and intersection field, chain, far see the burning fire and the whole body with "arrow", dare not to harass.Later, dai Maya do year after year, as a result, people and prosperity, the grain harvest.

The 2:

On the eighth day of the 2nd lunar month every year is the dragon festival of the naxi nationality.The naxi dongba culture the holy land in three dam life as the center, hundreds of naxi, Tibetan, yi, hui, bai, the lisu must be held to the life of the annual dragon festival.According to legend, in ancient times, there's a dragon water dam, drummed up all over the dam water, everything is unable to survive in the dam, people had to live in the mountains to live a hunting life.This scene was the son of god see milarepa.In order to save the human, the son of god sent out five white clouds, white clouds into five immortals, descent to the ground after the dam, cast endless mana, subdue the duron, make it out to the water, ground water of the dam to reduce gradually, only in the life, dam central gradually out of the land.People moved to the dam settlement, thrive, formed today's valley, gulf, my tree bay, such as water, well water bay village.For all the kindness that the son of god and immortal, in February eighth day dragon king birthday this day, the son of god milarepa life dragon king invited to life and five fairy dragon king mansion.The son of god in the day and the fairy came, Long Zilong sun are singing and dancing to welcome.People in order to thank the grace of dragon king blessing, YiHuHu went to worship offering.In February eighth day that day, a person also can't go to life, in order to let the son of the dragon king and god milarepa's five fairy play happily.On February 9th in the day people can go to life burned incense to worship god.This custom has been handed down, turned into the February 8 worship the dragon of national holiday for picnic now.On 8 February at the source of water activity, there are many beautiful legends, folk have a plenty of the legend of ghost dance sermon about milarepa flooding, have a plenty of JiaoZu dobutamine's story, have a plenty of milarepa with dobutamine ROM. Afraid of the story, "February 8" festival is endowed with a strong religious color.

The 3:

The dragon of straw into its name.The straw into with a big mouth, Angle, had eyes, bearded dragon, with a bundle of straw rope tied into and leading neck over rough feet long seven dragons, then with a straw into the tail shape beaten, a total of nine sections, interval to string together with straw, a bamboo pole to each section.The dragon dance grass, held mainly in the tujia rural shanzhai, lunar calendar in May to July, time for the dance, the grass dragon, dragon dance entertainment includes flooding blast, fire prevention is the significance of two kinds.

Flooding blast.Field straw seedling lunar June, it was a fierce long, hot weather, diseases and pests, including devastating diseases and insect pests for "blast", in an age of science and technology behind cannot control, tujia farmers to expel rice blast, the dragon dance grass turned time, mass entertainment.Wen, the dragon dance grass flooding from village to the fields, on each paddy field area, each high Tian Kan will drop in turn to dance, dance movement with same DengLong.Dragon dance team, bragging Angle, eye shot, banging drums and combustionSet off firecrackersIn performing dancing, very spectacular.In all the fields of their villages after the dance, the grass dragon carried to the side of gulley burned, is sent to sea dragon.

Move flame.According to the lunar calendar mayThe Dragon Boat FestivalOr before and after JulyriceThe mature period in villages.Dragon dance, QuanZhai each house in the middle of the main put a basin of water and a sieve grain, hou to dragon dance team.Dance section nine grass dragon dance team, in addition to the dragon, there is a will to break into a boat, a post, the long bamboo put a basin of charcoal fire in the middle of the flame, carried by two people.Otherwise water jet, archery and soil old three and subsequent free number of audience.

Its 4:

On the dragon look up, the han nationality folk traditional festival lunar February minyan, popular in most areas;On custom activities across different in our country, and there was a HuaChao section, TaQingJie, pick lai festival, dragon, dragon, dragon spring up day.February have many customs about dragon looked up again, such as lead and grey dragon, fu dragon, smoked insect scorpion avoidance, shave bibcock, avoid acupuncture longan section such as vulgar, therefore calls the dragon looked up.

Yi dragon festival on this day.Yi the whole village to village forests where there is water,Kill pig"The dragon" ceremony is held in slaughter cattle and sheep, for a picnic.Before a meal, bimo face springs chanting prayers, "dragon"It rains, "lumbricus" spit water more.The good crop weather.After the founding of new China, "the dragon" stop, only have a picnic and cabaret.Actually, not only is the yi nationality, in the han areas, also has "the connection" on this day, in the past, people in this day of rain, playing the dragon king, guanyin, accompaniment played drums street "rain".Residents along the street of liquor worship the dragon king, a goddess of mercy.Pray for the good crop weather.Since the founding of new China to stop.

Its 5:(/ shengxiao/Chinese zodiac)

In words, the dragon is called "close", the dragon festival is a traditional zhuang grand, grand festival.The first dragon day of lunar month every year, or the first dragon day of the lunar march, zhuang village to village a commonly held in a way that the dragon village activity separately.Before the festival, venerable old man in the village called families consult with, raise money, some villages of apportionment according to the number of the man's head, presided over by families take turns, leader called the "dragon".Festival on the same day, the host led some strong man banyan tree at the edge of the stockade, kill pig kill chickens, ready to festivals.Legend, the dragon is the banyan tree.Offering "dragon tree", the most is the banyan tree.No village banyan tree, you can also choose black tree, malishu, Lang do "dragon tree".But these trees must be long at around the side and leafy, tall, full of vitality.Because of the dragon is the symbol of the sacred tree, so no horses and cattle pig dog near at ordinary times, no children climbing play more.Reaction to the word of the dragon village have different villages, length is differ, sing different from reading, but nothing more than to beg god bless subject, waterest, make good harvest, animals, family peace, and so on.