Dragons are creatures of ancient Chinese folklore, dragons rank fifth in the zodiac, and are called the "Four Spirits" together with phoenixes, turtles and lins in the Book of Rites and Fortunes, and the existence of dragons has always been a topic of controversy in the scientific community.
Regarding the emergence of the dragon, the earliest source of the totem said, "History of the Five Emperors Benji" recorded that the Yellow Emperor after defeating the Yan Emperor and Xuan You, toured the four directions, in order to achieve the unity of the major tribes, the Yellow Emperor took a part of the elements from the major tribal totems to form, creating a new animal image dragon.
Although this legend perfectly expounds the formation of the dragon, this legend began to circulate after the "May Fourth Movement" in modern times, and there are many records about dragons in history, and from the Qin Jian unearthed in the Qin Kingdom, there is already a prototype of the dragon.
The "History of Liao" records that in the fifth year of the Divine Book (920 in the park), the summer of May Gengchen, there are dragons seen in the water of the thorny mountains and suns. It can be seen that the Imperial Palace of the Liao State of the Song Dynasty hid a keel specimen, which is not only recorded in history, but also recorded by a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty.
"White Lake Xin is old, suddenly falling to death and meandering. A scale is as big as a basket, and a hair is as big as a rafter. White-bodied blue-finned hyena, with two horns on the sky. Half lying on the sand, half body sinking into the abyss...", "White Lake" now refers to Taibai Lake in Hanchuan, Hubei, and "Xin Wei Nian" is the thirty-first year of Emperor Gaozong Shaoxing of the Southern Song Dynasty (1161 AD).
Dragons are not only circulated in China, but also in neighboring Japan, which believe in dragons, and in Okinawa, Japan, some fishermen can still see their belief in Chinese green dragons in their homes, in addition to this, the most proof that the dragon has appeared is that there is a dragon specimen in the collection of TheRayuji Temple in Osaka, Japan.
It is said that the dragon specimen was extradited by China around the fourth year of Meiji (1871 AD), when Chinese fishermen, while passing through the riverbank, met a dying dragon, so they knocked him unconscious, and sold him to a Japanese merchant, who in turn offered the dragon to General Akasawa.
General Aungsawa loved it, in order not to let it escape, he also built a cage, but the dragon's injuries became more and more serious, and it did not take long to die, and General Akasa also had a serious illness after the death of the dragon, and he thought that the spirit of the dragon did not rest, so he sent the dragon to the Ruilong Temple.
The temple lord made this dragon embalmed, and in order to make it more majestic, he specially painted it gold. This dragon is about 1 meter long, with horns on its head and a clear visible tooth in its mouth, which is very similar to the dragon in our Chinese legend, and some relevant experts in Japan said that this dragon may be a real dragon.
However, due to the prohibition of sampling investigation at Ruilong Temple, there has been no conclusion, and it is said that Ruilong Temple also has specimens of kappa and mermaids, but like dragons, it is difficult to obtain evidence.