Legend: "Snakes turn into pythons in a hundred years, dragons in a thousand years, dragons in ten thousand years, only snake skins, no corpses." It means that if the snake can grow for a hundred years, it can form a giant python, become a dragon after a thousand years, become a legendary dragon after ten thousand years, if the snake can grow all the time, it can turn into a dragon, and it will not see the corpse, which is also the reason why the snake is peeled off the skin and cannot see the snake corpse.
So is this really the case? Snakes are just legends, first of all, the lifespan of snakes is generally only about 20 years, only a very few species can live to about 30 years old, it is impossible to grow into pythons in a hundred years; secondly, there are many varieties of snakes, there are more than 200 kinds of continents, the size of snakes can grow is not dependent on age, but its species, some snakes will not be too big even if they grow for decades, mainly the limitations of varieties.
Finally, the dragon is a legendary existence, and now there is no evidence of the real existence of the dragon, and the transformation of snakes into dragons or dragons is just people's imagination. Seeing snakeskin is easier to explain, because snake molting is mainly for growth needs, every time the skin body will be larger, there is another reason, that is, to get rid of parasites, because snakes are easily parasitized by parasites, it has no hands and feet, and when molting, it can get rid of body surface parasites.
So why can't you see the carcasses of snakes? Mainly related to the ecological cycle of nature, if the snake dies of old age, it will be swallowed by other animals, which is a purification process in nature and will not waste every "grain". In addition, there are very few snakes that really die naturally, because when they are about to grow old, their physical strength declines, they are easily preyed upon by other predators, and they cannot find corpses.
Even if snakes die naturally, it is difficult to detect, because snakes are nocturnal, hiding in stone crevices, or tree holes, or nests during the day, and their ability to go out to hunt or move when they are close to death is greatly reduced, and most deaths are not found in stone crevices or nests.
The mainland has a history of civilization of 5,000 years, and on the mainland, no matter how remote the place is, no matter how prosperous the place, from the urban area to the village, there are all kinds of legends, even an old willow tree in the village pond, and its own legendary life.
And the Yangtze River as the largest river in the mainland, various legends are emerging in an endless stream, especially the legend of "walking jiao", some old people said: snakes grow to a certain extent, the head will grow horns, it will become a jiao. Then take the opportunity of the big water to walk the jiao, and if the jiao is successful, you can turn into a dragon, so is this really the case? There are 3 legends about the Yangtze River Dragon that are relatively widely circulated, I don't know if you have heard of it.
Legend: In the 1930s, when the Yangtze River broke its current and exposed the water, the river workers dug up the silt on the riverbed and found a white pillar with a thick sea bowl, as if it had been carefully polished. At that time, I didn't know what it was, but with people's curiosity, they dug deeper and deeper, and when they dug to a depth of seven or eight meters, they hadn't dug it out yet. At this time, some people who "know the goods" recognize that this is actually a vertebrae.
It is said that this vertebrae is very huge, far beyond the cognition of the creatures, section by section silt in the sediment under the water, because it is really huge, it was mistaken for a white pillar, and later some people said that this is the vertebrae of the dragon, the dragon did not succeed in the robbery, and the bones remained in the Yangtze River after death, and it was rumored to be divine.
Second, the legend: when the Yangtze River is walking Jiaojiao, it is angry with the sky, forming a wild storm, flash floods, mudslides followed, and the jiao did not turn into a dragon, can not fly, can only use the flow of water to run to the East Sea, the process of swimming produces a strong impact, the water wave is even as high as several meters high, if there is a ship sailing in the Yangtze River, the light subversion sinks, the heavy is fragmented.
Third, the legend: walking Jiao will usually be accompanied by the river rise and even flood, and people do not want to bring serious consequences in the process of walking Jiao, they will carve dragon heads on the murals of bridges or pillars when building bridges, and use blood vein suppression methods to prevent dragons from destroying bridges from then on.
Especially in some areas such as Sichuan, Hunan, hubei and other areas in the middle of the Yangtze River, some elderly people say: When flash floods and mudslides come, jiaolong will accompany the powerful water flow, go down the river, drag down bridges, houses and even wash away embankment farmland, the destructive power is amazing, so jiaolong is also called "evil dragon".
Legend 1: The conjecture of digging out a giant vertebrae
The vertebrae are generally fish or large creatures, bones left behind after death, so are there large fish in the Yangtze River? Or is it a large creature? The answer is yes, not only giant fish, but also whales have also entered the Yangtze River, and it may also be fossils of ancient animals.
There are many giant fish and giant fish in the Yangtze River, especially in ancient times, large fish such as chinese sturgeon and white sturgeon that are several meters long may be mistaken or falsely rumored after death. In particular, the white sturgeon, recorded white sturgeon up to 7.5 meters long, this is only recorded, the individual without the record may be larger.
Are there whale bones and whales in the Yangtze River? No, but whales run a lot of strands every year, and it is not uncommon to stray into fresh water from seawater, if a whale strays into the Yangtze River from the mouth of the Yangtze River, due to its inability to adapt to fresh water, it slowly dies, rots after death, and the bones are buried by sediment and are just dug out, which is not impossible.
Ancient giant beast fossils and continents are one of the countries with the richest fossil resources in the world, and many well-known fossil production areas at home and abroad, such as Chengjiang in Yunnan, Rehe in Western Liaoning, Wong'an in Guizhou, Shanwang in Shandong, and Zhoukoudian in Beijing. In ancient times, the Yangtze River Basin was very rich in the population and number of dinosaurs, and it was not impossible to find fossils in the Yangtze River after death.
Giant snakes, the mainland now has only one giant snake, that is, the Burmese python, and the Burmese python likes to move at the water's edge the most, their bodies are huge, there is a recorded Burmese python length of 9.75 meters, such a large python after death The length of the skeleton is amazing, it may be mistaken for a dragon.
Giant vertebrae, are whale vertebrae, or fossils of ancient behemoths, or the bones of large pythons are possible, giant fish or whales after death, the bones take a long time to be decomposed, and the fossils of ancient behemoths exist for a longer time, it is possible to be mistaken for the bones of dragons.
Legend 2: Torrential rains, flash floods, mudslides
In the process of walking jiao, it is often accompanied by torrential rain, flash floods, mud and rock flows, why are these natural phenomena exist when walking jiaojiao? Why is it that in sunny weather, or in weather with a good line of sight, dragons have not been found? In fact, a big reason is just to see the flowers in the fog.
Wind and waves, the mainland ancient understanding of typhoons is not much, and the coastal areas will appear every year typhoons, accompanied by typhoons are storms and rain, and the Yangtze River is relatively wide, easy to form huge waves, some small boats are likely to be overturned by huge waves, if there is no reasonable explanation after the overturning, it may be attributed to the dragon, that is, the dragon turned over and shook the mountain.
Wash down the bridge, flood the farmland, in the rainy weather, as the rain continues to fall, the ground soon has water, and the ancient drainage measures are relatively poor, flash floods mixed with a large number of water weeds, and washed down the trees down the water, it is normal to wash down the bridge, and even landslides form a dammed lake to flood the farmland is not impossible.
Mudslides, as heavy rains fall, streams on the mountain that if not drained well, form mudslides, and the places where the mudslides flow are like the traces of a python crawling. Perhaps when a mudslide is formed, the giant python will be swept down by the water, because the stream of the mountain stream is not only relatively close to the water source, but there are more caves in these places, which is the habitat that the python likes.
Misunderstanding, remember some time ago, someone photographed a giant creature, swimming in the Yangtze River, guessing that it was a python, and later confirmed that it was a soft water pipe, the water pipe with the flow of water, as well as the waves, just like swimming around in the water, in fact, it is just a modern object. (Protect the environment in the Yangtze River, do not litter) Nor does it rule out the possibility that after heavy rains in ancient times, the fallen trees entering the Yangtze River were mistaken for dragons.
Strong winds and waves overturn boats, as the rain falls, rainwater mixed with floating objects to wash down bridges, poor rejection to form mudslides, dammed lakes or excessive rainfall to flood farmland, these reasons may be considered dragons at work.
Legend three, bloodline suppression
"Bloodline suppression" generally refers to the ability of animals with noble bloodlines to restrain animals with ordinary bloodlines, so that they can't help but fear. So is there really blood suppression between animals, or between dragons and dragons?
Why do the wolves, the tigers, run away when they see the tiger, and the mouse also runs away when they see the cat? Is this blood suppression? In fact, whether it is a wolf seeing a tiger or a mouse seeing a cat's escape behavior, it is mainly to protect itself, because the vigilance of animals in nature is relatively strong, especially when encountering animals that are larger than themselves, there are very few who do not run away.
Even if the size of the animal is not as large as its own, if it is chased by it, it will still run away, unless the size of the disparity is too large, for example: the tiger encounters an elephant is helpless, mainly the difference in size. For example, "flat-headed brother", this animal will resist even if it encounters animals much larger than itself, but their population density is not large, mainly the behavior of "death", putting themselves in danger.
Between the dragon and the dragon, the dragon has a purpose, that is, to evolve towards the dragon, and the dragon is one level higher than the dragon. The dragon's blood vein is lower than the dragon's blood vein, and the dragon's portrait is carved on the bridge, or a stone statue of the dragon is placed, so that the dragon does not dare to pass under the bridge to achieve the effect of blood vein suppression, so is this really the case?
Legend has it that the dragon grew antlers, snake bodies, four legs, five claws, glittering scales, etc., and could go to the sky and enter the sea, but this creature was not found from the fossils, and the ancient documents only recorded, no substantial evidence, but various legends emerged endlessly. The creature closest to the dragon is the snake, although the limbs of the snake are degenerated, it can be seen that there were traces of the limbs, and some snakes can reach more than 10 meters in length, so it is not surprising that there are legends of snakes turning into dragons.
The term "blood suppression" is not known when it came into being, but now it seems that there is no blood vein suppression between animals, but only out of instinct and a keen sense of danger. In my opinion, it is a manifestation of not putting yourself in danger, because animals are in danger of survival in the wild, and the first consideration is their own safety, which is a manifestation of escaping after encountering danger, not "blood suppression".
Finally: Why is there a legend of "walking jiao"? Because some things in ancient times could not be explained scientifically and reasonably, the ancients regarded unexplainable things as the actions of "ghosts and gods", or told stories to form legends, giving a kind of psychological comfort. With the development of modern science, some incomprehensible things are explained by science, such as:
Climatic reasons caused by violent storms, flooding farmland, washing bridges, etc., in ancient times, generally used "heavenly anger" to describe, meaning: "Heavenly gong is angry, and the evil is very serious." Mainly for the reasons for the formation of this climate, there is no reasonable explanation, thinking that it is to offend the heavens, with the development of science and technology, this natural phenomenon has long been cracked.
The legend about "walking jiao" can be understood as a positive spirit, only if it is strong, has a long lifespan, and has passed through various tribulations, there will be a day when it becomes a dragon. I remember that there is a very classic sentence in a novel, that is, "May everyone in the world be like a dragon", which can be understood as the possibility of everyone becoming a superior person, as long as they are willing to work hard, as long as they are willing to endure hardships, they will succeed, what do you think?