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As excellent descendants of Yan Huang, we have been the descendants of the dragon since childhood. For the appearance of the dragon, the form is naturally also clear.
But you know what? This domineering, mighty dragon is actually constantly changing, not at first
long
This is what we remember now.
Dragons also have it
"Ancient Dragon"; "Medieval Dragon" and "Modern Dragon"
The difference. So today we will talk about the appearance of dragons at different times
Dragons first originated in the early Neolithic period, 8,000 years from today.
Known as the "first jade dragon in China", the C-shaped dragon,
The horse's face is long-maned, and its body resembles a curved hook
It was found as a sacrificial jade artifact of the "Red Mountain Culture" at that time.
In the Shang Dynasty, dragons appeared as a strange form of divine beasts, and the dragons of this stage were also the period of the most morphological differentiation, they looked strange, some had horns, some had hornless, some had curly noses, some had long noses, some had dragon scales, and some did not.
The image of these dragons
Mainly carved on bronze ceremonial vessels, it gives a sense of mystery, savage and primitive and full of power.
In the Zhou Dynasty, the humanistic color was more intense, and it is said that the Zhou people
At the time of the cutting of merchants, there was a mouth title
Jade silicon
The red phoenix, which fell on the temple of Zhou, represented the heavens descending to Zhou.
So the dragon in the Zhou Dynasty period was more of a kind
The image of the phoenix appears
The crown of the phoenix was placed on the dragon's body, so that the dragon had a little less of the vicious feeling of the Shang Dynasty.
In the Qin Dynasty, the land of China was unified, and the image of the dragon was more standardized, and the image of the dragon on the Qin hollow brick was a good representative.
Most of the dragons of the Han Dynasty appear on the tomb murals and paintings, represented by the painted paintings unearthed in Mawangdui in Changsha, most of which are "S" shaped in the body.
Long horns; pointed ears; animal feet; snake body, long roar of neck
, there is a great tendency to take off.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the dragon at this time appeared a new form due to
Regime changes, wars raged, and many people were displaced, but they accelerated the cultural development of all ethnic groups.
At this time, people are more pursuing a spiritual life, so the shape of the dragon in this period is more manifested
Flying in the air, fluttering and dashing
The status of the state.
After the Song Dynasty, the "modern dragon" appeared,
The form of the dragon is basically fixed, they are meandering and colorful, and the whole body is gorgeous.
The horns of the head change from short to long, appearing fork-shaped, the upper palate changes from curls to straight, the mouth changes from deep to shallow, the body is elongated, the whiskers are long and flowing, and the posture is more coordinated.
This time is the basic stereotype of national culture, so the dragon at this time has less of the fierceness of the Middle Ages and more of a sense of majesty.
The dragon of this time is also the prototype of the dragon in later paintings.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the dragon totem was widely used in various occasions, ceramics, architecture, embroidery... and has continued to this day.
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