Shi Longzi, when he was young, we would often go to the field and catch it to play, we all called him "stone drill dog" in his hometown, this small animal can be said to be unable to fight with the dog eight rods, and I don't know why its name in the hometown is related to the dog. (Image from IC photo)
The distribution area of Shilongzi is very extensive, and it is distributed in Sichuan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hainan. etc., everywhere. There are many types of stone dragons, and the more widely distributed ones are blue-tailed stone dragons (south of the Yangtze River Basin), copper stone dragons (south China, central China) and so on. (Image from IC photo)
The stone dragon inhabits the mountain weeds and crawls quickly. It is distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and the area south. There are many types of stone dragons, and the distribution is relatively wide, typical of which are blue-tailed stone dragons (south of the Yangtze River Basin), copper stone dragons (south China, central China) and so on. (Image from IC photo)
The dorsal body is clay-colored, generally with 3 longitudinal pale gray lines, and the margins around the scales are pale gray, thus showing a reticular marking. The limbs are well developed, with 5 fingers on the forelimbs, 5 toes on the hind limbs, and hook claws on the fingers and toes. The tail is slender, sharp at the end, easy to break, and can regenerate after breaking. (Image from IC photo)
It contains proteins, peptides, acids, and fats. Unsaturated fatty lipid acids in glycerides account for 80% of total fatty acids, while oleic acid accounts for 40% of B-cells containing epinephrine, proglucogen, and cortisol (Hydrocoritsione). (Image from IC photo)
In China's Two Lakes, Liangguang, Anhui Fujian and other places have the habit of using Chinese stone dragon seeds as ingredients, there is a kind of cake chopped into meat in the Two Guangzhou areas is very popular in the folk, Fujian region uses stone dragon seeds as soup and dishes. (Image from IC photo)
From the Shennong Materia Medica ;(1) Tao Hongjing: "ShiLongzi, there are four kinds of species, a large pure yellow for the snake doctor mother, also known as the snake aunt, not into medicine. Sub-like snake doctor, small shape long tail, see people do not move, the name dragon. (Image from IC photo)
Chaoshan proverb: dog mother snake false dragon
Because shilongzi looks a bit like the legendary dragon, and "dragon" and "spirit" are harmonized in Teochew dialect. Therefore, this saying is to satirize those who like to show off their cleverness, self-righteousness, and self-aggrandizement, and ridicule them for their false spirits, false deeds, and false deeds, but in fact, they have no real skills; the second meaning is that from the literal point of view, the appearance of snakes and dragons is in harmony with each other, and is used to ridicule those who are false and shoddy.
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