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The Legend of the Dragon of the Zodiac (Folktales)

author:Xiang Cheng Xiaoyu

Once upon a time, dragons had no horns on their heads. He didn't live in the sea then, but on land. But dragons have a good knack. Not only is he extremely powerful, but he can also go up to the sky and the water, and he can call the wind and rain.

The Legend of the Dragon of the Zodiac (Folktales)

dragon

Because the tiger once served as the Jade Emperor's imperial guard. Therefore, he was named the "King of Beasts" by the Jade Emperor, and the dragon was very dissatisfied with this. He also wants to be the king of beasts. He found the tiger and began to fight with it. The two of them fought for several days and nights, only to fly sand and rocks, the sky was dark, and they could not see who won or lost. Therefore, since then, there has been a saying of "dragon and tiger fighting".

The Legend of the Dragon of the Zodiac (Folktales)

Dragon Tiger Fight

Just a few days ago, the Jade Emperor in the sky was planning to choose the animals on earth to serve as the twelve zodiac signs on earth. When he saw that the dragon and the tiger were fighting, he asked the Tai Bai Star Nether to announce the two of them to the heavenly court, and it was up to him to decide who was the king of beasts. And also let them act as animals in the zodiac.

After the dragon received the decree of the Jade Emperor, he had no choice but to stop fighting with the tiger. But just when he wanted to fly into the sky, he suddenly touched his bare head, and couldn't help but feel worried again, thinking to himself that the Jade Emperor saw my bare head, how could he make me the king of beasts? At this time, his little brother centipede came to him and asked him why he was worried. The dragon told the centipede about the lack of horns on his head. After hearing this, the centipede suddenly patted his head and said loudly: "Brother Long, I heard that the rooster has a pair of horns that are both beautiful and mighty, you might as well borrow them from him!"

So they found the rooster, but they said that the rooster would not lend the dragon his beautiful and imposing horns. The dragon had no choice but to swear to the rooster: "Brother rooster, you can rest assured, after the Jade Emperor has designated me as the "King of Beasts" and selected the twelve zodiac signs, I will definitely return your horns to you, otherwise I will never return to the land for the rest of my life." The centipede on the side also took the opportunity to say, "Brother Rooster, I will be a guarantor for Brother Long, if he doesn't return your horns in the future, you will eat me if you see me!" The rooster saw that the dragon swore and the centipede also made a package ticket, so he lent his pair of horns to the dragon.

After the tiger and the dragon came to the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, the Jade Emperor was very happy to see that both of them were majestic and domineering. He immediately made the tiger the king of the beasts on land, and the dragon the king of the water tribe in the water. Because the tiger used to be his own palace guard. When ranking the zodiac, the tiger is placed in front of the dragon. In this regard, the dragon had nothing to say, so he had to obey the arrangement of the Jade Emperor.

When the dragon came to the Dragon Palace, he thought to himself that if he returned the horns of the rooster to him, then he would not be majestic, and the shrimp soldiers and crabs in this aquarium would not obey him, so he was heartbroken, anyway, he would not return to the land, so he no longer planned to return the horns of the chicken to him.

Besides, the chicken was also chosen by the Jade Emperor as one of the twelve zodiac signs, but after he returned to the world after the election, he waited left and right to return the horns to himself without seeing the dragon. So, every morning, he had to face the east and shout to the sea: "Brother Long, return the horns! Brother Long, return the horns!"

The Legend of the Dragon of the Zodiac (Folktales)

Rooster

At the same time, as soon as he saw a centipede, he was so angry that the crown on the head of the angry man was red and red. And he unceremoniously swallowed the centipede into his stomach in one bite. The centipede was also afraid that the rooster would find him, so he had to hide under the bricks and tiles.

The Legend of the Dragon of the Zodiac (Folktales)

Roosters and centipedes