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It is said that Fuxi Nuwa's "human head and snake body" is the origin of the "dragon totem" of the Chinese nation in ancient times.
Fuxi Nuwa is the bloodline of the Huaxu clan, and the Yellow Emperor also inherits the Huaxu clan, and also uses the dragon as a totem-
This is an important manifestation of the blood thicker than water in the kinship of the Chinese nation and the passing of the torch from generation to generation in culture.
Further, since the Fuxi Nuwa, to the Five Emperors, and even the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties established by the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, the Chinese nation has always been the same blood and culture.
Then, during the period of the Yellow Emperor, in addition to the dragon totem, there was also a phoenix totem.
Why does the phoenix totem appear? What deep-seated secrets does the totem of "Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dance" imply in the Yellow Emperor era?
First of all, the dragon flies and the phoenix dances, and there is a phoenix to come
The Yellow Emperor is also known as Xuanyuan and Xiong, Xuanyuan represents advanced technology, and Xiong represents majestic power.
Bear is the original tribal name of the Yellow Emperor, Dayu as a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, the legend has turned into a bear to control the water, which also has a secret coincidence.
In the legend, the Yellow Emperor has six clans: bear, 罴, pi, 貅, 貙, and tiger, all of which are named after beasts and take them as totems.
But these totems are the "sub" totems of each tribe, and the Yellow Emperor tribe is in the same vein as Fuxi Nuwa, and its central totem is the dragon.
In traditional Chinese culture, the southern occupancy beast is one of the four spirits, the red bird, and the southern tribes are also named after birds.
The rise of the phoenix totem shows that the tribes of southern China are gradually integrating into the tribe of the Yellow Emperor and are becoming more and more high.
The rise of the phoenix totem and the gradual comparison with the dragon also shows the great historical process of the confluence of the north and the south of the Chinese nation, deep integration, and unification.
Secondly, "Out of the East, the Land of Gentlemen"
The phoenix is the king of birds, and the cloud of "Confucius Yantu": "The phoenix is the fire spirit, the Dan acupoint, the non-sycamore does not live, the non-bamboo does not eat, the non-Liquan does not eat, the body is equipped with five colors, the five tones in the song, there is a way to see, and the birds are from it." ”
Said the text to explain the word cloud: "(Phoenix) from the East, the country of gentlemen", "Seeing the world is peaceful".
During the period of the Yellow Emperor, in addition to pacifying the world, he also made significant historical progress: such as inventing boats and chariots, serving oxen and horses, making clothes, developing medicine, creating music and rhythms, customizing calendars, using mathematics, and so on.
The Yellow Emperor went from missing the form of the phoenix to seeing is believing, and achieved his long-cherished wish - "there is a phoenix to come", as the so-called "there is a way, you will see".
This legend symbolizes the beautiful landscape of the Yellow Emperor's eventual rule of the world, the cultivation of martial arts, and the promotion of civilization and progress.
People may ask: Why have bears and tigers gradually faded out of the history of totems, and why have dragons and phoenixes become the deep totems of Chinese culture?
First, the dragon and phoenix represent Tai Chi.
The dragon and the wind fit the "way of one yin and one yang".
The flying of the dragon and phoenix actually embodies the essence of Tai Chi, embodying the majesty and softness of Tai Chi.
It can be said that the ancients compared the state of Tai Chi to the state of the dragon and the phoenix, and it can also be said that the ancients described the dragon and the phoenix as the state of the Tai Chi.
In short, the dragon and phoenix culture is a pictographic culture, a unified culture, and a culture that unifies masculinity and femininity.
Second, the dragon and phoenix diagram is a three-dimensional, dynamic Taiji diagram.
The Taiji diagram we see every day is flat and static, and it is a simplified Taiji diagram.
The dragon and phoenix diagram is actually a more three-dimensional, more vivid, and more vivid Taiji diagram.
The yin-yang fish we often talk about can actually be said to be the yin-yang "snake".
The yin and yang "dragon" of the two dragons playing with pearls, as well as the yin and yang "dragon and phoenix" of the dragon and phoenix, etc., are actually equivalent to yin and yang fish.
Because they can all express the rotation and movement of the reverse position, they are actually different and vividly expressed Taiji diagrams.
Therefore, the "phoenix" totem not only embodies the colorful softness and colorful culture, but also more profoundly, the traditional dragon and phoenix pattern is actually a widely spread Taiji diagram.
Thirdly, the dragon and phoenix embody the spirit of soaring
One yin and one yang, in which there is a Tao, one soft and one rigid, in which there is a Tao.
In essence, the Taiji diagram is never flat, but three-dimensional, and it is never static, but moving.
As a Taiji diagram of rotating movement, the dragon and phoenix represent self-improvement and virtue!
As the great totem of the Chinese nation, the dragon and phoenix represent the great culture of soaring!
Continued in the next issue.