The origin of the legend of Dapeng Eating Dragon
The legend of Dapeng eating dragons in Journey to the West was proposed by Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was looking for a sutra collector in the Eastern Tang Dynasty and personally told the Tang King Li Shimin about the magic of the Jinlan Robe:
"This robe, the dragon draped in a wisp, to avoid the scourge of the great peng silkworm, and the crane hangs a trace, and it is extraordinary and holy."
In fact, the story of the Roc bird eating 180,000 dragons a year comes from the Myoho Lotus Sutra, which mentions that the Garou Luo in the eight parts of the Heavenly Dragon devours one Naga king and five hundred nagas every day.
Later generations translated Garou luo as dapeng golden-winged bird, and Naga translated it as dragon. Five hundred a day, exactly eighteen thousand a year.
Dragon liver and phoenix marrow is the main dish in the Journey to the West banquet
At the peach festival held by the Queen Mother's mother, Sun Wukong ran to the scene to make trouble, and the main dish he saw was "dragon liver and phoenix marrow, bear paw and orangutan lips." ”
In order to thank the Buddha for surrendering Sun Wukong to the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor specially held an Antian Assembly for him, and the main dish was also "Dragon Liver and Phoenix Chalcedony, Jade Liquid Peach." ”
It can be seen that the dragon liver and phoenix marrow are a famous dish in the Journey to the West, and it is definitely not the liver of the real dragon and the marrow of the phoenix. Although the status of the dragon in the Journey to the West is not very high, the phoenix is the head of the birds and the status is revered.
The peacock bred by the phoenix is revered by Lingshan as the Buddha mother Peacock Daming King Bodhisattva, and his status is very noble.
So no one dares to hunt the phoenix casually, this dragon liver phoenix marrow is just a dish, and it is a vegetarian dish, because it is the Buddha who is entertained.
Dragons are true or false
The Jinghai Dragon King was about to be beheaded for violating the Heavenly Rules, and he interceded with Li Shimin, the King of Tang, and told him the classification of the dragons. He said that Li Shimin was the True Dragon Heavenly Son, and that he was just a karmic dragon, and that he had come to ask for help because he was about to be beheaded by The Cao official Wei Zheng.
What does karmic dragon mean, that is, evil dragon, evil dragon, in short, not the orthodox good dragon, so his nine sons have good and bad, the West Sea Dragon King said, "This is the dragon born of nine kinds, nine kinds of different." ”
The authentic Dragon Prince, the Third Prince, Xiao Bailong, once proudly explained to Sun Wukong the reason for the formation of the dragon:
"If I pee in the water, the fish swimming in the water will eat Jackie Chan."
This statement of his was confirmed by the Dragon King of Hongjiang, because Tang Monk's father, Chen Guangrui, had once saved him, and he had also saved Chen Guangrui's life in Hongjiang:
"Sir, the golden carp that you put in the former is me."
In this way, the group of dragons is much larger, because there are many, many false dragons.
In Journey to the West, Dapeng mainly eats people
When Sun Wukong first inquired about the intelligence, he still learned the specific answer from the mouth of Xiao Zhenfeng, the Dapeng Golden Wing Eagle was five hundred years ago, he ate the king of the lion camel city, the civil and military bureaucrats, the men and women of the city, and then became the king of the lion camel country himself.
Lion Camel City is the royal city of the Lion Camel Country, how can there be tens of thousands of people, but Dapeng has eaten all the people of a city, and he has become the king, and there is no mention of him eating dragons.
Later, when the Buddha came to him alive at the invitation of Sun Wukong, he himself said to the Buddha, "I eat human flesh here, and I have received infinite use!" If you are hungry and spoil me, you are guilty", so it can be seen that he loves to eat or is a man.
In fact, Dapeng eats snakes
The allusion to the fact that Garoula swallowed 500 nagas a day comes from ancient India, and the dragons in the ancient Indian population are different from our traditional dragons, and the dragon they called the original name of the naga is actually a cobra.
In India in South Asia, the local cobra is very common. The Roc Golden-winged Eagle is a carving, and the snake is one of his favorite foods, so he loves to eat it.
The eating of cobras by the Roc Golden-winged Eagle is a blessing for Indians, which is beneficial and harmless, so there is a legend that dapeng eats five hundred dragons in one day.