Dragon

Dragon is a symbol of Chinese nation and culture.It is close with Chinese history,culture and civilization.Well,when did the culture of dragon appear?
From paintings of bronze ware in Shangzhou Period,we can know that dragon was set,it has lots of shapes.Early in Xia Dynasty,image of dragon was mature.Through ruins of original society,the mastery about its origin is clear.Dragon originated in late of original society.
Long long ago,as ancestors couldn’t explain most of natural phenomena,they imagined an animal that could control and manage other animals and astronomical phenomena.They concentrated lots of animals’s features on that certain animal,so dragon formed.It has head of camel,body of snake,horns of deer,eyes of tortoise,scales of fish,plams of tiger,claws of eagle and ears of cattle.The composite structure means that dragon is the god of everything.
The indistinct process for dragon’s concentration beagn in New Stone Period,In Qinhan Period,the image was fixed gradually.Later,it developped and improved continuously on the base of its primal characterization.
At present,there are some sayings about dragon’s primary form,and the common one is the keynote of dragon is snake.So here we should know first what’s the keynote.In briefly the keynote is the main trunk of dragon’s development.No matter how it developped,dragon still keeps the basic one.Some parts of its body may be changed in different periods,only body of snake still keep the same.Clans and tribes in the ancient worshipped snake most.Snake has strong vitality,it just fit with the ancient’s wishes.What’s more,snake has huge threat to humans,especially the poisonous snake.People are afraid of it.In the Shanhaijing Book,there are lots of gods which have the bodies of snake.Snake has the multi-nationality,thus we can say it has large mass-based.Therefore dragong keeps the most important part as the body of snake.
Most often we are called descendants of the dragon.Dragon is a supernatural animal.It is the head of phoenix,unicorn and tortoise.It stands for imperial power.Emperors regarded themselves as dragons.During Chinese thousands of years development,dragon has permeated every aspect of Chinese society,being a cultural accumulation.It is a sign and emotion.Chinese people are proud of its culture.In addition,it is spread around the world.Culture of dragon won worldwide recognition.