2024 is the Year of the Dragon in China, and the Chinese refer to themselves as the dragon, which is the totem of the Chinese nation. As a descendant of the dragon, I believe that most people do not have a comprehensive understanding of the legend of the dragon, but it is still very troublesome to collect. Then here comes our blessings!
China Social Sciences Press, on the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, grandly launched "Chenlong Time and Space Journey", six special cover ideas for you to choose, but the content is the same, that is, according to your different preferences, choose your favorite one. After all, the cover of a book you like can make you feel a lot happier, and you have the urge to open it casually.
The content of this book is divided into two parts. The first part adopts a vertical layout of text, echoing the ancient Chinese writing form, allowing us to feel the mysterious majesty of the ancient dragon culture. Myths, fables, and cultural knowledge related to dragons are described in detail.
The image of the dragon in the mythology ——— have crocodile eyes, antlers, bull noses, canine teeth, catfish whiskers, snake bodies, fish scales, lion mane, and eagle claws. No one can deny its existence, and no one can affirm its non-existence. The dragon saw the head but did not see the tail, and it has been circulating in the community.
The five great dragons recorded in ancient mythology, Ying Long, Candle Dragon, Bingyi, Five-clawed Golden Dragon, and Green Dragon, all have a legendary story, which is recorded in detail in the book, and I am convinced. These five divine dragons have their respective positions in the five elements: "wood, fire, earth, metal, and water". And by extension, "growth, energy, fusion, accumulation, infiltration". Therefore, the natural world corresponds to the five great dragons.
After the fables and legends, the knowledge of the museum, is really eye-opening, not only learned knowledge, but also had the honor to witness the treasure of the wisdom of the ancient people, I really don't know that it weighs 92How was the bronze dragon, which is 5,000 catties, 240 centimeters long and 100 centimeters wide, built?The wisdom of our ancestors really makes modern people ashamed.
What is eye-catching in this book is that the first and second parts of the book awaken us from ancient myths and legends and vertical writing through an unfolding picture of the dragon dance in the prosperous era, indicating that we have come to a new era, and the text has also begun to be introduced in the way of modern writing, horizontal writing.
The second part brings together festivals, people, celestial phenomena, intangible cultural heritage, food, plants, regions, etc. related to dragons. The second part is turned from right to left, and the first part is turned from left to right, and the convergence formed in the middle is also a major feature of this book.
Through the introduction of festivals, we know the festivals of ethnic minorities, such as the traditional festival of the Miao people in Xiangxi "watching the dragon field", if you do farm work on the day of "watching the dragon", it is a taboo. It can be seen that people attach great importance to the festival, and it also shows how much people attach importance to the dragon.
In this book, we introduce the descendants of the dragon, we know the great calligraphers, painters, female architects, etc., no matter what your status, as long as you can make outstanding contributions in ordinary positions, people will always be remembered. For example, Wang Xiaobo, who died young, his words have been passed down to this day——— all the pain of people is essentially anger at their own incompetence. ”
Written at the end: The text is also interspersed with hundreds of dragon-related visual, sculpture and cultural and creative works newly created by well-known contemporary artists and designers in China, allowing users to feel the mysterious majesty of dragon culture through various myths and fables.
The text is printed in full color, a total of four colors (red, white, black and gold) corresponding to the content of the four major plates, which still leaves a large number of blanks, you can write feelings and heartfelt words, it is an excellent product to doodle with children or gift to friends!