The thousand-year-old snake demon incarnated as a human and married the mortal Xu Xian, this is the story of "The Legend of the New White Lady". Whether you have seen it or not, I believe everyone is deeply moved by the love between the White Lady and Xu Xian.
In folklore, there are countless myths and stories about snakes, all of which are full of mystery and ancient colors. Even in the zodiac, snakes occupy a place, which indicates that in ancient times, the status of snakes was quite high.
In the past, the old people often said that a snake can become a dragon if it lives for 500 years, and a snake can become a dragon if it lives for a thousand years. However, in the new era of materialist education, it is clear to all of us that there cannot be a giant snake in the world that can survive for 500 or 1,000 years.
The snake has become a mythical existence in people's imagination, symbolizing mystery and sacredness, and is the spiritual sustenance and hope of the old society. They frequently appear in various myths and legends, making people feel both mysterious and curious.
It is said that the body of a snake can extend infinitely, and each molt makes it grow a little bigger, so it is widely believed that snakes can become infinitely huge. It all stems from people's deep reverence and adoration for snakes.
Although the molting of snakes is no longer a mystery, it is still a painful experience for them. For vigorous baby snakes, it may take four or five molts per year, while adult snakes only need one or two.
However, for snakes, if they are lucky, the molting process will soon end and the pain will subside; Unfortunately, the process of molting the snake will last for a long time, and the pain will be prolonged.
Snakes, this mysterious creature, even those who are pregnant or old, can be in danger of their lives during the molting period. However, the world is full of all kinds of giant pythons.
While we may think that snakes have a shorter lifespan than the legendary 1,800 years old, they have a very long lifespan compared to most other creatures.
Although there are some long-lived snakes, most of the snakes in our environment have a relatively short lifespan. Then in 1998, a serious flood disaster occurred in the Yangtze River basin, which left a deep impression on people.
It is generally believed that disasters are often accompanied by strange phenomena, so there is a widespread legend in that flood, which is the "Yangtze River Walking Incident in 98".
Did this event really happen? At that time, people saw a black dragon, is it a true description?
In order to prevent the dragon from damaging the bridges, a sword will be hung under many bridges as a demonstration. However, if someone finds it while walking and calls it a snake instead of a dragon, it will be undone.
At the same time, people often associate the days of wind, rain, thunder and lightning with Jiaolong. Although this event is undoubtedly fantastical and impossible to happen in modern society, some people do claim to have seen a black giant swimming across the Yangtze River.
So, what exactly is this?
According to the latest investigations, this giant fish is most likely the species that survived in the Yangtze River. The outbreak of floods caused various creatures in the Yangtze River to have to drift along with the river so that people were lucky enough to see them.
In fact, there are many records and legends about Jiaolong in ancient China. For example, Zhang Jibai, a native of Dali in the Ming Dynasty, recorded a story of "walking Jiao" that he witnessed in his "History of Ye Yu Barnyard Barnyard History".
Zhang Jibai's Jiaolong in Dali, Yunnan Province, had a bad fate, not only failed to turn into a dragon, but was forgotten by history. But with the rapid development of technology, we have no longer indulged in ancient myths and legends, but have embraced Darwin's theory of evolution and the origin of species.
Perhaps in ancient times, due to the limitations of ideological concepts and cultural knowledge, people could only explain the natural phenomena in front of them through imagination and spread them widely. However, we are no longer bound by these imaginations, but have explored and understood the world through the scientific method.
This "rationalization" may seem confusing to children today. We are a new generation that has received modern education, and the feudal ideas of the past should not affect our scientific judgment.
On the contrary, as the concept of environmental protection and ecological civilization construction continues to deepen in our daily life, we pay more and more attention to the protection of the environment and the development of ecological civilization.
Although snakes exist in our lives and can still trigger fear in us, we cannot use this as an excuse to kill them.