The Year of the Dragon, the dragon, is the only zodiac sign that cannot find the real animals in existence.
However, with the dragon in this zodiac, it is as if there is the whole natural world. From the dragon, you can see not only the images of many animals, but also the images of plants and celestial phenomena.
What are the flora, fauna and even celestial phenomena? Let's try to find a possible answer.
Dragon, the animal of the zodiac sign expansion pack. Among the 12 zodiac signs, the "six animals" that have been domesticated by humans - cows, horses, sheep, chickens, dogs, and pigs account for half. There are also rats, tigers, rabbits, snakes, monkeys, and other real animals that people often say are common.
Dragons are in a class of their own, and there is no one-to-one real animal that everyone can agree on. There are even views that dragons are prototypes such as pine, rainbow, and lightning.
And when looking for its animal archetype, the main thing is one: it is worthy of all the good things in this world.
In ancient books, there is a description of the dragon's "horns like a deer, a head like a camel, eyes like a rabbit, a neck like a snake, a belly like a mirage, scales like a fish, claws like an eagle, palms like a tiger, and ears like a cow". Later, everyone also had their own version of "Dragons Have Nine Likenesses" in their hearts.
What are the animals that can compete for the dragon archetype independently?
The voices are relatively high, such as alligators, pythons and silkworms.
In ancient times, the Chinese alligator was called 鼍 (tuó), and the folk were commonly known as "earth dragon" or "pig dragon". It is an ancient and rare animal unique to our country and a "close relative" of dinosaurs. Isn't it kissing with the "dragon"!
It is said that the dragon "ascends to the sky at the spring equinox, and dives into the abyss at the autumn equinox". The water body is the main activity place of the Chinese alligator. Moreover, the roar of the Chinese alligator was also a forecast for the thunderstorm weather of the ancestors. The alligator courtships and mates during the rainy season, and the loud cry during the courtship seems to have its own filter for the wind and rain.
But it can dive into the abyss, but it can't reach the sky. As a small crocodile, to become a dragon, it is a little less powerful.
In this way, the silkworm is not even mighty, how can it be one of the versions of the dragon prototype?
This is because in some areas, the dragon worshipped by the ancestors of horse herding and silkworm raising is a silkworm with a horse's head and scales.
There are different theories about the prototype of the dragon, and with the dragon in the zodiac, it is as if there is the whole natural world. This may also be a kind of diversity and inclusiveness of dragon culture. (CCTV news client).