The sky and earth, the basilisk, and the yellow, there are four colors of dragons, red, black, white, and blue, which correspond to the four poles.
The red color is fire, which is said to be transformed by the emperor. The green dragon is the god of rain. The white dragon is even holy. The black dragon is sin. Buddhism and Taoism each have their own borrowings, but the dragon is nothing more than a great serpent and will not exist.
The dragon is China and other East Asian region of ancient myths and legends of the gods and animals, for the long scale insects. Commonly used to symbolize auspiciousness, is one of the most representative of the Chinese people and other East Asian peoples of traditional culture.
The most basic feature of the image of the dragon is "nine like", the specific nine animals is still controversial. Legend has it that it can be visible and hidden, fine and huge, short and long. The spring equinox ascends to the sky, the autumn equinox dives into the abyss, calls the wind and calls the rain, and these are already the image of the dragon developed in the late stage, compared with the original dragon is more complex.
Feudal era, the dragon is a symbol of imperial power, the imperial palace use of artifacts are also decorated with dragons.
The dragon is the fifth of the twelve traditional Chinese zodiac signs, and in the Ninth Book of Rites, along with the phoenix, the tortoise, and the lynx, it is known as the "Four Spirits". In Western mythology, the dragon is also translated as dragon, but the two are not the same.
The creatures of ancient Chinese folk myths and legends visible in the Chinese classics cannot be found as entities in reality, but the constituents of their images originate from reality and play the role of dispelling evil spirits, avoiding calamities and praying for good fortune.