Is there really a reincarnation of the dragon lady in history?

The dragon lady is the family of the dragon king in myths and legends, and is often the daughter of the dragon king. The legendary image of dragon girl originally came from Buddhism.

Buddhist scriptures were translated into Chinese in the Tang Dynasty, so the image of dragon girl introduced by Buddhism first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Before the Tang Dynasty, although there were many dragon gods in local mythology, the image of dragon girl never appeared. But after Buddhism was introduced into China, the story of the Dragon King family was also introduced? . Among the female families of the Dragon King, the dragon lady is the most common one.

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Allusions to the legend of Dragon Lady:

Dragon Lady worships Guanyin:

On both sides of the statue of Master Guanyin, there are a pair of boys and girls, the male is called "Shancai" and the female is called "Dragon Girl". The "dragon girl" described in Buddhist scriptures is the little daughter of the dragon king, who is a famous figure at the Fahua Conference.

Dragon girl is smart and knowledgeable since she was a child. At the age of eight, she was deeply rooted and became a Buddha in public at the Fahua Conference. In order to help avalokitesvara bodhisattva, the dragon lady appeared as a virgin from the Buddha body and became avalokitesvara's right-hand man.

Shan Cai and Long Nv appear in the sculpture group with Guanyin as the main image in Dazu Grottoes in Sichuan, and there are three places with a date * * *: Cave 6 in Shimenshan (in the 11th year of Emperor Gaozong in Southern Song Dynasty11) and Cave 8 in Beita (in the 18th year of Emperor Gaozong in Southern Song Dynasty 165438+).