How did the Zodiac Dragon come from?

There are many stories about the origin of dragons. Inferred from Wen Yiduo, the clan with snake as totem has successively merged many other totem clans, forming a dragon totem with snake as the main body, horse head, raccoon tail, antlers, dog claws, fish scales and whiskers mixed.

The dragon in ancient mythology is not sacred and inviolable. Nu Wa made up the sky by refining stones, and "killed the black dragon to help Jizhou". After the Han Dynasty, the dragon became a symbol of imperial power. The emperor wears a dragon robe, sits in a dragon chair, rides a dragon boat and sits on a dragon boat. After the emperor died, he was called Yulong Tian Bin. In the Qing Dynasty, the dragon robe combined with nine golden dragons as the "Ninth Five-Year Plan", and there are countless dragon patterns in the Forbidden City in Beijing. People will suffer if they use dragon patterns.

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In fact, the ancients generally arranged the zodiac from the living environment and intimacy with animals and plants. For example, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs and chickens, the "six animals" that people first pay attention to, are all selected for the zodiac without exception. Dragon is one of the 12 zodiac animals, but it is not because of its "noble" status that it ranks first. One of the important reasons is invisibility, which has no practical value in reality.

As for why the mouse ranks first, the fairy tale is like this: heaven and earth are chaotic and dark, and the mouse bites out a hole, so light appears. It is not surprising that rats have made great contributions to the benefit of the world. In fact, in the long history, no matter whether people are rich or poor, rats always accompany them and keep up with the pace of people's lives.

At the same time, in folklore such as "Rats steal oil" and "Rats marry", this clever and interesting little animal is impressive. Modern science and technology further show that mice are the animals with the most similar genes to humans except advanced primates. It can be seen that it makes sense for smart and individual mice to rank first in the zodiac.

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