The Dragon, a totem
Recently, Mr. Li Shan in the science times published on Dragon and ancient reproduction worship article, try to evolutionary perspective Dragon comes from our ancestors on the observation of biological embryo evolution.
In fact, about the origin of the "Dragon", tidy up intricate divergent hypotheses about painters can be divided into three kinds: the first is animal images, that the Dragon is a deformation of animal images, or from a main image on the comprehensive features of various animals; the second view, i.e. embryos said that this view is in the 1980s the cultural context of the flourishing, Hongshan culture jade vase with the image of a dragon; the third argument is the astronomical said that the Dragon's image from Oriental canglong stars observation, that later was astronomical archaeology scholars support at home and abroad have certain effects.
These three points of view, can also be divided in two classes, the first two preliminary hypothesis can be classified as "Totem hypothesis", the latter may be simple hypothesis "astronomical."
"Astronomical hypothesis" with the world of human cultures similarity, astronomy, archaeologists believe early human civilization, sky observation on people of faith and civilization have a critical impact. Chinese East Dragon star's landing as agricultural production of JI news letter, but since ancient times to ancient farming country, the Chinese nation is available at the survival of the lifeline, China's rulers until the end of the feudal monarch also stressed their timing Foundation's power, it can be said that the imperial power and mixed, Lone Star worship is for."Totemism" reference since modern Western National scientist on the North American Indian, South Pacific Islander and native social belief in Austr
alia. Totem is often identified by a clan ancestors and identity sign, or a certain class and tribal life closely related organisms. Some scholars believe that China is similar to the ancient legend, the "heaven and minimize xuanniao business" records, it is also a reflection of the Totem belief, but due to the different peoples of different biological faith image, such as three's Pan Gu dogs, South yelang "myths" bamboo, Shang "xuanniao", etc, and integrated into the "Dragon" as a symbol of the clan Tribal Fusion total Totem.Mr. Li Shan "in the article said," then the embryo is comprehensive, afterwards made a life for the whole of the total source.
As a cultural hypothesis that these doctrines have their charm, but in the end there can not be disposed to complete.
Mr. Li Shan Shan Yu like human sperm, how can the ancients to what means to observe human sperm cells, even if our ancestors have Mo knows, why not say like sperm is "Hongshan tadpole" but have to be Jade Dragon? Actually, the contemporary Chinese for "Dragon", is more ancient than the revolution of the "Dragon" from the Royal Guard 臠 liberated a mass culture. Stressed the "Dragon" which mainly want to resort to the traditional grandeur image among Dragon, improve the national identity of pride. Some academics have to sit on the origins of the "Dragon", in the absence of empirical, ultimately just "cultural superstition".□ Wang Xiao Xiong (Shanghai Linguistics doctoral)
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