The Dragon ranks fifth among the twelve zodiac animals. There are many legends about dragons, but the most widespread one is the folk tale of “two dragons playing with pearls”. Dragon is an amphibian in ancient legends. It originated from the Chinese totem culture. The three emperors and five emperors in ancient times used dragon as their totem. Pearl, namely pearl and night pearl, is a symbol of auspiciousness. People like to hold dragon dance performance in festivals and celebrations. When dancing, one person holds a colored ball (also known as a colored ball) to play with the two dragons, which is called two dragons playing with the ball or two dragons playing with the ball. This form of dragon dance and the Dragon painting patterns that appeared later were all derived from a folk tale. The following China story net Xiaobian will bring you a detailed introduction. Let’s have a look!
It is said that there is a deep pool in the Tianchi mountain where two green dragons cultivate themselves. They care about the suffering of the people nearby and often travel to sow rain and wind, so that the people can live a peaceful life without worry about food and clothing. The two dragons are also loved by people. Tianchi Lake is also the place where celestial fairies bathe. When the moon is clean and the wind is clear, fairies come here to bathe and play. Once, when the fairies were having a good time washing in the pool, a hairy monster rushed over and flirted with the naked fairies. They shouted for help. When the two green dragons heard the cry for help, they immediately ran to Tianchi Lake in armor and weapons. They saw that a bear monster was retreating from the wild. The two dragons fought bravely with one heart. The bear monster was defeated and captured.
The fairies told the queen mother about the rescue of the green dragon. The queen mother was so kind that she took a gold bead from the treasure gourd and sent it to Qinglong to make them succeed in cultivation as soon as possible. There is only one golden pearl. No one wants to swallow it alone. Give it to me and I’ll push it to you. Pushing around, a golden bead jumped up and down between the two dragons, glittering. After a long time, the Jade Emperor was alarmed by this matter and hurriedly sent Taibai Jinxing down to earth for inspection.
After the inspection of Taibai Jinxing, he reported to the jade emperor the virtue of cultivating the two green dragons with great concentration, kindness and loyalty. The Jade Emperor was also moved, so he took out another gold bead and sent it to Qinglong. Therefore, they each swallowed a golden pearl and became the God in charge of the fate of the people.
The common people did not forget that Qinglong benefited people and admired their virtues, so they built a temple to worship them at four seasons. Over time, from worshiping the dragon to entertaining the dragon dance, it has been transformed into a festive and auspicious dragon painting. The dragon dance and painting patterns of double dragons playing with beads are mostly in the posture of walking dragons, showing the form of Double Dragons ascending and descending and pushing golden beads. The golden beads are dancing between the two dragons. The patterns of “double dragons playing with beads” often appear in murals, dyeing and weaving, embroidery, carving and casting, and can be seen almost everywhere in daily life. The folk art form of “two dragons playing with beads” has a good wish to celebrate the harvest and pray for good luck. Disclaimer: the above content originates from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. Please inform us if your original copyright is infringed, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.