"Our modern Eastern people's impression of dragons is that of a dragon that looks like a snake, has scales and claws, can fly into the sky and dive, and can make rain and clouds."

"In fact, historians and archaeologists have discovered that as early as the Wei, Jin and even before the Han Dynasty, the mainstream view of the dragon's shape was actually a four-legged animal with scales and horns, similar to a liger. For details, you can refer to the current popular

The image of an ornament and statue of Pixiu to ward off evil spirits.”

"And there is also the four-legged and winged Yinglong, which is the source of dragons and is similar to the dragon god. This has great similarities with the giant dragons and fire dragons in Western legends."

"After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the shape of the dragon began to be gradually elongated by people's artistic processing. By the Tang and Song Dynasties, the long snake-shaped dragon appeared in later generations. Therefore, the architectural sculptures of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the emperor's dragon robe

The shape of the rusted dragon is very different from the dragons of ancient times."

"Of course, there are also dragons that are similar to long snakes, such as dragons, horned dragons and chilongs!"

Because there were many foreigners present who did not understand Dongguan, every time Xie Zihao spoke a few words, he would stop and wait for Sophia to translate for those people.

With his family background, he still has a good way of talking about these things, so he gradually became more confident and became fluent in the language.

The people below, both foreigners and Dongguo people, nodded repeatedly. It was easier for them to understand what Xie Zihao said than to read the information themselves.

"There are different legends about dragons giving birth to nine sons in our country. In fact, as far as I understand, they are just a name for different types of dragons. Just like the people of the East believe that nine is the ultimate number, they like to use nine to refer to many.

The situation is the same, but the dragon did not actually give birth to nine dragon sons."

At this time, a young foreigner with red hair and a few small freckles on his face raised his hand.

Sophia indicated that he could pronounce it, and the boy excitedly said to Xie Zihao:

"I can understand that the dragon that Mr. Xie said gave birth to nine sons is like the setting of dragons in DND, with many branches and countless subspecies and dragon-born creatures?"

After Sophia translated, Xie Zihao nodded and said to the boy with a smile:

"Yes, I have also learned about the DND that this gentleman is talking about. It is true that whether it is in China or Europe, there is a saying that dragons are more promiscuous and have reproduced with many different creatures to produce batches of dragon subspecies."

It seemed that the little red-haired man was very excited because of the recognition from the expert Xie Zihao.

Xie Zihao could clearly feel that this little foreigner had a good impression of him, just like the reverent attitude of a student who met some really capable professors at school.

This made him somewhat embarrassed. After all, he was an expert from a wild background and had no certificate!

But he had a very good impression of the little red-haired boy.

So he continued to explain:

"The ancients divided dragons into four categories according to their shapes. Those with scales are called dragons; those with wings are called Yinglong; those with horns are called Qiulong; and those without horns are called Chi. I think this statement is more reliable.

of."

Of course, what he didn’t say was that according to the Secret Records of Mountains and Seas passed down by the Taiyin Sect passed down by the Xie family, dragons are respected by Yinglong. Except for the Chilong, the Fire Dragon and the like, which are considered real dragons, the Jiaolong and the Horned Dragon

They are all subspecies bred from dragon blood.

Among them, Chilong is probably the prototype of the divine dragon like the Dragon King of the Four Seas in the folk opera script. When Chilong grows further, it will also give birth to dragon horns.

As for some people on the Internet claiming that Zhulong is the ancestral dragon and the ancestor of dragons, this is actually a wrong statement.

The Zhulong is also the god of Zhongshan. In fact, the shape of the Zhulong is a human head with a dragon body, just like Fuxi Nuwa, who is said to have a human head and a snake body. It is an ancient god in ancient legends recorded in the Book of Mountains and Seas.

The human-headed dragon god and the human-headed snake body mentioned here are not the kind with a long snake body under the head, but the monster beauty python written by Lu Xun and Huanzhu Louzhu.

The so-called human head and snake body refers to a human-shaped upper body and a snake-shaped lower body, similar to that of Jiaoren and mermaids. The ancient paintings about Fuxi and Nuwa unearthed over the years, and the image on the murals can already prove this.

Just because the ancient language and characters are different from modern ones, some misunderstandings have arisen among modern people who don’t understand.

"So, after studying the data on the dragon falling incident in the Liaohe River that we investigated this time, I believe that if the dragon falling incident is real, then the dragon that fell in the Liaohe River estuary area should belong to the category of dragon."

People in the East are undoubtedly familiar with the existence of dragons. Even if they don't understand it, they have heard and seen descriptions of dragons on TV, storytelling, novels or some mythological stories.

But foreigners don't understand what kind of existence a dragon is.

The questioner was still the little red-haired one named Philip Field.

It can be seen that this kid is a game enthusiast, which is a very common hobby in the circles of otakus and nerds in the United States.

After listening to the translation by the female director, Xie Zihao replied:

"Jiaolong, you can understand it as a subspecies of dragon under the real dragon. They are usually aquatic. There are natural dragon species among the dragons, but most of them are made of snakes, fish and

Amphibians, including tortoises and other creatures, evolved from dragon blood. Therefore, the shapes of dragons are also different."

"In our East, dragons are demons. You can understand them as a kind of bad monsters. They can gain bloodline improvement through evolution and then become real dragons. Whenever a dragon embarks on the path of evolving into a true dragon,

, it is a terrible disaster for the life around the waters where it lives and for the life downstream. We call this phenomenon 'walking dragon'!"

"Zhouji?"

Little Red Hair repeated the word in a bad accent.

Some Dongguo people in the crowd couldn't help but want to laugh after hearing this.

Xie Zihao nodded to little red-haired Philip.

"Yes, walking dragon is a common folk name. You can understand it as a ritual that a dragon must undergo if it wants to be promoted to a real dragon. According to our Eastern legends, dragons can control wind and rain. They have been the weather gods responsible for rainfall since ancient times.

, so the promotion ceremony of Jiaolong is to awaken the ability to control wind and rain in his blood, starting in the water area where he lives, setting off a huge violent storm, like a typhoon passing through, continuing to all the water areas in the middle, until along the river

When the downstream outlet enters the sea, it will be able to complete the ritual and evolve into a true dragon!"

"I bought it!"

The little red-haired boy shouted exaggeratedly.

"Wouldn't this lead to a terrible disaster?"

Xie Zihao nodded with a serious face:

"This is indeed the case, so ancient people believed that the source of many typhoons and floods was caused by walking dragons, and they also invented many rituals and methods to restrain the dragons and prevent them from walking. As a result, many bizarre folklore stories were derived."

After everyone digested the magical dragon legends told by Xie Zihao, Sophia asked:

"So, does the dragon falling incident nearly a hundred years ago that we are going to investigate have anything to do with the walking dragon?"

Xie Zihao nodded.

"According to what is recorded in the data, if the falling dragon incident is real, then I think it is very likely that it was a dragon that failed to escape, or was injured and dying due to other reasons."

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