Dragon is the national mascot of the Chinese. It was also the symbol of god - king of the ancient Chinese nation.This paper uses the three sets of shell diagram recovered from tomb M45 of Xishuipo, Puyang as an exampl...Dragon is the national mascot of the Chinese. It was also the symbol of god - king of the ancient Chinese nation.This paper uses the three sets of shell diagram recovered from tomb M45 of Xishuipo, Puyang as an example to discuss the formation of the human and theocratic character of god-king. It concludes that the god-king character was attributable to the calendar keeping and annual rituals in connecti0n to ancient aghcultural activities. It also modeled the non-separaion of god and king. All Chinese are the offsprings of the Yan and Huang Emperors, and the successors of the dragon. The spirit of the dragon thus is the national spirit of Chines.展开更多
文摘Dragon is the national mascot of the Chinese. It was also the symbol of god - king of the ancient Chinese nation.This paper uses the three sets of shell diagram recovered from tomb M45 of Xishuipo, Puyang as an example to discuss the formation of the human and theocratic character of god-king. It concludes that the god-king character was attributable to the calendar keeping and annual rituals in connecti0n to ancient aghcultural activities. It also modeled the non-separaion of god and king. All Chinese are the offsprings of the Yan and Huang Emperors, and the successors of the dragon. The spirit of the dragon thus is the national spirit of Chines.
