‘Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’Then, it is said that it will become a vessel for “true tanyaku” along with the tanyaku that has a mysterious atmosphere.dragonholds the key to the story. The dragon is a divine beast that represents China and is always seen in festivals and auspicious plans in different places.
The origin of dragons in China dates back to the Neolithic period around 7,000 years ago, and many abstract, elongated creatures have been identified. Even at the time of the oracle bone script, which is the oldest kanji, there was already a character in the origin of the dragon.
China was originally a multi-ethnic region where many tribes gathered, but as contact and integration of power progressed, the religious objects of each place may have become an imaginary creature as they came together . There are still many unclear points about the process, and there are various theories. He was mixed with Naga, the snake god who came over from India, and was given water attributes such as rain and rivers.
In the Chinese creation myth, Fuxi and Nüwa, who are the founders, have a half-man, half-dragon (snake) appearance, and their positions as gods were close to the highest from the beginning.
The tiger is often paired with the dragon, and in the four gods, the blue dragon corresponds to the east and the white tiger to the west. In four-letter idioms, they are arranged as good rivals who are on par with each other in ability, such as “Ryutora Sora”. In Japan, Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda are often referred to as ‘the dragon Echigo’ and ‘the tiger Kai’. Conversely, a couple on good terms are represented by a combination of “dragon and phoenix”.
The dragon, which has become a symbol that unites many ethnic groups, strengthened the connection with the emperor during the Han Dynasty. The Han Chinese believe that the legendary king “Yellow Emperor” is their ancestor, and the Yellow Emperor followed “Yinglong”, was half-man, half-dragon, and ascended to heaven on a dragon. It is said that the Han emperor received the protection of such a dragon, and the emperor’s lineage is called “dragon son of dragon”.
This is related to the origin of Liu Bang, who founded the Han Dynasty, and originally Liu Bang was just an ordinary farmer with no history. He took part in the rebellion against Qin and succeeded in becoming the new emperor. During the time of Emperor Wu, the 7th emperor of Liu Bang, Sima Qian wrote a chapter in the history book “History” that connects Liu Bang and the dragon.
According to legend, before Liu Bang was born, his father had a dream in which a god appeared and showed him a dragon riding on his mother. The legend of Liu Bang justifies the fact that he was a man who was born to overthrow the Qin dynasty, so he had dragon-like features, seeing a dragon guard him when he was drunk. It made me sexual.
In the Eastern Han dynasty, the image of the current Oriental dragon was created, and it was claimed to have the characteristics of nine different animals. A deer’s horns, a camel’s head, a demon’s eyes, a snake’s neck, a mizuchi’s belly, a fish’s scales, a hawk’s claws, a tiger’s paws, and a cow’s ears are collectively referred to as the nine likenesses.
Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a descendant of the Han royal family, in other words, he calls himself a descendant of Liu Bang and raises the Shu army. (Although there is a difference from the elite to the ruined house).
In “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, elements of dragons are also placed in the surroundings, and Guan Yu uses the “Blue Dragon Crescent Sword”, called Zhuge Liang, who is greeted by the three visit, in “Ddraig Tufu”, which is also the title. Zhao Yun, who is the head of the general, also has the “child dragon” character. In “Wo Long”, the divine beast Qinglong is found by a member of Shu, and is also a metaphor for Liu Bang’s successor, the “dragon child”. In the end, everything is transported to Wei, but …
Later in the Tang dynasty, the dragon was legally restricted as a symbol that only the emperor could use. Dragon claws are often mentioned in the subject of antiques, but in this period, the emperor only had five claws, four were his close vassals, and three below were strictly ranked and controlled . There was a time when a fake was punished accordingly, so there are countless people who are deceived by fakes, thinking that the five-claw pattern made back then must be a treasure. In the Qing Dynasty, this rule was no longer taken into account, and dragon designs began to circulate even in the private sector.
The title, Wolong, is synonymous with Zhuge Liang, and also refers to an outstanding person yet to be discovered. Liu Bei, who was a wandering soldier during his time in the volunteer army, can be said to be “Garyuu”, and the main character, a volunteer soldier who stands on the battlefield as a private soldier, if you look at him broadly . Looking forward to meeting Zhuge Liang, why not feel the connection between the Han dragons?
