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Are there dragons in the world?

There are no dragons in the world.

Dragon, or dumpling, is a god beast in ancient mythology. The water beast with dragon blood is one of the species in the evolution of dragons. As long as you survive the disaster, you can become a real dragon with great power.

Dragon is one of the most representative traditional cultures of East Asian nations such as Han nationality, and the legend of dragon is very rich. Legend has it that it can be hidden, detailed and huge, short and long. The vernal equinox ascends to the sky, the autumnal equinox dives into the deep, and it calls for rain, and these are the images of dragons developed in the later period, which are more complicated than the original dragons. Dragon ranks fifth among the traditional Chinese zodiac animals in China, and is called "Four Spirits" with phoenix, tortoise and forest in the Book of Rites. The Zhang Guoxing Classic says, "If you have auxiliary wings, you are a real dragon." You think that if you have wings, you are a real dragon. For example, there were a large number of dragon boats with wings in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and even Qinglong in the pre-Qin ornamentation had wings. It is said that Ying Long and Qinglong are ancestors. In feudal times, the dragon was a symbol of imperial power, and the objects used in the palace were also decorated with dragons. However, unlike the widely circulated saying that the five-claw golden dragon is the symbol of the son of heaven, the dragon recorded in ancient books is the image of the son of heaven.