龙是我们民族的象征。但龙到底是什么,或者说龙究竟是由何物演化而来,始终未能争论清楚。有云龙为蛇者;有云龙为大蜥蜴者;有云龙为鳄鱼者。古人关于龙又有“三停九似”的说法,那九似即罗愿《尔雅翼》所云:“角似鹿,头似驼,眼似兔,项似蛇,腹似蜃,鳞似鱼,爪似鹰,掌似虎,耳似牛。”据此,有人又认为:先民部族融合,部族图腾亦各取一部分装配,于是形成了新的集合图腾——龙。学者们各执一辞,莫衷一是,只是怎么也没能解释清楚:说龙是蛇、蜥蜴或鳄鱼吧,为什么他们又总是从云,从闪电,能飞腾能布雨?而远古中国,又何尝有过以这九种动物为图腾的 Dragon is a symbol of our nation. But what exactly is the dragon, or what exactly the dragon evolved from, has not been able to argue clearly. There are dragons for the snake; there are dragons for the big lizard; there are dragons for the crocodile. The ancients on the dragon has “three stops nine like” argument, that nine like that is willing to “elegance wing” said: “horn like deer, head like a camel, like a rabbit, like a snake, belly like Mirage, scales like fish, claws like eagles, palm like tiger, ears like cattle. ”Accordingly, some people think: the ancients tribal integration, tribal totem also take part of the assembly, so the formation of a new collection of totem - Dragon . Why do they always come from the clouds, from the lightning, can weave the rain? In ancient China, what is the difference? There have been totems of these nine animals