Ancient Loongs Worship in the Perspective of Agricultural Disaster History
Ancient China was an agrarian society,and loongs were inseparable from water,which could alleviate droughts or cause floods.By combing through historical materials,it is found that there are various ways to pray for rain with loongs,and the records are endless.There are many records of loongs causing floods,and there are also means of killing loongs,but there are few records of killing loongs.From the perspective of the history of agricultural disasters,the number of droughts and floods is comparable,but the damage of droughts to agricultural production is much greater than that of floods.The ancients'methods for dealing with drought were ineffective,and they could only hope for rain from the loongs.In order to deal with floods,the state has set up special institutions and official posts for water control,and has a series of measures for dealing with floods.With the advent of drought and the continuous increase in the number and scale of rain prayer activities,the Chinese have continu-ously strengthened their worship of the loongs and regard the loongs as a symbol of the Chinese nation.
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