Dragon Chi Kung features
exercises that involve twisting, turning, screwing, spiraling,
curving, wiggling, undulating, spinning, sinking down and rising up,
swimming, circling, swinging, or twining movements are often associated
with snakes, serpents and dragons. There are many Qigong sets and
specific Qigong movements that have been called "Dragon" forms, sets,
or exercises. Baguazhang martial arts feature much twisting, turning and circling; and, also include many "Dragon" sets and movements. Silk Reeling exercises in Chen Style Taijiquan include twisting, twining, circling, and screwing kinds of movements.
"This
extraordinary gem is represented as a spherical object, or ‘ball,’
half as big, or quite as large, as the head of the dragon with which it
is associated, for it is never depicted quite by itself. The gem is
white or bluish with a reddish or golden halo, and usually has an
antler-shaped 'flame' rising from its surface. Almost invariably there
hangs downward from the centre of the sphere a dark-colored,
comma-like appendage, frequently branched, wavering below the
periphery. A biologist might easily at first glance conclude that the
whole affair represented the entry of a spermatozoon into an ovum; and
the Chinese commonly interpret the ball with its comma-mark as a
symbol of yang and yin, male and female elements, combined in the
earth--which seems pretty close to the biologist's view. Such is the
Dragon-Pearl. In purely decorative work, where the figure of a dragon
is writhing in clouds or adapting its lithe body under an artist's
hand to the shape or purpose of a piece of porcelain, a bronze
article, or a silken garment, the pearl may be drawn close to the
dragon, or wherever convenient. When, however, it is desirable to
express the significance of this sacred adjunct of dragon-hood, it is
treated with strict attention to reverence and tradition. Then are
pictured celestial dragons ascending and descending through the upper
air, tearing a path, perhaps, through swirling mists and shadows, "in
pursuit of effulgent jewels or orbs that appear to be whirling in
space, and that were supposed to be of magic efficiency, granting
every wish." A passion for gems is a well-known characteristic of
these beings."
- Dragons and Dragons Lore, Ernest Ingersoll, 1928
- Dragons and Dragons Lore, Ernest Ingersoll, 1928
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