Author(s)

Junjie Sun ^1,2, Yiho Kun ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Faculty of Physical Education, Pingdingshan College, Pingdingshan, 467000, China
² Korea Kunsan National University, Kunsan Cholla-bukdo, 54150, Korea

Corresponding Author

Junjie Sun

ABSTRACT

In China, the dragon is a mysterious and sacred creature, it can go to heaven and the earth, call the wind and rain, it can incarnate the emperor, blessing all living beings; it is not only the totem of tribal ancestors, but also the god of the people, it is an internal, spiritual, strength, national symbol. However, does the dragon exist? It has always been asked by people. How can the spirit of a dragon built on nothingness become possible? This paper traces the dragon and its living world through essential reduction, and analyzes the possibility of the dragon in the structure of human subjectivity consciousness through conscious intentionality, so as to draw the conclusion that the dragon is a creature that once existed.

KEYWORDS

Dragon, origin, phenomenology, essence reduction, life world, intentionality

CITE THIS PAPER

Junjie Sun, Yiho Kun, The Origin of Chinese Dragons: The Essence of the Animal Hypothesis. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2023) Vol. 5: 59-66. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2023.050310.

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