Chinese Dragon originates from symbol of phenology in field of agricultural cultivation in prehistory .Its biological prototype is“South Snake” with huge body . Dragon totem of ancients comes from the regular unearth of snake hibernation and farmers begin their agricultural cultivation on the basis of unearth of regular hibernation animal . The “Chen” in Chenxi seems like a dragon within Chinese Zodiac .The dragon pattern with 8000 history is unearthed in Chenxi .Totem activities about dragon culture like dragon boat race , etc . are still popular in this county ,which proves ChenXi is the important place of origin .%中华龙是史前期一个农耕物侯标志，其生物原型是个体特大的南蛇；古人的龙图腾源于对规律性冬眠后出土蛇类的崇拜，人们据此确定农时。辰溪的“辰”字在古记时十二生肖中表象为龙，境内出土过距今7800年的龙形图案，且龙舟竞渡等龙崇拜文化源远流长，多学科证据表明辰溪是中华龙文化的重要起源地。
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