15 what happened to the Taoist priest who ran away from home and went up the mountain to look for dragons?

The Chinese nation has had an unusual affection for dragons since ancient times. Since primitive society, our ancestors have worshipped dragons very much. After thousands of years of changes, this feeling has not changed, and our image of the dragon is becoming clearer and clearer. Now it is generally believed that? Dragon? There are nine elephants, namely, horns like deer, head like camel, eyes like rabbits, neck like snakes, abdomen like dragonflies, scales like fish, claws like eagles, palms like tigers and ears like cows.

For us in China, the dragon is a special symbol, which we often call ourselves? Descendants of dragons? , not just in ancient times, such as? Ye Gong Haochang? Is there a modern version of this story now? Ye Gong Haochang? In character, he always believes that there are dragons in the world, and he believes that he can be as lucky as Ye Gong and see the true face of dragons. He left his hometown 15 years before he saw the true face of the dragon. This man is Ma Dongying.

I have dreamed of seeing a real dragon since I was a child.

Ma Dongying grew up in a poor family, and his parents were ordinary farmers. The only source of income for his family is the acre of land cultivated by his parents, and he lives entirely on the weather. Because Ma Dongying's family was not very rich, Ma Dongying didn't go to any school since he was a child, which also led his friends of the same age to think that his family was too poor, looked down on him and didn't want to play with him.

However, Ma Dongying, who was excluded by his peers, did not give up on himself. Although his family is poor, there are some messy books at home. When Ma Dongying has nothing to do, he kills time by reading these books, and he gradually knows many words.

In the books read by Ma Dongying, there are many myths and legends about dragons, which vividly describe dragons, especially the idiom "Ye Gong Long Hao", which deeply attracted Ma Dongying. It was from this time that Ma Dongying planted a seed in his heart, and he believed that dragons really existed in the world. The existence of the dragon has become the inner world of young Ma Dongying? Utopia? .

In order to prove that dragons really exist, Ma Dongying once asked his parents if there were any dragons in the world, but his parents told him that all the stories about dragons in the books he read were false. There are no dragons in the world, but they are just myths and legends. Dragons were invented by people, not real things in the world.

But young Ma Dongying didn't believe what his parents said. He has always believed that there are dragons in this world, and one day he will see real dragons, just like Ye Gong.

Ma Dongying believes that the reason why parents don't agree with him and don't believe that dragons really exist in this world must be because parents have never seen real dragons. As long as he can really see dragons like Ye Gong, his parents will believe the stories about dragons and what he said in the book.

Many people will be curious. When we were young, we read many stories about dragons, and once believed that dragons existed in the world. However, as time goes on, we will gradually forget this matter. Why does Ma Dongying cling to dragons?

This is because Ma Dongying grew up in a poor family, and he saw the change of the world prematurely. He thinks the dragon is a mysterious and powerful existence. As long as he finds the real dragon, he can stay away from this noisy and complicated world like the real dragon, walk with the dragon and reach the mysterious country of the dragon, and never have to suffer from the eyes of people around him again.

Run away from home 15 looking for the real dragon.

At that time, Ma Dongying was still too young. What kind does he belong to? High-spirited but not daring? Although he has been obsessed with finding the real dragon, he has not put it into practice. Just like when we are young, we always fantasize about doing a lot of things, but when we really want to start doing it, we often choose to give up.

However, Ma Dongying kept this secret in his heart until he was in his thirties. Finally, he chose to leave the land where he lived, take those books about real dragons at home, and explore the mountains and forests to find the real dragons he always believed existed in the world.

Ma Dongying believes that the dragon is an ancient creature, which has existed in the world since ancient times. This ancient creature must live in the deep mountains. First, it is to avoid the world and stay away from the noisy world. Second, there are many trees in the deep mountains, with flowers, plants, insects, fish, birds and animals. It is a good place to absorb the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon.

Ma Dongying also thinks that dragons are very mysterious creatures. For thousands of years, no one has witnessed the true face of dragons, not because there are no real dragons in this world, but because the people looking for dragons have not insisted on looking for them. The so-called sincerity is spirit. He firmly believes that as long as his heart is sincere enough, he will find the real dragon, and the real dragon will be moved by him and willing to meet him.

After Ma Dongying went up the mountain, he built several houses for himself with stones. During the day, he took dry food and water and went deeper. In order to avoid looking for the place he has searched for many times, and not to get lost in this deep mountain, he walked all the way, making marks.

When you are hungry, pick wild fruits from trees to eat, and when you are thirsty, hold a handful of mountain spring water to drink. After a long time, he will go hunting pheasants, change some money at the foot of the mountain, and then buy some basic daily necessities he needs. In this way, Ma Dongying has been searching for fifteen years.

The search for the dragon ended in vain, and finally he became a master of dragon painting.

Perhaps in our view, Ma Dongying's fifteen years in the mountains were very boring and meaningless, but Ma Dongying himself didn't think so. He thinks he has lived in the mountains for 15 years and is carefree. Although he hasn't seen the real dragon, his life is very close to that of the real dragon.

Ma Dongying searched the mountains for fifteen years, but he still couldn't find the real dragon. Gradually, he seems to realize that there may really be no such creature as dragon in this world. This may be a joke. He persisted for most of his life, but Ma Dongying himself did not regret it.

Ma Dongying changed his usual way of hunting dragons and painted them instead. It used to take a whole day to find dragons, but now it takes a whole day to draw them. In this way, Ma Dongying stuck to his original intention in another way. After a long period of painting practice, the dragons in Ma Dongying's works are different in shape and lifelike. It seems that the dragons after painting eyes can really come back to life.

In 20 18, it even took Ma Dongying 10 months to complete a 30-meter-long picture of a white dragon, with a poem by Tian Zi beside each dragon. Ma Dongying himself said that this means that when the scroll is unfolded, 100 dragons can fly into the sky.

Now, although Ma Daochang hasn't found a real dragon yet, his dragon painting skills are getting higher and higher, attracting many people to visit, and he has been living a semi-secluded life in the mountains, immersed in his own world.

Although Ma Dongying never found a real dragon, his spirit is very valuable. Everything is about persistence. Ma Dongying also became a master of dragon painting by virtue of his persistence. His initial heart has never changed. Is this his achievement? Live as free as a dragon? Dream on.