Riding the dragon and playing the Phoenix(qí lóng nòng fèng)

Riding the dragon and playing the Phoenix

① It is compared to immortality. ② It is compared with Tengda's "the story of Yimin in the later Han Dynasty · Jiao Shen": "those who can ride the dragon and play with the Phoenix and fly in the clouds are not dares of fox, rabbit and sparrow."

Idiom explanation

[idiom] riding a dragon and playing a Phoenix

Idioms and allusions

Source: Jiao Shen, biography of Yimin in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "those who can ride the dragon and play the Phoenix and fly in the clouds are not dares of fox, rabbit and sparrow." Li Xianzhu: "the biography of the immortals says:" in the history of Xiao, Qin Miao was good at playing Xiao when he was in office. When he and his wife were good at playing Jade, he taught them to sing Fengming. Live for decades, blowing Fenghuang sound, Phoenix to stop its house. In order to make Fengtai, the couple stop above it. Once they all fly away with the emperor. " Also known as "Tao an Gong, Lu'an smelter.". Several lines of fire, once the fire scattered, purple sky. In a moment, Chique stopped smelting and said, "Duke an, Duke an, metallurgy is connected with heaven. On July 7, I welcome you with a red dragon. " At that time, an Gong rode away Chen Yujiao's Yigou of Ming Dynasty is the first one: "it's a sign of riding a dragon and playing a Phoenix. What's wrong with that?" In the spring and Autumn period, the daughter of Ying Renhao, Duke mu of Qin Dynasty, fell in love with the history of Xiao, who was good at playing Xiao, and learned to play Xiao from him. Qin Mu Gong completed their love and built a palace Fengtai for them. Nongyu soon learned to play Xiao. They played Xiao in Fengtai. A phoenix came to listen to them and danced with beautiful music. The Phoenix took them to heaven.

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as object and attribute; refers to the immortal

Chinese PinYin : qí lóng nòng fèng