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The Dragon and the Chinese Kings |
Article Submitted by: karle donald
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
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The Chinese dragon is depicted as having four legs, long, scaled and snake like. Unlike many other dragons associated with evil, the Chinese dragon has much power and is an often-used symbol in Chinese folklore and art. The Chinese dragon is associated with rain embodies the male of 'yang' while the phoenix is the female version of Fenghuang.
Historically emperors were the only ones allowed to use the symbol of the dragon. Though as the world has progressed and governments changed the dragon as dropped out of sight. Dragons are frequently with war and aggression and China has been changed to using a Panda as a more peaceful symbol to present to the world.
Chinese dragons are very specifically details and described using nine attributes with 117 scales of which 81 are Yin (positive essence) and 36 are Yang (negative essence). The dragon can have nine forms and is thought to have nine children. Nine is a very significant number in china and normally associated with dragons. Nine is the number of the emperor and only the most superior in government or rulers would wear robes decorated with nine dragons.
The Chinese dragon is the most desired year of the Chinese Zodiac as the year of the dragon has the most births to it. The dragon is associated with positive personality traits and many babies are born during this year. One of the four celestial guardians is a dragon and dragon puppets and dragon boat racing are very popular over the Chinese New Year.
Besides controlling the weather the Chinese dragon is also part of the Chinese zodiac. It is thought that children born in the year of the dragon will posses many positive personality traits and therefore more births are recorded in dragon years then any other year. Beside the zodiac, the dragon is one of four celestial guardians and its figure is used in many Chinese New Year celebrations.
Dragons have many powers and can disguise itself as a silk worm or be as large as the universe. It can fly or hide in water and can be invisible or glow. It can also change water into fire and form clouds. It is unknown where the Chinese dragon originated from but it is thought that the dragon may be a stylized form of a crocodile. The ancient crocodile could sense air pressure and new when it was going to rain. As the dragon controls the weather and rain it is thought that this beginning of the dragon is true over other theories.
Henry Fong is a Feng Shui Master. To find out more on Chinese Astrology Compatibility, visit his web site at http://www.absolutelyfengshui.com Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
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The Chinese dragon is depicted as having four legs, long, scaled and snake like. Unlike many other dragons associated with evil, the Chinese dragon has much power and is an often-used symbol in Chinese folklore and art. The Chinese dragon is associated with rain embodies the male of 'yang' while the phoenix is the female version of Fenghuang.
The Chinese dragon is depicted as having four legs, long, scaled and snake like. Unlike many other dragons associated with evil, the Chinese dragon has much power and is an often-used symbol in Chinese folklore and art. The Chinese dragon is associated with rain embodies the male of 'yang' while the phoenix is the female version of Fenghuang.
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