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CHINESE DRAGONS
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Chinese New Year
• February 7th, 2007
• Year of the Rat
• Based on the Lunar Calendar
• Year 4706 for Chinese Calendar
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Importance of Chinese New Year
• One of the most important holidays, very festive.
• Celebrations last for 15 days
• Most decorations are red because this symbolizes prosperity and good luck
• Lots of cherry blossom decorations (luck) and sunflower decorations (good new year)
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Chinese New Year Festivities
• One of the biggest parade spectacles is the “Dragon Dance” where a large paper dragon puppet “dances” with the help of lots of adult puppeteers.
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Why Dragons?
• Dragons are very symbolic in Chinese culture. They symbolize:– Good luck– Power– Dignity– Wisdom– Imperial authority – kindness
Basically, all of the good kinds of things that you would want in a new year!
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Makings of a Chinese Dragon
• Chinese Dragons look very different from Western dragons
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Chinese Dragons
• 4 claws (ordinary dragons have 4 toes, and imperial dragons have 5 toes)
• They are not evil, but kind and powerful
• Associated with water, rain, lakes, seas, oceans, and rivers
• 71 scales (81 positive yang, and 36 negative yin)
• They can fly, but do not have wings
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