中国龙Chinese Dragon全英文介绍PPT英语课用

1、a dragon is a legendary creature, typically scaled or fire-spewing and with serpentine, reptilian or avian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures around world.,dragon,there are two most well-known cultural traditions of dragon:,the european dragon,the chinese dragon,theeuropeandragon,th

2、e european dragon, derived from european folk traditions and ultimately related to balkans and western asian mythologies. most are depicted as reptilian creatures with animal-level intelligence, and are uniquely six-limbed (four legs and a separate set of wings).,the chinese dragon,the chinese drago

3、n, with counterparts in japan (namely the japanese dragon), korea and other east asian and south asian countries.1 most are depicted as serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence, and are quadrupeds (four legs and wingless).,also named long,in fact, dragons exist in many cultures of the wo

4、rld, especially in asia.,korean dragon,japanese dragon,vietnam dragon,but they are all influenced by chinese culture.,chinese dragon,now , we mainly talk about chinese dragon,chinese dragons are legendary creatures in chinese mythology and chinese folklore. the dragons have many animal-like forms su

5、ch as turtles and fish, but are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, typhoons, and floods. the dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck for people who are

6、 worthy of it. with this, the emperor of china usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial power and strength.,the development of the longs image,most of the long in the pre-qin period has no foot (zhulong), or a foot (kui long) or two feet, three foot and four foot are rare. han dynasty to

7、the wei and jin dynastieslong is generally in accordance with the image of the dragon, with wings. after the northern and southern dynasties, the longs body gradually grow, wings began to degenerate into slender ribbon. song and yuan dynasties, the dragons image began to shape.,longs classification,

8、yinglong(chinese:應龍;pinyin:ynglng;wadegiles:ying-lung; literally: responding dragon), winged dragon associated with rains and floods, used byyellow emperorto killchi you jiaolong(chinese:蛟龍;pinyin:jiolng;wadegiles:chiao-lung; literally: crocodile dragon), hornless or scaled dragon, leader of all aqu

9、atic animals huanglong(chinese:黃龍;pinyin:hunglng;wadegiles:huang-lung; literally: yellow dragon), hornless dragon symbolizing the emperor qinglong(chinese:青龍;pinyin:qnglng;wadegiles:ching-lung; literally: azure dragon), the animal associated with the east in the chinesefour symbols, mythological cre

10、atures in thechinese constellations zhulong(chinese:燭龍;pinyin:zhlng;wadegiles:chu-lung; literally: torch dragon) orzhuyin(chinese:燭陰;pinyin:zhyn;wadegiles:chu-yin; literally: illuminating darkness) was a giant red draconicsolar deityinchinese mythology. it supposedly had a humans face and snakes bod

11、y, created day and night by opening and closing its eyes, and created seasonal winds by breathing. (note that thiszhulongis different from the similarly named vermilion dragon or thepig dragon). chilong(chinese:螭龍 or 魑龍;pinyin:chlng;wadegiles:chih-lung; literally: demon dragon), a hornless dragon or

12、 mountain demon fewer chinese dragon names derive from theprefixlong-: hong(chinese:虹;pinyin:hng;wadegiles:hung; literally: rainbow), a two-headed dragon orrainbow serpent shen(chinese:蜃;pinyin:shn;wadegiles:shen; literally: giant clam), ashapeshiftingdragon orsea monsterbelieved to createmirages ba

13、she(chinese:巴蛇;pinyin:bsh;wadegiles:pa-she; literally: ba snake) was a giant python-like dragon that ate elephants teng(chinese:螣;pinyin:tng;wadegiles:teng) ortengshe(simplified chinese:腾蛇;traditional chinese:騰蛇;pinyin:tngsh;wadegiles:teng-she; lit. soaring snake) is a flying dragon without legs chi

14、nese scholars have classified dragons in diverse systems. for instance,emperor huizongof thesong dynastycanonized five colored dragons as kings. the azure dragon qinglong青龍 spirits, most compassionate kings. the yellow dragon huanglong黃龍 spirits, kings that favorably hear all petitions. the white dr

15、agon bailong白龍 spirits, virtuous and pure kings.,reference resources,1carr, michael. 1990. chinese dragon names, linguistics of the tibeto-burman area 13.2:87-189. he classified them into seven categories: rain-dragons, flying-dragons, snake-dragons, wug-dragons wug refers to worms, bugs, and small reptiles, crocodile-dragons, hill-dragons, and miscellaneous dragons. 2chinese dragon. (2