Two dragon boats compete on the Xiaonanhe River in Sanhe Town of Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province, June 16, 2012. A dragon boat competition was held here on Saturday to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, which falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, or June 23 this year.
Category: Chinese traditional culture
The Dragon, Chinese Food and Culture 龙与中国饮食文化
Write "龙"(Chinese dragon) in Chinese character
字形： “龙”字的古体就是中国人对于“龙”这种神秘动物的想象的样子。中国人观念中的龙不同于西方的龙，更有别 于自然界中的动物，它的形态是一个自然界动物的复合体，它的身体像蛇，耳朵像牛，角似鹿，掌似虎，爪似鹰，鳞似鱼。龙是中国人心目中最为神圣的动物，它能 够呼风唤雨、上天入地。龙也是中华民族的象征。 The ancient form of the character "龙" was what this mysterious animal looked like in ancient
Chinese Dragon VS. Western Dragon 中国龙
The Chinese dragon is a far different feast from its Western counterpart. Smaug from J.R.R.Tolkien’s "The Hobbit" is perhaps the most widely known dragon from recent Western fiction, a cruel, avaricious and bloodthirsty creature whose lair under the Lonely Mountain identifies him as a creature of the earth. Tolkien drew much of his inspiration for Smaug from the dragon in the Old English epic of "Beowulf", penned more than a thousand years earlier, which gives some indication of depth of the European tradition of portraying dragons as bad news.
The Folk Indication(1)–Chinese Dragon 中国龙
中国人对龙的理解与西方人不一样。龙是中华民族进入农业社会后创造的一种虚拟动物，属于水物，它的产生 与农业对水的需求有关。在中国的神话与传说中，龙是一种传说中神异动物，居于蛇身、蜥腿、凤爪、鹿角、鱼鳞、鱼尾的形象。它能走，亦能飞，能倒水，能大能 小，能隐能现，能翻江倒海，吞风吐雾，兴云降雨。 The Chinese understanding of dragon is different from that of Westerners. Loong, another term for Chinese Dragon, created by the ancients, is a virtual animal when the Chinese nation entered
Erhuang Opera of the Han Tone 汉调二簧
类别：传统戏剧 Category: Traditional Opera 地区：陕西 Region: Shaanxi Province 编号：Ⅳ—31 Project No. IV-31 申报地区或单位：陕西省安康市 Name of Applicant (region or institution): Ankang
Nanxi Tanhuang (Storytelling Show with Singing) 兰溪摊簧
时间：2006年 Time: 2006 类别：曲艺 Category: Folk Vocal Art Forms 地区：浙江 Region: Zhejiang Province 编号：V -18 Ref. No.: V -18 申报地区或单位：浙江省兰溪市
Jiaodong dagu 胶东大鼓
时间：2006年 Time: 2006 类别：曲艺 Category: Recitative, story-telling 地区：山东 Region: Shandong Province 编号：Ⅴ-11 Ref. No.: V-11 申报地区或单位：山东省烟台市 Nominating unit[s]: Yantai City,
Xianxiao (Liangzhou Xianxiao, Hezhou Xianxiao) 贤孝（凉州贤孝、河州贤孝）
时间：2006年 Time: 2006 类别：曲艺 Category: Recitative, story-telling 地区：甘肃 Region: Gansu Province 编号：Ⅴ-19 Ref. No.: V-19 贤孝·凉州贤孝 Xianxiao – Liangzhou Xianxiao
Fuzhou pinghua 福州评话
时间：2006年 Time: 2006 类别：曲艺 Category: Recitative, story-telling 地区：福建 Region: Fujian Province 编号：V-3 Ref. No.: V-3 申报地区或单位：福建省福州市 Nominating unit[s]: Fuzhou City,
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