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	Chinese dragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		That explains why the Chinese dragon has a body of a snake; the scales and tail of a fish; the antlers of a deer; the face of a qilin (a deer-like mythical creature with fire all over its body); and two pairs of talons of eagles; and the eyes of a demon.
		In some Chinese legends, an emperor might be born with a birthmark in the shape of a dragon.
		For example, one legend might tell the tale of a peasant born with a dragon birthmark who eventually overthrows the existing dynasty and founds a new one; another legend might tell of the prince in hiding from his enemies who is identified by his dragon birthmark.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_dragon (1283 words)

	The Legend of the Chinese Dragon
		Unlike the evil dragon the West, the Chinese Dragon is a beneficent and gracious creature and is worshipped as the divine ruler of Lakes, Rivers and Seas.
		The Dragon first appeared in the sky, legend tells us, while an heir to the throne was born, and the country was blessed with peace and prosperity for many generation thereafter.
		According to the Chinese calendar, the dragon is the animal for those who were born this year and every 12 years before or afterwards.
	www.moonfestival.org /legends/dragon.htm (344 words)

	Chinese Astrology Snake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Rooster is the strutting peacock of the Chinese Zodiac!
		Chinese astrology calander: sign of the dog Here is the Chinese Snake sign with information about the personality traits & years born in 1905, 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, & 2001.
		Chinese Astrology The foremost origins of Chinese astrology are shroud...
	www.myastrologynow.com /site15/ChineseAstrologySnake (1417 words)

	The Legend of the White Snake
		The brief story of the Legend of the White Snake.
		At the time of the Dragon Boat Festival, it was the custom for every household to fasten plants such as calamus and Chinese mugwort on the ground to drive away spirits.
		Synopsis of the Chinese Beijing Opera Legend of the White Snake
	www.chinapage.com /wsnake.html (672 words)

	Chinese Zodiac Page
		The Chinese Lunar Calendar is based on the cycles of the moon, and is constructed in a different fashion than the Western solar calendar.
		The Chinese have adopted the Western calendar since 1911, but the lunar calendar is still used for festive occasions such as the Chinese New Year.
		According to Chinese legend, the twelve animals quarreled one day as to who was to head the cycle of years.
	www.c-c-c.org /chineseculture/zodiac/zodiac.html (567 words)

	Legend of the Chinese Zodiac -- ThingsAsian Article
		Although we are all basically human beings, as goes without saying, yet to every Chinese family, the animals play a strong role in determining a lot of things that goes in and out of their lives.
		Malaysian Chinese trail their ancestors all the way back to China and although majority of us are no longer as strict in our beliefs, we still have many traditions and customs that we follow to this day.
		One such interesting read would be the legend of the Chinese Zodiac; of how the twelve animals came to be and why certain animals were omitted.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.2137.html (2226 words)

	Chinese Legends Of Emperor Huangdi Of China
		Chinese legend of how Emperor Huangdi fought Emperor Yangdi in the Plain Of Banquan (also called Plain Of Zhulu) His vanguard was made up of bears, wolves, pheasants, eagles and kites.
		There is a Chinese legend of how Emperor Huangdi traveled to the northern side of the Chishui River and climbed the Kunlun Mountains.
		In the early days of his reign, according to Chinese Legends, Emperor Huangdi was devoted to self-cultivation, he loved his people and had no interest in warfare.
	beifan.com /026topic/26legends.html (847 words)

	chinese legend new year
		Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar.
		The legend of Nian and the legend of the torches...
		Chinese New Year is the main holiday of the year for more than one quarter of the world's...
	experthits.com /ws/year/chinese-legend-new-year.htm (598 words)

	Chinese Astrology Rat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chinese astrology is based on a lunar cycle of twelve...
		Chinese Astrology The Rat The Ox The Tiger The Rabbit The Dragon The Snake The Horse The Goat The...
		Chinese Astrology Chinese astrology is an ancient system that assigns a particular animal to each year...
	www.myastrologynow.com /site15/ChineseAstrologyRat (1463 words)

	Global Updates From World View
		The Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar, which dates back centuries before the calendar we use today.
		Chinese houses are cleaned from top to bottom, to sweep away any traces of bad luck.
		The Chinese believe that a person displays the characteristics of the animal of the year in which they were born saying: If you are born in the Year of the Monkey, you are intelligent, well-liked, and will have success in any field you choose.
	www.unc.edu /world/Global%20Updates%202003/global_updates_Dec03.htm (693 words)

	History of Silk, The Silk Legend
		Circa 2700 B.C. According to Chinese legend, the history of silk begins about 5,000 years ago in the garden of Emperor Huang-Ti.
		She persuaded the emperor to give her a grove of mulberry trees where she could grow thousands of worms that spin these beautiful cocoons.
		Hsi-Ling-Shi is also credited in Chinese lore with inventing the silk reel, which turns the silk filament into thread.
	www.wintersilks.com /silk_legend.asp (190 words)

	CM Magazine: The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend.
		The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend is the second book in their "Chinese Legend" series, a follow-up to the internationally acclaimed picture book, The Great Race: The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac, published in 1997.
		In this newest book, a grandmother comforts her small granddaughter, as the racket outside her window keeps her from sleep, by telling her the story of the origin of the New Year celebrations.
		Bouchard's text is simple and lyrical and complemented at the end with two pages of facts on Chinese New Year, the Buddha and the dragon in Chinese folklore.
	www.umanitoba.ca /cm/vol6/no2/dragonnewyear.html (509 words)

	Chinese Astrology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chinese Astrology Students of Chinese Medicine Bodyworkers I'm not a follower or student of Western astrology, but in 2000 I had my Chinese astrological chart interpreted, first by Narrye Caldwell...
		Chinese Astrology The Rat The Ox The Tiger The Rabbit The Dragon The Snake The Horse The Goat The Monkey The Rooster The Dog The Pig 8 Hanging...
		Chinese Astrology was first introduced in 2637 BC by Emperor Huang Ti, and developed as the Chinese...
	www.myastrologynow.com /site15/ChineseAstrology (1368 words)

	Legend of the Great Archer — U.S. premier in San Jose, May 19 Chinese legend brought to life by Hong Kong Ballet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Inspired by the classic Chinese folk tale, this original, full-length ballet tells the story of the Archer God Yi who was sent to Earth to help the Emperor extinguish the ten suns that were scorching China.
		Kuan said, “This is the first time ever that a Chinese orchestra is used to play to accompany a full-length ballet.
		The Chinese orchestra is made up of a wider spectrum of musical instruments than its western counterpart, thus lending the music richer tone and color.”
	www.hongkong.org /press/sf_033004.htm (723 words)

	Marjorie Chan's Chinese Language & Gender On-Line Bibliography.
		Despite growing knowledge of linguistic studies on other languages, scholars studying gender issues are generally quite unaware of what has been written to date on Chinese, with the result that publications typically contain little to no references on Chinese.
		Info on downloading of fonts (Chinese, CPinyin, and IPA) and MS Word Viewer 6 (for.doc files) can be obtained from my Publications Page.
		Chinese (Big5) with Pinyin romanization and tone numbers for The Poem of Mulan, from The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry, is available as part of the University of Virginia's Chinese Text Initiative.
	people.cohums.ohio-state.edu /chan9/g-bib.htm (3063 words)

	Dragons
		Chinese around the world, proudly proclaim themselves "Lung Tik Chuan Ren" (Descendents of the Dragon).
		The Chinese sign for the dragon first appeared upon turtle shields as a tribal totem way back during the Yin and Shang dynasties, and was eventually emblazed on the national flag during the Qing Dynasty [1644-1911 AD]."
		While most Chinese dragons were seen as being either good or benevolent, some dragons were seen as evil or aggressive, and were sometimes blamed for natural disasters or poor crop yields."
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/dragons.htm (2556 words)

	IOL: Science confirms Chinese rice porridge legend
		Beijing - Ancient Chinese craftsmen used a secret ingredient to keep their structures standing through the centuries - sticky rice.
		The legend that rice porridge was used in mortar to make robust ramparts has been verified by archaeological research in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
		During recent maintenance work on the city wall of the provincial capital Xi'an, workers found that plaster remnants on ancient bricks were quite hard to remove, said preservationist Qin Jianming.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1109514241754B256 (318 words)

	New Straits Times : Of the Chinese legend and how the brassiere came about @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		And if not for a Chinese woman, they would still be togged up in them.
		Legend, has it that during the Ming Dynasty in China-or it was it Qing?
		Read 'New Straits Times: Of the Chinese legend and how the brassiere came about' with a FREE Trial for instant access »
	static.elibrary.com /n/newstraitstimes/september032000/ofthechineselegendandhowthebrassierecameabout/index.html (228 words)

	The Rat, the Ox, and the Zodiac: A Chinese Legend - Hotel Resource Book Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Rat, the Ox, and the Zodiac: A Chinese Legend
		The chinese zodiac consists of a year cycle, each year of which is named after a different animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year.
		Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his lifetime.
	www.hotelresource.com /bookstore/asinsearch_051751849X.html (137 words)

	Ten Suns: A Chinese Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ten Suns: A Chinese Legend Review: An appealing chinese myth about ten sons who unknowingly cause deadly havoc for earth by crossing the sky together.
		The boys are wonderfully illustrated in the traditional chinese view of ten happy cherubs with loving parents.
		The events and outcome are written in a way that my six-year old understood the fun, as well as the consequences of the sons' actions, and to some extent, the concept of sacrificing for the greater good.
	www.textkit.com /0_0823413179.html (121 words)

	The Sons of the Dragon King : A Chinese Legend - Computer Toaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In "The Sons of the Dragon King," Ed Young retells and illustrates an ancient Chinese folktale in which a parent, the great Dragon King, struggles with his nine unique children, all sons.
		Sons of the Dragon King is a timeless story of a parent understanding their children's unique talents.
		The ancient Chinese setting is a perfect foil for the wonderful brush and ink and cut paper illustrations Young so deftly wields.
	computertoaster.com /reviews/asinsearch_0689851847 (375 words)

	Chinese legend to rival Hollywood
		Chinese people born in the 1970s and early 1980s grew up with homemade animated movies like "Uproar in Heaven," "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King" and "Calabash Brothers."
		"We Chinese animation companies must produce our own original movies if we want to survive in an industry that is moving towards more computer-generated graphics and fight against competition from other Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and Thailand, where the animation industry is growing," said Wang.
		He explained that since a few Chinese directors and actors such as Ang Lee, Jackie Chan and John Woo have entered the mainstream US entertainment market, Western audiences have already been introduced to Chinese aesthetics such as martial arts, which makes Chinese products more marketable than they used to be.
	en.ce.cn /Life/entertainment/news/200507/29/t20050729_4300803.shtml (640 words)

	The Sons of the Dragon King : A Chinese Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Two-time Caldecott winner Ed Young brings us a legend of a very special parent recognizing the potential in his very special children, and in doing so, shows how a simple folktale shaped a visible part of Chinese culture.
		Veering in a completely new direction, Young's, "The Sons of the Dragon King", utilizes brush and ink (as well as his familiar cut paper style) to bring us a classic Chinese tale of nine brothers and the ways in which their father put their skills to use.
		Hence, many Chinese buildings sport images of this son on the tops of their buildings, watching for danger.
	www.enotalone.com /books/0689851847.html (1482 words)

	The stairway to heaven
		A bear standing next to a staff or tree trunk is a common heraldic symbol, and it has been suggested that this may represent the axis mundi [1], the bear representing either the great or little bear, the constellations which flank the pole star**.
		I feel that it is not possible to draw a line between the versions of the story which concern the moon (such as the Kimbunda legend of the frog and the moon princess and Baron Munchausen's visit to the moon), and those that don't.
		In African legends, the moon (which is often the traditional location of heaven) is interchangeable with a Christian type heaven.
	www.planetfusion.co.uk /~pignut/Stairway.html (2420 words)

	Hong Kong Digital #192: A Chinese Legend
		Despite its obvious debt to the A CHINESE GHOST STORY series and a tight budget, this sombre period fantasy turns out to be an impressive achievement in its own right and one of the finest fantasies of the early 1990s.
		Haunted by a recurring dream, in which he encounters a veiled maiden (Joey Wang Tsu-hsien, at her most stunning) and then falls into a bottomless abyss, swordsman Kar Yat-long (Jacky Cheung Hok-yau) awakens one evening with part of the woman's bracelet in his hand.
		In contrast to its models, A CHINESE LEGEND has no comedy relief and is quite downbeat but that actually helps to make it more romantic and affecting.
	www.dighkmovies.com /v3/192/192.html (717 words)

	The dragon new year: A Chinese legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Chinese believed that each river or lake had it's own guardian dragon that lived in it's own palaces in the deepest part of that body of water.
		I think this is a book where the parent will have to read the book prior to reading to their child as well as knowing how their child might react.
		The dragon new year: A Chinese legend Review: We have read alot of Chinese New Year's books and found this to be the least enjoyable.
	www.textkit.com /0_1551922002.html (405 words)

	Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks 1
		Additional Chinese listservs: Chinese-Mac List, with info on how to subscribe that is part of the Chinese Mac Home; and MCLC Discussion List (Ohio State University's Kirk Denton, my colleague, MCLC listowner, and editor of the journal, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture.
		Info on Chinese coins, especially coin charms; books, dealers, etc.; links, including to the Chinese Coin and Charm Images site that has a page for 'beginners', and Chinese Numismatics in All Directions, which traces the history and development of currency usage (coins and paper money) in China from antiquity to the present.
		From Heaven and Earth: Chinese Jade in Context is an exhibit of Chinese jade objects dating from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century.
	chinalinks.osu.edu /c-links1.htm (5691 words)

	Martial Medicine: American Hwang Fei Hung. A Chinese Legend Rises In America. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lo stars as Lew Jin Fan, a Chinese army officer emblazoned with the mission of finding his master’s missing son in America.
		Lo’s character in the film, and perhaps even his off-screen personae, is reminiscent of the legend of Hwang Fei Hung, the Chinese folk hero who was both warrior and healer.
		A Kung Fu master and doctor of Chinese medicine, Lew Jing Fan crushes his foes with one blow and revives them with the next, a veritable Chinese Jedi Knight who harnesses both sides of the “Force”.
	www.reelasianfilms.com /character_3.html (302 words)

	SOUTHCN.COM[Chinese legend on modern stage: Mulan] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Dressed in her father's warrior gear, Mulan joins the Han Chinese army to fight off a Mongolian invasion without once letting on that she's a babe in disguise.
		Based on a Chinese legend, Mulan was written anonymously in 420-589 AD and then later appeared during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) in Yuefu, an anthology of lyrics and poems.
		A former lead dancer for the British Royal Ballet and the Lambert Dance Company, Hart says his choreography was initally inspired by the legend of Mulan, but that it all came together after he visited the Forbidden City.
	www.southcn.com /english/goodtime/nightlife/200204161685.htm (301 words)

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