HydraSlayer's video: China Documentary: Year of the Dragon 2012 Chinese Folk Story Mythical Dragon Brings Prosperity

China Documentary: Year of the Dragon 2012, Chinese Folk Story, Mythical Dragon Brings Prosperity. China has a long and rich tradition of revering dragons in their myths and folk stories. They believe that dragons can bring prosperity and provide protection against the outside world. This video takes a look at China's history of including dragons into their stories to provide moralistic and ideological outcomes that have nurtured the beliefs of generations of children and adults alike. Why not join the channel at: http://www.youtube.com/worlddocs2100 Don't forget to subscribe to keep up to date! Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and Chinese folklore. The dragons have many animal-like forms such as turtles, fish, and imaginary creatures, but they are most commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. In yin and yang terminology, a dragon is yang and complements a yin fenghuang ("Chinese phoenix"). Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods. The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck for people who are worthy of it. With this, the Emperor of China usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial power and strength. Historically, the dragon was the symbol of the Emperor of China. In the Zhou Dynasty, the 5-clawed dragon was assigned to the Son of Heaven, the 4-clawed dragon to the nobles (zhuhou, seigneur), and the 3-clawed dragon to the ministers (daifu). In the Qin Dynasty, the 5-clawed foot dragon was assigned to represent the Emperor while the 4-clawed and 3-clawed dragons were assigned to the commoners. The dragon in the Qing Dynasty appeared on national flags. In Chinese daily language, excellent and outstanding people are compared to a dragon, while incapable people with no achievements are compared with other, disesteemed creatures, such as a worm. A number of Chinese proverbs and idioms feature references to a dragon, for example: "Hoping one's son will become a dragon" (望子成龍, i.e. be as a dragon). The Chinese Dragon also brings good luck to those who need or deserve it. For more on Chinese dragons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon For a sports relation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Dragon For Chinese dragon dances: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_dance For the Dragon zodiac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(zodiac) For more on history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History For more on documentaries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film For up to date world news: http://www.cnn.com or: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news or: http://www.lemonde.fr finally: http://news.sky.com/world See also: worldnews2100,China (Country),火车之旅,travel,chine,cina,中国,중국,documentary china,life in china,chinese religion,Mythology (Type Of Fictional Setting),Dragon (Mythical Creature),Folklore (Parody),Chinese Zodiac (Art Subject),zodiac,year of the dragon,chinese dragon story,story of nian,chinese dragon nian,chinese years,chinese animal years,chinese year of,year of the,chinese folk story,folk stories,2012,year of the dragon 2012,chinese myths,chinese tales,mythical dragon, china documentary