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| | Dragon Images of Japan - Japanese Buddhist and Shinto Photo Dictionary |
 | | Of course, this dragon image is hidden in the rafters of the palace and not entirely in view, even to those who know it is there, suggesting that while the ancient Koreans viewed it as superior, they also knew that it would be offensive to the Imperial Chinese Court. | | | Nevertheless, there are dragons which inhabit the heavens, one quarter of the sky being called the Palace of the Green Dragon, in reference to the stars which in Chinese astronomy constitute the constellation of the Dragon. | | | By the 9th century, the Chinese had incorporated the dragon into Buddhist thought and iconography as a protector of the various Buddha and the Buddhist law. |
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http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/dragon.shtml
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| | WHAT IS A DRAGON? |
| | Eastern dragons are still shown in parades around the world celebrating the Chinese New Year with the Dragon Dance. | | | This is when the dragons hatch and choose their human partner. | | | Webster's Dictionary: drag.on \'drag-en\ n dracon-,draco serpent,dragon, [fr.GK drakon;akin to OE torht bright,Gk derkesthai to see,look at] 1 archaic: a huge serpent 2:a fabulous animal usually represented as a monstrous winged and scaly serpent or saurian with a crested head and enormous claws. |
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| | History of the BDNS |
| | They chose the name Black Dragon after the Chinese secret society known as the Black Dragon Tong of Retribution, which had long existed on the Chinese mainland as one of the numerous Triad cults. | | | Thus the Black Dragon Fighting Society of Japan was born, based on the ancient teachings of the Chinese military strategist Sun Tsu's classic text, "The Art of War", written in the 5th century, that Saskei ahd been taught by Hakune, and that formed the underlying philosophy of many Ninja clans. | | | The Black Dragon Society (or Black Dragon Ninja Society) is a koga ninja clan (koga hai lung ryu aka black dragon tong of retribution aka kokuryu kai) while the Black Dragon Fighting Society is a fraternity of martial artists. |
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http://www.ashidakim.com/history.html
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| | Chinese dragon, with dragon clip art, pictures, legends, stories, origin and more. |
| | In the minds of the early Chinese people, the dragon was a god that embodied the will and ideals of the Chinese people. | | | The Chinese sign for the dragon appears during the Yin and Shang dynasties (from the 16th to the 11th century BC, the period of the earliest Chinese hieroglyphs), between inscriptions on bones and turtle shields. | | | Chinese emperors think they are the real dragons and the sons of heaven. |
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http://www.chinavoc.com/dragon
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| | Chinese Dragon |
| | Fourth Century B.C.E. is known as the period of the "warring states" in Chinese history. | | | The five-clawed dragon became the Chinese Imperial emblem (the four-clawed being the common dragon). | | | There are many differences between the classical dragon and the Chinese dragon, these include the ability to fly even without wings, shape-shifting abilities, and of course the general benevolent behaviour to the populace. |
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http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/goldendawn/102/Dragons/chinese.html
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| | For ethnic Chinese, the freedom to dance returns csmonitor.com |
| | "I still have trouble believing this is happening, that we can honor our culture this way again," says Sjarif, whose Kong Ha Hong Foundation is reviving long-dormant Chinese traditions here like the flamboyant lion and dragon dances and the use of mandarin. | | | When the former General Suharto came to power in 1965 at the head of a virulently anticommunist counter coup, all ethnic Chinese were seen as likely communist sympathizers and potential enemies of the state. | | | Megawati's decision is the high water mark for a Chinese cultural renaissance that began with the fall of the Indonesian dictator Suharto in 1998, and one of the clear signs that Indonesia's democratic era, despite its growing pains, is bringing more freedom to its citizens. |
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http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0204/p07s02-woap.html
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| | Definition of Yakuza |
| | First, they are not a secret society like their counterparts of Italian mafia and Chinese triads. | | | The most famous group before WWII was the Kokuryu-kai (Black Dragon Society). | | | Kokuryu-kai engaged in contraband operations including the Chinese opium trade, as well as prostitution and gambling overseas which provided them with funds as well as information. |
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http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Yakuza
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| | The Dragon |
| | To the Chinese, the Dragon is born in the most desirable year, blessed by the gods and goddesses in heaven. | | | Dragons can also be hypercritical if things are not quite right or not up to their expectations. | | | The Dragon should avoid the down-to-earth Dog, who is his opposite. |
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http://www.holymtn.com/astrology/dragon.htm
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| | article.print?id=4921 |
| | Since the Chinese top the list of illegal immigrants entering Brazil these days, giving them easier access seems a little strange but, as we have seen this week, the Chinese dragon seems to have intimidated the Brazilian giant. | | | The Chinese Mafia also robs, intimidates and murders members of the Chinese community in São Paulo, which numbers an estimated 140 thousand. | | | Chinese president Hu Jintaoâs visit to Brazil in this past week was highly successful: Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva formally recognized China as a âmarket economy,â foregoing the power to block âdumpedâ Chinese imports. |
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| | Your complete resource to boats - dragon boat race |
| | Dragon Boat Races: The Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival is part of a larger Chinese cultural tradition that goes back 2,400 years. | | | The Chinese Dragon Boat Race Festival is a symbol of Chinese... | | | The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival is a lunar holiday, occurring on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month... |
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http://www.awesome-boats.info/dragon-boat-race
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| | The Union of India |
| | It was the same Indian General who evacuated his forces from Arunachal in 1962, the opposing Chinese general was the same one who had sat next to him during the demonstration and asked him that question! The Indians were completely lull to the dragon and its might. | | | The Chinese in the meanwhile were too busy in the internal war between the communists and the nationalists. The British took advantage of this chaos in China and started expanding towards Ladakh, North Eastern Frontier Agency and even opened up an office in Lhasa. | | | The Chinese outrightly refused the British demand on Tibet and left the meeting without any agreement of any sort. |
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| | Dragon Boat Races: The China Experience |
| | Hidden beneath the spectacle of the regatta is an interesting fable from ancient Chinese mythology. | | | June is the time of dragon boat races, an event whose origins lie deep in Chinese mythology. | | | There are many versions of the legend of the dragon boat races, but the one most frequently heard is the tale of Chu Yuan, a faithful and honest servant of a Chinese emperor who reigned four centuries before Christ. |
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| | DELTA GREEN 1939-1945 : CAMPAIGN : ORDER OF BATTLE: The Black Dragon Society: History |
| | The misinterpreted name of the "Black Dragon Society" was a shadowy cabal to the West, who believed the society's spies had a hand everywhere, especially within populations of Japanese nationals and immigrants in their own countries. | | | During the war, the Black Dragon Society was even reputed to have power in Japanese internment camps in the United States, where they were said to intimidate fellow Japanese-Americans. | | | The society's ties with the underworld remained strong, and by now, Kokuryukai was enjoying significant funds and influence from their monopoly on the Chinese opium trade. |
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| | Green Dragon Society |
| | The Society of the Green Men were apparently in astral contact with the Green Dragon Society, and had been for several centuries. | | | The last remnants of the Society of the Green Men were eliminated in 1959 by the Communists after the Chinese annexation of Tibet in 1950. | | | The connection between Green Dragon/Men and the Karotechia should be obvious. |
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| | People's Daily Online -- Feature: When east meets west in Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong |
| | As most of the local Chinese relied on the sea for their livelihood it was only natural that dragon boat racing became a very popular way to celebrate the Tuen Ng Festival. | | | Dragon boat racing has been the most popular program in Hong Kong during this special Chinese traditional festival, and lots of western Hong Kong residents love the game and put the modern meaning of carnival in the festival. | | | Jack Song, a Hong Kong banker with a western wife, bought some "Zongzi" early Tuesday morning from a restaurant for the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. |
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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200406/23/eng20040623_147264.html
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| | Stanley Dragon Boat Race, Hong Kong |
| | Dragon Boat racing, which is the main activity of it, is held each year on the fifth day of the fifth Month of the Lunar Calendar to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan (pronounced "Chu Yuan"), a well-loved statesman and poet, who lived in the Chinese Kingdom of Chu more than 2,000 years ago. | | | Less well-known are the rituals associated with dragon-boat racing, which has a deep cultural heritage and springs from religious beliefs. | | | Meanwhile, the body of the dragon boat itself is usually either covered with sand along the shore near a temple or put on appropriate racks and covered with roof-shaped tin-foil covers. |
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| | TIT Festivals: A Summer Celebration |
| | Dragon boat races, held at many areas around the island, are a colorful spectacle which shouldn't be missed by anyone who wants to learn more about Chinese festivals and folk customs. | | | Several of the Chinese gods celebrate their birthdays with elaborate temple festivities throughout the island; the Lukang Folk Arts Festival is held in the southern city of the same name, and the world-famous dragon boat races take place at venues across the island. | | | In old China, the Dragon Boat Festival formed an integral part of the Chinese lunar calendar and signalled the onset of summer (although by June in Taiwan, summer has already been upon us for several weeks). |
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| | liber paganum, part D |
| | The Dragon is the symbol of the Chinese emperor. | | | Dragon 1.) (Chinese) The dragon is the incarnation of Yang, the male principle. | | | The British and Nordic national heroes, being St. George and Sigfrid, became heroes by killing one dragon each. |
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| | TIT Festivals: A Summer Celebration |
| | Dragon boat races, held at many areas around the island, are a colorful spectacle which shouldn't be missed by anyone who wants to learn more about Chinese festivals and folk customs. | | | The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar, a date which varies from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. | | | In old China, the Dragon Boat Festival formed an integral part of the Chinese lunar calendar and signalled the onset of summer (although by June in Taiwan, summer has already been upon us for several weeks). |
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| | THE GREEK, INDIAN, & CHINESE ELEMENTS |
| | That this was supposed to the rainbow may be something that has dropped out even of Chinese consciousness, though that the rainbow should be dragons seems quite reasonable in the context of the tradition. | | | In the association with the elements, however, the archetypal Chinese dragon is associated with the East, and with the element Wood. | | | In the adoption of the seven day week from the West, Chinese usage then assigns the five planets to the days of the week apart from Sunday and Monday, which are then named, obviously enough, after the Sun and the Moon. |
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| | Year 2000 Chinese Golden Dragon Year |
| | This is because the Chinese dragon is unpredictable, untouchable and we cannot see its head and tail at the same time. | | | Also, the Chinese Year uses the cycle of 60 Stem-Branch counting systems and the Golden Dragon is the 17th Stem-Branch in the cycle. | | | Why do the Chinese name year 2000 as the Golden Dragon Year? |
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| | Annam |
| | The other two Vietnamese regions that were first under the Chinese rule, then the French after the Franco-Chinese War, are Cochin China and Tonkin. | | | Also, without any connection to Vietnam, Annam is the name of the Father of all Giants, according to the mythology of the Dungeons & Dragons; fantasy role playing game. | | | Annam literal meaning " Pacified South," is a region of central Vietnam that fell under Chinese rule in 111 BC as Annan (安南). |
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| | montreal.com - dragon boat race festival |
| | Dragon Boat racing is a popular event in Asia and in recent years has spread worldwide wherever there is a Chinese community to sustain it. | | | Dragon boats are usually stored for 11 months and then, prior to the festival, a ritual is performed to rouse the dragons to life. | | | The boats used in the Montreal Dragon Boat Race Festival are imported from mainland China. |
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http://www.montreal.com/events/2000/07/dragon.html
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| | The Circle of the Dragon: History: Eastern Dragon Overview |
| | The Celestial dragon protects the mansions of the gods to the Chinese, and the Spiritual dragon creates rain and wind for mankind. | | | Dragons feared tigers, perhaps due to the fact that they were the "opposites" of each other (in the Chinese Zodiacs). | | | This dragon is born from a certain seaweeds. |
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| | Chinese Festival History |
| | This is because Chinese people traditionally regarded the dragons as presiding over the water and having dominion over rainfall. | | | The dragon is the most venerated of the Chinese zodiac deities and symbolizes control over the water. | | | About 2300 years ago, during the Warring States period, a well-respected poet and statesmen named "Qu Yuan" lived in the Chinese Kingdom of Chu and served the government with integrity as Minister of State. |
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| | Culture of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Chinese architecture, examples of which can be found over 2,000 years ago, has long been a landmark of Chinese culture. | | | With the rise of Western economic and military power beginning in the mid-19th century, however, non-Chinese systems of social and political organization gained adherents in China. | | | Chinese art has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing technology, as well as influenced by great philosophers, teachers and religion. |
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| | Dragon of Annam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Even the name of "Annam" in the title of the order was a point of dishonor as the name comes from the old Chinese term for Vietnam which means "the conquered south". | | | The Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam was created on March 14, 1886 in the ancient Vietnamese city of Hue, by Emperor Dong-Khanh of the Imperial House of Annam, upon the "recommendation" of the President of France as a jointly awarded French colonial order. | | | When French colonial rule over Indochina ended, the Order of the Dragon of Annam was abolished and replaced by the National Order of Vietnam which was later retained and revised by the Republic of South Vietnam. |
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