One of Chinese symbols.ppt

One of Chinese symbols —Chinese dragon Origin of Chinese Dragon Dragon is a legendary kind of creature, which does not exist in the world at all. Nobody really knows where the dragon came from. But it looks like a combination of many animals. For us Chinese, dragons were described visually as a composite of parts from nine animals: the horns of a deer, head of a camel(骆驼), eyes of the rabbit, neck of a snake, abdomen(腹部) of a large cockle(蜃、鸟蛤), scales(鳞片) of a carp(鲤鱼), claws(爪) of an eagle(鹰), paws(掌) of a tiger and ears of an ox. Stories about Chinese Dragon Last touch added to a drawing(画龙点睛) Once a famous artist Zhang Sengyou(张僧繇) drew four dragons on the walls of the Anle Temple, Jinling（金陵安乐寺）, but he left the pupils of the dragons unfinished. Someone asked him the reason of the omission. In answer, he said that if he painted the pupils , the dragons would become alive and fly away. Last touch added to a drawing(画龙点睛) The questioner did not believe it and requested him to complete the work. But as soon as the two dots were drawn, all of a sudden, there were thunder and lightning and the dragon became alive and instantly flew away, while the other three without pupils still remained there. Last touch added to a drawing(画龙点睛) Based on this fairy tale, the last touch added to a drawing is said to be the act of adding pupils to a dragon; that is to say, the last touch in a masterpiece is the most important part of a drawing, or any other important business. And now it becomes a phrase to suggest adding a word or two to clinch the point. Professed love of what one really fears（叶公好龙） In the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), a person named Shen Zhuliang(沈诸梁 ) lived in the Chu state, who addressed himself as Lord Ye. It is said that this Lord Ye was very fond of dragons. The walls had dragons painted on them. The beams, pillars, doors and windows were all carved wit