Officially on falling on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month‚ the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Double Fifth Day. While many stories regarding its origin abound‚ the most popular and widely accepted version regards Qu Yuan‚ a minister during the Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) Legend of the Dragon Boat Festival’s Origin At the end of the Zhou Dynasty‚ the area we now know as China had fallen into a state of fragmentation and conflict. While the Zhou dynasty had ruled for several
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The western and Chinese Dragon The ancient Chinese created a 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac which is represented by 12 different animals. They are rat‚ ox‚ tiger‚ rabbit‚ dragon‚ snake‚ horse‚ sheep‚ monkey‚ rooster‚ dog‚ pig. Dragon is the 5th in this cycle‚ but the most popular‚ and the only mythical creature. The figure of typical Chinese dragon has a long scaled serpentine body‚ two short antlers‚ four lizard legs‚ and chicken claws. They are either flying in the sky or swimming under
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The Dragon Who Does Not Breath Fire Hi‚ my name is Oleg‚ Oleg the dragon. See what I did there‚ I was like James Bond for a second. Anyway I’m Oleg and I live in the Dragon Caves (I came up with the name‚ pretty cool isn’t it). I live there with my friends Samuel and Jake. Samuel is an orange dragon with blue eyes. He’s a bit small but he makes up for it with speed and strength. Jake is very tall and I used to be a bit scared of him but it’s OK now. We usually go out destroying castles and if
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The Fifty-First Dragon | By Heywood Broun | | | Heywood Broun‚ who has risen rapidly through the ranks of newspaper honor from sporting reporter and war correspondent to one of the most highly regarded dramatic and literary critics in the country‚ is another of these Harvard men‚ but‚ as far as this book is concerned‚ the last of them. Broun graduated from Harvard in 1910; was several years on the New York Tribune‚ and is now on the World. | | There is no more substantially
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The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival‚ also called the Duanwu Festival‚ is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years‚ the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races‚ especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta commemorates the death
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& Legend Kelsey Dahlberg Thesis Statement: In this essay I will explore the ideas of luck‚ control by consent‚ unpredictability and the illusion of skill present in the ritual of the game Dungeons and Dragons‚ and why they are so prevelant in this ritual. The game of Dungeons and Dragons is a popular fantasy roleplaying game created in 1974. The ideas of luck‚ control by consent‚ unpredictability and the illusion of skill are all very prevelant throughout the ritual‚ particularly in dice rolling
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The dragons were the protectors of the region and people known as light. The surviving dragon’s life energy travels to another to insure the life force of all dragons at their death‚ to sustain their kind. The creator wrote across the heavens of our universe their history predefined. Darkness feared the dragons‚ for them knew they kept careful watch on them. Darkness had tried to rise before to take the light‚ but they had halted them. Darkness felt whoever could control the dragons‚ would
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character and the protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series written by Akira Toriyama. He is loosely based on Sun Wukong‚ a central character in the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West.[2] Goku is introduced as an eccentric‚ monkey-tailed boy who practices martial arts and possesses superhuman strength.[3] At first‚ Goku is believed to be an Earthling‚ but he is later revealed to be a member of an extraterrestrial warrior race called the Saiyans.[4] In Dragon Ball‚ Goku trains himself in various
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King" Anime: "The Secret of the Dragon Balls" Appears in Race Saiyan Gender Male Date of birth Age 737[2] Date of death October 12‚ Age 761[3] (revived on November 3‚ Age 762) May 26‚ Age 767[4] (revived on May 8‚ Age 774) Height 175 cm/5’9" (adult)[2] Weight 62 kg or 137 lbs. (adult‚ as of Piccolo Jr. Saga)[2] Address 439 East District[5] Occupation Martial artist Radish farmer[6] Allegiance Saiyan Army (low class soldier‚ Age 737)[7] Dragon Ball Gang[8] Turtle School (Age 750 -
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US airing of Dragon Ball Z Kai on the CW4kids/Toonzai block‚ Mr. Popo’s skin was changed from black to blue.Pilaf (ピラフ Pirafu?)‚ Emperor Pilaf in the English anime dub‚ is a small impish man who dreams of ruling the world. Along with his two minions‚ Mai (マイ?)‚ a woman that wears a trench coat‚ and Shu (シュウ Shū?)‚ originally named "Soba" (ソバ?) in the manga‚ a humanoid dog in a ninja outfit‚ he seeks out the Dragon Balls to wish for world domination. After obtaining the Dragon Balls‚ he is foiled
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