Jillian+(Dragons)

Dragons When you hear the word dragon, what comes to mind? The Chinese view dragons differently than Americans. The Chinese view dragons as large mythical creatures, whereas Americans view them as dangerous creatures. In this paper we will compare and contrast how China and America view dragons.

In Chinese art, dragons are portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs. Although the Chinese origin for the dragon is unknown, some scholars believe they came from totems of different tribes in China. The legend is important to Chinese cultures because it permeates (affects every part of) ancient Chinese civilizations and it has shaped their culture to the present day. Dragons have been, and will continue to be the symbol of Chinese culture. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of power, wisdom and luck.

The Americans think differently. Americans view dragons as large dangerous creatures. They believe that they are large creatures, worthy of doing something bad. Some Americans are even afraid of dragons because of their large size and scary looking.

Chinese view them mythical. Americans view them dangerous. We all view them differently. I compared and contrasted how they both view dragons.

Now you can see that Chinese and American cultures view them differently. This paper compared, and contrasted what we think of dragons and what Chinese think of dragons. Hope you enjoyed this. Thanks for reading.

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