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Dragons , Magic and Chinese New Year

The Oriental Dragons do not practice the art of arcane magic like Western Dragons, but have magical control over water and air in its many forms. They breathe out heavy mists and fogs and can often produce rain clouds, thunderstorms, and hurricanes. Specific dragons seem to have power over the different water and air elements in nature.  Chinese and Oriental Dragons seem to have an affinity for either water regions, such as lakes, oceans, rivers, or streams, or  air regions, such as sky, clouds, and wind.
The spiritual dragon is in charge of bringing wind and rain. The coiling dragon lives in and affects the water regions. The yellow dragon, also lives in the water, and is recorded as coming out of the water to give the Emperor Fu Hsi the elements of writing. The Dragon King seems to be in charge of all four seas, north, south, east, and west, in four aspects of the same dragon. The Chinese Dragon after maturing for 2000 years develops horns. This lung is highly powerful and can produce rain or storms.
Many people in China leave offerings in the Dragon Temples to ensure good weather and turn away the anger of these very powerful dragon personages. 
Sometimes the weather is affected by the mating or birth cycles of the oriental dragons. They can cause tsunamis, underground eruptions, whirlwinds, great storms, whirlpools, thunder, cyclones, and hurricanes. The hatching process takes 1000 years and dragon parents are jubilant when their egg successfully hatches. The father seems to stir up turbulence, while the mother calms it in a Ying-yang type of pattern.

Physical Appearance
Dragons are as small as silkworms and as large as mountains. Tiny ones may cluster under window ledges and on rooftops. It's possible to find them hiding in the seams of a robe.
There are almost as many Asiatic dragons as there are fish in the sea, and they come in all sizes.   Giant dragons are so big and powerful, they control the forces of nature. When they breathe, they make clouds; when they inhale water, they cause whirlpools. Underground dragons create hills by humping their backs.
 Super sized Oriental dragons are miles long.  The ancient sage Wang Fu described an Eastern Dragon: "Its head is like a camel's, its ears like a cow's, its neck like a snake's, its belly like a frog's, its scales like a carp's, its claws like an eagle's, and its paws like a tiger's." It has whiskers on the sides of its mouth and a bright pearl growing under its chin.
That's only one kind. Most Eastern Dragons have horns and whiskers, but their heads often resemble cows' or horses'. They never look like the horrible snake dragons of the West. They rarely have wings, and they breathe clouds, not fire. Their voices sound like jingling coins, ringing bells, or clanging gongs.
Instead of wings, the dragon has a "poh shan," a growth on top of its head that pumps air in and out, lifting the creature high in the sky. Winds enable it to sail through the air. Some scholars claim that the pearl under its chin makes the dragon airborne, but how this works has never been explained.
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" A Great Big Dragon
There's A Great Big Dragon Coming Down Our Way.
A Great Big Dragon On This Holiday.
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Classical traditions of east and west unite
Come celebrate the diversity of our cultural traditions, and dragon dances combined with the weapons of our Kung Fu review!
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar.
Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year.

At Chinese New Year celebrations people wear red clothes, decorate with poems on red paper, and give children "lucky money" in red envelopes. Red symbolizes fire, which according to legend can drive away bad luck. The fireworks that shower the festivities are rooted in a similar ancient custom. Long ago, people in China lit bamboo stalks, believing that the crackling flames would frighten evil spirits.
The Lantern Festival
In China, the New Year is a time of family reunion. Family members gather at each other's homes for visits and shared meals, most significantly a feast on New Year's Eve. In the United States, however, many early Chinese immigrants arrived without their families, and found a sense of community through neighborhood associations instead. Today, many Chinese-American neighborhood associations host banquets and other New Year events.
Chinese New Year ends with the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the month. Some of the lanterns may be works of art, painted with birds, animals, flowers, zodiac signs, and scenes from legend and history. People hang glowing lanterns in temples, and carry lanterns to an evening parade under the light of the full moon.
In many areas the highlight of the lantern festival is the dragon dance. The dragon which might stretch a hundred feet long is typically made of silk, paper, and bamboo. Traditionally the dragon is held aloft by young men who dance as they guide the colorful beast through the streets. In the United States, where the New Year is celebrated with a shortened schedule, the dragon dance always takes place on a weekend. In addition, many Chinese-American communities have added American parade elements such as marching bands and floats.

 

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