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1、TheDragonDifferencebetweenChinaandwesterncountriesAbstractDoyouknowthedifferenceoflongordragonbetweenChineseviewandwesternview?InChina,fromthepast,longisagoodauspiciouscomplicatedanimal.Ithasdeer’shorn,camel’shead,snake’seyes,frog’sstomach,hawk’snail
2、,tiger’spalm,cattle’sear,carp’sscale.Itmeansgoodweatherandethnicharmony.ChinesepeopleareproudofChinesewordlongfromancienttimestillnow.Whichisthesymbolofauspiciousnessandauthority.ButinWesternpeople’seyes,thedragonisanevilanimal.Itssourceis「theBible」w
3、hereitisdescribedasaredevilanimal.So,thedragonisthesymbolofevilandviolenceinwesternview.Solonganddragonarequitedifferent.ThethesisisdiscusstomakeacomparisonbetweenChinaandwesterncountriesontheculturalandhistoricaldevelopmentofdragonintotwostages,then
4、aconclusionhasbeendrawnthatalthoughdragonisanimaginarycreaturebothinChinaandwesternculture,theChinese“Long”isnotexactlyequaltowestern“dragon”,thisismainlybecauseeachonehasitsownculturalorigins,images,postsinancientmyths,aswellastheirsymbols.Thus,duet
5、otheimportantroleslongordragonplayinChineseandwesternsocialcultureandgreatconsequencesithasforethnicandculturalpromotion.Itisacriticalpointtodiscussthedragon’sdifferencebetweenChineseandWesternculture. Keywords:dragon;development;culture;symbolConten
6、ts1.Introduction………………………………………………………………....12.DifferentculturalandhistoricaldevelopmentsofdragoninChinaandwesterncountries................................................................................................22.1Theculturalandhistoricaldev
7、elopmentofChinese“Long”.....................22.1.1“Long”inancienttimes……………………………...…….……......22.1.2“Long”inthemiddle-age………………………………………......32.2TheculturalandhistoricaldevelopmentofWestern“Dragon”.................42.2.1“Dragon”inancienttime…………………
8、……………………................42.2.2“Dragon”inthemiddle-age…...................................................................53.TheculturalsymbolofdragoninChinaandwesterncountry………….......63.1TheculturalsymbolofdragoninChina…………..........................