{"id":3102,"date":"2022-02-01T03:40:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2022-02-01T12:29:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T02:29:38","slug":"why-are-dragons-so-central-to-chinese-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/why-are-dragons-so-central-to-chinese-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are dragons so central to Chinese culture?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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1. The red dragon is ingrained in the Chinese culture for centuries.<\/span><\/li>\n
2. Chinese dragons have many forms but are commonly shown as snake-like creatures with four legs.<\/span><\/li>\n
3. Like all cultures, the Chinese, too, have a story about how this world was created.<\/span><\/li>\n
4. In this story, a dragon helped the creator of the world\u2014Pan Gu\u2014in the early stages of the creation.<\/span><\/li>\n
5. In another legend, a goddess named Nu Gua, who had the torso of a woman and the tail of a dragon, moulded the first humans out of mud, and so, she is seen as a divine being.<\/span><\/li>\n
6. Chinese also believe that after humanity\u2019s creation, dragons lived alongside mankind, providing protection and guidance.<\/span><\/li>\n
7. It is said that some 5000 years back, they had an emperor, Huang Di (credited for so many\u00a0<\/span>good things<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in China), who was a human incarnation of a dragon.<\/span><\/li>\n
8. When tribes in China fought each other to gain more lands in ancient China, Huang Di collaborated with Yan Di to defeat the enemies.<\/span><\/li>\n
9. Yan Di is believed to have been conceived after his mother dreamt of a dragon.<\/span><\/li>\n
10. As Huang Di\u2019s and Yan Di\u2019s tribes united, they picked a dragon as the symbol for their newly-formed tribe\u2019s banner.<\/span><\/li>\n
11. Since those prehistoric times, many Chinese people have considered themselves Huang Di and Yan Di\u2019s descendants, and therefore, the descendants of dragons.<\/span><\/li>\n
12. Dragons, in Chinese culture, symbolise power, strength, and good luck for people who are worthy of it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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