wendy
I am just enjoying my Chinese New Year's vacation. Though I really wanted to have a trip during my vacation, when I saw people on the videos from different places crowed to the famous resorts which I planned to go, I quited the competition! We have a funny phrase to vividly desire this situation called “people mountain and people sea”. Today is just the third day of my vacation, but I have got drunk twice. So ,I have no idea whether some of my relatives will visit me or not today,but I have prepared enough food and wine for them. As Chinese people, the most important part of New Year is to give family members, relatives and friends our best wishes.So, my family and I wish you good health! wish you a happy family! wish you great fortune! wish you all the best! I have heard a good news that we eventually have an unique word "loong”to say Chinese dragon. I don't know why people used dragon to say our most auspicious animal many many years ago ,they are actually two very different kinds of animals. It really made a lot of misunderstandings between West and East.Especially this year is the year of loong.I hope my foreign friends can realize this animal in a new way!
2024年2月12日 03:58
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I am just enjoying my Chinese New Year's vacation. Though I really wanted to have a trip during my vacation, when I saw videos showing all the people travelling from different places crowding into the famous resorts to which I planned to go, I quit / I left the competition! We have a funny phrase to vividly describe this situation called “a mountain of people and a sea of people”. Today is just the third day of my vacation, but I have got drunk twice. So, I have no idea whether some of my relatives will visit me or not today, but I have prepared enough food and wine for them. As Chinese people, the most important part of the New Year’s celebration is to give family members, relatives and friends our best wishes. So, my family and I wish you good health, a happy family life as well as great fortune! We wish you all the best! I have heard good news, we eventually have a unique word: "loong”, to say Chinese dragon. I don't know why people used dragon to say our most auspicious animal many years ago, they are actually two very different kinds of animals. It really made a lot of misunderstandings between West and East. Especially this year is the year of the “loong”. I hope my foreign friends can see this animal in a new way!
Thanks, your good wishes Wendy, all the best to you too :). As for the notion of dragon, in the West they are seen as reptilian mystical creatures mostly considered smart, powerful but in many cases, they are associated with terror. I suppose the reason why the “Loong” is called a dragon by westerners is because it has many physical similarities with dragons such as their reptilian appearance for example, but it’s fair to say that “loongs” do not have the same roles in Asian folklore as dragons have in European legends.
2024年2月12日
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