2024年3月14日发(作者：)

chinese dragon演讲稿

Chinese Dragon Culture 龙文化

Many Chinese people like to sing a song : “There is a dragon in the ancient

orient whose name is China. There is a group of ancient oriental people there too,

who are all the descendants of the dragon…” Here the word “dragon’ is the

symbol of Chinese nation. Many foreigners call China the “oriental dragon”.

Chinese people also like to call themselves the “descendants of the dragon”. 很

多中国人都爱唱这样一首歌：“古老的东方有一条龙，它的名字就叫中国；古老的东方有

一群人，他们全都是龙的传人。。。” 这里所说的龙是中华民族的象征。很多外国人也称

中国为“东方巨龙”。中国人更喜欢称自己为“龙的传人”。

In fact, “dragon” is only a kind of imaginary animal in legend. No one has

ever seen the flying dragon winding through the clouds in China or anywhere else.

It is the mysterious dragon worship, especially the worship of the snake totem. 实

际上，龙只是一种传说中的虚拟动物。在当今世界，在中国，没有人见过蜿蜒飞舞的龙。

这与神秘的龙崇拜有关，尤其与对蛇的图腾崇拜有关。

Researchers believed that dragon worship was formed after the tribe that took

snakes as totems combined with the tribes that took horses, fish, deer, camels,

turtles, eagles, cattle and tigers as totems. That is why the new totemism---dragon

has deer’s horns, camel’s head, tortoise’s eyes, snake’s neck, the scales of fish,

the claws of eagle, the palms of tiger, and the ears of cattle. It is said that dragons

can fly, swim, gather clouds to pour down rain and change into different forms. 研

究者认为，以蛇为图腾的部落在与以马、鱼、鹿、骆驼、龟、鹰、牛、虎等为图腾的部落

融合后，形成了新的崇拜对象“龙”，其角似鹿，头似骆驼，眼似龟，颈似蛇，鳞似鱼，

爪似鹰，掌似虎，而似牛。传说中龙能飞，能游水，能兴云雨，善变化，充满神秘感。

Since the beginning of the Xia dynasty, the Chinese have worshiped the

dragon. In ancient people’s beliefs “dragon” was a symbol of the power and

gods, so the Chinese emperors were thought of as dragons. In the past, everything

related to the Chinese emperor was connected with the “dragon”, therefore the

emperor was called “the real dragon and the son of heaven”,; the illness of the

emperor meant “The dragon’s body is not very well.”; when the emperor

rewarded someone, the person would say “Thank dragon”; emperor’s clothes are

called “dragon robes”, and so on. 自夏朝开始，中国人对龙的崇拜经久不衰。在古

代人们的信仰中“龙”是神灵和权威的象征。中国皇帝的一切都与龙有关。他们被称为真

龙天子；皇帝有病说龙体欠安；皇帝给赏赐，大臣口称谢龙恩；皇帝的衣服被称为龙袍。

• 农历the lunar calendar • 庙会temple fair • “龙灯会”Dragon Lantern Festival

• “闹龙灯”Play a Dragon Lantern。 • “龙头节”Dragon Head Festival • 贡品tribute

• 祭祀sacrifice • 舞龙dragon dance • 拔河比赛tug-of-war • “龙抬头节”

Dragon/Loong Head Festival • “龙须面”dragon whiskers noodles

In Chinese language, people always show their love and respect to the dragon.

For example, they use “Hidden dragons and crouching tigers” to describe the

talented or outstanding people who remain obscure to the untrained eye; “Long

to see one’s son become a dragon”, means to hope that one’s child will have a

bright future. The person who is full of vigor is called “doughty as dragon and

lively as a tiger”. “Fighting between a tiger and a dragon” is used to describe the

fierce struggle between well-matched opponents. 在语言方面，中国人也时常流露出

对龙的热爱和崇敬。例如，“人才辈出”称为“藏龙卧虎”；希望孩子有出息，成为有用

的人才，是“望子成龙”；精神旺盛的人被说成是“生龙活虎”；还可以用“龙争虎斗”

来形容强手之间的争斗。