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The Significance of The Chinese Dragons
Chinese dragons are usually drawn as very snake-like with four legs and a very long body. Most dragons are associated with evil put Chinese dragons depict power that is not necessarily evil. The Chinese dragon is regularly found in Chinese art and folklore. The male Chinese dragon is a symbol of the male or yang and is thought to control the weather and rain.
Historically the Chinese dragon belonged to the emperor and could not be used by any commoners. The presence of the dragon as a symbol has fluctuated depending on the government and message portrayed to the rest of the world. Dragons are linked with war and aggression and it is for this that China has switched to using the Panda as a symbol. Angering dragons is also dangerous as angry dragons have cause some of the most horrific floods in China, as any flowing water are controlled by dragons.
Chinese dragons are associated with the lucky number nine as dragons are described using nine attributes. They have 117 scales with 81 Yin scales (9 x 9), positive essence, and 36 Yang scales (4 x 9), negative essence. As with dragons the number nine also belongs to emperor and the highest government officials would wear robes decorated with nine dragons.
The Chinese dragon is the most desired year of the Chinese Zodiac as the year of the dragon has the most births to it. The dragon is associated with positive personality traits and many babies are born during this year. One of the four celestial guardians is a dragon and dragon puppets and dragon boat racing are very popular over the Chinese New Year.
In modern times the belief of the dragon is not as prevalent but the worship of dragon kings for weather and water still an important part of Chinese tradition. Dragons are thought to control moving bodies of water form seas to rivers and rule the water and weather. The four main dragon kings rule the east sea, the south sea, the west sea and the North Sea.
Besides controlling water dragons also have many other powers such as changing its size or being able to be invisible or glow. Dragons can manipulate water so it turns into fire. Dragons most likely were derived from a type of ancient crocodile that was able to predict rain. It is thought that the legend of dragons emerged from this crocodile.
My "Occupy Monterey" Talk, Part III, by David Henderson (Econlog)
For Parts I and II, see here and here.
"One big advantage of free markets," I said, "is that they make wars less
likely. When there is a lot of trade between countries, both sides have more
to lose by going to war. Many scholars who study war and trade have been aware
of this connection. This was recognized as early as 1750, when Baron de
Montesquieu stated that 'peace is the natural effect of trade.' This was
confirmed in a 2006 study, "An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute," by Solomon W.
Polachek of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Carlos Seiglie
of Rutgers University. Polachek and Seiglie show that the higher the gains
from trade between two trading partners, the lower the level of conflict
between them. A doubling of trade leads to a 20 percent decrease in
belligerence. In short, trading nations cooperate more and fight less."
"Or think about what mortal enemies India and Pakistan have been. And yet as
trade between those two countries has increased, they have been able to calm
down the various disputes about borders and territory. Also, remember the
first few months of the Bush ...
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