Honorable - The Poet and the Peony, #AtoZChallenge...:
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Siang Yu, completed his training in the three perfections, poetry, art, and calligraphy. Now, a Dragon Scholar, a poet who paints beauty with words and images, In the beauty of ancient Taoist garden, Siang Yu creates a lasting love with a peony, a young maiden.
Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: #AtoZChallenge - 4-10-2017 - Letter H
GENEROUS - Li Chi, the Serpent Slayer,
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GENEROUS |
Li Chi as other Chinese heroine displaced worms and serpents from China that battled for control over the prosperous lands from the many struggling Dynasties.
Li Chi was the youngest daughter of a farmer, who had no sons. She watched the Sorceress and the Magistrate collected rice from her Father and Mother to so her oldest sister was not sacrificed to the worm serpent who lived on the mountain. Li Chi would kill the serpent.
Festive - The Lonely Dragon:
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FESTIVE |
The villages respected the dragons, because they offered protection, controlled the weather thus creating good fortune and wealth.
Mei Ling, a young girl, lived in a poor village. Rain never came and the crops of rice and the vegetables died. Grandma said, “The villagers are afraid of the anger from the dragon on the mountain top. The village bestows no honor on him, so village not honored by dragons.” Mei Ling invites the lonely dragon to a village party.
As dragon wins respect and honor, Chinese Land Lords use the people's love for the dragon to create power and control for themselves, a tale that goes on and on.
Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: #AtoZChallenge - 4-7-2017 - Letter F
DISTINGUISH - MIN, the River Dragon
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DISTINGUISH |
For
centuries River Kingdoms were in power and by use of the DRAGONS to
fight over for the control of China. Such is the story of Dragon Min, a
boy who became a River Dragon and helped the villagers. While becoming a
Dragon Min made mud banks around the river to hold shrimps, crabs,
eels, and fish and the river irrigated the crops and vegetables.Thus,
Dragon Min, like many others, is honored and respected for bringing
change, good fortune, and wealth to the river, the villagers, and the
farmers.