Welcome to qicai.net

Symbolism of the Chinese Dragon and Its Festival Culture

From online sources Posting Time: 2025-08-17 20:46:27

Listening Content Display

Tip: This site supports text-selection search. Just highlight any word.
Hide Content
    DescriptionDescription
    This article introduces the symbolism of the Chinese dragon and its role in festival culture, such as dragon dances, combined with English short passages suitable for beginner listening practice.

    Learn English easily in 1 minute every day! This website offers short English readings suitable for beginners, each with audio and the original text. The content is interesting and moderately challenging. By practicing one passage daily, you can develop your language sense and improve reading and listening skills. Start your journey to English progress now! Below is some beginner-level English listening content collected by Qicai's editor Xiao Wu from daily short English reading exercises.

    The Chinese Dragon is the totem of China. It has a long body, big eyes, two horns, and four claws. Unlike the scary dragons in stories, the Chinese dragon stands for power and good luck. People believe it can make rain and keep us safe.

    At festivals, we often watch dragon dances. They roll and twist. So beautiful. It can bring us good luck.

    That's all for the beginner-level English listening content collected by Qicai's editor Xiao Wu from daily short English reading exercises. We hope you gain something after listening!

Vocabulary Guide

Listening ComprehensionListening Comprehension
  • festival

    noun

    1. an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)

    e.g. a drama festival

    Synonym: fete

    2. a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

  • unlike

    adj

    1. marked by dissimilarity

    e.g. for twins they are very unlike
    people are profoundly different

    Synonym: dissimilardifferent

    2. not equal in amount

    e.g. they distributed unlike (or unequal) sums to the various charities

  • totem

    noun

    1. emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant
    serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)

    2. a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

  • 中文
  • English
  • Popular Listening
  • Other Listening
Don't forget: 'qicai.net' is Qicai.net — the Qicai platform. ©2025 Qicai www.qicai.net Contact Email:kankan660@qq.com