Chinese Culture

Dragonball

Posted in by Betty on the June 3rd, 2008

Dbthemovie has gotten their hands on new scans from Roadshow Magazine showing the first official look at the cast of Dragonball.

Justin Chatwin as Goku

Emmy Rossum as Bulma and Joon Park as Yamcha

Chow Yun-Fat … [more >>]

Chinese Long: a Shape Shifter

Posted in by Betty on the May 30th, 2008

As I have said, the Chinese do not worship dragon. What is usually translated as “dragon” is actually Chinese Long. Though there is a detailed description of the Chinese Long’s appearance, it is worth noting … [more >>]

The Chinese do not worship dragon

Posted in by Betty on the May 30th, 2008

“Dragon” is the word usually used to translate the Chinese character “long”, but actually they are not the same thing.

I often wonder why the early translators used dragon to translate Chinese Long, and vice versa. … [more >>]