Good luck charm: Here comes year of Dragon
Baku, January 23 (AZERTAC). This week Chinese people all over the world welcome the upcoming Year of the Dragon. Unlike the fire-breathing monster in European mythology, the dragon in China is a good luck charm.
Dragon is a symbol of power, righteousness and prosperity. The Chinese emperor was sitting on the “Dragon Throne”. Of all the twelve zodiac animals, the dragon stands out particularly. It is not only the animal, but a miraculous being.
Chinese couples like to get married in the Dragon year and wish to have a child in the same year. Blessed by the luck dragon, children are confident, courageous, passionate and willing to take risks. “We Chinese people love the dragon,” says the 31-year-old Zhang Li, who wants to get married on New Year`s week. “We admire dragon. It stands for the strength of a great empire. Only the emperor could have symbols of dragon on his clothes.”
In the year of the dragon spirit of optimism prevails. “Change is the key for 2012,” says the Hong Kong fortuneteller Li Juming. “The Chinese say that things change whenever they meet the dragon.” The ascent and descent of the stock markets will continue, but in the global economic crisis, dragon promises new confidence of strong leadership. “The dragon year is important for a healthy and harmonious decade,” says Li Juming. “It is the year in which everything turns for the better.”
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