Chinese Zodiac

The Dragon   

The dragon is fifth on the Chinese Zodiac. Some of the characteristics of the dragon are magnanimous, stately, vigorous, strong, self-assured, proud, noble, direct, dignified, eccentric, intellectual, fiery, passionate, decisive, pioneering, artistic, generous, and loyal. The dragon can also be tactless, arrogant, imperious, tyrannical, demanding, intolerant, dogmatic, violent, impetuous, and brash.

Even though you may have been born in the year of the dragon, you my not have these characteristics. These characteristics are based on the dragon. The dragon is the animal that you think of when you think of China. The dragon is very intelligent, it is also violent and strong. When you think of a dragon you think of a mythical animal with a damsel in distress in a tall tower with the dragon guarding her. But in the story of the great race, it shows another side of the dragon. It shows that the dragon is compassionate because it decided that helping other people was more important than winning a race, it also says that the dragon also helped the rabbit when it was stuck in the middle of the river.

Here are some of the years of the dragon:  If you are born in one of these years, you are a dragon.
1904, 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036   
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