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IS IT A BIRD…
IS IT A PLANE…
IS IT A DRAGON?
HISTORY BEHIND THE
CHINESE DRAGON
By Jerry Shen
From when I first started playing
computer games as a child,
I had always used the name
“NogardJS” as my screen name.
“JS” because they were my initials and
“Nogard”, embarrassing to admit now,
because it was “Dragon” spelt backwards.
It’s difficult to say when this fascination
with dragons first started. Perhaps it was
when I was watching old Chinese movies
where these beasts served as symbols of
wealth and luxury or watching cartoons
of an almighty dragon granting wishes to
warriors. Nevertheless, I had always been
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