中国龙 Chinese Dragon

在中国人的节日和日常生活中，到处都能看到这个神采奕奕的形象。
During holidays, and in everyday-life of the Chinese people, there is a certain mythical figure that is present everywhere.

这就是中国龙。
This figure is called a “sinosaurus”, or a Chinese dragon.

与西方文化中龙的形象不同。
This dragon differs from the dragons in the Western tales.

作为一种现实中并不存在的神物，龙在华夏民族的心里占据着不可替代的位置。
As an idol，that is nonexistent in science and reality, the dragon has a position in the hearts of the Chinese people that is irreplaceable.

龙这种形象大约起源于新石器时代早期。
The image of the dragon probably originated from the early Neolithic period.

传说中，华夏民族的祖先伏羲和女娲都是人面蛇身的。
The fable is that the Chinese ancestors Fu Xi and Nv Wa both had human faces with a snake-like body.

当华夏民族的祖先统一中原各部落后，揉合各氏族的图腾形成了龙的形象。
The dragon was formed when the Chinese ancestors united the various tribes along the Yellow River,and wove together the totem images of all the clans.