Танец дракона был изобретён китайцами,которые верили в дракона и проявляли к нему большое уважение. Дракон -- это важный символ китайской культуры и традиции. Из Китая танец дракона распространился по всему миру. В деятельности китайцев он стал стал особым видом искусства. Он символизирует удачу и процветание для всех людей мира в наступающем году. Согласно истории древнего мира в период Чунь Цю было очень популярно изучение китайских боевых искусств и потому в свободное время студентов обучали танцу дракона в целях большего поддержания. Оригинальный дракон представлял собой комбинацию стилизованных животных и постепенно стал мистическим существом китайской культуры. Его физическая форма являлась сочетанием многих животных,включая оленьи рога,бычьи уши,кроличьи уши,тигровые когти и рыбью чешую,закреплённую на длинном змеином теле. Благодаря таким чертам считается,что дракон был амфибией и мог передвигаться по земле,летать по воздуху и плавать в море. Императоры Древнего Китая отождествляли себя с драконами.Дракон также был символом императорской власти. Он символизировал естественную силу,совершенство,изобилие и достоинство.
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799–February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated with Russian literature ever since and greatly influencing later Russian writers.
Born in Moscow, Pushkin published his first poem at the age of fifteen, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo. Pushkin gradually became committed to social reform and emerged as a spokesman for literary radicals; in the early 1820s he clashed with the government, which sent him into exile in southern Russia. While under the strict surveillance of government censors and unable to travel or publish at will, he wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov, but could not publish it until years later. His novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, was published serially from 1825 to 1832.
Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, whom he married in 1831, later became regulars of court society. In 1837, while falling into greater and greater debt amidst rumors that his wife had started conducting a scandalous affair, Pushkin challenged her alleged lover, Georges d'Anthès, to a duel. Pushkin was mortally wounded and died two days later.
<span>Because of his liberal political views and influence on generations of Russian rebels, Pushkin was portrayed by Bolsheviks as an opponent to bourgeois literature and culture and a predecessor of Soviet literature and poetry. Tsarskoe Selo was renamed after him.</span>
<span>Oxford is a small city in 1 the centre of England. 2 The
University of Oxford is one of 3 the most famous in the world. If
you are 4 a student, it's a great place to study. For visitors to
Oxford there are a lot of things to do. You can go to museums and
theatres. There are also 5 shops, cafes and restaurants, and of
course bookshops. There's 6 a famous bookshop on Board Street.
7 The shop has thousands of books and is over 120 years old! Summer is
8 best time to visit Oxford. When 9 the weather is thenice, you can
hire 10 a boat on one of the rivers or have 11 a picnic in
12 the university parks. Oxford is also close to London so you can
easily take 13 the bus or train there fo the day.</span>