The totem adopting the appearance of a dragon is a very perfect, complete, and flawless artistic form which appear in the world. The dragon is a gigantic creature which can perform in the universe all kinds of subjective, dynamic, creative, and complex actions. It can also perform various transformations in the universe. These mysterious transformations display the various functions of the dragon. The totems of all the different peoples around the world do not have such high level of perfection, or such ultimately attained beauty, like that of the dragon, the Chinese totem. They do not have the same strength as the dragon in reaching and penetrating the inner soul of the devotees. They also do not have such incomparable and ultimate perfection, or such incomparable and numerous special functions, of the dragon totem. The dragon totem possesses incomparable power of the universe. To the effect that the dragon form totem has enabled the Chinese people to embody a kind of moral integrity, a kind of dragon moral integrity. It embodies a kind of spirit of the universe of entirety. It embodies the brilliance and pride of the culture of the Chinese people. |
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