You may have had the experience of making a hand turkey for Thanksgiving. In Chinese class, we are to make a hand dragon to display in our classroom as a group project.
Chinese dragons typically have a long and scaly body with four legs. The dragon is the symbol of China. During the Chinese New Year, the dragon dance is the most important celebration.
The Chinese dragon is written like this龍 (traditional character) or 龙(simplified character), the pronunciation is the same "lóng “。 Some of students have found a way to remember how to say it which is that the Chinese dragon is long, all you have to pay attention to is saying the word with a raising tone.
The following video shows you how to make the hand dragon. First, find different dragon designs and pick one as the template. Then prepare a dragon head, four legs, and a tail. Each student is to trace their hands and cut it out. You can ask the students to sign their names on their hands so they know where their hands are in the dragon. Lastly, as a group, glue all the hands together in a shape of a dragon. Now you have the Chinese dragon to display in your classroom.
The attached song "龙的传人 lóng de chuán rén ” means "the Descendants of Dragon" is a popular song. The composer “侯德健 hóu dé jiàn ” composed and sang this song while he was a college student in 1978.
You can find words that we have learned in this song, such as 中国 (China),长江(the Yangtze River),黄河(Yellow River),黑头发(black hair),黄皮肤(yellow skin), 你 (you) and of course number one 一 and number 4 四。