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Sanajaoba Meitei
dear friends, I am from Manipur,North East India. People of Manipur have close connection with Chinese(specially with those of Yunnan province),in terms of ethnicity,language,food,culture,belief etc. I have a question regarding our state emblem.Our state emblem is Kangla Sha(An animal with dragon head with lion body).As most of our historical and religious books were burnt down by a hindu king under the instruction of a hindu priest in the 18th century,I find it little bit confused about the...
Apr 19 2013 01:01 AM
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WangGeon
Sanajaoba Meitei, I think the creature you're speaking of is not necessarily a half "dragon" per se but a half-Naga. In Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, the "dragon" and the "naga" were either considered similar or the same. Look up the Burmese "Chinthe" and you'd notice some have a "dragon head" with a "lion body."
Apr 20 2013 07:05 PM -
Sanajaoba Meitei
@YummYakitori thanks for your comment.yes, one of the myths regarding this figure is that once our supreme god Atiya Kuru Shitapa had set this animal to stop fighting among the 7 clans in Kangleipak(pre-hindunised name for manipur).this animal is like guardian.in front of the gate of royal palace,two guardian Kangla Shas stand as a symbol protection of the king.I came across that in Chinese belief,the dragon and lion are rivals.but more interestingly,in case of Kangla Sha,it is the combinatio...
Apr 21 2013 07:34 AM -
Sanajaoba Meitei
@WangGeon.thanks for your reply.yes,Chinthe and Kangla Sha are very similar except the latter has horn.Chinthe has no horn whereas Kangla Sha has two horns.i dont know dragon and naga are similar.but we think dragon is a god like our dragon god Lord Pakhangba(god of our martial art Thang-Ta),but we think naga is just a snake.but i dont much about it.
Apr 21 2013 07:59 AM
Lan Ling Wang
Hello every one, I am a Student from Venezuela living in Northeast China. I have to say that I love this place, finally I feel like home. These days is hard to find likeminded people that can apreciate History & Culture, just beacuase. Friends and relatives always say to me: History? How are you gonna eat? You should study a real mayor...
Apr 14 2013 07:21 PM
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tjoa
It is possible to study history and find work in a totally different field. I personally study history for many years but became a banker. It helps to think of things you do as not being mutually exclusive.
Apr 22 2013 11:10 AM
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Bao Pu
No. One reason this site is about Chinese HISTORY, the other is that too many fights occurred in the past when it was allowed.
Mar 26 2013 08:19 AM -
Bao Pu
There are many other forums where current events can be discussed.
Mar 26 2013 08:20 AM -
Lan Ling Wang
Just to be clear: Where is the line between Modern history and current affairs? I do not want to break any rules...
Apr 14 2013 07:26 PM
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Hannibal27
Hi irene - welcome to CHF! :)
Mar 19 2013 11:59 PM -
Aygor
Benvenuta!
Mar 21 2013 12:26 PM
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ghostexorcist
This keeps on happening to you. I don't understand why you don't save your work (or the links) in a word program.
Mar 08 2013 06:30 PM
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Bao Pu
congrats!
Mar 06 2013 10:20 PM -
Hannibal27
Congratulations!
Mar 12 2013 04:29 PM -
f0ma
Well done YummYakitori :)
Mar 14 2013 04:53 PM
Korin
Something wierd happened during the night, my computer and ps3 shut off randomly and I'm bit upset at the moment, also the tower fan that I use for cool air shut off as well, wierd d**** it?
Feb 28 2013 10:21 AM
Korin
I lost all my work when my computer restarted without my know -- so I'm a bit upset. :( (few hours ago it happened) - I'm just gonna have to move on..
Feb 14 2013 04:16 PM
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f0ma
That's a shame :( What were you working on?
Feb 14 2013 04:47 PM -
Korin
I was reading PDF file and I was pretty far - Firefox did it again it crashed..
Feb 15 2013 09:26 PM
