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First,dragon. Dragon is an great animal in Chinese fairy tale.It lives in the oceans or some big lakes. It can operate the rain and the wind, even some big storms. It has eagle's paws,fish's scales [skeil] There are four major Dragon Kings, representing each of the four seas: the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the West China Sea, and the North Sea. the first legendary  [ˈledʒənˌderi:] Second, peony  [ˈpi:əni:] "Celestial  [səˈlestʃəl] beauty, the king of flowers" These are beautiful words praising the peony. The peony has short thin stems,  overlapping  [ˌəuvəˈlæp] petals, flat and short leaves. The peony flowers have different colors, like white, pink, purple, yellow, red ,etc. they are so beautiful, aren’t they? It’s said that WuZetian, the empress  [ˈemprɪs] Elegance and poise [pɔiz], what the peony stands for, will, out of question, capture the attention of the world. Third Chinese jade In China, jade has a history of 5000 years. it has recorded the human life, social changes. From the old stone age to the slave society and the feudal [ˈfju:dl] society, jade wearing represents people's social status [ˈsteitəs]. Along with the social’s development ,the jade culture became richer. In Qing Dynasty, the jade’s carving art came to a historic peak. It is the jade culture that add more gorgeous ['gɔ:dʒəs] color to the Chinese culture. Oriental people tend to use jade to describe human morality [məˈræliti], like modesty , gentleness, fortitude [ˈfɔ:tɪˌtu:d. No wonder Chinese treasure it so much.