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Tag: flatland
3D Object Information
The object that I want to make for my Flatland project is the Chinese Dragon. I chose it because I want to try to make it. One legend of the origin of the dragon is the Totem-Worship theory. Each tribe had an animal or protector called a totem of the tribe that the people believed that they were related to. It was said that one tribe set out against the 9 other tribes of the Yellow River Valley. The first tribe took the totems of the tribes they defeated and put it in their own totem and the leader of that tribe claimed to be the monarch of the central planes of China, making the dragon totem popular.
In Chinese culture, the dragon represents the East and the wood element. It is one of the four guardians – the Dragon, the White Tiger, the Tortoise, and the Vermilion Bird. The Chinese calendar has 12 animals and every year, it is the year of a different animal (year of rabbit, then year of dragon, then year of snake, and so on). The dragon is a powerful symbol of Chinese culture and you are presumed to have a happy life. The supreme power of emperors is represented by the Chinese Dragon.
The Chinese Dragon has an interesting history and a big mark on Chinese culture. I am really excited to make the dragon.
Works Cited
Wu, Annie. “The Chinese Dragon – a Symbol of Strength and Power.” China Highlights. N.p., 7 Dec. 2015. Web. 31 Jan. 2016. <http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/article-chinese-dragons.htm>.
Flatland Movie
Flatland is a 2 dimensional land where everyone is a geometric shape. The shapes go from three-sided triangles to circles with an infinite number of angles. The triangles do the hard work, like guard duty. The squares work in offices and the Circles are the priests who are supposed to be wise. In the Flatland movie, a square called Arthur square has a strange dream where he travels to Pointland, a place with a point who likes to say “me” a lot. Than, he travels to Lineland, where there is only ONE dimension – length. He encounters the King of Lineland who can only go side to side and cannot go forwards or backwards. Arthur then freaks the King out and goes back to Flatland. then, he sees Spherius, a 3 dimensional sphere from the third dimension – Spaceland. Spherius takes Arthur to Spaceland and Arthur finds a new dimension – height. When Arthur wakes up, he finds out that Hex, his granddaughter, has gone to Area 33h, an area sort of like what we call Area 51. Arthur gets caught but Spherius saves him from death by the Circles. After Flatland finds out about the Third Dimension, Hex wonders if there is a Fourth Dimension. Then, the camera lowers under the Cube of Area 33h and shows another cube – this one with a square inside … a Tesseract (a cube with a cube inside) that probably represents the fourth dimension. This is a great movie with a great plot.