Shenlong (Traditional Chinese: 神龍; Simplified Chinese: 神龙; pinyin: shén lóng literally "spirit dragon") is a spiritual dragon from Chinese mythology that controls wind and rain. Shenlong may refer to: Shenlong, a dragon from Chinese mythology Shenlong, a fictional dragon from the Dragon Ball franchise Sheng Long, a hoax character from the Street Fighter II series Shenlong the Tiger, a fighter from the Bloody Roar fighting game series Shenlong Gundam, a mobile suit from the Gundam... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Japanese name Hiragana: KyÅ«jitai: Shinjitai: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Thai name Thai: Vietnamese name Quoc Ngu: Han Tu: The Chinese dragon is a mythical Chinese creature that also appears in other East Asian cultures, and is also sometimes called the Oriental (or Eastern) dragon. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and...

The spiritual dragons (shen-long) were the weather makers. These giants floated across the sky and due to their blue color that changed constantly were difficult to see clearly. Shen-long governed the wind, clouds and rain on which all agrarian life depended. Chinese people took great care to avoid offending them for if they grew angry or felt neglected, the result was bad weather, drought of flood and thunderstorms.