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A pig dragon or zhūlóng (simplified Chinese: 玉 猪龙; traditional Chinese: 玉 豬龍) [1] is a type of jade artifact from the Hongshan culture of neolithic China. Pig dragons are zoomorphic forms with a pig-like head and elongated limbless body coiled around to the head and described as "suggestively fetal". [ 2 ]
The famous pig-dragon jade pendant of Hongshan would signify a dragon assisting the goddess and as such being a symbol of fertility. The mythical dragon was integrated with the pig image as a result of the Hongshan culture being dependent on agricultural and domestic fortune which the pig symbolized. [ 48 ]
Examples of magatama from the Jōmon period have been discovered in large numbers at the Kamegaoka site in Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture.The Kamegaoka remains are among the largest known Jōmon settlement in Japan, and the magatama, among other decorative objects found, may be an indicator of the high social status of the settlement.
The Hongshan culture sites in present-day Inner Mongolia produced jade dragon objects in the form of pig dragons which are the first 3-dimensional representations of Chinese dragons. [27] One such early form was the pig dragon. It is a coiled, elongated creature with a head resembling a boar. [28]
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Zhulong / ˈ dʒ uː l ɒ ŋ / or Zhuyin / ˈ dʒ uː j ɪ n /, also known in English as the Torch Dragon, was a giant red solar dragon and god in Chinese mythology. It supposedly had a human's face and snake's body, created day and night by opening and closing its eyes, and created seasonal winds by breathing.
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Hongshan burial artifacts include some of the earliest known examples of jade working. The Hongshan culture is known for its jade pig dragons and embryo dragons. Clay figurines, including figurines of pregnant women, are also found throughout Hongshan sites. Small copper rings were also excavated. [citation needed] [12]