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The ancient Chinese self-identified as "the gods of the dragon" because the Chinese dragon is an imagined reptile that represents evolution from the ancestors and qi energy. [10] Dragon-like motifs of a zoomorphic composition in reddish-brown stone have been found at the Chahai site (Liaoning) in the Xinglongwa culture (6200–5400 BC). [2]
Zodiac dragon The dragon ( simplified Chinese : 龙 ; traditional Chinese : 龍 ; pinyin : lóng ; Jyutping : lung ; Cantonese Yale : lùhng ) is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar .
Pages in category "Chinese dragons" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Dragon (zodiac) Dragon dance; Dragon Dormant; Dragon turtle ...
Fenghuang, Chinese phoenix; Fenghuang. Feilian, god of the wind who is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and tail of a snake. Feilong, winged legendary creature that flies among clouds. Fish in Chinese mythology; Four Perils; Four Symbols, also called Sixiang, four legendary animals that represent the points of the compass.
The Chinese dragon, is a creature in Chinese mythology and is sometimes called the Oriental (or Eastern) dragon. Depicted as a long, snake-like creature with four legs, it has long been a potent symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art. This type of dragon, however, is sometimes depicted as a creature constructed of many animal ...
The White Dragon Horse (白龍馬) is the third son of Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea. He was originally supposed to be executed for accidentally destroying a pearl gifted by the Jade Emperor , but Guanyin saved him and brought him to Yingchou Stream ( 鷹愁澗 ) in Shepan Mountain ( 蛇盤山 ).
Several Ming Dynasty texts list what were claimed as the Nine Offspring of the Dragon (Chinese: 龍生九子), and subsequently these feature prominently in popular Chinese stories and writings. There are four principal versions of the list: [2] Lu Rong's (陸容, 1436–1494) list, which includes 14 creatures
Along with Chinese folklore, Chinese mythology forms an important part of Chinese folk religion (Yang et al 2005, 4). Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition: ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which presents a more mythological version (Yang et al 2005, 12–13).