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2. List of Chinese symbols, designs, and art motifs - Wikipedia

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   There are also special symbols in Chinese arts, such as the qilin, and the Chinese dragon. [1] According to Chinese beliefs, being surrounding by objects which are decorated with such auspicious symbols and motifs was and continues to be believed to increase the likelihood that those wishes would be fulfilled even in present-day. [ 2 ]

3. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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   Cross-stitch sampler, Germany Cross stitching using a hoop and showing use of enamel needle minder. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches (called cross stitches) in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture.

4. Chinese dragon - Wikipedia

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   The Liangzhu culture also produced dragon-like patterns. 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. [29] One such early form was the pig dragon.

5. Caucasian dragon carpets - Wikipedia

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   Caucasian pile carpets of the ‘dragon’ type are some of the earliest preserved woven productions of the Caucasus region, dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries CE. [1] They feature dragon motifs, more or less stylized. [1] [2] In the oldest preserved examples, the warps and wefts are usually both wool, and the pile is ...

6. Meander (art) - Wikipedia

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   The meander is a fundamental design motif in regions far from a Hellenic orbit: labyrinthine meanders ("thunder" pattern [3]) appear in bands and as infill on Shang bronzes (c. 1600 BC – c. 1045 BC), and many traditional buildings in and around China still bear geometric designs almost identical to meanders.

7. Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam - Wikipedia

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   The Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam (Vietnamese: Đại Nam Long Tinh / 大南龍星, Nam Việt Long bội tinh / 南越龍佩星, [3] Nam-Long bội-tinh / 南龍佩星; [4] French: Ordre impérial du Dragon d'Annam, Ordre du Dragon Vert) was created in 1886 in the city of Huế, [5] by Emperor Đồng Khánh of the Imperial House of Annam, upon the "recommendation" of the President of ...