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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]
Lepin, a Loongon sub-brand, was accused by some Lego fan builders of taking their designs and creating commercial sets without permission. [4] Subsequently, in 2016, it was sued by Lego for the manufacturing and distribution of copied Lego IP - not just the bricks, but also the boxes, logos and the user instruction manuals were very similar to those made by Lego.
Searching Chinese pharmacies for new fossil specimens was "an established stratagem of fossil-hunters in the Far East." [6] Western investigation of dragon bones led to the discovery of Peking Man and Gigantopithecus blacki. [15] [16] Wang Yirong identified the ancient Chinese oracle script on long gu in 1899. [17]
In 2016, Lego announced that it would take legal action against Chinese manufacturer Guangdong Loongon, which produces the Lepin brand and is known for plagiarisms [42] of Lego sets. [43] In 2019, counterfeit Lego sets worth 26 million euros were seized in raids by Chinese police. [42]
In Chinese mythology, the Fuzanglong [1] (simplified Chinese: 伏藏龙; traditional Chinese: 伏藏龍; pinyin: Fúzánglóng; Wade–Giles: Fu-ts'ang-Lung) is the Chinese dragon of hidden treasures [2] and an underworld dragon which guards buried treasure, both natural and man-made.
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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The variant Chinese characters for the qiu or jiu dragon are 虯 and 虬, which combine the "insect radical" 虫 with phonetics of jiu 丩 "connect" and yin 乚 "hidden". This 虫 radical is typically used in Chinese characters for insects, worms, reptiles, and dragons (e.g., shen 蜃, jiao 蛟, and hong 虹).