In ancient China, the Emperor's face used to be called the dragon face. The emperor's throne was referred to as a dragon throne, and his robe dragon robe. The dragon is also one of the four ...

Five claws were reserved for high-ranking officials.This highly embroidered silk dragon robe was ... their social class. This robe is part of a collection of Chinese textiles given to the ...

[3] Dragon culture in China reached its peak in the Qing dynasty ... [4] Dragon motifs on different parts of the same robe carried different meanings. The dragon’s head on the lapel of the ...

The umbrella on display was given to Lieutenant Thomas Walsh, at the end of World War I, by members of the Chinese Labour ...

Historically, the Chinese emperor was the only person with the divine right to wear robes of the dragon—yellow, blue, red and light blue robes with nine dragon patterns for special occasions and ...