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Chinese Dragons: Why They’re So Important in Chinese Culture
In fact, there are nine dragon children that can be found all throughout Chinese art and architecture: Bixi, Chiwen, Pulao, Bi’an, Taotie, Suanni, Yazi, Jiaotu and Baxia. In the book Chinese ...
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Why Is the Year of the Dragon Considered So Lucky?
Initially a vague motif in ancient Chinese art, the dragon is now an emblem of benevolent divinity, imperial power and ...
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Hosokawa’s dragon art on show at Kyoto’s Ryoanji temple
Hosokawa went to Beijing in November 2019 to study dragon paintings by Chen Rong, a Chinese painter from the ... from Ryoanji’s rock gardens to the drawing of the ninth dragon.