This page lists Chinese dragon information to
help you learn a little more about Chinese dragons and China, which
is known as the land of the dragon. This Website primarily focuses on
Chinese dragon artworks, but we also try to provide our visitors with
some general information regarding Chinese dragons to help them
understand the differences between the dragons of China and Western
dragons.
Chinese mythology
tells us the Chinese dragon is composed from parts of nine different
animals. There are many different opinions and descriptions given
from various sources, but we believe the description provided here
is a good generalized description. A Chinese dragon is
composed of nine different animals/creatures; a devils fiery eyes
and a long beard, ears of an ox, eagle’s talons, deer's horns,
tiger’s paws, camels head, serpents neck, frogs belly and the scales
of a carp. Western dragons are depicted as violent creatures,
dark and menacing. Western culture is full of lore of evil and
malicious dragons who terrorized the people in ancient times. The
Chinese dragon is the exact opposite, and is said to be very
beautiful, wise and caring. Chinese dragons are considered to be
very auspicious, bringing you luck. If you are lucky enough to
be born in the year of the dragon it is said you will have a long,
healthy and prosperous life. In Chinese culture everything
connected with the dragon has a very positive meaning. There are many different kinds of
Chinese dragons in Chinese legends, stories and culture, and we have
listed the nine major Chinese dragons below. The Chinese
dragons are listed in no particular order, though the yellow dragon
is listed first in our list because Chinese emperors often
wore yellow Chinese dragon robes, and many Chinese consider dragons
to be yellow.
- Yellow Dragon
- Celestial Dragon
- Spiritual Dragon
- Horned Dragon
- Homeless Dragon
- Winged Dragon
- Dragon of the four seas
- Coiling Dragon
- Dragon of hidden treasures
The First Chinese Dragon Had Nine Sons
The first dragons sons each had a distinct personality, which is
listed beside its name.
- Jiaotu - Quiet
- Pulao - Loud
- Haoxian - Reckless
- Yazi - Valiant
- Chiwen - Vain
- Baxia - Loves Water
- Suanmi - Loves Fire
- Bixi - Endurance
- Qiuniu - Loves Music
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