Chinese Dragon

Chinese Dragon, or "Lung (龙)" is a major part of Chinese cultural. It is different from the Dragon European knows on shape and meanings.

In China, Dragon has the head as a KyLin(an animal means good things in China, hard to transfer to english), ear as a bull, mane as a lion, horn as a deer,mouse as a tiger,body as a snake, claw as a eagle, scale as a carp and tail like a goldfish. Lung also has different colors, most famous of them is gold as the king, yellow as water (Because the color of HuangHe river, one of the main rivers in China is yellow, that's caused by the lost of soil in upper stream).

Lung in China means happiness, immortality, procreation, fertility, activity and so many good emotion. Lung is also the design of Han nation, the main nation in China for thousands of years. Chinese Dragons were believed to ward off evil spirits. Take a look at a Chinese city and you will see dragons decorating ancient monuments and buildings, sometimes playing with a pearl or thunder-ball. One can also see dragons on the garments of ancient Chinese generals. The Emperor alone had nine of them on his brocade.

The goldern Lung means the king, the son of the sky. Thousands of years ago, Lung has been the design on the formal robe for the King in China. At that time, only the King and the family of the king can dress in Gold, and only the king can dress clothes with Lung on it. If anyone did not follow this rule, all of your famliy will be killed because goldern Lung means the Imperial authority, the power of the king.

Thus, Lung does not only means the power, rich , but also the Symble of people living in China. Chinese people are all pround on the Lung. If someone insult on Lung, all of Chinese people will become so angry, because it has been the symble in our blood.