While we bid farewell to the Year of the Wood Dragon, the legendary Chinese dragon remains a powerful symbol, deeply rooted in Chinese culture. But what’s the story behind this mythical creature?

These good luck symbols take many forms, such as Chinese characters, statues of dragons, golden cats, and red envelopes. So ...

the Chinese dragon, or the loong, is a symbol of strength and magnanimity. The mythical being is so revered that it snagged a spot as the only fictional creature in the Chinese Zodiac’s divine ...

Initially a vague motif in ancient Chinese art, the dragon is now an emblem of benevolent divinity, imperial power and sweeping unity. Its symbolism builds on thousands of years of folklore and ...

the dragon became a symbol of rulers. A second set of theories links the legends to a crocodilian species, such as the Chinese alligator. Seven thousand years ago, the marshy floodplains of the ...

And Confucian thought interprets wood as a symbol of unlimited potential ... and introspective.” According to Chinese folklore, the dragon was one of 12 animals that raced to the Jade ...

The first dragon imagery appears in Chinese culture during the Neolithic ... dynasties, it became a symbol of imperial power. The late Qing dynasty (1644–1912), for example, represented itself ...

This piece of 'art' is negative and divisive. The sculpture associated the COVID-19 virus with the Chinese dragon — a powerful symbol in our culture, now appearing to be some sort of villain ...

The Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is based on moon cycles, falls on a different day every year, and marks the start of a new lunar calendar. It celebrates the arrival of spring. This year, the ...