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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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The Nine Dragons Wall at Beihai Park in Beijing, China. NOVA: The dragon seems to be a popular motif in Chinese art. What is its significance? Wu: Well, the Chinese have regarded themselves as the ...
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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 Southern Song dynasty, and also visited temples in Kyoto and Shiga prefectures to ...
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Ancient Chinese ink painting sells for US$60 million at Christie's, the most expensive item ever sold at the Asian branch of auction house
Christie’s has described the Song dynasty (960-1279) artwork as “one of the world’s rarest Chinese paintings”. Entitled Wood and Rock, the ink-on-paper handscroll depicts a dragon-like old ...
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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 sweeping unity. Its symbolism builds on thousands of years of folklore and ...