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Chinese dragon: Information from Answers.com (2933 words) |
 | Firstly, the dragon was the sign of the Emperor of China, and was on the national flag of the late Qing Dynasty. |
| By the Han Dynasty, the dragon's appearance is described as having a body of a snake; the scales and tail of a fish; the antlers of a stag; the face of a camel; and two pairs of talons of eagles; ears of a bull; feet of a tiger and the eyes of a demon. |
| In Journey to the West, the son of the Dragon King of the West was condemned to serve as a horse for the travellers because of his indiscretions at a party in the heavenly court. |
| Dragon Articles (4817 words) |
| The Chinese dragon, generally depicted as a four-legged animal with a scaled, snakelike body, horns, claws, and large, demonic eyes, the Chinese dragon or 'lung' was considered the king of animals, and the dragon image was appropriated by Chinese emperors as a sacred symbol of imperial power. |
| Dragons lay an egg at a time and it takes 1,000 years to hatch and another 1,500 years for the dragon to be full-grown. |
| According to ancient texts the dragon was a creature with a pair of antlers like the one of a deer, a camel head, the eyes of a hare, and the neck of a serpent. |
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