speldwiday Posted November 3, 2006 at 12:55 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 at 12:55 PM From my research, I've hit multiple sources describing 9 unique types of dragons in Chinese lore, however I haven't found too many actual pictures or scans of Chinese illustartions of these creatures. Does anyone know of any online resources that have pictures of scans of each of the different types of dragons and visually show how they're different? The best would be a site that shows classic authentic Chinese art depicting these dragons. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted November 3, 2006 at 07:11 PM Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 at 07:11 PM Have you tried a google image (or yahoo image for that matter) search... I once tried looking for some images/pictures of chinese dragons and it came up with quite a bit and fairly diverse too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
againstwind Posted November 4, 2006 at 02:30 AM Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 at 02:30 AM I've hit multiple sources describing 9 unique types of dragons in Chinese lore I wonder if you mean the nine sons of Chinese dragon. http://culture.qianlong.com/6931/2004/07/14/41@2161545.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iven we Posted November 6, 2006 at 07:43 AM Report Share Posted November 6, 2006 at 07:43 AM It doesn't mean there's 9 style of dragon, it means the original Chinese has give birth to 9 sons, all of them are dragon, but none of them looks totaly like their father. And each of them has a unique character, such as strong, giant mouth, cruel, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallynole Posted December 4, 2006 at 03:56 AM Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 at 03:56 AM I got a book awhile back from the bookstore in wanfujing about Chinese dragons and the dragon king stories. It had a bunch of nice illustrations of dragons and cost something like 17RMB.. pretty good book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juhuacha Posted January 3, 2007 at 02:41 AM Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 at 02:41 AM In the book I read recently, the 9 dragon sons were described by their defining characteristics, but then more importantly, how they were then used in the home/living space (ie: 3rd son is often the dragon on the roof, the 8th son is the design on plates, etc). I'm not sure which is which, but I thought the most interesting bit was the fact that each of these dragon-symbols were relegated to different uses in the home (or at least in the Imperial Palace) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2nd_Army Posted January 29, 2007 at 07:26 AM Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 at 07:26 AM Dragon is a translation mistake for 龍. Actually,龍 is the name for crocodile,which was used by the ancients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speldwiday Posted January 29, 2007 at 06:46 PM Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 at 06:46 PM do any of you know where i can order these illustrated books online somewhere? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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