April 23, 2024
Rare Mystical Dragon Wood Panel from a Chinese Temple, Spiritual Art, Collectors
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Up for auction is this rare find wood panel from a Chinese Temple in Beijing. It's dimension is 36" x 10" in very good condition. It will make an excellent collector's item in your private collection. Here is some information in regarding the dragon symbol of China: Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore . In Chinese art , dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs. In yin and yang terminology, a dragon is yang and complements a yin fenghuang ("Chinese phoenix").Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods. The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck. With this, the Emperor of China usually used the dragon as a symbol of his imperial power and strength. [1 ]In Chinese daily language, excellent and outstanding people are compared to the dragon while incapable people with no achievements are compared with other, disesteemed creatures, such as the worm. A number of Chinese proverbs and idioms feature references to the dragon, for example: "Hoping one's son will become a dragon" (望子成龍, i.e. be as a dragon).Historically, the dragon was the symbol of the Emperor of China . In the Zhou Dynasty , the 5-clawed dragon was assigned to the Son of Heaven , the
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