Vintage Sterling CHINESE DRAGON CHARM or PENDANT
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This is a Vintage Sterling CHINESE DRAGON CHARM or PENDANT . GREAT DETAIL on this LARGE CHARM or PENDANT. Solid , Weighs 13.1 GRAMS STERLING. Chinese Dragon Chinese dragons Chinese name Traditional Chinese ? Simplified Chinese ? Mandarin Pinyin Lóng Cantonese Jyutping Lùhng Japanese name Kanji ?/? Hiragana ??? or ?? Romaji ry? or tatsu Vietnamese name Qu?c Ng? r?ng, long Hán t? ? Korean name Hangul ?/? Hanja ? Revised Romanization Ryong/Yong Thai name In Thai Script ???????? Romanization mangkorn jihn The Chinese dragon (spelled Long , Loong or Lung in transliteration), is a mythical Chinese creature that also appears in other East Asian cultures, and is also sometimes called the Oriental (or Eastern) dragon . Depicted as a long, snake-like creature with four claws, in contrast to the Western dragon which stands on two legs and which is usually portrayed as evil, it has long been a potent symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art .The dragon is also the embodiment of the concept of yang (male) and associated with the weather as the bringer of rain and water in general. Its female counterpart is the Chinese phoenix .Many Chinese people often use the term " Descendants of the Dragon " (????) as a sign of ethnic identity. The term was first coined by Taiwanese musician Yi De-jian ( zh:??? ) in the late 1970s, and subsequently
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