Chinese dragon resembles European dragon.
Both are large reptilian beings in art. Rain-and-river lóng and the hoarding wyrm are not one dragon theology.
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Chinese dragon belongs to Chinese tradition.
Lóng belongs to Chinese rain, river, and imperial sign. Not a hoard-wyrm.
from Berthold Laufer · Jade, 1912
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Chinese dragon is associated with Water.
Chinese dragons are creatures of rain and watercourses in art and text. Not fire-breath as a European default.
from Berthold Laufer · Jade, 1912
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Chinese dragon is associated with Jade.
Imperial and burial jades may carry dragon imagery. A Chinese pairing of creature and stone, not a Mesoamerican jadeite cosmology.
from Berthold Laufer · Jade, 1912
associated with · partially sourced · documented