In pre-modern China, it was associated with imperial rule and was prominently featured on the first Chinese flag, initially instituted by the Qing dynasty in 1862. To this day, a dragon image is ...

China lacked a national flag until the Qing dynasty launched its Yellow Dragon standard. A design with 5 horizontal bands followed, then the version still flown in Taiwan, before the Red Flag.

The Chinese zodiac marks 2024 as the Year of the Dragon (龙, long).Every 12 years, numerous Chinese families harbor hopes of welcoming a “dragon baby”—because for thousands of years ...

The Lunar New Year begins Saturday, Feb. 10, ushering in the Year of the Dragon. The lunar calendar, used in both Chinese and Vietnamese cultures, is divided into 12 segments, with each assigned ...

A symbol of prosperity. Where the Chinese dragon first came from is still debated by historians and archaeologists. But one of the most ancient images of the loong was unearthed in a tomb in 1987 ...

In pre-modern China, it was associated with imperial rule and was prominently featured on the first Chinese flag, initially instituted by the Qing dynasty in 1862. To this day, a dragon image is ...

Some Chinese people—including the country’s supreme leader, Xi Jinping—call themselves “descendants of the dragon". But in both China and other countries, dragons come in all shapes and sizes.

Flag puller Hans Feng of team Space Racers of Raytheon, right, pulls the flag in a race during the 2019 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival at Sloan’s Lake Park on Saturday , July 27, 2019.

One is on the Welsh flag, for instance. Another called Puff, made famous by the musical group Peter, Paul and Mary, seems nice enough. Meanwhile, there are Chinese tales of loong who eat children ...