The Nine Dragons Wall at Beihai Park in Beijing, China. NOVA: The dragon seems to be a popular motif in Chinese art. What is its significance? Wu: Well, the Chinese have regarded themselves as the ...

In fact, there are nine dragon children that can be found all throughout Chinese art and architecture: Bixi, Chiwen, Pulao, Bi’an, Taotie, Suanni, Yazi, Jiaotu and Baxia. In the book Chinese ...

The Chinese Dragon is believed to be mainly comprised of children and grandchildren of Japanese who were left behind in China amid the turmoil at the end of World War II and returned to Japan ...