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In 2012's year of the Dragon, Shanghai Mint issued two sets of coins featuring nine sons of the dragon, one in silver [3] and one in brass. [4] Each coin in the nine-coin sets depicts one of the nine sons. A 10th additional coin was issued depicting the father dragon in silver [5] and brass, [6] which has iconography of the nine sons on the ...
Pulao (Chinese: 蒲牢), known in some early sources also as tulao (徒牢), and Pu Lao, is a Chinese dragon, and one of the nine sons of the dragon. It is said in Chinese mythology that he likes to "roar", and therefore he is traditionally depicted on top of bells in China, and used as the hook by which the bells are hung.
The nine sons of the dragon were commemorated by the Shanghai Mint in 2012's year of the dragon with two sets of coins, one in silver, and one in brass. Each coin in the sets depicts one of the 9 sons, including an additional coin for the father dragon, which depicts the nine sons on the reverse. [37]
According to Chinese folklore, the dragon was one of 12 animals that raced to the Jade Emperor in a competition that would determine the order of the zodiac signs. While flying overhead, it had ...
The Dragon King has nine sons: Little Yellow Dragon (小黃龍), who oversees the Huai River; Little Black Dragon (小驪龍), who oversees the Ji River; Green-Backed Dragon (青背龍), who oversees the Yangtze; Red-Bearded Dragon (赤髯龍), who oversees the Yellow River; Fortunate Old Dragon (福老龍), who serves as a bell keeper for the ...
One of the nine sons of the Dragon King, [citation needed] he is depicted as a dragon with the shell of a turtle. Stone sculptures of Bixi have been used in Chinese culture for centuries as a decorative plinth for commemorative steles and tablets, [ 1 ] particularly in the funerary complexes of its later emperors and to commemorate important ...
[9] [10] Zirnitra, dragon-god in Wendish mythology. It was later used in the Royal Danish heraldry as a representation of Wendland; Zmey Gorynych – The dragon of the Slavic mythology. Its name is translated as "snake son-of-mountain" (due to the fact it lives in a mountain), it has three heads, wings, and it spits fire.
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