This ancient Chinese art, known as dragon scale bookbinding, stretches back more than 1,000 years to the Tang dynasty. Passed down between generations of royals and literate upper class families ...

Images of female subjects in ancient Chinese art across different stages of history present ... “Silk Painting of a Lady, Phoenix, and Dragon” is recognized as the first work in Chinese art history to ...

“Phoenix Kingdoms: The Last Splendor of China’s Bronze Age,” on view this spring at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, brings together over 150 artifacts from China’s Bronze Ag ...

Initially a vague motif in ancient Chinese art, the dragon is now an ... According to Strassberg, the dragon is often ritually paired with the phoenix to maximize its auspicious qualities.

“Indulging in things destroys the will,” a Chinese proverb says. That this is cited in the catalog to an exhibition of scores of ancient Chinese bronzeworks now on display at the Art Institute ...

The Year of the Dragon began ... and prosperity in Chinese culture. It is also one of the five auspicious creatures in ancient China folklore along with the phoenix, the turtle, pixiu, and qilin.

In 2021, the national troupe was integrated into the Tongliang Dragon Art Troupe, which was established ... new year celebration events in ancient China. "The dance has continued to thrive and ...

Black Myth: Wukong recreates the architectural style from Journey to the West in remarkable details through a vast digital archive of ancient Chinese ... Japan's Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama ...

However, the English "dragon" typically refers to a winged, evil creature, quite distinct from the benevolent and powerful image associated with the dragon in ancient Chinese culture. Scholars ...