The characteristics of the Dragon and number 9 in Chinese mythology, the Dragon has a very close connection with the number “9”. For example, the Chinese Dragon has 9 characteristic that is a combination of other beings.
1. It has a head like a camel
2. It scales like a fish
3. It horns like a deer
4. It eyes like a stealth
5. It ears like a bull
6. It neck like a snake
7. It stomach like oysters
The soles of it feet like a tiger
And it talons like an eagle
In addition, the 9 characteristics of Dragon in Chinese mythology called has 9 children who also have different characteristics. It also has 117 scales. 81 of them have positive characters (Yang) and 36 others have negative characters (Yin).
Generally, the Chinese Dragon has three or four claws on each foot. But the Chinese Government uses the symbol with five claws to indicate if the Emperor isn’t ordinary Dragon. It later became the exclusive symbol which should only be used by the emperor. Anyone who dared to use the symbol of Dragon with five claws will be death soon.
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