Historically, the Chinese emperor was the only person with the divine right to wear robes of the dragon—yellow, blue, red and light blue robes with nine dragon patterns for special occasions and ...

For a long time before the 20th century, the Chinese used animal fossils as medicine, referring to such bones as long gu, or "dragon bones ... has thrown much light on the shadowy Shang dynasty ...

Each animal represents one year in a repeating 12-year cycle, which is calculated based on the Chinese lunar calendar. The 12 animals, in order, are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake ...

This undated file combo photo shows a jade dragon unearthed from a stone tomb site in the city of Chifeng, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Chinese archaeologists have unearthed the ...