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The Chinese dragon, is a mythical Chinese creature that also appears in other East Asian cultures, and is also sometimes called the Oriental (or Eastern) dragon. Depicted as a long, snake-like creature with four claws, it has long been a potent symbol of auspicious power in Chinese folklore and art.
Dragons may be mental representations of natural human fears of snakes, wildcats, birds of prey, as well as teeth, claws, size, and even venom blending with fear of wildfire.
Others believe that the dragon may have had a real-life counterpart from which the various legends arose — typically dinosaurs or other archosaurs are mentioned as a possibility — but there is no physical evidence to support this claim, only alleged sightings collected by cryptozoologists. Loren Coleman argues that monitor lizards were the basis of some dragon tales and that the breath of the dragon is the fantastic imagery of the steam from the warm Montane Valley monitors emerging from a body of water into the cold air of some Asian locations.
Growing up in a dragon-filled peaceful and prosperous culture in Taiwan, Buteo seems to see the fascinating sides of dragon in this design. Drawing a dragon gives him unlimited space for imagination.
A dragon, without the long body, floating in the air has great flexibility to move and get along with the challenging winds. The sharp contrasting lines and colors is easy for the beholders to trace especially when the kite is retrieved near the ground. The eyes, which are the most critical spots according to the dragon-makers will come alive visibly asking why pull it down to the ground.
Sorry, your are nothing but a dragon, unreal by nature, acting to appear powerful over our heads. When the master says it is enough you will go back to the box. It is a good feeling manipulating something that is supposed to be powerful.
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