In this depiction, the
dragon is wearing a plaque around his neck that reads
Kui Long,
referring to a stylized dragon-like creature often seen
in ancient Chinese art, especially bronze vessels from
the Shang and Zhou dynasties. It combines features of
the mythical
Kui, a mythological
creature, sometimes described as a one-legged monster or
spirit in ancient Chinese legends, and
long, a dragon.
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