The nine sons of the dragon is a traditional name for a set of mythological creatures whose imagery is used in certain types of decorations. The concept was first mentioned by Lu Rong in the Ming Dynasty , although similar set of creatures (not necessarily nine) is recorded even earlier.
6-621: Nine Dragons may refer to: Nine sons of the dragon , from Chinese mythology, with magical functions in human world Nine Dragons (painting) , a handscroll by Chinese artist Chen Rong Nine-Dragon Wall , screen walls featuring nine dragons, a Chinese imperial motif Kowloon , a region in Hong Kong Nine Dragon River, the Mekong River in Vietnamese especially
12-480: The Mekong Delta Nine Dragons (novel) , a 2009 novel by Michael Connelly Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited , a paper manufacturing company in mainland China See also [ edit ] Jiulong (disambiguation) Kowloon (disambiguation) 九龍 (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
18-696: The dragon The oldest known attestation of the children of the dragon list is found in the Miscellaneous records from the bean garden ( 菽園雜記 ) by Lu Rong (1436–1494); however, he noted that the list enumerates mere synonyms of various antiques, not children of a dragon. Several Ming Dynasty texts list what were claimed as the Nine Offspring of the Dragon ( Chinese : 龍生九子 ), and subsequently these feature prominently in popular Chinese stories and writings. There are four principal versions of
24-436: The dragon, but are not listed among the "nine sons of the dragon", including Kirin , Longma , Pixiu , and Denglong In 2012's year of the Dragon , Shanghai Mint issued two sets of coins featuring nine sons of the dragon, one in silver and one in brass. Each coin in the nine-coin sets depicts one of the nine sons. A 10th additional coin was issued depicting the father dragon in silver and brass, which has iconography of
30-670: The list: Below are all the creatures mentioned in these lists: As seen in the table, some names are assigned to different creatures by different authors. Aside from these names, there are other variants in use, such as 負屭 for the dragons depicted on the tops of steles, or 龜趺 for the turtle found beneath the steles. The word "dragon head" ( 螭首 ) may be applied to some of the mentioned structures. Some of these creatures are based on earlier mythological beasts, such as pulao or bixi , but most of them have no other mythological background and are merely used as names for decorative structures. There are other creatures that have features of
36-453: The title Nine Dragons . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nine_Dragons&oldid=1240540343 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nine sons of
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