Why do dragons in China look like foreign dragons?

The dragon in the west is a giant lizard with wings. It usually guards its treasure and loves money like life. It represents strength, cruelty, terror and evil, and often plays a negative role in myths and legends. In western culture, brave knights, such as St. George, often rely on killing dragons to show their strength and justice. In western fantasy novel, such as the dragon gun, the reason why they join the good camp of the dragon is only to balance the development of the story.

The image of China native dragon evolved from ancient totem worship. According to the research of folklore, its original image is a snake worshipped by a powerful tribe. Later, with the gradual conquest and annexation of other tribes by this tribe, some totem images of other tribes, such as fishtail and antlers, were added to the image of snakes of this tribe. Finally, the image of the dragon that we are familiar with today was formed. Generally speaking, our ancestors were in awe of dragons: the duty of dragons is precipitation, and good weather is more important to an agricultural nation than anything else.

Supplement: Because there is no dragon prototype and cultural background abroad, we need to find a similar one to translate.