The dragon has four claws and five claws. In the Qing dynasty, there was a folk saying that "five claws are dragons and four claws are pythons". Wuzhaolong is an emperor, not an emperor. Only pythons can be used. Python Buron has no claws, and even a prince can't embroider dragons on his clothes.
The folk saying that "five claws are dragons and four claws are pythons" was formed in the Qing Dynasty, mainly because of the difference in clothing between emperors and ministers. The emperor wears the "dragon robe", while other royal families and ministers wear the "embroidered robe", but this is only the difference in name. Judging from the shape of dragons, dragons and pythons are quadrupeds, and there is no difference in appearance.
In myths and legends, the golden dragon with five claws is the master of the world and the supreme existence. As a totem believed by our ancestors, the dragon is an auspicious symbol among the people and the embodiment of imperial power. Five-claw dragon refers to the emperor, four-claw dragon and three-claw dragon refer to the dignitaries in the positions of monarch, royal family and national interests.
Dragon (a creature in oriental myths and legends)
Dragon is a magical animal in ancient legends of China. The dragon is a symbol of the Chinese nation, and China people are proud to be "descendants of the dragon". Other Asian countries and nations are also influenced by loong culture.
Legend has it that it can be hidden, detailed and huge, short and long. The vernal equinox ascends to the sky, the autumnal equinox dives into the deep, and it calls for rain, and these are the images of dragons developed in the later period, which are more complicated than the original dragons.
The Zhang Guoxing Classic says, "If you have auxiliary wings, you are a real dragon." You think that if you have wings, you are a real dragon. For example, there were a large number of dragon boats with wings in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and even Qinglong in the pre-Qin ornamentation had wings. It is said that Ying Long and Qinglong are ancestors. In feudal times, the dragon was a symbol of imperial power, and the objects used in the palace were also decorated with dragons. However, unlike the widely circulated saying that the five-claw golden dragon is the symbol of the emperor, there are pterosaurs recorded as the image of the emperor in ancient books.
Dragon ranks fifth among the traditional Chinese zodiac animals in China, and is called "Four Spirits" with phoenix, tortoise and forest in the Book of Rites. And in western mythology? Dragon, also translated as Jackie Chan, is different.