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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 399643, member: 8363"]<b>Dragons</b> (usually with five <b>claws</b> on each foot) were a symbol for the emperor in many <b>Chinese</b> dynasties. During the Qing dynasty, the imperial <b>dragon</b> was colored yellow or gold, and during the Ming dynasty it was red. In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Yuan dynasty</a>, the two-horned five-clawed dragon was designated for use by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Heaven" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Heaven" rel="nofollow">Son of Heaven</a> or Emperor only, while the four-clawed dragon was used by the princes and nobles.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#cite_note-komaroff-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#cite_note-komaroff-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> Similarly during the Ming and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Qing dynasty</a>, the five-clawed dragon was strictly reserved for use by the Emperor only. The dragon in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" rel="nofollow">Qing dynasty</a> appeared on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Qing_dynasty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Qing_dynasty" rel="nofollow">first Chinese national flag</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#cite_note-Sleeboom-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#cite_note-Sleeboom-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 399643, member: 8363"][B]Dragons[/B] (usually with five [B]claws[/B] on each foot) were a symbol for the emperor in many [B]Chinese[/B] dynasties. During the Qing dynasty, the imperial [B]dragon[/B] was colored yellow or gold, and during the Ming dynasty it was red. In the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_dynasty']Yuan dynasty[/URL], the two-horned five-clawed dragon was designated for use by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Heaven']Son of Heaven[/URL] or Emperor only, while the four-clawed dragon was used by the princes and nobles.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#cite_note-komaroff-4'][4][/URL] Similarly during the Ming and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty']Qing dynasty[/URL], the five-clawed dragon was strictly reserved for use by the Emperor only. The dragon in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty']Qing dynasty[/URL] appeared on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Qing_dynasty']first Chinese national flag[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon#cite_note-Sleeboom-5'][5][/URL][/QUOTE]
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