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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 236433, member: 2844&quot;]Don&#039;t mind at all, this site is about sharing knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese and Japanese are neighbours, and with neighbours there is always influence. That goes for all countries surrounding China, and sometimes it is difficult to say where a certain design originated.</p><p>For instance, I have been doing some low-level research into Asian dragon symbolism. It turns out there are very different origins in very different locations, that &#039;drifted&#039; towards one another through trade and pilgrimage contacts. There are still regional differences, thankfully, we wouldn&#039;t want there to be a stylistic law.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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