The king wore the dragon robe why are embroidered 9 dragons, the imagination of the ancients is really admirable?

In fact, most of the dragon robes are embroidered with nine dragons, which are taken from the "nine to five" this saying.

The Yi - Qian said: "Nine five, flying dragons in the sky, and see the Lord".

So, the royal family's buildings, furniture furnishings and living containers, etc. mostly use the numbers 9 and 5.

In addition to the number of dragons, the location of the dragon is also equally concerned. Nine five nine five, both to reflect the 9, but also to reflect the 5. So how is this 5 to reflect?

Let's take a look at a standard dragon robe pattern:

Qing Dynasty Dragon Robe (front)

From the front, you can see all of the 3 dragons (front placket), and half of the two dragons (shoulder arms), which add up to five. The top one in the middle of the 3 dragons on the front flap is called the Shojo dragon, and the two below it are called the Hsing dragons.

Difference between the main dragon and the traveling dragon

From the back, you can also see 5 dragons, in almost the same situation as the front, in mirror symmetry. The two dragons at the shoulder arms are both orthogonal dragons. As shown:

Qing Dynasty Dragon Robe (back)

So it only adds up to 8 dragons? And 1 more?

There is another dragon hidden inside, as shown:

Hidden in the bottom flap of the dragon

Open the front flap of the dragon robe, you can see that in the bottom flap of the dragon robe above the center of the middle of the dragon, there is a positive dragon. The dragons add up to a **** and 5, everywhere highlighting the number 9 and 5. Visible design of the dragon robe of these people really dig deep ah.

Why is most of the dragon robe is 9 dragons? Because there are exceptions here.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty wore a dragon robe dragons reached as many as 12, the pattern in addition to the traditional dragon, rows of dragons, there are regimental dragons, sitting dragons, ascending dragons, descending dragons and so on. It seems that the Ming Dynasty is really a good innovative dynasty.