Why the five-clawed dragon is the most honorable

The five-clawed dragon is the symbol of the Chinese emperor, in ancient times can only be used by the emperor, so the most honorable.

The Zhou Dynasty, "five-clawed son of heaven, four-clawed vassals, three-clawed doctor", the Qing Dynasty began to have "five-clawed 7 dragons, four-clawed python". Yuan dynasty before the dragon is basically three-clawed, sometimes the first two feet for the three-clawed, after two feet for the four-clawed. Four-clawed dragons were popular in the Ming Dynasty, and five-clawed dragons were more common in the Qing Dynasty.

"Five-clawed dragon, four-clawed python," said the formation of the Qing Dynasty, mainly as the emperor and ministers of the difference in clothing decoration, the emperor wore a "dragon robe", the other royals and ministers to wear "python robes ", but this is only the name of the difference, from the form of the dragon in terms of both the dragon and python are four-legged snakes, no difference in shape.

Five-clawed dragon is actually actually five toes not five claws, the golden dragon is the symbol of the emperor of China, in the feudal society stipulates that can only be used by the emperor. And other imperial personnel and local need to use the dragon, can only use the "four-clawed dragon".

Expanded Information

The dragon has rabbit eyes, antlers, ox mouth, camel head, mirage belly, tiger paws, eagle claws, fish scales, snake body, the image of nine animals into one (also known as the nine unlike). However, there is a claim that the dragon has "shrimp eyes", "antlers", "cow mouth", "dog nose", "catfish whiskers", "lion's mane", "eagle's claw", "fish scales", "snake tail" nine animals. snake's tail" composed of nine animals.

And five claws and toes (actually five toes not five claws) gold dragon is the symbol of the Chinese emperor, in the feudal society stipulates that can only be used by the emperor. Other members of the imperial family and places that needed to use the dragon could only use the "four-clawed dragon".

China has had five-colored dragons and four sea gods since ancient times, and the belief in the dragon god was mostly called the Dragon God before the Song Dynasty until Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty made the five dragons kings, and the belief in the Dragon King became popular.

It can be said that the current Four Seas Dragon King and Five Emperors Dragon King came from the native dragon gods sealed by the imperial court, and the Taoist Dragon King, which evolved from the native dragon gods of China, was the direct patriarch of the Four Seas Dragon King in the later novels of gods and devils, and that the Four Seas Dragon King and the Five Emperors Dragon King evolved from the Five Dragon Gods of the native Chinese blood

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Baidu Encyclopedia Five-clawed Golden Dragon