Chinese Paintings

Chinese Paintings Dragon
Meanings

The most recent Chinese Year of the Dragon started on 23rd January 2012, the Chinese lunar year 4710. The Chinese calendar has sixty cycles. A Chinese dragon year can often be a challenging year in which aware and thoughtful people can be very successful

It has long been believed that the Chinese dragon has the power to burst the clouds and bring down the rain. As water symbolizes wealth the dragon is understood to attract wealth - but one must be able to turn the challenges that the dragon brings into advantages

In China the dragon is known as the ruler of spring that positively influences natural growth. In the area of wealth the same principle applies and so wealth will not be achieved in a dragon year if one's motivation is greed. A balanced attitude towards life is required

The influence of a Chinese dragon painting is the successful overcoming of difficulties and the painting itself a reminder that we can win through difficult situations if we accept them as challenges instead of obstacles. The most auspicious placing for a Chinese dragon painting is facing water, ideally an ocean, sea, river or stream - moving water

Even though depicted without wings on a Chinese painting the Chinese dragon is believed to fly and is usually painted against the clouds and the sun or moon

The Chinese dragon is a yang creature associated with heaven, the emperor and justice, and imbued with the qualities of loyalty, courage and strength

Bruce Lee was born in the year of the dragon and used the Chinese stage name Li Xiaolong, meaning Li the little dragon

View our collection of Chinese Dragon Paintings here.
All are original paintings painted by Chinese artists often with many decades of experience in Chinese art