The basic infomation about Chinese dragons(Taiwan)

( Wendy)
The dragon is the ancient to the fish, the alligator, the snake, the pig, the horse, animal and so on cow, with the fog, the thunder and lightning, one kind of sacred animal which the rainbow and so on the natural celestial phenomenon fuzzy set produces. The dragon image "three stops nine resembles", " three stops " is refers to ' from head to the upper body, form the upper body to the waist, ' from waist to the rear part are equally long ;" Nine resembles "is refers to" the angle to like the deer, the head resembles the camel, the eye resembles the rabbit, the item resembles the snake, the abdomen resembles the big clam, the large male deer resembles the fish, the fingernail resembles the hawk, the palm resembles the tiger, the ear resembles cow "..
The Chinese calls self for dragon teaching other people, in daily life common dragon image, like temple construction decoration, folk custom celebration dragon dance, even is the daily life appliance pattern.
From the Yellow Emperor time, the dragon becomes the Chinese nation the symbol, but from the B.C. three the beginning of centuries, Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Bang takes the dragon emperor's symbol.
The dragon is governs the water in the folklore the god, can incur the cloud to rain, also can surrender the monster.
Sources from http://www.yjs.com.tw/CULTURE/CULTURE1_4_1.HTM
http://www.draconian.com/dragons/chinese-dragon.php