Auspicious beast of myth and legend? Representation of emperors and kings?
The dragon adorns temples, lanterns, and landscapes, and inhabits the human heart.
Appearing and disappearing at will, it ascends the heavens and probes the deeps.
When it emerges from its seclusion, the golden dragon shakes the heavens and rattles the earth.
In this year of the soaring dragon,
We wish every descendent of the dragon the best of fortunes.
A dragon column at Taipei’s Bao’an Temple.
A dragon lantern by Lukang artist Wu Tun-ho.