But one item stood out: a large jade dragon. The 5,000-year-old carving ... Photos shared by China Daily on Facebook show the “chubby, pig-headed” dragon. Its features differ significantly ...

AN ANCIENT jade dragon has recently been discovered ... and was described as "chubby, pig-headed" dragon by China Daily. Excavations at the unique ancient tomb at Yuanbaoshan archaeological ...

Wang added that the selected C-Dragon was in the possession of the Chinese National Museum. The most prominent and emblematic Hongshan Jade objects are the “Zhulong” or “pig dragon” and ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] One prominent example is the C-shaped "pig-dragon". The jade pig-dragon was usually meticulously polished. Many have been found in what is today northern and ...

Measuring 15.8 centimeters in length, 9.5 centimeters in width, and three centimeters in thickness, the jade pig dragon was discovered in a megalithic tomb in the Yuanbaoshan district of Chifeng ...

Dragon images from Hongshan were the earliest standard image of dragons discovered in China, said Tian. The largest and most vivid discovery is a jade, pig-headed dragon about 26 centimeters long ...