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27: 38: 299: 273: 96:. Pig dragons are zoomorphic forms with a pig-like head and elongated limbless body coiled around to the head and described as "suggestively fetal". Early pig dragons are thick and stubby, and later examples have more graceful, snakelike bodies. 26: 37: 340: 19:
This article is about pig-dragon artifacts (using a different Chinese homonym). For the "Torch Dragon" creature from Chinese mythology, see
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Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth (1991). "Jades of the Hongshan culture: the dragon and fertility cult worship".
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There is some speculation that the pig dragon is the first representation of the
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The Language of Adornment: Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, Amber and Glass
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has a similar coiled form, as do later jade dragon amulets from the
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Zhulong (mythology)

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jade
Hongshan culture
neolithic China
Hongshan culture
grave goods
Chinese dragon
Chinese writing
Shang period
Bi (jade)
Chinese jade
Cong (jade)
Gogok
Lingling-o
Magatama


The History of Ancient Chinese Jade Culture
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10.3406/arasi.1991.1303

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