Venerable dragon teaching his son
苍龙教子
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Father’s Day was set up to honour fatherhood and secure paternal bonds. One very potent motif in the repertoire of traditional Chinese pictorial culture in this regard is the image of a magnificent brawny dragon facing a smaller young dragon in the background of cloud and waves. It symbolises the passing of knowledge and experience from one generation to another, which shows how the society and dominant ideology treasure the paternal advice.
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Fig 1: jade carving, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), courtesy of Wuhan Museum, China
Fig 2: porcelain dish with filled-in gold dragon and cloud decoration on red lacquer, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 3-4: Songhua inkstone, Kangxi period (1662–1722), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 5-6: porcelain vase with underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamelled decoration, Yongzheng period (1723–35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Fig 7: rhinoceros horn flint case, 18th century, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 8: gilded porcelain paste box with underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red enamelled decoration, Jiaqing period (1796–1820), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing, China
Fig 9: wood carving on a cabinet door, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of the Shanghai Museum, China; photography by Rachel Ma