CHAPTER NINE

The Hold of the Dragon on China 57

ILLUSTRATIONS

Bronze Dragon, Kang Hsi Period Dragon Colonnade at Chufu Frontispieces Page Emperor Kang Hsi in Dragon Robes 1 The Dragon Throne of the Recent Emperors 2 The Han Dynasty Dragons 7 The Porcelain Dragon Screen 8 The Dragon Staircase 13 An Imperial Dragon 14 Tablet to Confucius 17 Dragon Gateway 18 The Dragon Stone 21 Dragon Eaves-Tile 22 Dragon-Guarded Astrolabe 25 Surrounded by Dragons 26 A Dragon-Mounted Bell 29 A Cloud Dragon 30 Circular Dragon Eaves-Tile 35 Chien Lung Vases 36 A Living Dragon 43 Two Porcelain Dragons 44 The “Dragon Square” 49 The “Dragon Disk” 50 Emperor Kang Hsi on the Dragon Throne 55 A Dragon Lantern 56 A Dragon Column 59 The Gateway to the Dragon Well 60 The Dragon Tablet 63 A Dragon Boat Race in Foochow 64