Reported sightings of the mythical creature have captivated people in China for centuries
Athunderous scream shattered the tranquility of the farmland in Tianzhuangtai, a small town in Yingkou, Liaoning province. It was early July 1934, and a dragon had just fallen from the sky.
Locals claimed they had seen a magnificent creature with two horns, razor-sharp claws, and scales adorning a ten-meter-long body—exactly how dragons, or long (龙) in Chinese, are depicted in ancient paintings.
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Yang Tingting is a Chinese editor at The World of Chinese. Interested in telling Chinese stories, she writes mainly about culture, language, and society.
