Another Chinese holiday that incorporates the dragon is the Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, which takes place in late spring or early summer. It will take place on May 31, 2025.

The Chinese word for dragon has been in use since the Bronze Age, and “a creature called the dragon has been in the Chinese art vocabulary for thousands of years,” says Wilson.

From RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland in 2019, Cian McCormack reports on the Chinese New Year festival in Dublin. As an animal in ancient Chinese mythology, the dragon represents power, dignity and ...