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Hwaseong fortress - Painting of a dragon under the Hwaseomun gate

Hwaseong fortress - Painting of a dragon under the Hwaseomun gate

The Korean dragon is identical to the Chinese dragon. Sometimes it is closer to the Japanese dragon, as here.
The Chinese dragon is composed of 9 parts of animals : the claws of the eagle, the paws of the tiger, the body of the snake, the scales of the carp, the belly of the mollusk, the head of the camel, the eyes of the hare , the ears of the ox and the antlers of the deer.
Here, the dragon has more tusks, like the Japanese dragon...