Superb Lacquerware Handwork Carved Dragon over bronze Vase depicting a high relief dragon over a red ruby background w/ wood stand .. dragons are powerful and benevolent symbols in Chinese culture, with supposed control over watery phenomenon,summoning rain during a drought. Dragons are everywhere in China in legends, festivals, astrology, art, names, and idioms. Chinese dragons are seen as lucky and good — quite different to the evil, dangerous, fire-breathing dragons of most Western stories. v