Most Chinese dragons' pictures have long bodies like snakes and sharp claws like hawks - less like dinosaurs than Western dragons.Chinese dragons are symbolic of being lucky, propitious, powerful, and noble not as monsters as they are portrayed in Western stories.And, at that time, ordinary people were not allowed to have items with pictures of dragons on them. Emperors in ancient China were identified as the sons of dragons.The Dragon is one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs.Chinese dragons don't exist factually - there is no evidence to prove that they are real creatures.What Do the Colors of Chinese Dragons Mean?.