What is the difference between an eastern dragon and a western dragon?
Breathe the word “dragon” and a fantastical creature is conjured in the minds of people everywhere. The eastern dragon is generally thought of as the “good dragon”, the bringer of rains and symbol of transformation, transmogrifying rice into gold, etc.; while the western dragon is perceived as the “evil dragon”; devouring beautiful maidens, symbolic of pollution and destruction. Just as the Taoist principle of Yin~Yang refers to opposing yet inseparable aspects: light~dark, positive~negative, perhaps the neither dragon can exist without its counterpart.
