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Why did the Qing Empress use dragons in her palace designs?
Decorating clothes with dragon patterns has a long history, but for a long time it was only a specialty of royalty, and most of them were monopolized by emperors, harems, dragons and grandchildren. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor thought that the dragon was a magical thing with endless changes, and he liked the dragon's appearance very much, so he asked the minister to paint the dragon's image on his clothes and paint it with colorful colors. This is the first "dragon robe" in the history of China. Because the emperor claims to be the "real dragon emperor", the dragon is an indispensable symbol in his family: the emperor wears a dragon crown-a hat with a double dragon pattern; Wearing a dragon robe-there is a raptor on the front and back chest, mixed with clouds; A dragon belt is tied around the waist-a belt with a dragon as the main pattern, wearing a dragon and phoenix Yu Pei. ...

There are three systems of the queen's robes in Qing Dynasty, all of which are bright yellow and the collar is stone blue. One is embroidered golden dragon nine, with five-color clouds in the middle, which is only suitable for longevity and literary talent; In the next picture, Babao stands on the water, with one dragon in front of the collar, one dragon in the left and right and one dragon at the intersection of sleeves, and two dragons at the intersection of sleeves; Open left and right. The second is to embroider eight groups of golden dragons with five claws, one front dragon and one rear dragon on each shoulder, with four dragons inside and eight treasures at the bottom. The third one is that the following figure is not used, and the rest are the same as the first one.