Chinese New Year of the Dragon 2024 "Embroidery" Paperweight

Chinese dragon with peonies inspired by traditional Chinese silk embroidery (image printed). Design on oval paperweight. Perfect for Chinese New Year of the Dragon, birthday (people born in Dragon Year) and Dragon Lovers. ------------ "The Dragon (simplified Chinese: 龙; traditional Chinese: 龍) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dragon is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰, pronounced chen. It has been proposed by one academic researcher that the Earthly Branch character may have been associated with scorpions; it may have symbolized the star Antares." People born within these date ranges can be said to have been born in the "Year of the Dragon", while also bearing the following elemental sign: 22 January 1928 - 9 February 1929 = Earth Dragon, 8 February 1940 - 26 January 1941 = Metal Dragon, 27 January 1952 - 13 February 1953 = Water Dragon, 13 February 1964 - 1 February 1965 = Wood Dragon, 31 January 1976 - 17 February 1977 = Fire Dragon, 17 February 1988 - 5 February 1989 = Earth Dragon, 5 February 2000 - 23 January 2001 = Metal Dragon, 23 January 2012 - 9 February 2013 = Water Dragon, 10 February 2024 - 28 January 2025 = Wood Dragon, 28 January 2036 - 14 February 2037 = Fire Dragon " Wikipedia