Chinese dragons

Chinese dragons are the most friendly dragons in the world, though they are strange and complicated beasts. They can change their size, making themselves as small as a silkworm or bigger than the whole world. They can also shape-shift into many things—people, animals, or even inanimate objects. They come in five different colours—red, white, black, yellow and blue/green. In China, dragons are known as long. Their eyesight is so sharp that they can see a mustard seed a hundred miles (160 kilometres) away, but they are hard of hearing. They are heavenly creatures and are usually seen flying through the air even though they are wingless. flight

When rain is to be expected, the dragons scream and their voices are like the sound made by striking copper basins.
Eryayi, 1st century CE

They live in lakes, pools or rivers and they are responsible for bringing rain.

They are generally friendly creatures, however there are a few bad Chinese dragons, who get more than their fair share of stories (good dragons don’t make good tales). They rarely die by human hand. If someone kills a Chinese dragon, even if it is an evil dragon, the slayer is punished by heaven.

Bad Dragon-rearer, Eyes of the Dragon, The Foolish Dragon, A Rebel’s Defeat, Tianci the Dragon-tamer