Han Dynasty Dragon
Featured Post | Posted by Carole on Wednesday 4 July 2007
A while back Jenny emailed me asking how I imagined the dragons in my Dragonkeeper books would look. I told her that I had been inspired by a Han dynasty painting of a dragon. I thought other readers might be interested to see it. It is quite different to the usual images of Chinese dragons that we see.
This dragon looks a lot friendlier, I think. Almost like it’s smiling. And most importantly, it’s got wings. Normally Chinese dragons don’t have wings. I didn’t imagine that Danzi was as skinny as this dragon.
This image is a section of a painting on silk found in a Han dynasty tomb. It’s more than 2000 years old.
(Image from Zhongguo kao gu da fa xian by Gong Liang, Shandong hua bao chu ban she, 1999)
hi carol its amy
why did you write dragon keeper ?
from amy
carol
how did you come up with dragon keeper
did you get it from ???
and who is the girl on the cover is it always the same girl …
do you know her what is her name or is that private info
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If you click on FAQs at the top of this page you can read about how I came up with the idea for Dragonkeeper. Not sure what you mean by “did you get it from ???”.
The name of the girl on the covers is Tiffany.
dear carol thanks so much for your reply
my friend amy told me to put my real nane its
kay i really hate that name
thats why i put ….
do you know tiffany if you do tell her she is so pretty
kay
hi carol its amy
what are jujubes ?
do you wach the oplimpicts
did you see the opining serimoni
it was so cool i loved it none of the drums were out of chune it was really cool
love amy
hi all carlols fans like hanny ,connor ,link ,sarah,
you have alot of fans
amy
kay,
I have met Tiffany, but I don’t know her well.
Amy,
jujubes are Chinese dates. There is a glossary at the back of the book that explains some of the unfamiliar terms in the book.
Yes I watched the Opening Ceremony. I liked it, but I fell asleep before the cauldron was lit.
cool i wasnt alloud to stay up that late
haha …
The closing ceremony was amazing! ….But I wasn’t alloud to stay up to late.It was the best olympics I ever watched.Go MichelPhelps!!I almost fainted when he just became the greatest olympian of all time.
this picture is really interesting!!!!
i really like the dragon keeper series
its like watching a movie
i hope u can write another one…..
why did the picture on the front of the books change
Shayal,
I just did write another one. You can read about it at
http://www.carolewilkinson.com.au/books/dragon_dawn
Amy,
We just thought it would be nice for the books to have fresh covers. The first one has been around for five years.
hi carole its rhys and the 3 book dragon keeper are so cool and i cant wait for dragon dawn and when is your birthday from Australia its rhys bye
hi with the last coment it was supposed to write the 3 books of the series of dragon keper and when is your birthday bye
Rhys,
Glad you enjoyed the books. Not posting my birthday here. Sorry.
Dear Carole,
I am a massive fan of your books. I just love Kai. You should make a book about him when he has grown up after 1000 yers or something when he gets his wings. Could you please send a picture of Kai please too?
Laura,
Yes I have thought about that, but at the moment I have no plans to write any more Dragonkeeper books.
Kai is a fictional character, I don’t have any pictures. Only the ones in my head. I think each reader makes their own pictures of the characters.
If you want to see what someone else thinks he looks like, you can have a look at him on the new covers for Garden of the Purple Dragon and Dragon Moon.
http://www.carolewilkinson.com.au/news/2008/10/08/new-covers-for-the-dragonkeeper-trilogy/
i like dragon keeper it is awsome if there wasn’t you there wouldn’t be a fantastic book on the would
Katie,
that’s very nice of you to say that.
I totally agree with katie.I LUVVVVVVV YOUR DRAGONKEEPER SERIES!!!!!!!!1
Nicole,
Thanks. Glad you like it.
Dear Carole Wilkinson
I have previously read 3 out of 4 of your Dragon Keeper books and it was fantastic! I was wondering if you would write more of these dragon keeper books. You are one of my BEST authors ever and even my friend like your stories.
Me and some of my friends are are urgent to read your 4th Dragon Keeper book. I went to your website to look for the 4th book of yours and found in your website that Ping dies which was so sad. Still i just cant wait for the new book!
I wish i could be like you and the other authors because i am so rubbish at English especially when it comes to SATs, wish you could give me some tips on writing stories.
THANKYOU!
From
Aleena
Aleena,
I am pleased to hear you enjoyed the books.
There is nowhere on this website that says Ping dies! The fourth book is set before she was even born.
I have no plans to write any more Dragonkeeper books at this stage see my blog
http://www.carolewilkinson.com.au/news/2008/11/26/this-is-why/
But you still have one to go.
I have written some writing tips on my FAQS page
http://www.carolewilkinson.com.au/faqs/
Also I am writing a series of blogs about how I write.
Look under Posts on the top right hand of this page. The first post is called “The Premise”, the second is called “The Research Phase”.
Thankyou Carol for your reply.
love from
Aleena
i just am addicted to the dragon keeper series!! i read it so many times(about 10)and i never got bored of it. are you planing to publish a new book??
Carol you should write more books about dragons and im sooooooooooooooooooooo addicted to ur the dragon keeper series books. And does that girl on the book’s cover, Tiffany live in australia?
Carol, you should write more books about dragons and im sooooooooooooooooooooo addicted to ur the dragon keeper series books. And does that girl on the book’s cover, Tiffany live in australia?
Chelsea,
I might write more dragon books at some stage.
Tiffany lives in Australia, as far as I know. I haven’t seen her for a few years.
Hi I was wondering how old is Danzi in Dragon Keeper?
Thanks
P.S I love the book
Zac,
I’m sure Danzi tells Ping how old he is in the book. Though I couldn’t find it when I flipped through. Anyway he is 1137.
In New York, when I was a child, there were boxed candies called Jujubes which were each less than a quarter of an inch in size, shaped like truncated cones and were hard jellies in many colors and flavors.
Roberta,
I remember similar sweets from my childhood in England. It wasn’t a brand name though, it was just a general name for that sort of sweet.
Jujube is also a name given to red or Chinese dates, which is what I was describing in my books.
Wow, that is a very beautiful dragon. It does look as if it is smiling!
I think it is beautiful.
It is soooo amzing how it lasted that long! History can be full of wonderful things!