The bronze is consistent with the formation of the national spirit

The Shang Dynasty bronze dragon: its body like a snake and short tail was hook roll, only carved a foot; head horn, horn-like cylindrical or mushroom shaped head, said the SI-shaped angle; eyes more, "Chen words, head thunder pattern eye or eye of oblique grid, and the multi-gesture carved open his mouth to indicate ferocity. The bronze is consistent with the formation of the national spirit. The early Shang Dynasty bronze dragon jade more than a thin sheet, incised lines are single lines and pairs of lines two lines of a straight line more angular in the body of the dragon decoration, heavily ringed, single ringed and Yunlei Wen. Western Zhou bronze dragon bronze dragon body becomes slender, body decoration is also more complex, multi-lines, curved or arc, re-ringed, Yunlei Wen.
 Other ornamentation of this period is very popular in Long back ridge tooth pattern than the close of the Shang period, and the prevalence of this ornamentation; dragon the SI shaped angle gradually disappear as the same as hair angle, moire-style ear-shaped angle; eyes are still inclined grid eyes and "I" words, but the word "minister" corner lines stretched, some elongated hook volume, the formation of the Western Zhou own unique style. In addition, during this period are mostly carved dragon foot dragon body decoration was patterned play a decorative role. Spring and Autumn to Han  Spring and Autumn Period, dragons surrounding pairs Yinxian extrusion Yang ridge, but also highlighted the outline of the shape of a dragon. The bronze can reflect the changes and transitions of the ancient Chinese production and life.
Yulong characteristics of the Spring and Autumn Period: Bronze dragon body longer was zigzag, like the English letter "s", which we call the "S" shape or "double S"-shaped dragon; dragon who are mostly decorated with patterned decoration new decoration, which is the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States period, is widely popular, Spring and Autumn Period of lying silkworm process pattern, ornamentation, stereoscopic, pay attention to knife; bronze dragon in the corner, there is a basic rule, that "commercial not on behalf of angle is not a dragon, the Western Zhou angle does not foot the night complete revolution the shape of the ear-shaped, the Warring States Period and the ear is no different from the whole ". Early Painted bronze retains its original, pristine animal worship, traces of nature worship.