Argentinian sinologist Gustavo Ng says overseas Chinese use different animal images, aesthetic symbols, etc. to tell themselves and express their identity.
Traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy have become an important channel to display Chinese dragon symbols. Wu Zhiwei: overseas Chinese hope to use the dragon to convey at least two meanings: first, "this is us Chinese, the descendants of the dragon"; second, "the identity of theDragon connects all us Chinese together" In some countries, many dragons recognized by local people are evil monsters or even the incarnation of the devil, but Chinese dragons are seen as benevolent and friendly existences.