

Longma interconnects traditional Chinese beliefs about dragons and horses. In addition to naming the mythic creature, longma 龍馬 "dragon horse" can refer to an eminent person, such as in the four-character idiom longma jingshen 龍馬精神 ("vigorous spirit in old age"). "river horse") " hippopotamus" and haima 海馬 ( lit.
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The Chinese word longma combines long 龍 " dragon" and ma 馬 " horse". Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particularly one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. The longma is a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Pair of Longma statues at Gióng Temple, Sóc Sơn, Hanoi, Vietnam
