Dragon mascots across the country: Some are praised for their charisma, others are criticized for looking like worms

The divine dragon in Quang Tri

Artisan Dinh Van Tam (34 years old, residing in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province) - the father of the tiger and cat mascots that caused a stir in previous years - continued to be ordered by the People's Committee of Lao Bao town (Huong Hoa district) to make a dragon mascot to decorate the 2024 Giap Thin New Year.

After three months of construction, the mascot was officially completed. The dragon is about 4.5 m tall; its winding body is 7 m long; its total weight is about 500 kg. At the foot of the statue is a golden ball, symbolizing the fortune that the dragon brings to the people.

To complete the mascot, the team of craftsmen used plastic for scales, iron bars surrounded by mesh for the body, and the belly was made of plaster. The parts were meticulously designed, with an eye-catching golden color.

Dragon mascot made by artisan Dinh Van Tam (Photo: Nhat Anh).

Dragons are criticized for looking like... worms.

Four dragon statues at a company's playground in Tien Trang commune (Quang Xuong district, Thanh Hoa province) have attracted the attention of the online community because of their "strangely ugly" appearance. The dragon statues are made of cement, each about 20m long, the total height of the structure is about 6m.

After appearing, many people said that these statues looked "stunted", lost their majesty and dignity, and looked like worms or needlefish.

In addition to the four dragon statues, the company also displayed strangely shaped mascots made by the company in previous years. Among them, the cat statue was said to resemble a shrew on the occasion of the Year of the Cat 2023; the "tiger-pig hybrid" statue caused a stir on the occasion of the Year of the Tiger 2022.

Four dragon statues criticized for looking like worms in Thanh Hoa (Photo: Thanh Tung).

"Spring" dragon in Bac Giang

Mr. Bui Van Quan (32 years old, Hung Son commune, Hiep Hoa district, Bac Giang province) spent more than 70 days completing the "kindergarten" dragon mascot. The 4.5m high model including the base, weighs 10-12 tons, and is painted orange.

The craftsman divided the work into two stages, creating an iron frame according to the design, stretching the net, and using a mixture of sand and cement to build the statue. The statue is now complete, decorated around with models of banh chung, apricot blossoms...

Anh Quan named the mascot "happy dragon", hoping that both adults and children will feel the cuteness and friendliness when looking at the statue.

This model will be displayed in Mr. Quan's garden, welcoming residents and tourists to visit for free during the Lunar New Year.

"Kindergarten dragon" model in Bac Giang province (Photo: Bui Van Quan).

Pair of winding dragons in Ho Chi Minh City

In recent days, social networks have been buzzing with images of a pair of dragons made from banyan trees placed at Tao Dan Park (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City). The construction unit used a mesh to partially cover the heads of the dragons.

Mr. Le Cong Son, Head of Technical Department of Ho Chi Minh City Green Parks Company Limited, said that this pair of dragons is part of the 2024 Spring Flower Festival project. Each dragon is 6m high and 17m long, made from a banyan tree.

The unit came up with the idea in June 2023, going through 6 reviews by the Arts Council and relevant units for comments and edits.

In October 2023, after the design was approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the company hired artisans in Cho Lach (Ben Tre province) to create the statues. On January 22, the pair of dragons were transported to Tao Dan Park.

The heads of the pair of dragons at Tao Dan Park have been covered by the construction unit (Photo: Hoang Huong).

According to Mr. Son, creating animal shapes from green trees is very difficult, especially with large animals like this pair of dragons.

"In the spring flower festival grounds, there will be mascot dragons and fun symbolic dragons. The two dragons that have been circulating on social media will be used to create scenery at the main gate and are expected to be completed by February 5," said Mr. Son.

Binh Dinh Dragon received "rain" of compliments

The 2024 dragon mascot cluster of Binh Dinh province was built at Nguyen Tat Thanh Square (Quy Nhon City). On January 28, people came to the square to admire the two secondary dragons and commented that "they are very impressive".

Mr. Ta Xuan Chanh, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Binh Dinh province, said that the mascot symbol to welcome the Year of the Dragon 2024 of the province includes 3 dragon mascots (2 small secondary dragons and one large main dragon), in addition to miniature landscapes. The display area is about 105m long and nearly 40m wide.

Binh Dinh's dragon mascot symbol, with the theme of Pride in the tradition of Father Dragon - Mother Fairy , is based on the Vietnamese folk legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co. It is expected to be inaugurated on February 1 and displayed until February 18.

The dragon mascot of Binh Dinh province receives a lot of compliments (Photo: Doan Cong).

Dragon made from jars

Two dragon mascots made from jars welcoming the Lunar New Year 2024 in Tuong Binh Hiep lacquer craft village (Binh Duong province) immediately caused a stir on social networks when they appeared.

Artisan Nguyen Minh Thuan said the dragon head was designed from clay, hand-molded and then fired in a wood-fired kiln, so it looks very strong. The dragon body is made from 36 jars embossed with dragon images. These are local products that are famous.

Dragon model made from jars in Binh Duong craft village (Photo: Pham Dien).

Dragon wrapped around the pillar

At Hung Vuong Square in the Bac Lieu Provincial Administrative Center, 16 dragons wrapped around pillars with bronze drum patterns are being completed to welcome the 2024 Lunar New Year. According to the design, the dragons are made of wrought iron, covered with plastic mesh, and decorated with lights.

According to the Bac Lieu Province Urban Service Center, it is expected that by the end of January, the province will complete urban beautification work to welcome Tet on main roads such as: decorating with colored lights, flags, flowers, cleaning streets...

16 dragons wrapped around a pillar with bronze drum patterns in Bac Lieu (Photo: Huynh Hai).

Dragon head in Quang Ngai criticized for being ugly

On January 23, Quang Ngai Urban Environment Joint Stock Company started construction of miniature landscape and installation of dragon mascot at Ba To Park (Quang Ngai City).

Mr. Bui Van Quang, General Director of the Company, said that this year the unit will construct 4 dragons at public places in Quang Ngai City. The dragon mascots were designed by a company in Ho Chi Minh City, then constructed in Quang Ngai.

The image of a dragon head circulating on social media has been criticized by netizens as “too ugly”. The model is made from many stylized red and yellow blocks, the horn part, which is more than 9m long, has not been assembled yet.

The Quang Ngai dragon image was criticized by many people because it doesn't look like... a dragon (Photo: Quoc Trieu).

Impressive dragon of warriors

In Dak Nong, two dragon mascots were completed by officers and soldiers of Battalion 301, Regiment 994, Provincial Military Command in two months, and placed in the Battalion grounds.

This model is a synthesis of the characteristics of a crocodile (head, scales, legs) and a snake (long body).

Each mascot is about 5m long; average height 2.5m; main colors are red and yellow, bringing the atmosphere of Tet and containing hope for luck in the new year.

Dragon mascot of officers and soldiers of Battalion 301 (Photo: Dang Duong).

Major Nguyen Van Dung, Political Commissar of Battalion 301, said that to prepare to welcome the new year, the unit mobilized talented officers and soldiers with a passion for fine arts to create two statues of the mascot of the Year of the Dragon.

This is one of the activities to take care of Tet for officers and soldiers during their time on duty at the unit.

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