Hi,
Who is the Five Claw Dragon Statue suitable for since only Emperors could use the Five Claw Dragon? If it's sold just off the shelf from a Fengshui store, is it appropriate for anyone to just purchase it Fengshui wise?
Thank you!

1. If you are strictly thinking of it in modern times: look at it this way: the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty abdicated his throne in 1911.
2. Nowadays; where got "Emperors".
3. Of course, in the past; any artists or artisan/craftsman that produce anything with the Five claw is taboo.. unless for official reasons.
4. Today, again in modern times; there will be those who no longer are scared of emperors and dare to produce 4 or 5 claw dragons...
5. So what is stopping these people from the "Feng Shui emporium" sellers to sell such things.
6. Look at it this way: If there are ready buyers (like yourself); there are also ready sellers.
7. It takes TWO hands to clap! Of course the seller will end up clapping lounder than the buyer..
8. Therefore; the morale of the story is: When the buying STOPS; the selling CAN!
In conclusion:
9. Buyers drive the demand. And since one has purchased it; and it is not against MODERN laws to display it; the saying goes: "be thick skin and go ahead to display it". No longer a capital crime. This is not China in the Qing Dynasty of 1644 to 1911 = last emperor.

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On 4/26/2011 9:17:38 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi,Who is the Five Claw Dragon
Statue suitable for since only
Emperors could use the Five
Claw Dragon? If it's sold just
off the shelf from a Fengshui
store, is it appropriate for
anyone to just purchase it
Fengshui wise?Thank you!