In Asia, dragons symbolize rain, the sea, and also spring as divine beings. In the past agricultural societies, people believed that dragons controlled rain, droughts, and floods, all of which greatly affected farming. Therefore, during droughts, they would paint dragons and perform rain rituals to pray for rain. Furthermore, at the beginning of the new year, regardless of family lineage or social status, people had the tradition of putting up dragon paintings on their doors to welcome the spring, signaling a new beginning after winter. These paintings symbolize the arrival of spring to the long drought-stricken digital art market.
