In 1971, in the Inner Mongolian village of Sanxingtala, archaeologists unearthed a 6000-year-old carved jade dragon--with a round body and long hair along its neck bone.
內蒙的三星他拉村紅山文化遺址，於民國六十年出土了一件約六千年前的玉雕龍，一圈俐落圓弧的龍體，龍首上長鬃披向頸脊，整體造型頗有馬頭蛇身的味道。