Ancient Dragon

Historical buildings throughout China are commonly decorated with a prominent creature——the dragon. Carved by skilled master craftsmen for imperial palaces as well as temples, these creatures are depicted with scales similar to that of snakes. Remarkably, its backs and tails are also furnished with feathers of some sort. So it's not surprising that these ancient Chinese dragons are believed to have the ability to take flight into the clouds just like the Mayan's winged serpent.

China and Central America are separated by a great geological distance, yet they shared a rather similar religious belief in some ways. Is this just coincidence? Considering that ancient naval and navigational technologies were still undeveloped, it was simply not possible for Asians to travel to the America continent, nor could the Mayans have chartered their way to the Chinese mainland. Yet these two distinct ethnic groups shared a vividly similar portrayal of this 'mythological' creature. The dragon in the eyes of the ancients was like a serpent that could fly. What does that tell us?

Either these ancient peoples were very imaginative——or such entities possibly existed in the past.

According to ancient writings and historical relics, there are records and descriptions of such creatures all over the world. Can this be considered pure coincidence? If these were simply made up by the imaginations of superstitious folks in the past, such a sweeping statement may prove inadequate to convince skeptics and inconclusive to satisfy the inquisitive.