In traditional Chinese culture, the pig symbolizes wealth, abundance and good fortune. People born in the Year of the Pig are ...

Another type — and the more frequently excavated one — is dubbed "pig dragon" for its chubby, pig-headed shape, along with standing ears, ferocious round eyes, wrinkled snout and tusks.

Editor's note: The Chinese zodiac, or "shengxiao," consists of 12 animal signs that mark the years. Each animal represents ...

Inscribed on another 6,800-year-old pottery vessel of the nearby Zhaobaogou culture are patterns of deer, wild boar and bird. The boar with tusks is also seen as a vivid, initial form of the "pig ...