History Main / LandOfDragons

* Averted somewhat in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda,'' which seems to be less a walking stereotype and more a distillation of ancient China and its legends and myths. While it does focus on kung fu and cooking/food, the depiction of the Valley of Peace is an encapsulation of the best of China's long history, art, culture, and beauty (particularly the natural sort). Jackie Chan's presence as a voice is simply due to his humor and martial arts skills, not because he's seen as representative of China. And as for all the dragon motifs...that's not only TruthInTelevision, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact dragons are seen as powerful ''protectors'' in Chinese culture, so would naturally be used to adorn the architecture and be embodied as a warrior who would defend the valley.

* Somehow, despite only having a single background to do it in, ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' manages to utilize this trope with ChineseGirl Jam's stage.

* The ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' expansion ''Mists of Pandaria'' is this to a tee. With [[PandaIngToTheAudience panda people]] to boot.

* Most of the Creator/ShawBrothers films are set in a historical China (usually 1600s, during the rise of the Qing Dynasty) that leans heavily into this, with the Shaolin Temple and its kung fu monks a favourite subject. Some of their more fantastical films - such as the aptly-named ''Film/DragonSwamp'' - feature literal dragons, as well, while their more historically-grounded films might use dragons as a motif - ''Film/InvincibleShaolin'', for example, was released as ''Unbeatable Dragon'' [[MarketBasedTitle in some markets]].

* Creator/BruceLee, of course, almost singlehandedly created the "kick-ass martial artist" component of this trope for the non-Chinese-speaking world. YMMV on whether or not that was a good thing, as it displaced the prior trope that Chinese people were timid, kowtowing, culturally-stagnant menial laborers (if not opium addicts).

* Chun-Li's stages in the various ''StreetFighter'' games are like this, with her first one featuring lots of people on bicycles and street peddlers, her ''Alpha'' stage on the Great Wall, her ''EX'' stage in the Tiananmen Square, her ''Alpha 3'' stage in a martial arts school, and her ''3rd Strike'' stage in a slum. This is also replicated with Fei Long and the Lee brothers, despite them being from Hong Kong.

* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has '''Agatea''', which in ''Literature/InterestingTimes'' follows Pratchett's Law of National Stereotyping by taking what everybody ''thinks'' they know about China and turning all the knobs UpToEleven. While Agatea in its widest concept is also used for Discworld references to Japan, Thailand and latterly Korea, the Chinese stereotype dominates and involves a national fetish for building walls, senile emperors manipulated by Grand Viziers, scheming mandarins, flowing and very expressive calligraphics, Misfortune Cookies, inscrutable philosophies, lots of rice, revolting-sounding foodstuffs using the less desirable parts of the animal, and a Red Army, of sorts.

If you're looking for the ''other'' Land of Dragons, the one with a red dragon on its national flag, it's ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Wales}} here]]''

* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' has '''Agatea''', which in ''Discworld/InterestingTimes'' follows Pratchett's Law of National Stereotyping by taking what everybody ''thinks'' they know about China and turning all the knobs UpToEleven. While Agatea in its widest concept is also used for Discworld references to Japan, Thailand and latterly Korea, the Chinese stereotype dominates and involves a national fetish for building walls, senile emperors manipulated by Grand Viziers, scheming mandarins, flowing and very expressive calligraphics, Misfortune Cookies, inscrutable philosophies, lots of rice, revolting-sounding foodstuffs using the less desirable parts of the animal, and a Red Army, of sorts.

* Averted nicely in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire,'' where the whole game takes place in a fantasy setting derived from Chinese myth and legend and is in general pretty non-stereotypical and accurate. Except for the golems.
** And they're just giant, mobile versions of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army Terracotta Army]] from the tomb of Qin Shi Huang.

** Gigan Rocks and Gigan Device in ''VideoGame/SonicRidersZeroGravity'' has similarly steep mountains and bamboo nearby with shaolin temples in the background (and as part of the finish line). The backdrop is merely cosmetic though--it's actually where a gravity-manipulation device was placed that Jet wants to find.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', the world based on ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' is literally called the Land of Dragons.

* In ''Manga/EdensZero'', Mildian (a [[MythologyGag recurring element]] in Hiro Mashima's works) is depicted as a BabyPlanet whose surface and architecture are a mish-mash of Chinese iconography, such as a dragon-adorned temple, a miniature Great Wall, a Buddhist statue, and tall mountains in the distance, just to name a few. Its sole known inhabitant is also an AnimeChineseGirl.

* Averted somewhat in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda,'' which seems to be less a walking stereotype and more a distillation of ancient China and its legends and myths. While it does focus on kung fu ([[CaptainObvious obviously]]) and cooking/food, the depiction of the Valley of Peace is an encapsulation of the best of China's long history, art, culture, and beauty (particularly the natural sort). Jackie Chan's presence as a voice is simply due to his humor and martial arts skills, not because he's seen as representative of China. And as for all the dragon motifs...that's not only TruthInTelevision, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by the fact dragons are seen as powerful ''protectors'' in Chinese culture, so would naturally be used to adorn the architecture and be embodied as a warrior who would defend the valley.

* In ''Manga/EdensZero'', Mildian (a [[MythologyGag recurring location name]] in Hiro Mashima's works) is depicted as a BabyPlanet whose surface and architecture are a mish-mash of Chinese iconography, such as a dragon-adorned temple, a miniature Great Wall, a Buddhist statue, and tall mountains in the distance, just to name a few. Its sole known inhabitant is also an AnimeChineseGirl.

[[IThoughtItMeant Not a literal Land of Dragons]], mind you. The more modern version of the China half of the FarEast with the [[ThirtySecondsOverTokyo Japanese]] parts sifted out. A country of overpopulated communists.

* The WorldOfWarcraft expansion ''Mists of Pandaria'' is this to a tee. With [[PandaIngToTheAudience panda people]] to boot.

** Gigan Rocks and Gigan Device in ''SonicRiders: Zero Gravity'' has similarly steep mountains and bamboo nearby with shaolin temples in the background (and as part of the finish line). The backdrop is merely cosmetic though--it's actually where a gravity-manipulation device was placed that Jet wants to find.

China itself is portrayed as a mountainous region full of bamboo[[note]]In RealLife, China is a very diverse country with plains, forests, prairies, lakes and deserts, but in fiction it's almost always subtropical karstic mountains, which are more typically found in the South. A bit as if Monument Valley was taken as representative of all North America, when you think about it.[[/note]], a dwindling panda population, rice fields, and elaborate architecture. Being [[HollywoodHistory communist]], the people are also ridiculously hard workers who move about like ants, scurrying to get projects done via a HiveMind. The country is obsessed with New Year's and [[{{Dragons Up The Yin Yang}} dragons]] -- and there are paintings and statues of dragons everywhere. If you are in a fictional setting with any fantasy aspects, you are certain to run into at least one.

China itself is portrayed as a mountainous region[[note]]In RealLife, China is a very diverse country with plains, forests, prairies, lakes and deserts, but in fiction it's almost always subtropical karstic mountains, which are more typically found in the South. A bit as if Monument Valley was taken as representative of all North America, when you think about it.[[/note]] full of bamboo, a dwindling panda population, rice fields, and elaborate architecture. Being [[HollywoodHistory communist]], the people are also ridiculously hard workers who move about like ants, scurrying to get projects done via a HiveMind. The country is obsessed with New Year's and [[{{Dragons Up The Yin Yang}} dragons]] -- and there are paintings and statues of dragons everywhere. If you are in a fictional setting with any fantasy aspects, you are certain to run into at least one.

China itself is portrayed as a mountainous region full of bamboo, a dwindling panda population, rice fields, and elaborate architecture. Being [[HollywoodHistory communist]], the people are also ridiculously hard workers who move about like ants, scurrying to get projects done via a HiveMind. The country is obsessed with New Year's and [[{{Dragons Up The Yin Yang}} dragons]] -- and there are paintings and statues of dragons everywhere. If you are in a fictional setting with any fantasy aspects, you are certain to run into at least one.