Whether they're stone, painted or art dragon metal work, if you look closely, you'll find that dragons are in more places than you think.

There's the Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Nine Dragons wall at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and in Chicago's Chinatown and the red and white dragons of Wales and England, respectively. Here's a look at some dragon metal work from around the world.

Dragons represent yang energy and its most auspicious direction is east. A dragon figure in the eastern part of your environment helps to encourage high energy, prosperity and success.