Abstract:Dragon, meaning the country, a symbol of wealth and noble, in the people, is a symbol of auspicious festival.Dong Yu, a painter in the early Northern Song Dynasty, first pointed out the "three steps" and "nine similarities" in his work "Summary of Draw dragons". The dragon is the ideal of a deity. Drawing a dragon doesn't need to look like a dragon, it should has Spirit of dragon.Dragon in each historical stage has its own different characteristics and style.Taking the dragon pattern of Ming and Qing dynasties as an example, this paper briefly discusses its basic painting methods.