Which son of the dragon in Chinese mythology is known for carrying heavy stone tablets? Bixi is the tablet-carrying dragon son.
Bixi is traditionally depicted as a creature with a dragon’s head and a turtle-like shell. His defining trait is a love of bearing heavy weights, which explains why sculptors placed his image beneath stone steles, commemorative tablets, and tomb inscriptions.
The tradition of tortoise-mounted steles is documented in China by at least the early third century. It became especially prominent during the Ming and Qing dynasties, when regulations governed which ranks of nobles and officials could receive such monuments.
A common mix-up concerns the names Bixi and Baxia. Older sources sometimes call the tablet-bearing creature Baxia and use Bixi for dragon motifs associated with literature. However, the popular “nine sons of the Dragon” tradition generally identifies Bixi as the heavy tablet carrier, making the stored answer the standard quiz answer.