A little hole is around there to plug a joss stick in in front of the Dragon. The holder can be used for a ballpoint pen also as a candlestick or as filing place since sufficient place is between the candle and the Dragon. The flat at home and one also embellishes idea of present to this enhance!
The dragon had in the change of the time, mostly bipolar meaning -- in the positive, how also in the negative meaning!- known is also the Dragon Head on the Viking warships!