Azure Dragon

The Azure Dragon King statues in the main hall of Qinglong Palace, Yunnan, China.

The Azure Dragon, called Qinglong in Chinese, is a Dragon God representing the forces of the Five Regions' Highest Deities. It is a part of the Chinese constellations known as the Four Symbols. It symbolizes the east and the spring season. People sometimes call it the 'Blue-green Dragon', 'Green Dragon', or the 'Blue Dragon'.^[1]

In various contexts, media, feng shui, and different cultures, this Dragon is known as the Green Dragon and the Avalon Dragon. Its title for cardinal direction is the "Blue-green Dragon of the East" (Dōngfāng Qīnglóng). The same dragon is referred to as Seiryu in Japanese, Cheongryong in Korean, and Thanh Long in Vietnamese.^[2]

Seven Mansions

There are seven astrological "Mansions" (positions of the Moon) within the Azure Dragon. The names and their stars are following:^[3]^[4]

Mansion no.	Name (pinyin)	Translation	Determinative star
1	角 (Jiăo)	Horn	Spica
2	亢 (Kàng)	Neck	κ Vir
3	氐 (Dĭ)	Root	α Lib
4	房 (Fáng)	Room	π Sco
5	心 (Xīn)	Heart	Antares
6	尾 (Wěi)	Tail	μ Sco
7	箕 (Jī)	Winnowing Basket	γ Sgr

Azure Dragon Media

The Azure Dragon on the national flag of China during the Qing dynasty, 1889-1912
The Azure Dragon on the Chinese national emblem, 1913-1928
The Azure Dragon on a road marker at Yangshan Quarry
Azure Dragon presiding the ablution well of the Shinto Heian Shrine in Japan.

References

↑ Tom, K. S. (1989). Echoes from old China : life, legends, and lore of the Middle Kingdom. Internet Archive. Honolulu : Hawaii Chinese History Center : Distributed by University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1285-0.
↑ Yi, Ki-baek (1984). A New History of Korea. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-61576-2.
↑ "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
↑ Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

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[1] Tom, K. S. (1989). Echoes from old China : life, legends, and lore of the Middle Kingdom. Internet Archive. Honolulu : Hawaii Chinese History Center : Distributed by University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1285-0.

[2] Yi, Ki-baek (1984). A New History of Korea. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-61576-2.

[3] "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

[4] Sun, Xiaochun (1997). Helaine Selin (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 517. ISBN 0-7923-4066-3. Retrieved 2011-06-25.

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