page_title: Azure Dragon
section_title: Influence
hierarchical_section_title: Azure Dragon / Influence
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 平安神宮 蒼龍の石像
context_page_description: The Azure Dragon, also known as Blue-green Dragon, Green Dragon, or the Blue Dragon, is one of the Dragon Gods who represent the mount or chthonic forces of the Five Forms of the Highest Deity. He is also one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, which are the astral representations of the Wufang Shangdi. The Azure Dragon represents the east and the spring season.
  The Dragon is frequently referred to in the media, feng shui, other cultures, and in various venues as the Green Dragon and the Avalon Dragon. His cardinal direction's epithet is "Bluegreen Dragon of the East".
  This dragon is also known as Seiryu in Japanese, Cheongnyong in Korean and Thanh Long in Vietnamese.
caption: Azure Dragon presiding the ablution well of the Shinto Heian Shrine in Japan.
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