page_title: Tianlong
section_title: Proper names
hierarchical_section_title: Tianlong / Meanings / Proper names
caption_attribution_description: English: Tenryū-ji is an important Buddhism temple located in Sogano area, west of Kyoto, Japan. It was registered as an UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. This photo shows famous Sōgen Pond and the main abbey of the temple, ōhōjō. 中文: 天龍寺是一位於京都西郊嵯峨地區的古老佛寺，也是聯合國教科文組織指定的世界文化遺產（是古京都歷史遺跡群的一部份）。圖中所見是夢窗國師所設計的知名庭園、曹源池，與被稱為「大方丈」的主殿。
context_page_description: Tianlong is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology, a star in Chinese astrology, and a proper name.
context_section_description: Tianlong is a common name in Standard Chinese. Tianlongshan 天龍山 "Heavenly Dragon Mountain", which is located near Taiyuan in Shanxi, is famous for the Tianlongshan Shiku Grottoes  (天龍山石窟). The commercial name Tianlong "Heavenly Dragon" is used by companies, hotels, and gungfu schools.
  Japanese Tenryū 天龍 or 天竜, a loanword from Chinese Tianlong, is a comparable proper name. A famous example is Tenryū-ji 天龍寺 "Heavenly Dragon Temple" in Kyoto, which is headquarters of the Tenryū-ji Branch of the Rinzai sect. Tenryū place names include a waterway (Tenryū River 天竜川), a city (Tenryū, Shizuoka 天竜市), and a village (Tenryū, Nagano 天龍村). Further examples include Imperial Japanese Navy names (Japanese cruiser Tenryū 天龍), and personal names (Genichiro Tenryu 天龍源一郎, a wrestler).
caption: Tenryū-ji garden
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