Azur Draigon

The Azur Draigon is ane o the Fower Seembols o the Cheenese constellations. It represents the east an the ware saison. It shoud no be ramfeeselt wi the meethological yellae draigon that is associatit wi the Emperor o Cheenae. It is referred tae in media, feng shui, ither culturs, an in various venues as the Green Dragon an the Avalon Dragon an aw.

It is kent as Qinglong in Cheenese, Seiryū in Japanese, Cheongnyong in Korean, an Thanh Long in Vietnamese. It is whiles cried the Azur Draigon o the East (, or whiles ).

The Seiven Mansions o the Azur Draigon
As the ither three Seembols, thare are seiven "mansions", or poseetions, o the muin athin Azur Dragon. The names an determinative starns are:
 Mansion no.  Name (pinyin)  Translation  Determinative starn 1  角 (Jiăo)  Horn  α Vir 2  亢 (Kàng)  Neck  κ Vir 3  氐 (Dĭ)  Root  α Lib 4  房 (Fáng)  Room  π Sco 5  心 (Xīn)  Heart  α Sco 6  尾 (Wěi)  Tail  μ Sco 7  箕 (Jī)  Winnowing Basket  γ Sgr

Oreegin
In the novel Shuo Tang Yanyi (Tales o Tang Dynasty), the White Teeger's starn is reincarnatit as General Luo Cheng ( / ), who servit Li Shimin.  The Azur Draigon's Starn is reincarnatit as General Shan Xiongxin ( / ), who served Wang Shichong. The twa generals are sworn brithers o Qin Shubao ( / ), Cheng Zhijie ( / ) & Yuchi Jingde ( / ). Efter daith, thair souls are said tae possess heroes o the Tang & Liao dynasties, sic as  Xue Rengui ( / ) & He Suwen ().

In ither legends, the Tang Dynasty general Xue Rengui is said tae be the reincarnation o the White Tiger's Starn.  While his airchenemy, General He Suwen o the Liao Dynasty is said tae be the reincarnation o the Azur Draigons Starn.

As an ensaumple, the Azur Draigon is representit on the tomb o Wang Hui (stane coffin, east side), Hsi-k'ang (extension o Szechwan during Han), Lu-shan. A Cheenese rubbin o this wis collectit bi David Crockett Graham an is in the Field Museum of Natural History.

Influence
In Japan, the Azur Draigon is ane o the fower guardian spirits o ceeties an is said tae pertect the ceety o Kyoto on the east. The wast is protectit bi the White Tiger, the north is protectit bi the Black Tortoise, the sooth is protectit bi the Vermilion Bird, an the centre is protectit bi the Yellae Dragon. In Kyoto thare are temples dedicatit tae each o thir guardian spirits. The Azur Draigon is representit in the Kiyomizu Temple in eastren Kyoto. Afore the entrance o the temple thare is a statue o the draigon which is said tae drink frae the watterfaw athin the temple complex at nichttime. Tharefore each year a ceremony is held tae worship the draigon o the east. In 1983, the Kitora Tomb wis foond in the veelage o Asuka. Aw fower guardians wur paintit on the waws (in the correspondin directions) an a seestem o the constellations wis paintit on the ceilin. This is ane o the few auncient records o the fower guardians.

In Korea, the murals o the Goguryeo Tombs foond at Uhyon-ni in Pyongannam-do featurs the Azur Draigon an the ither meethological creaturs o the fower seembols.

See an aw
Azur (colour)
Fower Sauntly Beasts (Vietnam)

References

Freemit airtins
 "Star Charts and Moon Stations" 
 The Azure Dragon o the East 
 Pictur o Seiryuu in the Kitora Tomb 

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