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Nine Dragon Screen
Nine Dragon Screen is
one of the three famous Nine Dragons Screens in China, the best and the
biggest in China. The glazed tile screen was built in 1771 under the reign
of Emperor Qianlong, and is 3.5 meters high and about 30 meters long. It
composed of 270 pieces glazed tiles, depicting 9 surging dragons playing
with pearls with a background of clouds and seawater. The relief screen
applies yellow, blue, white and purple and looks gorgeous.
The screen indicates
emperors' supremacy by arranging nine dragons in the front and 5 on the
edge, since they did believe nine is the largest single number and 5 the
middle, representing Heavenly Son in combination.
The belly of the
third white dragon was inserted with a piece of wood. A Story tells that
it was fired broken in the kiln, which meant nobody would be alive. A
carpenter repaired it with a piece of wood. And the imperial inspector did
not discover! |
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SECTION 1
Introduction
Guide
Meradian Gate
SECTION 2
Taihemen
Supreme
Harnony
Central
Harmony
Preserved
Harmony
SECTION 3
Huge Stone Carving
Gate of
Celestial Purity
Palace of
Celestial Purity
Palace of Terrestrial Treanquility
Hall of Mental Cultivation
SECTION 4
Six Western
Palaces
Hall for
Ancestral Worship
Six Eastern Palaces
Nine Dragon Screen
Palace of
Tranquil Longevity
Hall of Joyful Longevity
Imperial Garden
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