Wow! I didn't expect to be found so soon:- even before letting anyone know where this blog is I find I’ve had a visitor.
Congratulations Peter for getting there so quickly.
Here I am with a few extras on the site - and a dragon! This one comes from a temple in the centre of Tainan. I'll have a look through my collection to see what others I can find and maybe post them on the Flickr page.
Many of the dragons on rooves of temples look very similar but I'm always on the lookout for different images. I would like to make a collection of stories about these mythical beasts too.
In the West we know about fire-breathing dragons but, although they look quite fierce, I understand Chinese ones are more peace-loving. In England we know the story of Saint George who rescued a princess from being sacrificed to a local dragon which had been terrorising the people for the price of one human sacrifice each year. The Welsh have their dragon on the national flag and I was just reminded of the Lambton Worm which is sung about in a folk song in the north east of England. In the Bible there is reference to Leviathan which must have been one of the species. I had a look at the first website Google found for me and came up with some stories
But I’m really looking for stories of Chinese dragons – so if you have time please let me have them.
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