There are many ruins of the Nine Dragons Wall in China, such as the Nine Dragons Wall in the Forbidden City and the Nine Dragons Wall in Beihai, which are very famous. The Dragon Wall of Sun Moon Lake is illuminated by the wall, which not only divides the space, but also marks the theme. Next to a tall ginkgo tree, graceful, hidden among them, the mirror is more Zen. The nine dragon walls of Fayu Temple in Putuo Mountain are all made of bluestones of different sizes. Bluestone is hand-carved, hand-combined, sealed and polished on site, striving for perfection, just like a whole stone carving, which embodies the hard work and wisdom of the Kowloon Wall carver. What I want to analyze below is the largest existing Nine Dragon Wall in China-Datong Nine Dragon Wall.
The Jiulong Wall in Datong is not only the largest existing dragon wall in China, but also the earliest dragon wall under construction, ranking first in China. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, divided many of his sons into kings to safeguard the central government. Zhu Yuanzhang's thirteenth son is called Zhu Gui, but he was stupid since he was a child. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he had no talent or virtue, so he named him the acting king and guarded Datong. When Daiwang came to Datong, he often killed people for no reason, just like a local ruffian, Daiwang's princess, an ugly and jealous bitch. The couple made the big city restless and the people were in trouble. So Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the position of acting as the Crown Prince and let his four sons inherit the throne. When Dai Wang heard the news, he made a scene and clamored to be emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang had to build a large-scale building and build a palace in the same city, so that the acting king could have an emperor addiction. Up to now, the ancient city of Datong also has street names such as "Huangcheng Street", "Zhengdian Street" and "Donghuamen", all of which are ruins of the old palace. After the palace was repaired, one day King Dai wandered outside the Fourth Palace, looked up and saw a newly built glazed dragon wall in front of the palace, clamoring to repair it in front of the palace in Datong, so he took the design back to Datong and immediately ordered it to be burned. When Princess Xu knew it, she asked it to be two feet longer, two feet higher and two inches thicker than Yan's dragon wall. The king had no choice but to agree. According to statistics, the city wall is 45.5 meters long from east to west, 8 meters high, 2.02 meters thick and 45.5 meters long, and its scale is huge. So far, the Nine Dragon Wall in Datong is the largest in China, and it can't compare with that in the Forbidden City.
The Nine Dragon Wall in Datong shows the outstanding talents and artistic creativity of the ancient working people. Datong Jiulongbi is located in the south of Dongjie Road, Datong City, facing north. Very luxurious style, bright colors and extraordinary momentum. Nine dragons are evenly and harmoniously distributed on the wall, with sun and moon patterns on both sides. This wall is composed of 426 pieces of specially-made colorful glazed components. The nine dragons are magnificent, and the momentum of flying leaps from the wall. The gap between dragons is covered with patterns of rocks and aquatic plants, which reflect each other and form a contrast. The wall is covered with glazed tiles and supported by glazed arches. At the bottom of the wall is Sumitomo, 2.09 meters high. Three-dimensional rich, carved with 4 1 group of Shuanglong play beads. The waist is made of 75 pieces of glazed bricks in relief, with various animal images such as cattle, horses, sheep, dogs and deer, which are colorful. When the sun shines, Kowloon is flickering and glittering, as if nine real dragons were playing in the clouds. When the Jiulong Wall in Datong was first built, Dai Wang and others boarded the tower to watch. It's really tall, magnificent and brilliant. Soon it began to rain, and through the rain curtain, Kowloon bathed in water on the painted wall, which was confusing and interesting. Suddenly, there was lightning and thunder in the air, and three thunderbolts were deafening. It seems that two dragons, one black and one yellow, descended from the sky, spitting water like a spring in front of the wall. It confuses the dragon on the dragon wall with the real one, and attracts the dragon in the sky to send rain. In a short time, the rainbow is in the sky, the sunset glow is red, and the dragon wall bathed by rain is even more colorful. Dai Wang sent someone to inquire about the scars on the dragon wall. The people who came back reported that the Jinbo warehouse behind the dragon wall was smashed out of two wells by thunder within three steps, and the two wells were sweet and bitter. Now it is the two-step and two-eye well of Kimbocang, and it is also a scene of Jiulong Wall. Today, there is still a saying among the people that three steps are good for both eyes, and one bitter is sweet. A pit was blown out by thunder in front of the dragon wall, and the pit was filled with a stream of clear water. Dai Wang built a pool in front of the wall, and nine dragons were reflected in the water, and the water waves fluctuated, turning the static dragon into a moving dragon, which can be described as ingenious.
P Datong Nine Dragons Wall is still a symbol of power. The dragons in Jiulong Wall of Datong are different from those in Beijing Beihai Park and the Forbidden City in terms of claws, scales, tail and flying posture. As the dragon wall in front of the temple, the Jiulong wall in Datong has a very high status, but because the acting king is not an emperor, the dragon on the Jiulong wall has four claws and no tail fin. The tail is similar to the tail of a snake, and the scales on the dragon are stacked in strips. The dragon wall of Beijing Beihai Park is a royal garden in Qing Dynasty, so it is the dragon claw on the dragon wall. They all have five claws, and the distribution of the Nine Dragon Walls of the Forbidden City is more like the staggered distribution of fish in reality. It can be seen that the hierarchy of feudal system is very clear. In addition, the nine dragons in the Nine Dragons Wall of Datong are all sideways, and the Huanglong in the middle of the Nine Dragons Wall of the Forbidden City is a sitting dragon. This is to distinguish the status difference between the Dai king and the emperor, but it also shows the status of the Dai king in the dynasty. It is worth mentioning that the Great Palace was destroyed by a fire at the end of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, but it survived because the Nine Dragon Wall was made of glass and the whole body was incombustible. It can be said that the Nine Dragon Wall is also a witness to the history of China from the Ming Dynasty to the present.