Introduction to dragon murals

1, Nine Dragons Wall

Nine Dragons Wall is a kind of shadow wall, which is a wall used to block the view in traditional Chinese architecture. Located in the Forbidden City Ning Shou Palace District Huangji Gate outside the South after three palaces. Wall length 29.47m, 3.59m high, 0.45.9m thick, weighing more than 300 tons. Is a back leaning against the palace wall and built a one-sided glazed shadow wall, for the thirty-seventh year of the Qianlong (1770) when the reconstruction of Ning Shou Palace burned.

The cliffs that run through the center of the wall have nine coiled dragons separated into five spaces. The yellow dragon is in the center, with its front claws in the shape of an embrace and its back claws pouting over the sea water, its body curving around and holding the flaming pearl under its head, with jaws and jaws wide open in a dignified manner. The left and right sides have blue and white dragons, white for the ascending dragon, blue for the descending dragon. The two dragons on the left side of the dragon head phase to; the right side of the two dragons back and relax, four dragons each chase the flame pearl, God moving shape shift, seems to want to break through the wall and out.

The outer two dragons, a yellow and a purple, the left end of the yellow dragon chest shrinking neck, the upper paw spread around, the lower limbs protruding back; purple dragon left paw down, right paw up, the dragon's tail flung forward. The two dragons are full of dynamism, and the situation of competition is vivid. The right end of the yellow dragon bow body crossbow back, tension and relaxation, jumping the body of the vividly portrayed; Purple Dragon, head high, stomach, front paw to hit the waves, the style of robust.

It is very fully demonstrated the wisdom of the ancient Chinese working people and artistic talent. At the same time, the Nine Dragons Wall is also an important symbol of China's architectural achievements.

2, Yongle Palace murals

The beautifully painted murals cover a total area of 960 square meters, rich in subject matter, painting skills, it inherited the excellent painting techniques since the Tang and Song Dynasty, but also the integration of the Yuan Dynasty's painting characteristics, the formation of Yongle Palace murals of the invaluable style, the Yuan Dynasty temple murals become the most fascinating chapter.

Sanqing Hall, also known as the Wuji Hall, is for the "Taiqing, Qing, Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun" of the hall, the main hall for the Yongle Palace. The four walls of the temple, full of murals, an area of 403.34 square meters, the picture **** there are 289 characters. These characters, arranged in symmetrical ceremonial form, the south wall of the green dragon, white tiger star as a guide, respectively, painted the emperor, queen mother and other 28 main god. Around the main god, 28 hosts, 12 houses and other "heavenly soldiers and generals" in the picture slowly unfolded.

3, poly dragon hole mural

Poly dragon hole is located in the town of appingtang in luoding city, ten miles of peak forest scenic area, is a typical karst caves, is the flow of underground water in the cracks of the marble, after a long time of continuous erosion to expand and become the hole is 1,600 meters long, 8 halls, 38 attractions, the cave body meandering can be folded, the landscape of a thousand, like a fantasy suspected, it's a "nature's art labyrinth".

Three dragons flying in front of the cave, Yi Long mural, double dragons playing beads, the wall of the National Treasure "Dragon" word engraved here, the right side of the cave entrance stone wall with cliff inscription "Polygonal Cave", above the mouth of the cave with cliff inscription "Wonderland! ".

4, dragon and tiger love mural

In Mount Lushan Shimenjian, there is a 8-meter-long, 2-meter-wide half-moon shaped cave, there is a white tiger and a white dragon on the cave wall is relatively playful. This pair of dragons and tigers was discovered by geologist Li Siguang in the 1930s. At that time, he specially instructed, "This dragon and tiger is a natural mural, so lovely. It is a Chinese treasure, a priceless treasure!"

In 1996, when Mount Lushan was declared a World Heritage Site, experts named it "The Dragon and the Tiger".

5, dragons and tigers and beasts mural

In Shandong Liaocheng Mengzhuang village, there is a Meng placekeeper, Mengzhuang villagers believe that the Meng placekeeper is the real Cao Cao's tomb, the tomb has a front chamber, ear chamber, the back chamber, the entire chamber around the tomb there may be surrounded by a "gallery", "gallery" certainly has a lot more. The "gallery" must also have a lot of beautiful murals, murals on the animals are uniform with black outlines, the shape is a bit exaggerated, but they are lifelike.

The biggest discovery at the Meng Place Center in Xin County is the mural painting of dragons and tigers in the tomb.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Nine Dragons Wall (Shadow Wall of the Forbidden City, Beijing)

Baidu Encyclopedia - Yongle Palace Mural (Mural)

Baidu Encyclopedia - Julong Cave (Julong Cave, Appingtang Town, Luoding City, Guangdong Province)

Baidu Encyclopedia - Mural Paintings of Dragons, Tigers and Rui-Beasts