Looking at Dragon Pillars
Dragon head, dragon body, and column baseTranslated from the Chinese original by the AI Guanyin Volunteer. Scripture and classical text in 「」 is kept in the original.
Temples · Reading a pillar
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This is the front eave of a temple. The two middle pillars have dragons coiled around them, and the two beside them are square. Look them over from top to bottom.
Illustrative line drawing.
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