Blue Dragon
| Blue Dragon | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | |
| Long characters | 青龍 |
| Abbreviation | 青龙 |
| Pinyin (Mandarin) | Qīng Lóng |
| Jyutping (Cantonese) | Cheng 1 Lung 4 |
| Japanese name | |
| Kanji | 青 竜 |
| Kana | せ い り ゅ う |
| Rōmaji | Seiryu |
| Korean name | |
| Hangeul | 청룡 |
| Hanja | 青 竜 |
| McCune-Reischauer | cheonglyong |
| Vietnamese name | |
| Quốc Ngữ | Thanh Long |
| Hán tự | 青龍 |
The Blue Dragon or ( Chinese 青龍 / 青龙 , Pinyin Qīng Lóng ) is one of the four symbols of the Chinese star constellations , which are also known as "miracle animals". It is also called the "Blue Dragon of the East" ( 東方 青龍 / 东方 青龙 , Dōngfāng Qīng Lóng ) and represents spring and the east. It should not be confused with the yellow dragon ( 黃龍 / 黄龙 , Huáng Lóng ), which symbolizes the Chinese emperor.
The blue dragon was used not only by the Chinese, but also by the Vietnamese, Koreans and Japanese. In Japanese it is called Seiryū , in Korean Cheong-ryong ( 청룡 ) and in Vietnamese Thanh Long .
The Blue Dragon Houses
In Chinese astrology , each of the four symbols has seven houses that represent certain positions of the moon in the sky. The houses of the blue dragon are:
- Horn ( 角 , Jiăo ) α Vir
- Neck ( 亢 , Kàng ) κ Vir
- Root ( 氐 , Dĭ ) α Lib
- Space ( 房 , Fáng ) π Sco
- Heart ( 心 , Xīn ) α Sco
- Tail ( 尾 , Wěi ) μ Sco
- Grain basket ( 箕 , Jī ) γ Sgr
See also
literature
- Jeremy Roberts: Chinese Mythology AZ . 2nd Edition, Chelsea House Publications 2009, ISBN 978-1-60413-436-0 , p. 104.
Web links
- Chinese Astronomy: The Chinese Sky (English)
- The Azure Dragon of the East (Spring )