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The Lung Dragon frequently appears embroidered on fabric, painted
on pottery, and in all other forms of Chinese art.
There are five types of Lung Dragon, guardians of
the mansions of the gods, rivers and seas, hidden treasure, royalty,
and the winds and rains.
It was a rain making dragon who incurred the gods’ displeasure
by falling to allocate the correct rainfall and is beheaded. He returned
as a spirit to haunt the Emperor who promised to save his life, but
wais driven away by the Door Guardians, the Men-Shen.
Lung Dragons are called upon for rain and their effigies
are ceremonially paraded by peasants to attract their attention.
The rain making Dragon Kings ruling the four seas
surrounding the Earth were able to assume human form.
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