Azure Dragon

Azure Dragon
Azure Dragon
	Qīnglóng sculpture on the eaves tile
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	青龍
Simplified Chinese	青龙
Literal meaning	Blue-green Dragon
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qīnglóng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Chēnglùhng
Jyutping	Ceng1lung4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Chheⁿ-lêng or Chhiⁿ-lêng
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Thanh Long
Chữ Hán	青龍
Korean name
Hangul	청룡
Hanja	靑龍
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Cheongnyong
Japanese name
Kanji	青竜
Hiragana	せいりゅう
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Seiryū
Kunrei-shiki	Seiryuu

The Azure Dragon (Chinese: 青龍 Qīnglóng), also known as Qinglong in Chinese, is one of the Dragon Gods who represent the mount or chthonic forces of the Five Regions' Highest Deities (五方上帝 Wǔfāng Shàngdì). It is also one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, which are the astral representations of the Wufang Shangdi. The Azure Dragon represents the east and the spring season.^[1] It is also sometimes referred to as the Blue-green Dragon, Green Dragon, or the Blue Dragon (蒼龍 Cānglóng).

The Dragon is frequently referred to in the media, feng shui, other cultures, and in various venues as the Green Dragon and the Avalon Dragon.^[2] His cardinal direction's epithet is "Bluegreen Dragon of the East" (東方青龍 Dōngfāng Qīnglóng or 東方蒼龍 Dōngfāng Cānglóng).

This dragon is also known as Seiryū in Japanese, Cheongryong in Korean and Thanh Long in Vietnamese.

^ Tom, K.S. (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends, and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 55. ISBN 9780824812850 – via Internet Archive.
^ Lee, Ki-Baik; Wagner, Edward W. (1984). A new history of Korea (Translated ed.). Cambridge / Seoul: Harvard University Press / Ilchokak. ISBN 978-0-674-61576-2.

[1] Tom, K.S. (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends, and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 55. ISBN 9780824812850 – via Internet Archive.

[Lee_1984-2] Lee, Ki-Baik; Wagner, Edward W. (1984). A new history of Korea (Translated ed.). Cambridge / Seoul: Harvard University Press / Ilchokak. ISBN 978-0-674-61576-2.

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