Long before humans drew borders or built kingdoms, a celestial dragon descended from the sky — one of the nine divine sons of the Jade Emperor, the supreme god of the Chinese heavens. It began crawling across the mountains of northern China, and its body was so massive that every curve of its spine pressed a new ridge into the rock. Behind it, the dragon left an invisible trail of cosmic energy burned into the earth.
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Gods & Monsters·2/3·1′
The place
Great Wall of China
The Dragon's Spine
The wall follows the path of a celestial dragon
Primordial — before recorded historyGreat Wall of China
Moral of the Story
“The greatest human achievements follow paths laid down by forces older than civilization itself”
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The Celestial Dragon — one of the Nine SonsT
The Jade EmperorQ
Qin Shi Huang's geomancersSource
Chinese feng shui tradition, folk mythology, Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas)