THE CHINESE DRAGON
Bronze Dragon, Kang Hsi Period
Three hundred years ago Pèro Veribest, Jesuit priest at the court of Kang Hsi, cast a number of bronze astronomical instruments for his imperial patron. The apparatus, of which this is a part, stands in the open, but the workmanship is so perfect and the care it has received has been so faithful that one would hardly imagine that this dragon was cast more than three centuries ago.
Dragon Colonnade at Chufu
Ten stately stone columns in the portico before the Confucian Temple at Chufu, Shantung. This temple stands near two of China’s most sacred shrines, the sites of the birthplace and of the grave of China’s greatest sage. The pillars are monoliths of white marble, nearly twenty feet in height. These are decorated with huge dragons in deep relief. This is said to be the most perfect and most beautiful stone colonnade in China.
THE CHINESE DRAGON
BY
L. NEWTON HAYES
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
FONG F. SEC, LL.D.
龍
THIRD EDITION
COMMERCIAL PRESS, LIMITED
SHANGHAI, CHINA
First Printed in 1922
Reprinted in 1922, 1923
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