![]() ![]() ![]() One of his epithets is Dragon King of Wells and Springs. The Dragon King has been regarded as holding dominion over all bodies of water, and the dispenser of rain, in rituals practiced into the modern era in China. There are also the cosmological "Dragon Kings of the Four Seas" ( 四海龍王 Sihai Longwang).īesides being a water deity, the Dragon God frequently also serves as a territorial tutelary deity, similarly to Tudigong "Lord of the Earth" and Houtu "Queen of the Earth". He is the collective personification of the ancient concept of the lóng in Chinese culture. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water. The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a Chinese water and weather god. Dragon King of the Seas (海龍王), painted in the first half of the 19th century. ![]()
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