Oryu-Ji temples

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Ooryuuji 黄竜寺 Oryu-Ji“Yellow Dragon Temple”

There are various temples with the name Oryu-Ji in Japan.
There are also temples with this name in China and Korea.


. Yamabuki <> Yellow Daruma .


In Japan, the Azure Dragon is one of the four guardian spirits of cities and is said to protect the city of Kyoto on the east.
The west is protected by the White Tiger, the north is protected by the Black Tortoise, the south is protected by the Vermilion Bird,
and the center is protected by the Yellow Dragon.

. temples named Seiryu-ji .
seiryoo, seiryuu 青龍; 青竜 "blue dragon", "green dragon"
Azure Dragon God in the East


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黄竜寺
愛知県名古屋市南区呼続３丁目
Aichi, Nagoya


source with more photos:　www.aruku88.net


It used to be called 大雲山龍玄寺 when it was founded in 1468.
In 1758 the name changed to Oryu-Ji.
The remaining buildings of the entrance gate, main hall and Zendo hall date from 1767.

The main deity is a Kannon with a white robe
白衣観世音菩薩

In the compound of shrine Akiba Jinja 秋葉神社
with a shrine
Ooryuu Tenmangu 黄龍天満宮 Oryu Tenmangu
(In honor of Sugawara Michizane.)

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黄竜寺
秋田県横手市平鹿町醍醐字馬鞍117
Akita, Yokote town
Zen-temple


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Introducing Huanglong National Park - CHINA

The name describes the tail of a yellow dragon slithering through a valley, helping the King of the Xia kingdom, Xiayu, create the Min River here at Huánglóng (Huánglóng Jǐngqù; Yellow Dragon Valley; www.huanglong.com; admission Y200; 7am-6pm). A national park, it is indeed laced with a golden-hued calcium carbonate which, in the right light, certainly could lead one to conjure an altruistic mythical beast.

All the colours of the rainbow are here, actually, the landscape studded with waterfalls and terraced, coloured limestone ponds of blue, yellow, white and green. Consequently, it has earned the nickname Wǔcǎichí (Five-coloured Pool).

source : www.lonelyplanet.com


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. Dragon Temples of Japan .


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