The Nine-Dragon Screen is built at the foot of Xishan Mountain. The Nine-Dragon Screen with a short construction period is composed of three parts: base, body, and glazed tile roof. It is fired with colored pottery. The granite is the base, and the roof is made of golden star green glazed tiles. It is 26.71 meters long and 4.09 meters high. The nine dragons soar into the air with extraordinary momentum. The construction of the Nine-Dragon Screen is said to echo the legend of ‘Nine Dragons and Thirteen Springs’ in Huishan. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, came to Wuxi. Seeing the winding mountain shape and momentum, he felt that ‘there is an imperial aura faintly’. This is unacceptable! Isn’t it going against me, Lao Zhu? Immediately, he ordered his subordinates to build the Nine-Dragon Stone Chiwen in Huishan and dig thirteen springs on the stone dragon. By taking a static approach to control movement, using the stone dragon to restrain the living dragon and release the dragon aura into the spring water. Since then, ‘Nine Dragons and Thirteen Springs’ in Huishan has become famous far and wide. Open all year round, open all day. The specific business status is subject to the opening situation on that day.
Nine-Dragon Screen
The Nine-Dragon Screen is built at the foot of Xishan Mountain. The Nine-Dragon Screen with a short [...]
