Photo Of Golden Chinese Dragon On The Nine Dragon Wall In Beihai Park, Beijing.

When we were on our 1987 tour of China, we were taken to see a Nine Dragon Wall made up from glazed tiles in different colors and shades, but our tour guide's favorite remark was repeated again, 'Come, come, quickly, we must go!', so there was no time to take photos of the wall, or of any of the nine sons of the dragon. The China Dragon is not to be confused with the British Dragon, the English Dragon, nor the Welsh Dragon, although each of them have their own Dragon Fantasy story. There is a Nine Dragon Wall in the Forbidden City, Beijing, that is not all it appears to be, for a tile or two is not in keeping with the rest of the tiles on the dragon wall. The story goes that a few days before the Chinese Emperor was due to inspect the completed wall, a tile or two were found to be broken. There was no time for a new tile to be made, glazed and fired, so a substitute was made and painted, to replace the broken tile. When the Emperor came to inspect the wall presenting the Nine Sons Of The Dragon, he thought it was perfect.