The product selection, layout, and overall feel of the True Swords web site has been inspired by
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number of different cultures. This includes heavy inspiration from both Chinese and Japanese civilization. Upon viewing the Nine Dragon Wall located in BaiHai Park, Beijing, our designer became impassioned with the idea of modeling our graphics after this beautiful work of art.
There are three nine-dragon walls in China. The biggest and oldest one, located in Datong, Shanxi, was built in Liao Dynasty (916~1125 A.D); the most sophisticated and beautiful one is the one in the Beihai (North Sea) Park in Beijing; the third one is in front of the Ningyong Gate in the former Imperial Palace.
The main body of the wall was engraved with nine huge dragons, and each dragon is playing with a unique jewelry ball. The dragons were painted in different colors with three dimension visual appearance, and were handcrafted with the highest level of workmanship.
After hundreds of years the colors of the ceramic tiles remain brilliant. The wall was built in 1756. It is 21m long, about 15m high and 1.2m thick. It is faced with 424 7-color ceramic tiles.
There is a giant dragon at the center of the wall, flanked by four dragons on each side. In addition to these nine large dragons, the wall is covered from edge to edge with many smaller dragons. There are 635 dragons in all.
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