Cheongryong, the Blue Dragon of the East, is the draconic form among the Four Directional Spirits, painted in vivid azure across Goguryeo tomb murals to guard the eastern wall and channel the forces of spring and renewal.
The Sasindo (Four Directional Spirits) guard the cardinal directions in Korean cosmology: Cheongryong (Blue Dragon, East), Baekho (White Tiger, West), Jujak (Vermilion Bird, South), and Hyeonmu (Black Tortoise, North).
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