Introduction to the Nine Dragon Wall: The Datong Nine Dragon Wall is 45.5 meters long from east to west, 8 meters high, and 2.02 meters thick. The entire structure uses colors such as peacock blue, green, true yellow, medium yellow, light yellow, and purple. The entire wall is made of 426 specially made pieces. It is made up of fired glazed components. The bottom is the Xumizuo, the middle is the wall, and the upper part is the top of the wall.
The lower part of the front of the wall is green turbulent waves, the upper part is blue clouds and yellow flowing clouds, and 9 giant dragons in the middle stretch out their claws to hold beads, catch the wind and rain, twist and turn, the body is majestic, the colors are gorgeous, and lifelike. , the giant dragons are separated and connected by clouds, flowing clouds, waves, cliffs and water plants, which are colorful and spectacular.
It is worth mentioning that the nine dragons on the Nine Dragon Wall in Datong are different from the five claws on the Nine Dragon Wall in Beijing, but the four claw dragons used exclusively by princes.