Introduction to the Dragon King Palace: The Dragon King Palace is laid out from south to north, with a main entrance, front hall, two wings, main hall, back hall, three courtyards, and a temple-style building covering an area of ​​2117 square meters. In the front hall, there are statues of Dharma protectors in the sea on the east and west sides. In the east is the God of Dinghai and in the west is the God of Jinghai. Each holds a magic weapon and looks majestic. The main hall is 12.69 meters long from east to west and 10.08 meters deep from north to south. It has a front corridor and a high platform in the middle of the hall. Inside is a golden seated statue of Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea. There are 8 station officials on both sides, from south to north, east to west. They are the patrolling yaksha, clairvoyant, lightning mother, and thunder god; the west is the fish chaser, the wind ear, the wind woman, and the rain god. The back hall is the Dragon King's bedroom and also has a bright corridor. There is also a high platform shrine in the hall, which contains golden seated statues of the Dragon King and his left and right concubines; there are four maids on the east and west sides of the hall. The old wooden statue of the Dragon King and the chariot and ceremonial guards used by the Dragon King to travel no longer exist today.

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