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    DRAGON FIRE-EATER

    Apr 09, 2022 1 minute
    —HYUNG-EUN KIM

    orean archaeologists have unearthed a dragon-shaped roof tile measuring more than three feet tall and weighing that was typically placed at the corner of a roof and was intended to appear imposing. Beginning in the Unified Silla period (a.d. 676–935), artisans often made chidu in the form of dragons in the hope that they would fight off fires that regularly damaged wooden structures. The dragon in the newly discovered tile sports a fierce glare and a wide-open mouth, as if ready to consume flames.

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