{"id":57957,"date":"2024-12-03T23:20:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57957"},"modified":"2024-12-16T23:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:15:05","slug":"nine-huge-dragons-abandoned-in-a-remote-mountainous-area-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/03\/nine-huge-dragons-abandoned-in-a-remote-mountainous-area-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine huge dragons abandoned in a remote mountainous area of \u200b\u200bChina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In several Far Eastern countries there is a tradition related to dragons that dates back three thousand years.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/06\/01\/the-paracel-islands-the-mysterious-territory-that-is-a-large-black-spot-on-google-maps\/\">The Paracel Islands, the mysterious territory that is a large black spot on Google Maps<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/17\/a-replica-of-a-famous-spanish-medieval-castle-that-is-located-in-southern-japan\/\">A replica of a famous Spanish medieval castle that is located in southern Japan<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>While in the West dragons have often had negative connotations, being considered evil beings by various mythologies, <strong>in the Far East they are beings related to good luck and prosperity<\/strong>, which is why they are so popular in the traditions of that part of the world. One country where dragons are especially popular is China, where <strong>an amusement park with nine enormous concrete dragons was built years ago<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The park is in a remote mountainous area, and the channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ExploringtheUnbeatenPath\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exploring the Unbeaten Path<\/a> posted an interesting video yesterday showing the inside. <em>\"<strong>Shrouded in mystery, no one knows exactly when this park was built or why it was abandoned,<\/strong> but these enormous sculptures remain, standing like silent giants in the middle of nature\"<\/em>, says the channel, which does not indicate the exact location of this place:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"9 Colossal Abandoned Dragons Hidden in the Mountains \u2013 What\u2019s Inside?!\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oWxFf0V2PT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots from the video here. <strong>The dragons are enormous in size,<\/strong> reaching up to 35 metres in height at the top of their heads.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54181681996_0f1ce24d68_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The nine dragons are different.<\/strong> Each one has a name, and its interior was like a thematic museum. You can see them inside in the video.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54180796662_b627b81ff5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The dragons' bodies extend across the mountain,<\/strong> reaching up to 400 meters in length.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54182119065_7e70c69ff2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In several Far Eastern countries there is a tradition related to dragons that dates back three thousand years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16877,19535],"tags":[17125,18312],"class_list":["post-57957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ruins","category-exploring-portada-eng","tag-peoples-republic-of-china","tag-undisclosed-locations"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 23:51:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}