Is the legend of Shanghai Nine Dragon Pillars true?

False, the legend of Shanghai Nine Dragon Pillars is an urban legend. The piles were finally driven in, relying on scientific modern construction technology rather than Feng Shui metaphysics. (Zhang Genggeng, a national model worker and bridge construction expert).

In the mid-1990s, Shanghai's elevated road construction was in full swing. After the inner ring line was completed and opened to traffic, the Chengdu Road Elevated (North-South Elevated) and Yan'an Road Elevated, which run through the urban area, were launched successively, forming a "Shen" pattern that runs through the east, west, north, south, and middle of Shanghai.

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Folk saying:

Among the elevated columns in Shanghai, one of the famous "Nine Dragon Pillars" refers to the Yan'an Road Elevated and The pillar at the intersection of the north and south elevated highways. Different from other pillars, this pillar is particularly thick. The pillar is wrapped with stainless steel and copper dragon sculptures, which are golden and particularly dazzling.

Every time I drive by here, someone always mentions its "mysterious legend" to me. The general idea is that when the elevated highway was built, the piles here could not be driven down, and it was said that there were "dragon veins" underneath. Later, only eminent monks could be invited to "drive away the dragon" to succeed. The pillars are wrapped with dragon decorations just to "hold the line". At the end, I added the sentence "You can't believe it all, and you can't disbelieve it either."

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