Are there really carved dragons on the piers of a viaduct in Shanghai?

The pier engraved with Shanghai Dragon Group is called Shanghai Yan 'an Road Elevated Dragon Column. Different from other pillars, this pillar is particularly thick, and it is covered with dragon carvings made of stainless steel and copper, which are glittering and dazzling.

Legend has it that when the viaduct was built, the piles here could not be knocked down, saying that it was the Long Mai below. Later, only a monk was invited to drive the dragon, which succeeded. The post is decorated with dragons to improve the rear.

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In fact, problems occurred during the construction of the elevated dragon column on Yan 'an Road in Shanghai, mainly because the piling frequency was too fast to rub the bedrock, which led to the phenomenon of thermal expansion and cold contraction. Later, it was solved after analysis by engineering experts.

But why decorate like that is also reasonable from the perspective of architectural geomantic omen. Columns support several floors of the bridge deck, with different inclination angles and steering directions, and the spatial interface is very complicated.

If it is the same cement color as the bridge without modification, it is easy to have an illusion at a cold look. This column seems to be twisted and cut into irregular sections, not straight.

It seems that it will collapse at any moment. This visual error will give people a subconscious sense of oppression and anxiety. Usually, this effect is not great, and passers-by just look at it coldly and feel a little uncomfortable.

However, under special circumstances, it may lead to some redundant actions of passing drivers, which may affect traffic safety and decorate it in bright silver.

With beautiful relief embellishment, this visual mistake will be corrected, so it can be said to be a Feng Shui column, but it is not the bizarre "Feng Shui" circulating on the Internet.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shanghai Yan 'an Road Elevated Dragon Column