Liminal space of the curving stairway guarded by a protective dragon.

View looking up the dragon (Vietnamese: rá"ng or long) staircase approach to Buddha statue on the hill at Hai Duc Pagoda, above Long Son Pagoda. The Vietnamese dragon is the symbol of yang, representing the universe, life, existence, and growth. Its head in the right foreground, its body snakes up the stairs as a balustrade, while the white Buddha soars above.

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View looking up the dragon (Vietnamese: rá"ng or long) staircase approach to Buddha statue on the hill at Hai Duc Pagoda, above Long Son Pagoda. The Vietnamese dragon is the symbol of yang, representing the universe, life, existence, and growth. Its head in the right foreground, its body snakes up the stairs as a balustrade, while the white Buddha soars above.