LIKE A DRAGON ENCIRCLING A MOUNTAIN

 When I went up to the Tung Wah Cave Temple yesterday, I saw this painting on the right side of the entrance to the temple.  In Feng Shui, the ideal situation for a building is when we have a dragon formation to the right of the building and a tiger formation on the left.  Simply put, the right side should be higher than the building and the left lower.  Sometimes, people simulate such a condition by putting the picture of a dragon on the right and a tiger on the left.

I took this picture of the temple from a distance to share with you the view that I enjoy each time I arrive at the temple.  Doesn't the view remind you of the painting of the majestic dragon descending the mountain from the sky?

 Here is a picture of the entrance where the winding flight of steps lead to the temple.  The arch is built in such a way to represent the head and mouth of the dragon.
I am quite certain that the Taoist Masters who first came to Malaysia more than a hundred years ago realised the Feng Shui significance of the hill and made the decision to build a temple to honour the Jade Emperor or Yu Wang Ta Ti.  They could have possibly envisioned the heavenly dragon encircling the limestone hill while descending from heaven.  In Ipoh such limestone hills would already have been there since the beginning of time.  Isn't this something magical?