Chiwen

Dragon Son of the Roof Ridge

Swallowing dragon son mounted on roof ridges to spout water and guard against fire.

Chiwen, the swallowing son of the dragon, coils at both ends of great roofs with his jaws open to the sky. Believed to spout waves and quench fire, he guards timber halls against the blaze that threatens every wooden temple — appetite turned into protection, and myth mounted on the ridge.