. The Mythology of all races .. . believed to stand on the head ofa dragon, and since a paved way, which runs from it, is re-garded as a representation of its body, any Interference withthis, even the planting of trees on it, would, the people think,result In desperate disaster. The Linh-lanh, which Is better known to the French as thePagode Balny, is on the road to Son-tay, not far from thePont de Papier. The temple is on the site of an old palaceof the time of the first Ly Dynasty. The town of Hanoi at thatperiod extended toward the Village du Papier, and the citadeland various public monume
. The Mythology of all races .. . believed to stand on the head ofa dragon, and since a paved way, which runs from it, is re-garded as a representation of its body, any Interference withthis, even the planting of trees on it, would, the people think,result In desperate disaster. The Linh-lanh, which Is better known to the French as thePagode Balny, is on the road to Son-tay, not far from thePont de Papier. The temple is on the site of an old palaceof the time of the first Ly Dynasty. The town of Hanoi at thatperiod extended toward the Village du Papier, and the citadeland various public monuments covered much of the rising PLATE XI Sale of Flags and Candles There are no family names in Burma, and a childreceives its name from the day of the week on whichit is born. Each of these days has a group of lettersassigned to it, as well as an animal, either actual orheraldic; and wax models of such animals, withprayer-flags for each group of letters, are sold at thestalls on the pagoda platform to be placed before INDO-CHINESE MYTHS AND LEGENDS 311 ground In this direction. The largest of these hillocks stillbears the name of the Hill of the Standard of the Ly. Thefoundations of the ancient buildings can be traced to this day,and the whole of the ground is so covered with fragments oftiles, broken pottery, and bricks that very little else can beseen. In those days Hanoi went by the name of Thanh-long,which means the City of the Dragon, and the raised cause-way was constructed to protect it from floods. Tradition de-clares that the palace which stood here was pulled down byone of the kings of the Ly Dynasty. The particular monarchis not named, but it is said that he ordered the destruction ofthe palace because his only son died there, and then caused atemple to be constructed in its stead. The shrine was con-structed over the foundations of the palace, and it was dis-covered, when repairs were being carried out some years ago,that the army joined the King in ere
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