Sun Loong was brought to Bendigo from Hong Kong to replace Loong in 1970. He was created by Lo On Kee, a traditional dragon builder. Sun Loong is the longest Imperial dragon in th world, at more than 100 metres in length. He requires 52 people plus 52 reliefs to carry him. Sun Loong is covered in 4,500 scales, 90,000 mirrors, 30,000 beads and his head weighs 29kg.Before he appeared in 1970, he was blessed and brought to life by 101 year old Mr James Lew, who dotted the new dragon's eyes wth chicken blood. Sun Loong was first awoken to accompany Loong's last Bendigo Easter procession in 1970.information thanks to : http://www.goldendragonmuseum.... here an interesting read upon the topic also: http://kitezh.com/texts/bendig...
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