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In Chinese mythology, daylight began not with the sun, but with the opening of a dragon’s eyes. Zhulong (燭龍), the Torch Dragon, was a cosmic deity with a human face and a serpent’s body. When he opened his eyes, day dawned; when he closed them, night descended. 1/2 #mythology