This is one of the architecture influenced by Greek. Malaysia’s Chinese are using the dragon caryatids to support their cultural building which is a place called Temple and people use it for praying. The caryatids of Greek are often carved with women or man, but in temple of Chinese the caryatids are different. They use dragon to decorate the column because dragon in Chinese symbolizes power and excellence, valiancy and boldness, heroism and perseverance, nobility and divinity. They used the dragon caryatids to support their religious building maybe they want to let people know the greatness of their god and their religion.
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