Dragon King

Dragon King
Dragon King of the Seas (海龍王), painted in the first half of the 19th century.
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	龍王
Simplified Chinese	龙王
Literal meaning	Dragon King Dragon Prince
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lóngwáng
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	龍神
Simplified Chinese	龙神
Literal meaning	Dragon God
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lóngshén
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	Long Vương
Chữ Hán	龍王

The Dragon King, also known as the Dragon God, is a Chinese water and weather god. He is regarded as the dispenser of rain, commanding over all bodies of water. He is the collective personification of the ancient concept of the lóng in Chinese culture.

There are also the cosmological "Dragon Kings of the Four Seas" (四海龍王; Sihai Longwang).

Besides being a water deity, the Dragon God frequently also serves as a territorial tutelary deity, similarly to Tudigong "Lord of the Earth" and Houtu "Queen of the Earth".^[1]