What happened to the "Panlong Pearl" that once appeared on the Shanghai viaduct?

In the mid-1990s, the construction of elevated roads in Shanghai was in full swing. After the Inner Ring Road was completed and opened to traffic, Chengdu Road Elevated (North-South Elevated) and Yan 'an Road Elevated, which run through the urban area, were launched one after another, forming a "Shen" pattern running through Shanghai.

Unexpectedly, the project reached the key intersection of the east, west, north and south viaduct, but the foundation pile as the main pillar could not be driven down. Later, the host of Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple was invited. After the master finished the ceremony, the stake was driven in. It is said that because of enlightenment, the master returned to the temple and died within a few days. Is Panlong Pearl really built on the Long Mai? Everyone thinks that this place is Long Mai.

But the truth is often completely different from what you think. In those days, piling was really difficult to drive in, because of the lack of technology, and it happened to meet a hard geological layer. Finally, it was successfully driven with an 8-ton piling hammer. Because this pillar is 5 meters in diameter, it looks a bit ugly to stand naked at the intersection in the city center, and it will also bring visual obstacles to drivers. Therefore, for the sake of beauty, it is decorated with the shape of a dragon, which also means that Shanghai can be as developed as a dragon soaring. Before answering this question, we must first understand what is the "Long Mai" in Feng Shui.

Long Mai refers to the rolling mountains. In geomantic omen, the name of dragon is used to represent the trend, ups and downs, turning points and changes of mountains. Because dragons are good at changing, they can be big and small, they can bend and stretch, they can hide and show, they can fly and dive. The mountains are changeable like dragons, so they are called dragons. There is also Long Mai in the flat land, which is marked by micro-topography and water flow. The view on the quality of Long Mai is to examine the long-term of the mountain and distinguish the ups and downs of the mountain. If the mountain is far away, it will be rich, and if the mountain is short, it will be rich. In a word, Feng Shui Long Mai roughly reflects the trend of Chinese mountains.