Yonglong

Yong·long
Y4O1N1G2L1O1N1G2
/jɔŋ.lɔŋ/

proper noun

era name used by Liang Shidu (618–628)

Scrabble 13

Meanings

Yonglong1

proper noun

alternative Yung-lung

  1. era name used by Liang Shidu (618–628)
  2. era name used by Emperor Gaozong of Tang (680–681)

    Another inscription, dated to the second year of the Yonglong period (681), found in the Bingling cave 54, in Gansu province, reports Wang Xuance’s pious act of installing images of the Buddha and bodhisattvas.

    2003, Tansen Sen, “Military Concerns and Spiritual Underpinnings of Tang-India Diplomacy”, in Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42
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    The Wanfotong cave was built in commemoration of the pious deeds of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Ze-tian and their sons by imperial edict in the first year of Yonglong (680) by eunuch Yao Shen-piao and monk Chi Yun, who was in charge of the rites at court.

    1996, Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky, “Emperor Gaozong (649-683) -- Wu Ze-tian (684-705)”, in Court Art of the Tang, University Press of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 49

    After ruling the kingdom [of Silla] for twenty-one years, the great king [Munmu] passed away in the second year of the Tang Yung-lung era. . . . Following the king’s command, he was entombed atop a great boulder on the Eastern Sea.

    [2005 [1989], Choi Hee An, “The Tradition of Buddhism”, in Korean Women and God: Experiencing God in a Multi-religious Colonial Context (Women's Studies/Theology), Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, sourced from Hideo Inoue, "Reception of Buddhism in Korea," in Introduction of Buddhism to Korea: New Cultural Patterns, ed. Lewis R. Lancaster and Yu C. S. (Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press), 44-45., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 24

    Directior Yao Shenbiao and Meditation Master (Zhi)yun of the Palace Chapel completed the Fifteen Thousand Honorable Images Shrine on the thirtieth day of the eleventh month of the inaugural year of the Yonglong era of the Great Tang (December 26, 680)

    2007, Amy McNair, “Salvation for One”, in Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawai‛i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138, column 2
  3. era name used by Wang Yanxi, emperor of Min (939–943)

Yonglong2

proper noun

alternative Yung-lung

Origin

Yonglong · proper noun

  1. Mandarin永隆
  2. EnglishYonglong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永隆 (Yǒnglóng).

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Yonglong · proper noun

  1. Mandarin永漋
  2. EnglishYonglong

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永漋 (Yǒnglóng).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 永隆, 永漋
  • 永隆era name
  • 永漋town in Hubei, China
Chinese Mandarin 永隆, 永漋
  • 永隆 (Yǒnglóng)era name
  • 永漋 (Yǒnglóng)town in Hubei, China
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Yonglong. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yonglong

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“Yonglong.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yonglong. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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