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A sign in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China (latitude: 39.883, longitude: 116.407) describes the Danbi Stairway Stone Carvings. The sign is mounted on a dark brown, metal pole attached to a gray brick wall. The sign is made of bronze and features text in both Chinese and English. The sign text explains that the three stairways around the terrace of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest has eight stairways, the central parts of the stairways facing north and south are decorated with stone reliefs. They are named from top to bottom, Two Dragons and Seas, Mountains and Seas, Phoenix over Mountains, and Mountains and Auspicious Clouds. Two dragons and phoenixes respectively present symbols of dragons and phoenixes soaring through the sky.
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