missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Chinese guardian lions, or imperial guardian lions, are a traditional Chinese architectural ornament. Typically made...
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Look up lion dog in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lion dogs are Chinese guardian lions, traditional Chinese architectural ornaments. Lion dog may also...
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Canshen Chi (mythology), a hornless dragon. Chinese guardian lions, traditional architectural ornaments. Chinese dragon Chituma, steed of General Lü Bu. Chiwen...
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Shisa (category Chinese lions)
artifact and decoration derived from Chinese guardian lions, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology...
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Song dynasty scholar The Chinese word for lion (獅子) Chinese guardian lions, a common representation of the lion in imperial China Shih Tzu, a dog breed named...
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entirely unrelated figures, such as Chinese guardian lions. In 2016, HSBC installed two rainbow-painted replicas of the lions at its Hong Kong headquarters...
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Chinese guardian lions are frequently used in sculpture in traditional Chinese architecture. For instance, in the Forbidden City in Beijing, two lion...
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Lion dance (traditional Chinese: 舞獅; simplified Chinese: 舞狮; pinyin: wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries...
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Lion's Head (simplified Chinese: 狮子头; traditional Chinese: 獅子頭; pinyin: Shīzitóu) or stewed meatball is a dish from the Huaiyang cuisine of eastern China...
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List of legendary creatures by type (section Lions)
Lion after the two slew a dragon together. Chimera (Greek) – Chinese guardian lions (Chinese) – Statues depicted in pairs believed to be protectors Komainu...
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spelled "shisha" Shisa, a type of Japanese statue derived from Chinese guardian lions Shish (disambiguation) "Sheesha-E-Dil Na Itna Uchhalo", a song by...
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the Thai and Lao guardian lionslions are close, but compared with the Chinese guardian lions it is different. Chinese guardian lion in the direction of...
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Komainu (category Chinese lions)
Chinese guardian lions and in fact originate from Tang dynasty China. The Chinese guardian lions are believed to have been influenced by Asiatic lion...
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(folklore) Black Shuck Cerberus Chinese guardian lions Coyote (mythology) Dip (Catalan myth) Dog (zodiac) Dog in Chinese mythology Dogs in religion Gwyllgi...
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came to be regarded as "Little Lions" owing to their resemblance to the Snow Lions—a variation of the Chinese guardian lions—that gave them great value and...
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artistic depiction of the Snow Lion was influenced by the features of the dogs. Asiatic lion Ashtamangala Chinese guardian lions Lion § Colour_variation Pallas's...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Fu Dog or Foo Dog is a Chinese guardian lion, a traditional Chinese architectural ornament. Fu Dog or Foo Dog may also refer...
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Shishi (section Places in China)
Shishi, Fujian (石狮市) Shishi, Hengyang (石市镇), Hengyang County, Hunan Chinese guardian lions, also known as a shishi Shishi (organization), Japanese political...
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(August 2016). Huylebrouck, Dirk (ed.). "Fullerenes, Polyhedra, and Chinese Guardian Lions". The Mathematical Tourist. The Mathematical Intelligencer. 38 (3):...
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statuary of Chinese guardian lions exist, which are often called "Fu Dogs" "Foo Dogs", "Fu Lions", "Fo Lions", and "Lion Dogs". Modern lions are not native...
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First Ancient Greek lion. Berezan' Runestone Greece Runestones Italy Runestones Runic inscriptions in Hagia Sophia Chinese guardian lions Sven B. F. Jansson...
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HSBC Building (Hong Kong) (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
faithfulness. Other HSBC branches often feature guardian lions to different designs, such as Chinese guardian lions. In 2003, the Hong Kong Tourism Board developed...
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century Roman lion with a sphere) Cultural depictions of lions Chinese guardian lions Haskell and Penny 1981:246. louvre.fr (in French) "Lions of Firenze"...
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Shi (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
in the county of Oxfordshire, UK Shíshī, stone Chinese guardian lions "Shī Shì shí shī shǐ", the "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den", a tongue twister...
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Sun Moon Lake Wen Wu Temple (category Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh))
Chinese guardian lions are located in front of the temple, one male and one female. Lions have not been found at Wen Wu Temples in Mainland China. Statue...
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Chinatown, Adelaide (redirect from China Town, Adelaide)
are guarded by the Chinese guardian lions. They mark the entrances at either end. Adelaide Chinatown consists mainly of Chinese restaurants, grocery...
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Dragon Gate (San Francisco) (category Sculptures of lions in the United States)
artisanal ochre tiles, roofing, and the guardian lions, were fabricated and donated by the Republic of China (Taiwan) in 1969.: 252 The project was funded...
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Ruins of Saint Paul's (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
accompanying Chinese characters as "Holy Mother tramples the heads of the dragon".: 122 The base of the structure has six Chinese guardian lions carved from...
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Shih Tzu (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
breed is also called "lion dog" in Chinese.) The name Shih Tzu is the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese word for "lion". In contemporary Mandarin...
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Chinthe (category Chinese lions)
leographs, such as the guardian lions of China, komainu of Japan, shisa of Okinawa and Snow Lion of Tibet. The story of why the lions guard the entrances...
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