英文.... | Statues in the shape of a lion or a lion-dog, usually of terra cotta, stone, or wood, particularly such statues placed in pairs as guardians at the entrances of tombs, palaces, and government offices in China and other Buddhist sites in Asia and elsewhere. They represent the "Dog of Fo," a mythical beast that was half lion and half dog. The figures first appeared in Han China in the late third century BCE, probably developing from Indian depictions of the lion as the protector of dharma. |
守護獅............ | [AS-Academia Sinica] |
................. | 興大人文學報 44(June 2010):207-32 |
guardian lions............ | [VP] |
................. | Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 8 January 2010 |
................. | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [online] (2003) accessed 8 January 2010 |
................. | Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian [online] (2003-) accessed 8 January 2010 |
................. | Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 8 January 2010 |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 8 January 2010 |
guardian lion............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
guardian dogs............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
lions of Fo(statues)............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
lions of Buddha............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
snow lions(statues)............ | [VP] |
................. | Goldstein, Snow Lion and the Dragon (1999) |
shishi............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
chinthe............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
Foo dogs(statues)............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |
Foo lions............ | [VP] |
................. | Carroll, Antique Oriental Art Treasures (1921) |
Fu dogs(statues)............ | [VP] |
................. | Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) |