- Stock Photography: FORBIDDEN CITY BEIJING FEMALE GUARDIAN LION by Bonacquisthf
Preview image in your
Facebook Timeline Account- Preview
- Price: 1$
- Size Facebook: 1702 x 630 px
- Size Twitter: 1500 x 500 px
- Size LinkedIn: 1128 x 191 px
More Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn Cover Photos
Cover photo info
- Photo title: Forbidden City Beijing Female Guardian Lion
- Author: Bonacquisthf
- Cover photo description:
- Courtesy Wikipedia: Chinese guardian lions or Imperial guardian lion, traditionally known in Chinese simply as Shi and often called "Foo Dogs" in the West, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. Statues of guardian lions have traditionally stood in front of Chinese Imperial palaces, Imperial tombs, government offices, temples, and the homes of government officials and the wealthy, from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220), and were believed to have powerful mythic protective benefits. Pairs of guardian lion statues are still common decorative and symbolic elements at the entrances to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other structures, with one sitting on each side of the entrance, in China and in other places around the world where the Chinese people have immigrated and settled, especially in local Chinatowns. The lions are usually depicted in pairs. When used as statuory, the pair would consist of a male resting his paw upon an embroidered ball (in imperial contexts, representing supremacy over the world) and a female restraining a playful cub that is on its back (representing nurture).
- Image ID:94336078
- Views:46
- Downloads:0
Keywords for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn timeline photos
ancient
architecture
asia
asian
baby
beast
beijing
bronze
china
chinese
conceptual
culture
eastern
emperor
empire
female
forbidden
golden
guard
guardian
harmony
head
heaven
heritage
historic
historical
history
imperial
landmark
lion
lioness
majestic
museum
old
palace
peking
protection
qing
religion
royal
security
statue
stone
symbol
traditional
unesco
Similar images from Dreamstime