Product description.
The outdoor paired yellow marble Chinese guardian lions are carved with stone as a raw material, which is often used as an ornament in traditional Chinese architecture. According to its ferocious character, people designed a lion sculpture and gave it a special mission-guardian.
China clearly does not produce lions, why use stone lions to guard the gate?
There are no lions in China. In history, lions were widely distributed in Africa, Southeastern Europe, and Asia. However, the eastern part of Asia did not produce lions but concentrated in South Asia and West Asia.
Because the stone lion is a symbol of might and bravery in the eyes of our people, the lion has always been regarded as our auspicious beast. Still popular with people.
In addition to the guardian lion sculptures, dragons and phoenixes, unicorns, tigers, etc. are also representatives of traditional Chinese beasts, and stone lions often have the characteristics of these traditional beasts, and the two are integrated.
San Agustin Church lion statue.
There is a mysterious church in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The locals call it St. Augustine’s Church, a European Baroque architectural style. At both ends of the church’s gates, there were a few Chinese-style stone lions. The St. Augustine’s Cathedral became world-famous and became the only Christian church with a guard lion.