This lion is a foo dog. Yup, a foo dog. You can also call it an Imperial guardian lion.
Foo dogs protect buildings, especially Buddhist shrines, in China, Korea and Japan.
This foo dog was at the Martyr's Shrine in Taipei. All around the shrine are mountains. Lots of people come by tour bus to see the changing of the guards, which takes about 20 minutes. The changing of the guards happens once every hour. The guards are in front of a building that looks like a Chinese palace. It is for the memory of soldiers, like a war memorial.
4 comments:
Hi Ben
I have been looking at your blog.
Did you watch the Melbourne Cup? I Picked the winner. He is called Efficient.
I wonder what the bubble tea tastes like?
What do you do in your class?
I have been a bit sick, I have skipped a day off school.
We are going swimming next week with school
Love from Oliver
Hi Ben,
This Foo Dog is pretty cool. Do you think it really protects all those buildings? or do the people just think it protects them?
Love Nada
Hi Oliver and Nada
Thanks for your comments. In my class I learn Chinese. There is one other student in my class and she is from the USA. We are learning to write characters as well as learning to speak Chinese. I have a Chinese name, Ban Jie-ming (班杰明). My class is for two hours in the mornings.
Bubble tea tastes good.
I hope that you are feeling better now.
Ban Jie-ming (班杰明).
Can you find out if there is a Chinese name for Andrea and Nada.
Does your Chinese name have a special meaning? Andrea is the Italian form of Andrew, Andrew comes from the Greek name Andros, which means 'strong, manly and courageous'. Nada in Serbian means 'hope'. In Arabic means 'the morning dew' (my personal favourite) the arabic form can also refer to 'generosity'. In Spanish it means 'nothing' (definitely NOT my personal favourite).
Nada
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