Chinese Lions - Roseville, MN
N 45° 00.739 W 093° 10.742
15T E 485892 N 4984334
These Chinese lions guard the entrance to the Willow Gate II Chinese Restaurant in Roseville, Minnesota.
Waymark Code: WMEFKD
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 05/22/2012
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"Chinese guardian lions, known as Shishi or Imperial guardian lion, and often called "Foo Dogs" in the West, are a common representation of the lion in pre-modern China. They 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 lions 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." (quoted from wikipedia.org)
Physical Address:
1885 Perimeter Road
Roseville, MN USA
55113
Web Site: [Web Link]
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