Chinatown Stone Lions - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Posted by: The A-Team
N 48° 25.758 W 123° 22.038
10U E 472829 N 5364082
Located on either side of Fisgard Street at Government Street in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMJTYZ
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 12/31/2013
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Victoria and Suzhou became sister cities in July 1980. To celebrate this event, the two cities exchanged gifts. Victoria gave Suzhou 5000 daffodil bulbs, two of the Victoria's trademark lamp posts and a totem pole. In return, Suzhou gave Victoria a Chinese painting, a piece of reversible Suzhou embroidery and these two stone lions. The lions were placed on display in front of the Gate of Harmonious Interest in the heart of Victoria's Chinatown, the oldest in Canada and the second oldest in North America. The male lion on the left and the female on the right signify the balance of yin and yang.
A plaque mounted on the pedestal of the left lion reads as follows:
These stone lions were presented
to the people of the city of
Victoria by the people of
her sister city, Suzhou in
the People's Republic of China
September 1981