The Wind Lion Gods — or “Wind Lion Masters” (風獅爺) in Mandarin — are stone sculptures brought to Kinmen from Quanzhou and ...

This tradition, passed down from ancient times, involves lion statues - typically carved from ... In some rural areas of China, villagers cover the faces or eyes of the stone lions with red ...

Lost for decades, divers were finally granted permission to find and explore the city's ancient streets which flourished ...

In a small but influential museum in the north of Argentina, a porcelain exhibit takes visitors back five centuries and ...

The items include a piece (far left) from the "Rose" family; one (left) from the Emperor Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911); and a lion statue (above). [Photo provided to China Daily ...

Stonemason Paul Booth, left, and Friends of Weelsby Woods members Lee Grey and Jemmima Edwards with the lion before it was restored A lion statue damaged last year when a car crashed into it has ...

HSBC’s famous lion sculptures, known as Stephen and Stitt ... who wiped he bodies of the two statues with a red cloth and burning incense sticks. Lung had advised HSBC on feng shui – the ...