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发表于 2011-8-27 21:13
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多谢雨亭兄。
我也才查到一个 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_guardian_lions
Western namesIn English and several Western languages, the guardian lions are often referred in a multitude of name such as: "Fu Dogs",[2] "Foo Dogs", "Fu Lions", "Fo Lions", and "Lion Dogs".[3] The term "Fo" or "Fu" may be transliterations to the words 佛 (pinyin: fó) or 福 (pinyin: fú), which means "buddha" or "prosperity" in Chinese, respectively. However, Chinese reference to the guardians lion are seldom prefixed with 佛 or 福, and more importantly never referred to as "dogs".
Reference to guardian lions as dogs in Western cultures may be due to the Japanese reference to them as "Korean dogs" (狛犬・高麗犬) due to their transmission from China through Korea into Japan. It may also be due to the misidentification of the guardian lion figures as representing certain Chinese dog breeds such as the Chow Chow (鬆獅犬, Pinyin: sōngshī quǎn, lit. "puffy-lion dog") or Shih Tzu (獅子狗; Pinyin: Shīzi Gǒu, lit. "lion dog").
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