Shih Tszah (Shih-Dzah) 獅
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Shih Tszah (Shih-Dzah) - a pair of granite mythological lion guards, installed during the descent to the Neva on Petrovskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg. The sculptures have a height of 4.5 m and a weight of 2.5 tons each. The inscription is carved on both pedestals: “Shih Tzu from the city of Jilin in Manchuria was transported to St. Petersburg in 1907. A gift from Infantry General NI Grodekov.
Shih Tzà
Main article: Chinese lion
In China, such sculptures are installed in pairs on either side of the entrance to the temple, the palace, the cemetery. They depict a lion and a lioness guarding the entrance. A lion in a paw holds a ball, symbolizing Buddhist knowledge, carrying light into darkness and able to fulfill desires. The lioness holds the paw of a lion cub.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, Shih Tzu was made of Manchu granite in the city of Hirine specifically for the shrine (small chapel temple) of General Chan, but after the sudden death of Chan in 1904, the newly appointed governor of the city presented them to the assistant of the Amur General Governor N. And .Grodekovu. Grodekov decided to transfer these sculptures as a gift to St. Petersburg and, having paid transport costs, relocated the sculptures to Vladivostok by train, and from there on the steamer "Rival" to St. Petersburg.
Arriving in September 1907, the Chinese Shih Tzu was decided to be installed on the recently reconstructed Petrovskaya Embankment, which only in 1901-1903 was faced with granite. The making of pedestals and the installation of sculptures was supervised by the architect L. N. Benoit.
Shih Tszah (Shih-Dzah) 獅
獅
Shih Tszah (Shih-Dzah) - a pair of granite mythological lion guards, installed during the descent to the Neva on Petrovskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg. The sculptures have a height of 4.5 m and a weight of 2.5 tons each. The inscription is carved on both pedestals: “Shih Tzu from the city of Jilin in Manchuria was transported to St. Petersburg in 1907. A gift from Infantry General NI Grodekov.
Shih Tzà
Main article: Chinese lion
In China, such sculptures are installed in pairs on either side of the entrance to the temple, the palace, the cemetery. They depict a lion and a lioness guarding the entrance. A lion in a paw holds a ball, symbolizing Buddhist knowledge, carrying light into darkness and able to fulfill desires. The lioness holds the paw of a lion cub.
Story
To rule
At the beginning of the 20th century, Shih Tzu was made of Manchu granite in the city of Hirine specifically for the shrine (small chapel temple) of General Chan, but after the sudden death of Chan in 1904, the newly appointed governor of the city presented them to the assistant of the Amur General Governor N. And .Grodekovu. Grodekov decided to transfer these sculptures as a gift to St. Petersburg and, having paid transport costs, relocated the sculptures to Vladivostok by train, and from there on the steamer "Rival" to St. Petersburg.
Arriving in September 1907, the Chinese Shih Tzu was decided to be installed on the recently reconstructed Petrovskaya Embankment, which only in 1901-1903 was faced with granite. The making of pedestals and the installation of sculptures was supervised by the architect L. N. Benoit.