124 SHOOTING IN CHINA 



cides are not always exempt from the 

 visits of a man eating tiger, a panther or a 

 leopard. 



Lion : The Chinese name for lion is 

 Shih-tzu. This animal is seldom seen alive 

 except in Kuang-si and Kwei-chow, and 

 probably not at all now, although it is 

 believed that a long time ago lions were 

 numerous in Kuangtung, Kuang-si, Kwei- 

 chow and Hunan when these provinces 

 were not so densely populated as at present. 

 It is said that a Chinese General, Chao-T'o, 

 as Prince of Yiieh, in the second century, 

 B.C., was the founder of the famous old city 

 of Canton and had a pair of stone lions 

 carved and set up at the principal entrance 

 to his palace, the origin of a fashion which 

 has been followed to this date, for since 

 then it has been fashionable to erect a pair 

 of stone lions near the principal entrance 

 to all public offices and temples throughout 

 the Empire. The stone lions are carved to 

 sit on their haunches and placed so as to 

 look inwards and with one paw resting on 

 the globe as if it was intended to say, we 

 symbolize universal dominion, might and 

 power. In connection it may be noted that 

 Wei-t'o, the guardian angel of all Buddhist 



