<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">guardian lions</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>visual works by subject type</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Foo dogs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Foo lions</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Fu dogs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>chinthe</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>guardian dogs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>guardian lion</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lions of Buddha</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>lions of Fo</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>shishi</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>snow lions</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Statues in the shape of a lion or a lion-dog, usually of terra cotta, stone, or wood, particularly such statues placed in pairs as guardians at the entrances of tombs, palaces, and government offices in China and other Buddhist sites in Asia and elsewhere. They represent the "Dog of Fo," a mythical beast that was half lion and half dog. The figures first appeared in Han China in the late third century BCE, probably developing from Indian depictions of the lion as the protector of dharma. ]]></note></mads>