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The "Tomb for the Righteous Dog" (义犬冢) is a tomb made for dogs who died in order to save their owners. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a man named Li Xinchun, and his family had a dog named "Heilong" (黑龙, Black Dragon). Li loved this dog very much, allowing it to go wherever he went and eating with it.
The immortal Zhang shooting at the Tiangou. Dogs are an important motif in Chinese mythology.These motifs include a particular dog which accompanies a hero, the dog as one of the twelve totem creatures for which years are named, a dog giving first provision of grain which allowed current agriculture, and claims of having a magical dog as an original ancestor in the case of certain ethnic groups.
The Egyptian dog Abuwtiyuw, [1] also transcribed as Abutiu (died before 2280 BC), [2] was one of the earliest documented domestic animals whose name is known. He is believed to have been a royal guard dog who lived in the Sixth Dynasty (2345–2181 BC), and received an elaborate ceremonial burial in the Giza Necropolis at the behest of a pharaoh whose name is unknown.
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (徳川 綱吉, 23 February 1646 – 19 February 1709) was the fifth shōgun of the Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. He was the younger brother of Tokugawa Ietsuna, as well as the son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the grandson of Tokugawa Hidetada, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Lioness and cubs from the Yuan dynasty discovered inside Peking's city walls. In Cambodia: known as Singha or Sing (សឹង្ហ) In India: known as Sher, Singha, or Chinggam (शेर, সিংহ, or சிங்கம்) In Japan: the lion figures are known as Shishi (獅子, lion) or Komainu (狛犬, Korean dog) In Korea: known as ...
Recently, the ever-entertaining WeRateDogs dug up a goldmine: a list of 15th-century dog names penned by Edward of Norwich, the 2nd Duke of York. Over 1,000 names made the list, showing that ...
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The name comes from the Chinese language word for "lion" because this kind of dog was bred to resemble "the lion, as in traditional oriental art". [4] (The Pekingese breed is also called "lion dog" in Chinese.) The name Shih Tzu is the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese word for "lion". A female Shih Tzu at around 18 months of age.