Baoding - Statue of a lion, guardian of the site

Here the lion is associated with Wenshu (in Chinese) or Manjusri in Sanskrit, a great Bodhisattva of wisdom highly revered in China. This bodhisattva is represented with a lotus flower in one hand (so as other Bodhisattva too) and a flaming sword in the other, and he is also often depicted on a lion with a golden mane...