Dog in Chinese mythology an apotropaic magic act meant to drive away evil spirits. Paper dogs were also provided for protecting the dead. (Eberhard, 2003: 80) Numerous statuary of Chinese guardian lions exist, which are often called ""Fu Dogs"" ""Foo Dogs"", ""Fu Lions"", ""Fo Lions"", and ""Lion Dogs"". Modern lions are not native in the area of China, except perhaps the extreme west; however, their existence was well known, and associated symbolism and ideas about lions were familiar; however, in China, artistic representations of lions tended to be dog-like. Indeed, "[t]he 'lion' which we see depicted in Chinese paintings and in sculpture bears little
Sharin Foo Sharin Foo Sharin Foo (born November 22, 1973) is a Danish musician and singer playing in the rock group The Raveonettes. On 11 November 1973, Foo was born as Sharin Foo in Emmelev, Djursland, in Denmark. Foo was raised in a hippy commune. Foo's father is musician Kim Tai Foo, a second-generation Danish-Chinese who played in the Danish folk-rock band Djursland Spillemænd. At an early age, Foo spent time in India studying the musical traditions of "dhrupad" and "qawwali". When Foo returned to Denmark, she got involved in the local punk scene and met Sune Rose Wagner in Copenhagen in