Chinese guardian lions However, Chinese reference to the guardian lions are seldom prefixed with 佛 or 福, and more importantly never referred to as "dogs". Reference to guardian lions as dogs in Western cultures may be due to the Japanese reference to them as "Korean dogs" (狛犬・高麗犬) due to their transmission from China through Korea into Japan. It may also be due to the misidentification of the guardian lion figures as representing certain Chinese dog breeds such as the Chow Chow (鬆獅犬, Pinyin: sōngshī quǎn, lit. "puffy-lion dog") or Pekingese (獅子狗; Pinyin: Shīzi Gǒu, lit. "lion dog"). The lions are traditionally carved from
A Gold Medal Winning Tramp Dog the talent of Dong Dong, and despite the disagreement from his father and the school manager, he kept it to train it for the Gold Medal Winning Tramp Dog championship. The film received positive to mixed reviews from film critics. In "Sohu" review, it was written that the film had a "fresh, smooth style and care of stray animals theme". In a review published in "Baidu", the film was called an "inspirational movie that can be unique". A Gold Medal Winning Tramp Dog A Gold Medal Winning Tramp Dog () is a 2014 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Mario ()