fouryearsofshades:ones-inspiration:fouryearsofshades:inkjadestudio:fouryearsofshades:Tiananmen and t
fouryearsofshades:ones-inspiration:fouryearsofshades:inkjadestudio:fouryearsofshades:Tiananmen and the famous 华表huabiao (the white pillar) in Beijing.On top of the pillar is a 犼hǒu. Some said hou likes to stand watch, and facilitate communication between the tian (heaven/rulers) and the people. At the same time hou is said to like eating dragon brain, so it also supervises the emperor (commonly represented as dragon).Is this your travel photo :D ? Yes. Back when it was possible to travel XDTalk about a Sword of Damocles. I guess even chinese emperors are not exempt. This part of hou actually was recorded pretty late (Qing dynasty). Usually the emperors were warned by the saying of Xunzi (Warring state period): “The water supporting a ship can also sink it.” (水可载舟，亦可覆舟) The ruler is the ship, while the people are the water. And the water did sink the ship, many times in the history. -- source link
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