Origin: Vietnam
Nghe is a mythical animal in Vietnamese culture, it is a mascot of a combination of a lion and a ferocious dog, often used as a mascot in front of Vietnamese temples and shrines.
Listen is the localized mascot Ky Lan created by the Vietnamese, different from a Qilin or a lion. Nghe is the reincarnation of a lion, in the Vietnamese style. As an animal that guarded mentally against evil and evil things.
Buddhism has the image of "Buddhist Lion", which means the Buddhist lion. Being Buddha, it lessens the ferocious things, removes the beastly factor, becomes the charisma of the Buddha kingdom. The Vietnamese Listen has Indian and Buddhist nuances. Compared with the Thai and Lao lions, it is close, but compared to the Chinese lion it is different. Chinese lions are in the direction of a beast, a beast; Hear, there is the element of the summoned beast, the sacred ...
In the village of North Vietnam, there is always a big rock Nghe in front of the village gate to protect the whole village, there is always Stone Nghe in front of the communal gate, and there is usually a small stone dog in front of the gate. before guarding the homeowner. Previously, it was called the "Tichta", destroying the bad. It is the embodiment of the holy lion, the light, radiating ghostly, evil aura.
Hear are often located in large works such as communal houses, pagodas
Nghe is not only present in the villages of the North of Vietnam but also in the imperial architecture in Hue. In front of Hien Nhon gate and in front of Mieu Mon The To Mieu in Hoang Thanh Hue, there are two pairs of stone Nghe standing in front of them. Different from the image of the fowl in the Northern Delta, the two couples in Hue have been "royalized" with elaborate carvings, forming twisted feathers on the head, ears and tail, alternating. fire blades at 4 legs and spine
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