In the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), when the influence of Buddhism began to tell in China, the lion was represented as a winged beast. Later, during the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD) when there was frequent contact with western Asia, where real lions lived, their image became correspondingly realistic.
漢時，受佛教影響，出現長有雙翅的翼獅；唐朝因與產獅的西亞往來較頻繁，石獅造型也走向寫實。