Wang says that the combination of lion and dragon that crouches in front of the National Palace Museum in Peking, besides expressing the might of the imperial family, also had the meaning in ancient times of welcoming thereturn of victorious troops to the capital.
汪英德說，在北平故宮前的華表上就蹲踞一隻獅龍混合的龍獅，除了顯現皇家的氣勢，在古代還有歡迎出征的將帥凱旋回朝的用意。