According to written records, the earliest era at which the lion was seen in China is the Western Han dynasty (206 B.C. to 24 A.D.), and stone statues of lions in front of tombs from the Eastern Han dynasty (25 to 220) still exist today.
根據文獻記載，中國人最早見到獅子的時代是在西漢，至今甚至還有東漢時代的墓前石獅留存。