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sid_guardian2020-11-23 08:56 am
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Dijun's palace statues
Does anyone know if these are traditional Chinese statues or variations thereof, and if so, what they're called? I'm writing a Zhao Yunlan POV fic, and I don't want to describe the statues with outsiders' eyes if they're something he should recognise.
Image: The Dijun's palace throne room. Two towering black statues of figures standing on crouching animals.
I was wondering if the animals were guardian lions? Is it common for there to be statues of people standing on animals (I couldn't find any examples via Google)? Even if Zhao Yunlan didn't known the creatures/figures, would he find the style familiar?
Much thanks in advance!
Image: The Dijun's palace throne room. Two towering black statues of figures standing on crouching animals.
I was wondering if the animals were guardian lions? Is it common for there to be statues of people standing on animals (I couldn't find any examples via Google)? Even if Zhao Yunlan didn't known the creatures/figures, would he find the style familiar?
Much thanks in advance!
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Drama-verse Zhao Yunlan is an ordinary human investigator - it's aliens in the drama, not supernatural stuff. And Dixing (the underground realm that was acually Hell in the novel but isn't in the drama) has a bit of an archaic aesthetic going on in places, which migiht explain the bare-chested statues?