10 Ridge Beasts on the roof of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden city, Beijing, China. Crouching beasts in Chinese from Chinese fairy tales.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony has the most ridge beasts of any building. Each ridge ends with 10 beasts: an immortal riding a phoenix, followed by a dragon (龙 lóng), a phoenix (凤 fèng), a lion (狮子 shīzi), a heavenly horse (天马 tiānmǎ), an auspicious seahorse (海马 hǎimǎ), a mythical lion (狻猊 suānní), a wind-and-storm-summoning fish (狎鱼 xiáyú), a courageous goat (獬豸 xièzhì), an evil-dispelling bull (斗牛 dòuniú), and an immortal guardian (行什 hángshí)
Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Beijing, People's Republic of China
Photo credit: © DV TRAVEL / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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