术语“铜狮子”的详细信息

英译术语:

bronze statues of lion

汉语语境:

据初步统计，我国现存古代大型铜狮32尊，都是明、清时期铸造的。其中，明代有13尊大铜狮，清代在第一次鸦片战争前铸造的大铜狮有19尊。现存的古代铜狮有两种类型，一种是护门狮子，作为护门神兽的狮子，一般都是成对地铸造，即左边为雄狮，右边为雌狮；另一种铜狮是文殊菩萨的坐骑，都是单独铸造，其造型常采用站立式，背上还有障泥和莲花座。

英语语境:

According to preliminary statistics, there are 32 ancient big bronze statues of lion in China which were all casted during Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among these bronze lions, 13 were made in Ming Dynasty and 19 were made in Qing Dynasty before the First Opium War in 1840. The existing ancient bronze lions can be classified into two types: one is the lion used guarding the door, which is always built in pairs, i.e., the male bronze lion stands on the left of the door while the female one stands on the right; the other type is ManjusHri Bodhisattva's beast for riding, which is casted alone in a standing pose and with Zhangni (a kind of Majian made of brocade or cloth) and a lotus seat on the back.