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A ''Bixie'' (, Wade–Giles: ''Pi-hsieh''; Japanese: 辟邪, へきじゃ, ''Hekija'') is a type of lion-like mythological Chinese creature, or chimera. It is considered as an exorcising animal (辟邪 literally means "Avoid Evil") and is usually hornless.〔(''Chinese sculpture'' By Angela Falco Howard p.56 )〕〔(''Text and ritual in early China'' By Martin Kern p.56 )〕 See also Pixiu. The ''Bixie'' can have a pair of wings, which makes it rather similar to the ''Tianlu'' (Chinese: 天禄, Japanese: 天禄, てんろく, Tenroku) in following early Chinese sculptural traditions of winged celestial beasts.〔 The ''Bixie'' may have been an adoption from Mesopotamian art, through Persia and Bactria, as a consequence of extensive trade relations initiated by Emperor Han Wudi during the Han period.〔(''China: a history'' By Harold Miles Tanner p.129 )〕 Some western scholars of Chinese art use the word "chimera" generically to refer to the ''bixie'', ''qilin'', and ''tianlu''. File:Celadon lion shaped Bixie Western Jin period 265 317CE.jpg|Celadon from the Western Jin period (265-317) File:Bixie.jpg|Sculpture in the Shanghai Museum File:Stone Bixie. Eastern Han 25-220 CE. Luoyang.jpg|Stone statue from Luoyang during the Eastern Han period (25-220) ==See also== * Qilin * Pixiu * Stone sculptures at mausoleum of the southern dynasties in Nanjing 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bixie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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