Tea pet
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Tea pet or tea lover's pet, also known phonetically as chachong, is a small pottery figurine kept by some tea drinkers as an ornament or a good luck charm. They are usually made of purple clay or zish
Hot water poured on the head of the "pee-pee boy" tea pet triggers a water jet indicating the water temperature.
Pixiu
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The pixiu is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature. Pixiu are considered powerful protectors of the souls of the dead, xian, and feng shui practitioners, and resemble strong, winged lions. A Pixiu is an
Tea pet
…water, will squirt out the water it previously absorbed. Tea pets are also molded into zodiac animals or Chinese mythical creatures such as dragons, pixiu and qilin to symbolize good luck, fortune and happiness, as well as historical or mythical characters such as Guanyin, Maitreya, and Zhuge Liang. The…
Pixiu
Book of Han, Tian Yi Chamber Library Collection
A Chinese Pixiu, (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; Wade–Giles: P'i-hsiu) head of a Chinese dragon, body of a lion and with a pair of feathered wings, at the tomb of Emperor Wu of Southern Qi (Xiao Ze) in Danyang (near Nanjing, China).
A sculpture of a Chinese Pixiu "Bìxié" − a female pixiu with two antlers. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)