Thus , the cloudy - grained marble stone lions at the gates of the Chinese Garden -- typically Chinese in style -- guarding the main gates of the Garden .
It is a Chinese belief that the lion is the animal representing authority and fealty .
The cloudy - grained marble stone lions at the gates of the Chinese   -- typically Chinese in style -- guarding the main gates of the Chinese .
It is a Chinese belief that the lion is the animal representing authority and fealty .