Everyone in China loves Chinese Lions. So imagine. What if they are real Chinese lions with an entire full body? The yokai kept these mighty spirits as pets and riders so dearly that they are part of the Asian culture. They are sometimes called the Shisa, unlike the Komainu. If you want to know why they become pets, you can see how they came to be.
Lions are one of the gentlest and most flexible creatures in China. The horns contain life force which is important for their health, and the mirror on the forehead scares evil spirits away and sometimes reflects light from it. The fur on their face, eyebrows and coat are soft and gentle for someone to brush.
They are all vegetarians and they eat vegetables and like to share. Lions love the color red and they sometimes carry envelopes with the color red. They react to Chinese music which they dance to. Each lion has a personality that describes their color. Each can be white, blue, or red. green, yellow, pink, lilac, white.
All Chinese Lions have names like Mei Mei. Shichu, Piku, Yukidama, Huo Fu, Shui, Kyu, Eli, Sanbīmu, Hazeran, Etc. All of them are in Japanese and Chinese so the Yokai came up with them to name them based on their personality.
Male lions hold the gem around their neck like a necklace. Sometimes, they hold it in their paws. They all have short hair unlike the lionesses who have long coats and they have long claws on their paws.
Lioness have long soft coats and have their cub of their own after breeding to the male. They are very strong hunters and they have the gentlest personality.
There are two kinds. The Northern Lions are orange and yellow with scary looking faces, while the Southern Lions are colorful with horns for live forces and mirrors for defending people and banishing demons. These southern lions are used in the Yokai world more than the northern lions.
The legend does say that the lion comes down to the village every year. A wise man told the villagers that Lion was afraid of three things: Fire, loud noises and the color red. But they love vegetables. So the next year the villagers fought back. They banged on every drum they could find, they would wear the color red from head to toe, and they'll light every firecracker they could find.
After a few years, the people were no longer scared and started to celebrate Chinese New Year. They began to use fireworks and started doing the Chinese Lion dance.
Some of the lion Yokai live in the Hidden City now. They are kept as pets, if it wasn't for a brave young warrior.
Back then, the lions were wild Chinese Yokai who lived in the forest. One day, one lonely Chinese lion was tamed by a Nightmaren named Elfilin. The Nightmaren found her weak and hurt in a clearing. He took her to a cave for rest. After she rested from her injury, Elfilin gave her vegetables for her to feed on. The lioness started to get used to the young Nightmaren as he started to tend to her. After morning came, the Nightmaren was able to heal the Lion and named her Shichan. She and Elfilin had traveled around the world to search for the dragon charms for the task Elfilin was tasked to do.
After Elfilin told the Yokai about the Chinese Lion, he began to teach them how to tame them with music, vegetables, some red objects and gem collars. In the modern day, all the Chinese lions are domestic now.
That is how the Chinese Lions are guardians of China and the Hidden City.
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