D is for Dragon … ahem … Lion
Quilly | May 4, 2008
Dandy Lion
Defender Lion
This dragon lion guards the entrance to the Manoa Chinese Cemetery here on Oahu.
In 1852, a Chinese immigrant named Lum Ching hiked Manoa valley with a friend. Finally they arrived at Akaka Peak, where the view expanded to the sea. Lum Ching, an astronomer and geologist, placed this compass on [...]












