先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。
You must have seen them somewhere, whether at the gate of a hotel or a park, standing on the posts (柱子) of a bridge, o___ most famously at the gate of Peking University and along the sides of the Lugou Bridge.
According to stories, stone lions had magical powers. They could predict (预言)  n______ disasters, such as floods and earthquakes. People b______the eyes of sculpted (雕刻的) lions would turn red or shed (流出) tears of blood when a disaster was about to happen. Stone lions were the protectors of the family and brought p_____and safety.
Stone lions have been sculpted on b____ in China since the Eastern Han Dynasty (朝代).
H______, lions are not native(本国的) to China; they were first  i__ during the Eastern Han Dynasty when they were given to the Chinese emperors as a tribute (贡品). They were k____ as pets and were considered a very special animal by royalty (皇室).
In ancient(古代的) times, sculpted lions a________ in palaces, temples and outside the homes of rich people and the aristocracy (贵族). Gradually, the tradition became p____ among common people across China.