A guard stands infront of the Gate of Heavenly Peace at the Forbidden City Palace Museum, Beijing, China, Asia

A guard stands in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace at the Forbidden City Palace Museum, Beijing, China, Asia

Guardian figure paintings on gate, Hoi Tuong Te Nguoi Hoa Buddhist Chinese temple, Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guardians at Chumon (Central Gate), Horyu-ji Temple, dating from the 7th century and the oldest wooden building in the world, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nara, Kansai (Western Province), Honshu, Japan, Asia

Traditional Shinto torii gate with guardian lion-dog statues surrounded by autumn foliage on Mount Hiei, near Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compound, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ornate southern entrance to Shwedagon Paya (Shwe Dagon pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Main door of Wat Chedi Luang temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Guardian statues at Angkor Thom temple, South Gate, Temples of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia

Statue of a Dvarapala gate guardian, Banteay Srei, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia