Marble sculpture-Before the ancient house to put two lion sculpture

Marble sculpture-How did this custom form?

This kind oflion sculpture do the door of the custom of the beast, about formed after the Tang and Song dynasties. Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City was the world's most glorious capital, the government planning the "Square" - the equivalent of the current neighborhood - as a residential area. Square with walls, there are Square, easy to fire security. Square door generally made archway, and in the above written on the square name. Square pillar by a pair of large stones sandwiched to prevent wind and earthquake, fixed Square door. In order to avoid the stone blunt monotonous, craftsmen who carved in the above lion, unicorn and other animals, both beautiful and practical, but also meaning auspicious. This should be the lion sculpture to guard the door of the prototype. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Fang out of the stage of history. Some large families in order to reflect their own momentum, with reference to the style of the door to be simplified, set up a gatehouse. And square gate next to the pillars of stone, it evolved into a gatekeeper lions. Yuan Dynasty, the gate of the lion sculpture from giants big to the people, and along the study.

Marble sculpture-Will the lion sculpture be placed at the gate in the end?

Folk circulating such a number of statements:

One, to avoid evil Naji. Lions in the eyes of the ancients has always been exorcism evil evils, so early in the Han Dynasty had used it to guard the tomb. In the country junctions set up lion sculptures and "stone dare", are also hope that they can town house, evil, forbidden ominous.

Second, disaster prediction. In the legend, the lion has the power of pre-disaster disaster. If you encounter floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters, the lion sculpture's eyes will become red or bleeding, people can take refuge in advance accordingly.

Third, highlight the power. Palaces, the palace, the yard, the mansion and so on the gate of the lions, are often imposing, showing the owner of the power and honor. Such as Beijing Tiananmen Square before the Jinshui River two pairs of majestic guarding the Imperial City gate lion sculptures, it embodies the imperial supreme, sacred inviolable means.

Art Deco. Shishi's changing shape, exquisite craftsmanship, is an excellent work of art. After the Ming and Qing dynasties in the lion claws under a "hydrangea", lion feet at the foot of a young lion, not only beautiful, but also reflects the people hope that peace and good wishes.

Marble sculpture-lion sculpture use way

The gate of the lion sculpture is placed in the rules. In general, are a male and female, in pairs, and are generally left male right female, in line with the traditional Chinese male left female right yin and yang philosophy. On the left side of the lion are generally carved into the right front paw playing hydrangea or between the two forepaws put a hydrangea; the right side of the lion is carved into the left front paw strokes the cubs or between the two paws lying between a cub.

lion sculptures placed on both sides of the door are people from the door out of the direction of reference. When a man comes out of the gate, the lion should be on the left side of the man, and the lion is on the right side of the human being. And from the door to enter, then just the opposite. Some of the buildings inside and outside the door have a pair of lion sculpture, the door outside (that is, the direction of the door) is the lion on the right, lion on the left; inside the door (that is, out of the direction) is the lion on the left Lion on the right side. In other words, if you come out from the door, the door inside and outside the left and right sides must be lions, the right must be a lion. Monthly lunar 15, to wash their heads on time, with the water to reconcile the Royal Shouyan, scrub lion sculpture eyes, meaning to see the villain, identify good and evil, Lucky into treasure, in addition to evil and good.

The above situation is universal, but there are some exceptions. For example, Jiayuguan inside the temple of the temple before the lion, Qufu hole in front of the lion sculptures, Drum Tower Donghua Gate Street on both sides of the north and south of the lion sculptures. The shape of these lions is more special, claws without hydrangea and cubs, it is difficult to distinguish between male and female. In addition, Taishan "Confucius boarded the" four-post three square front and rear sides of the two pairs of lion sculptures, but it is left female right male, and the usual situation is just the opposite, the meaning is unknown.

The lion sculpture usually takes the mattress as the base, the base has a jint (shop in the plum seat, the four corners hang in the platycladus). Lions of different shapes, in China and after a landscaping modification, the basic form is full of curly hair, mighty majestic.