Stone lions are common evil spirits in China traditional culture. They are sculptures with artistic value and ornamental value, which are made of stone as raw materials to form the image of lions. The earliest stone lion was in front of Gaoyi's tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is often used as an ornament in traditional buildings in China, and can be found in palaces, temples, pagodas, bridges, mansions, gardens, tombs and buttons in China. ?

The cute little lion opened his mouth wide and nervously scratched the pier, and it was about to fall. There were still two scratches on the pier surface. The little lions standing on both sides not only didn't help, but also pointed to it and burst out laughing. Hey, are you still a small partner who prayed for the town bridge together? Is it true that the boat of friendship is turned over? This group of photos of stone lions became popular all over the Internet overnight. With the promotion of the Internet, the stone lion carving, an ancient craft, seems to glow with brand-new artistic charm. Although it seems to be a minority now, stone carving used to be the mainstream folk art, and the stone lion is still one of the most common sculpture works in China.

From ancient palaces, houses, official halls, temples and tombs to modern commercial buildings, hotels, restaurants, governments, bridges, monuments, squares and so on? Different modality, all kinds of stone lions appear in various places, either squatting or lying down, or strong and vigorous, or naive, and the unique art form has been extended for thousands of years, adding different elegance to different buildings. Speaking of the history of stone lions, we have to mention Zhang Qian. The cultural exchange in the Western Regions made this beautiful foreign beast become the auspicious beast of our China town house early. The Eastern Han Dynasty sprouted, the Sui and Tang Dynasties were brilliant, the Ming and Qing Dynasties were greatly developed and matured, and the stone lion art was constantly popularized and secularized. Unfortunately, at present, there are no wild lions in China due to the impact of foreign cultures and emerging cultures, as well as the market pollution caused by the shoddy construction of stone lions, which undoubtedly left enough imagination space for the ancient people.

There are many kinds of stone carving products, but the traditional processing techniques are basically the same. Generally, they are divided into four kinds, one is to knead two pieces, the other is to make a blank sample, some are to draw sketches, and some are to knead mud blanks or gypsum models first. The second carving is to dig out the useless stones inside according to the line pattern. ? Three picks, also known as picking, complement each other with carving, and dig out external redundant stones according to line patterns. Four carvings are the last patient and meticulous carving and shaping.