House Door Stone Drum Decoration——The Cultural Implication of Baogu Stone

Introduction: The two stone-carved stone structures that hold drum stones and resemble a round drum are a kind of door rock stone, because it has a shape like a drum and is supported by a stone seat.

The shape of the boulder stone

The boulder stone is usually composed of the sacred seats, the drums or the box, and the drum-top beast. According to the shape of the gatehouse, there are differences in the shape of the gate piers. From the engraving site can be divided into three types of drums, drums, drum top.

Xu Mizuo is the foundation of the entire drum stone. It is generally engraved with the lotus edge. There is usually a brocade on the top, and there are many sculptures such as peony, lotus, hibiscus, sunflower, and Ruyi pattern, scroll pattern and Xiangyun pattern. The drum-shaped drum is a standing drum. Various auspicious patterns are usually engraved on the drum head and the drum side (details are given behind the pattern). Square box type drum stone, four sides are engraved with different patterns.

The lion at the top of the drum is one of the nine sons of the dragon, and the folk is known as the "swallow mouth" of the beast. The form is a standing lion, a lion cub, or a lying lion. The entire drum stone is carved from a whole stone.

Gugu stone pattern carving decoration

Divided from the theme of the drumhead carving, it can be divided into wild beast bird, Lingmu Xianhui, assorted artifacts, and to be carved in Japanese.

Conclusion

Confucius said: "Who can make a living out of the house" shows that the portal is extremely important and is a must-see. The door is the medium of the spiritual conversion of space transformation; it is the ancient Chinese architecture traditional door house built in accordance with the status of identity, the corresponding level, the size of the homestead and so on. In ancient Chinese traditional architecture, the composition of the door was complex and the door trim became more concentrated. It holds the oldest cultural memory of mankind. Bao Gushi is a functional product of China's home construction. It is a stone structure that is decorated with functions and is the symbol of the door of Chinese house “not expensive or rich”. Therefore, in selecting the best linguistic signs that best demonstrate the culture of the ancestral doors, Baogushi is listed as a typical object of study, and a preliminary introduction is made to their morphological composition, sculptural decoration theme, and the cultural implications of their expression.

Source: Quanzhou Jiulongxing Stone Co., Ltd.