What exquisite decorative art is there in Xiangxi Diaojiao Building?

Diaojiaolou is made of all-wood structure, which can give full play to the art of wood carving and skillfully integrate traditional crafts such as hidden carving, relief carving, through carving, inlay carving and paste carving. The design is vivid and concise, the layout is ingenious, and the levels are rich and clear, reflecting an ancient and beautiful beauty. Rich cultural connotation, distinctive artistic personality and strong local artistic characteristics. To sum up, there are four main types of decoration for Diaojiaolou in Xiangxi:

1. Word type: Chinese characters with various artistic styles, such as Fu, Wan and Shou. You can see auspicious patterns carved on wooden fences everywhere, such as "Hui", "Xi" and "Ya".

2. Graphics: such as dragon and phoenix, phoenix peony, magpie and plum blossom.

3. Brocade: Brocade refers to a pattern composed of various patterns, among which palindrome brocade and kidnapper brocade are the most commonly used.

4. Implication: Use Chinese homophones to form auspicious words and express auspicious wishes, such as "Fuqing" with bats, "Peace" with bottles and quails, and "More than a year" with lotus and fish.