When did China start using bricks and tiles?

Bricks began to be used in the Qin Dynasty, and tiles began to be used in the Han Dynasty.

1. Qin Bricks The bricks of the Qin Dynasty are known as "lead bricks".

The characteristics of Qin bricks include patterns such as rice grids, sun patterns, parallel lines, small squares, and scenes of hunting and banquets.

There are also hollow bricks with dragon patterns, phoenix patterns and geometric patterns used for steps or walls.

Some Qin bricks are engraved with text, and the fonts are thin and simple. This kind of ancient bricks is very rare.

The production of portrait bricks in the Han Dynasty became more common, and the content became increasingly rich, such as gate buildings, various figures, carriages and horses, hunting, music and dance, banquets, acrobatics, animal taming, mythological stories, and pictures reflecting production activities.

2. Han Dynasty tiles are best decorated with animals. In addition to the four perfectly shaped green dragons, white tigers, redbirds, and Xuanwu gods, there are also many varieties of rabbits, deer, cows, and horses. The tiles of the Qin Dynasty are decorated with lotus patterns, sunflower patterns, and cloud patterns.

Most; the giant tiles unearthed from the Qin Palace site are decorated with animal deformation patterns, which are similar in style to bronze and jade wares.

It can be inferred that the other structures and decorations of the building are so gorgeous that the walls of the building cannot be plain.

The patterns of tiles in the Qin Dynasty mainly include plant patterns, animal patterns and cloud patterns.

There are also text tiles, such as "Yu Yang Qianqiu", "Qianqiu Lijun", etc. The fonts are mostly in the more typical small seal script style, the lines are relatively fixed, and there are few patterns.

Extended information Various materials commonly used in ancient buildings include green tiles, green bricks, square bricks and glazed tiles.

There are many types of bricks and tiles in ancient buildings, including slab tiles, tube tiles, hooked tiles, dripping tiles, Zhenggou, Xiedanggou, Tuomudanggou, Kissedanggou, Flat strips, Pressed strips and angle kisses, Tie-kou tiles, Botong ridges,

hanging tip, adhering to the bricks, bo ridges to the bricks; set of beasts, walking beasts, immortals, three immortals plate, array of horns plate, ascending head, chuantou, 戗tong ridge, 戗 beast seat, 戗 beast, vertical ridge, small

Lian Bricks, Three Lian Bricks, Dalian Bricks, Joint Blocks, Vertical Beast Seats, Vertical Beasts, Zhengtong Ridge, Group Color Strips, Large Group Colors, Zodiac, Barefoot Tongridge, Kiss Seat, Zheng Kiss, Owl Kiss, and Watching Beast are all collectively known as the ancient ones.

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Material of ancient bricks and tiles: fired from pure clay; the product is blue-gray in color; giving people a calm, simple, natural and tranquil aesthetic.

It has become one of the products highly recommended by designers.