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Wadang, refers to the ancient Chinese architecture to cover the front of the building gable head tube tile shelter. It refers to the building accessories used to decorate and protect the eaves of buildings during the Eastern Han and Western Han periods. Tile engraved with words, patterns, but also with the gods of the four directions of the "Vermilion Bird", "Xuanwu", "Qinglong", "White Tiger" as a pattern, is a good example of how to make a pattern of the "Vermilion Bird", "Xuanwu", "Qinglong", "White Tiger". "to do the pattern, is the most front of the eaves of a piece of tile for the tiles, tile surface with a pattern hanging round block.

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The picture is from the book of ancient tatang information, the lower right corner of the picture can be obtained from the electronic version of the book

Tatang pattern design is beautiful, the font running clouds and rivers, rich in change, there are cloud head pattern, geometric pattern, Taotie pattern, text pattern, animal pattern and so on, for the exquisite It is an exquisite work of art and belongs to China's unique cultural and artistic heritage.

In the early years of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Feng obtained 30 kinds of tiles in Chang'an. Zhu Feng's original form was reproduced in this book called "Tu Ji". The preface of this volume is the twenty-fourth year of the Qing dynasty Qianlong. This is the first monograph on tiles in China. This book collects the coin patterns of various kinds of wadangs from the pre-Qin period. Wadang, also known as tube tile head, is a decoration on the eaves of ancient houses. The shape of Wadang is round or semi-circular, is the top part of the sagging tube tile, generally known as the tube tile head. The role of the wadang is to protect the eaves of the house, and the cylinder part of the tile covers the gap between the two rows of tiles, preventing the roof from rainwater seepage and increasing the sturdiness and aesthetics of the building, making it a jewel with a dual function.

Archaeological findings, since the Warring States period, due to the development of productive forces, the rulers of the Warring States period to the Qin-Han period of extensive construction of palaces and temples. The use of tiles has reached its peak. Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, ancient tatangs have been regarded as antiques and competed for collection. Shaanxi, the capital city during the Qin and Han Dynasties, has the largest number of unearthed tatangs.

The development of wadang roughly went through the development process of imagery wadang, pattern wadang and text wadang. Among them, image wadangs predominated in the Qin and Han Dynasties, while text wadangs predominated in the Han Dynasty. Patterned tatangs ran through both the Qin and Han periods.

The study of Qin-Han wadang began in the Song Dynasty, such as Ouyang Xiu's Jigu Lu. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Feng compiled the Xi'an Wadang into the "Qin-Han Wadang Tuji", which is the earliest monograph on the study of Wadang texts.

The Qin Dynasty was characterized by a variety of tile decoration patterns, such as deer patterns, tiger and goose patterns, fighting animal patterns, double badger patterns, four animal patterns, kui patterns, leopard patterns, etc.; birds, phoenixes, flying geese patterns, etc.; insects, cicadas, butterflies, etc., and botanical or other patterns, such as sunflower patterns, swallow-tree patterns, trailing plant patterns, tree patterns, and cloud patterns, etc. The animal body was basically a single ear, with a single ear. The body of the animal is basically a one-ear, two-legged side portrait, alive, free-spirited, realistic and balanced in its conception.

In the Qin tile, the majority of decorations, a smaller proportion in the text. Can be seen "Feihong Yannian", which "Feihong" is the image of decoration, "Yannian" is two words. According to the evidence, this kind of tile is Qin Hongtai Tai used to Guanyu with tile; "Feiyang long life", "Yongzuo Jiafu", "thousand thousand years", "Yongzuo Jiafu ", "long life" are four words of auspicious language tiles, but there are many different words, such as "prolonged life", "a thousand years and the sky without limits But there are also many different characters, such as "Yan Nian", "Thousand Years of Autumn and Ten Thousand Years of Heaven", and so on, and there are also different levels of patterns in the character tiles, so they are called "Character Pattern Tiles". Most of the characters or patterns on character tiles are raised, and these characters or patterns are made by molding and then firing. The font used is seal script. They have a variety of structures, jagged outlines, and delicate brushwork. It can be sparse and dense within a limited area of less than a foot in diameter, and when viewed from left to right, it has no sense of constriction or stagnation.

In the Han Dynasty, the wadang with Chinese character patterns, whether it is the font, structure or style of writing, it has a distinctive period characteristics, new writing interest and a new mood.

Patterned wadang is the development and change of image wadang. Pattern art originates from life and is higher than life. Only with a deep understanding of life, can we generalize and summarize the dynamic pattern imagery. Elegant and comfortable personalized tiles have high artistic value.