What does it mean that there are old people and children on the wooden beams of ancient buildings?

There are old people and children on the wooden beams of ancient buildings, which means that many children are blessed and the old people live a long and healthy life. People in China have been pursuing beautiful things, and this pursuit is also reflected in wood carving, so auspicious patterns were very popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. With the help of homophony and homophony, the pattern is skillfully applied to the image of the pattern, which consists of homophony and implication, refers to things, and makes the form and content skillfully combined. This kind of picture is interesting to decorate, pleasing to the eye to look at and pleasing to the ear to listen to, and has become an auspicious pattern loved by the general public.