The meaning of ancient Chinese stone beasts placed in front of the door pier

1. Stone beast in front of the door is a common traditional Han culture to ward off evil spirits. Stone as the raw material and sculpted into a lion with artistic value and ornamental value of the sculpture. Outside the gate are generally a pair of stone lions or bronze lions, generally used with the building as a pair of evil or decorative. The earliest existing stone lion is the stone lion in front of the tomb of Gao Yi in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

2. The stone lion became the guardian of the house in the Chinese civilization and even in the world civilization. The Chinese unicorn, the four unimaginable beasts and the lion all appeared in front of the gates of the feudal powers and became the guardians of the mansions in the spiritual realm, and this cultural phenomenon also appeared in both the Eastern and the Western house cultures. To this day, the stone lions at the entrance are still a mark of honor and inviolability.