Why is there a lion on a watchtower?

Watchtower column column head form of choice according to the environment where the building to determine. For example, the lotus petal form of the column head, shaped like a lotus flower, up and down the lotus, etc., most of them are applied in the garden; twenty-four seasons column head is used for palace buildings or stone bridges and some of the buildings related to nature, such as the Temple of Heaven, Altar of the Earth, etc.; standard pomegranate form of the watchtower head, can be used in the palace buildings, altar and temple buildings or garden buildings, and changes in the form of the pomegranate watchtower head, more used in gardens; the watchtower head of the form of the standing lion Mainly used for bridge railings or some of the garden railings. Beijing Forbidden City broken rainbow bridge railings on the watchtower head form is more special. Broken Rainbow Bridge in the Wuying Hall on the east side, is the main passageway from the outer court to the inner court west road. On both sides of the bridge is white and moist alabaster stone balustrade, balustrade on the hundred flowers, dragon pattern, carving is very exquisite. Look out for the head of the pillar using the image of a stone lion on the lotus seat, the lotus seat using deep relief techniques, clear lines, three-dimensional image of the lotus petals, the stone lion on the lotus seat with different looks, simple and lovely. Temple of Heaven Huanqiu Terrace around the three platforms are ringed with alabaster stone railings, stone railings by the search for the staff railings, stone lookout head and lookout under the stone faucet under the column spout and other parts of the composition.

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