What was the shape of the door decoration in the Eastern Han Dynasty?

The decorative arts of door ornaments in the Eastern Han Dynasty include knockers, milk nails, hidden locks, iron gate seals and carved door seals.

From the slave society to the Tang Dynasty, only the government and temples enjoyed "door decorations", and the doors of ordinary people were not decorated. According to textual research, the door decoration of houses began to appear after the end of Tang Dynasty and the beginning of Song Dynasty. During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the door decorations of houses were brilliant, and evolved into the form of "bronze" door knockers, whether iron or copper, which mainly came from the door decorations of palaces, yamen and temples. Draw lessons from style and form auspicious artistic modeling. However, the door decoration of the house still forms an auspicious artistic shape.

Doors are the most important part of ancient architecture in China. It is not only a passage for people to go in and out, but also a symbol of architectural grade.

Door decoration mainly refers to the art of "door decoration of houses", and custom refers to the decoration on the doors of old houses, as well as "frontage" and "facade". And its decorative art makes the architecture of door decoration art look magnificent and exquisite. Take the decorative art of "knocker" as an example, its function is to knock and pull the door. Not only that, the decorative art of "knocker" is the foil of auspicious things, and more importantly, it reflects people's desire and auspicious concept of recreation, peace, wealth, longevity and happiness at that time.

The origin of door decoration:

As for the origin of house door decoration art, it is said that in the early Spring and Autumn Period, a man named Gong Gong met a snail on the coast one day and climbed ashore. Then he saw the snail's head emerge from its shell, drew a circle with its feet, drew a circle on the ground and then retracted its head. The snail closed its house, but it couldn't open it. So I was inspired by Gong Bo, so I made its head into a "knocker" and put it on the door. One is for closure or insurance; The second is the decoration of the town house or evil spirits. The legend of "door decoration" has produced a symbolic spirit in folk popular letters, which is the beginning of the art of "door decoration". According to historical records, carving decoration appeared in the bronze age of Shang and Zhou Dynasties. At that time, it was called "paving the head" and "paving the head" was also called "copper ring", which was the decorative art of "knockers" on two doors. The saying about "Tongli" knocker comes from Zhang Hua's Natural History in Jin Dynasty: "The pepper map looks like a snail, so it stands on the door." Li, a "copper plum" in folklore, is one of the nine sons of Longsheng. Because of his stubborn temper and poor water quality, he nailed the plum on the door leaf as a fire prevention. At the same time, it also shows solemn momentum, which is used to suppress evil spirits.

As a cultural symbol of the Chinese nation, the door decoration art of residential houses shows the momentum of "truth", "spirit" and "beauty", strengthens the primitive folk art and embodies people's outlook on life and wishes. Therefore, this is a great creation of folk art, and it is also a representation of traditional folk concepts and "religious" culture. Under such remarkable characteristics, "door" and "door decoration" have high artistic value, and more importantly, it is also an architectural heritage with cultural value. In modern society, "door decoration" has become a treasure of China culture and art such as simple folk customs, folk customs and folk arts.