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Why are all the statues placed in front of banks lions?

Folk custom lion is the town house beast. Also has the role of evil, the lion is the king of beasts, often used to symbolize the sacred noble and majestic. Folk see the lion as an auspicious animal, that it can drive away evil. Therefore, many temples and pagodas, bridges, temples, government offices, gardens, homes are common round or relief stone lions. It is also believed that: "the stone is also real, the lion is also thought, the words of the former thought of entrepreneurship after the latter to keep the easy to do".

Stone lion modeling also reflects the wishes of many of the old ancestors of life at that time, like the most common colorful ball under the feet of the lion, there are lights and colorful, praying for peace; and some of the colorful ball is engraved with ancient coins, naturally, it is to pray for wealth; lioness feet of the lioness, reflecting the parents and children and the happy scene, is that China attaches great importance to the performance of heavenly love; some lions with beads in their mouths to the temple is most common, take its "ball", the most common, and the most common, and the most common, and the most common, and the most common, and the most common. Take the meaning of its "ball" should be. As for some other mouth in the sword, feet holding the gossip and other shapes, there are disaster prevention, exorcism and other meanings. And the lion's mouth is open and closed, both on behalf of the meaning of the spit. (The bank in front of the lion's mouth a closed, a male and a female, open is to attract wealth, closed is to guard wealth, money only eat not spit meaning. It is to balance the books)

Folk custom lion is the beast of the house. There is also the role of the evil spirits, and the lion's mouth an open a closed, both on behalf of the meaning of spit, some put the unicorn, unicorn is also a sacred animal, and helps feng shui, especially for those who are the door to the water (river, river), there is the role of the pack of water

Banks in front of the lion's mouth a closed, open is the attraction of wealth, closed is to guard the wealth of the money, money and wealth only to eat do not spit the meaning of the word.

Ancient temple on both sides of the main door of the stone lions left male and female, male lions open mouth watching the faithful; female lions closed mouth to protect the child, the performance of the traditional society of men and women, the characteristics of their respective roles.

I have also heard a saying that they are chanting Buddha, a "A", a "Mi"

Many banks are not stone lions, but brave.

Pixi, pronounced "pi xiu", is the ninth son of the dragon. Pixi is a fierce beast. In the south, people generally like to call this beast "brave", while in the north is called "evil".

Pixi has the role of suppressing the house to ward off evil spirits, tend to the role of wealth and prosperity, so stock exchanges, banks, horse racing, futures and other industry organizations like to put in front of the door of the Pixi.

Why do braves have the role of the wealth of wealth? It is said that braves do not have "asshole", only to the inside, not to the outside, so there is the role of wealth.

This should be regarded as the tradition of our country - in the book of Han "Western Biography" on a record: "Ugo Mountain away from the state of peach plucked, lions, urine cow". Meng Kang note: "Peach pluck, a day Fu pluck, like a deer tail long, one-horned known as the deer, two-horned known as Paixie." Paixie is brave.