What do you know about stone carved pagoda?

Stones of stone plaques, also called stone pagoda, mountain gate, one of the characteristic architectural culture of the Han nationality. The earliest seen in the Zhou Dynasty, initially used to flag festival filial piety monument, and later in the garden, temple, palace, mausoleums and streets are built. Not only is the architectural structure of the stone memorial hall a unique style, but also a collection of carving, painting, plaques and calligraphy and other arts in one, melting the concept of social life of the ancients, feudal rites, feudal traditional moral concepts, ancient folk customs in one furnace, with magnificent artistic charm, high aesthetic value and rich and deep historical and cultural connotations. Each stone plaque is a stone craft. China can produce stone plaque mainly in Fujian Hui'an, using stone mainly for the lapis lazuli, granite and so on. There are many kinds of stone pagodas, such as tower type, pagoda type, multi-storey pagoda type, circle top type, flat horizontal type, and so on, and the carvings are all very elaborate. Most of them have exquisite stone carvings, stone carvings are mostly taken from historical stories and folklore, with rich styles, characters, animals and floral patterns are readily available. Stone carvings are mainly used for the decoration of the temple and mansion corridors, gate walls, plaques, etc., is a relief and round carving art, enjoys a high reputation. Unrestricted by the carving material, Buddha sculpture, campus sculpture, real estate sculpture can be carved out, as for the story of the characters and landscapes are also more common. In the carving style, relief to shallow relief and plane carving, round carving integration trend is obvious, knife melting delicate in simple and generous, but also the Qing dynasty stone carving of delicate and complicated. Stone pagoda to the landscape garden, street, mausoleum in front of more. From the structural point of view of the complexity of different, some very simple, only one two columns, no floor. Complexity of five six columns eleven floor. Due to its own structural characteristics, some of the three four-pillar, but only the flower plate and no floor. Stone Square is more complex, relief carving is also very distinctive. If the stone quality is firm and fine, not only the relief carving is vivid, but also its fine pattern will not die out after hundreds of years. According to the number of open doors, the stone memorial hall can be divided into three doors, five doors, seven doors. Grass white jade, lapis lazuli, Chinese alabaster and granite are the main materials used to make stone memorial halls. The stone memorial halls are covered with relief patterns, and the carvings are beautiful and delicate. Commonly, there are dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, deer, fish, and so on. In addition, there are lotus, peony, pine and crane, plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum represent health and longevity, peace and happiness.