In ancient times, some big families had stone screens at the entrance. What's engraved on it?

The official name of this thing is "zhaobi" or "yingbi"

In the old family courtyard, flowers, bamboo patterns or big calligraphy characters are usually placed in front of the screen wall facing the gate. Write auspicious words such as "Fu", "Lu" and "Shou". Some of them are also painted with auspicious patterns, such as "Pine crane to prolong the year", "Magpie to climb plum trees" and "Kirin to send a child".

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Facing the wall is a necessary way to deal with traditional residential quadrangles. Feng shui pays attention to guiding qi, and qi can't go straight into the hall or bedroom, otherwise it will be unlucky. The way to avoid air rush is to put a wall in front of the house. In order to keep the "air unobstructed", this wall can't be closed, so the architectural form of facing the wall is formed. The display wall has the function of preventing wind and blocking the line of sight. If the wall is decorated, it will have the effect of scenery. ?

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It should be pointed out that the walls of residential buildings are mostly brick walls, but rarely stone walls:

-Peony pattern

-the word "longevity"

-Auspicious floral patterns

-southern porcelain painting with unicorn pattern.