Why do lions at the ancient gate have curly hair?

It has something to do with Buddhism. This so-called curly hair is called meat buns. In Buddhism, the more meat buns, the deeper the Buddhism, so the monk is bald and the Buddha is meat buns. As a Buddhist beast, the lion has continued this glorious tradition and is proud of the Chinese hamburger. Today, you can still see some stone lions with a meat bun on them.

First, the birth of the god beast lion Although this animal has appeared in China for more than 1000 years, it is really not a species in China, nor has it produced a large-scale population. So the longer the time, the more distinguished the people who can see the lion. In the Han dynasty, the lion was a symbol of royal status. Later, Liang Wudi ZSZSZSZ stepped onto the stage. His belief was Buddhism, so Liang Wudi generously gave the lion to Buddhism. With the spread of Buddhism, many people know about the lion, but many people have never seen this animal, and then it turned out to be.

Second, the more meat buns, the more distinguished. But since the lion is a god beast, the average person can't use it. In ancient times, it was clearly stipulated that only when the official position reached a certain level could stone lions be placed at home. If you only have money, you will be arrested, and the meat buns on the Shishi are also graded. From the stone lions at the door of the officials at the bottom, there were only a few meat buns, and later there were more than 40 stone lions in the palace. Among them, the official's rules can't be wrong, otherwise it is intentional.

3. Is the bun ready? Curly hair? However, the shape of meat buns is more like a meat ball, while that of lions? Curly hair? Later, after special treatment. As mentioned earlier, ordinary stone lions don't deserve a full head? Meat buns? Therefore, when the number of meat buns is small, it will inevitably be larger than usual, making the meat buns look unsightly, so craftsmen began to add various patterns on them, but too complicated patterns will affect the dignity and domineering of lions, so simply circling around the meat buns will become a big wave? Curly hair? .