What are the patterns of decorative bricks in Han Dynasty?

Brick-burning technology was more mature in Han dynasty, and patterned bricks also developed by leaps and bounds. Han Dynasty portrait bricks mainly include plant patterns, moire patterns, flame patterns, treasure patterns, geometric patterns and so on. The decorative patterns are rich and often used together, which has high aesthetic value.

There are Han bricks from 1700 years ago in Nanchong Han Tomb, and each Han brick has a beautiful geometric pattern on one side. There are a large number of square bricks and long bricks with geometric patterns and small squares in the brick building materials unearthed from Ling Du site of Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty.

Basically, the floor is paved with square bricks. Some square bricks on the ramp are plain bricks, and some have geometric patterns.

Some patterned bricks in Ling Du are placed on the ground with patterns facing down, so that they can contact the ground more firmly. Most bricks excavated in Ling Du Corridor have downward patterns. At first, they will think that it is a plain brick, and only after uncovering it will they find that it is patterned. On the uphill side, the patterns are all upward, so people walk on it with great friction and are not easy to slip and climb.

There are basically two kinds of patterned bricks. In Han Dynasty, there were fewer patterns in square bricks and more patterns in hollow bricks.