What do you know about holding a drum stone?

Baogushi is a traditional residence in China, which is generally located at the entrance of the house door at the bottom of the gate of the traditional quadrangle. Shaped like a round drum, it belongs to a kind of door pillow stone. It is named because it has a drum-like shape supported on a stone base. Drum-hugging stone develops the functional components of the house door, and its grade is determined by the grade of the door; The drum-holding stone is a symbol of "wealth or not" at the entrance of China, and it is also a decorative art sketch that can best mark the difference of master's rank and status. Drum-holding stone can be divided into two forms: "snail clam" and "ruyi". The lion holding the drum on the top of the stone drum is a pepper map of one of Longsheng's nine sons. Holding a drum stone is not the right thing to do, but it can be used as a reference for whether the married family identity matches. Drum-hugging stone is a functional product of residential door components. It is a stone component decorated by function, which plays the role of enclosing the door and supporting the facade. In China, there are generally two external doors and one internal door, because the Chinese character door is composed of two households, and the two doors determine that the drum-holding stone must be symmetrical.

Drum-hugging stone is a symbol of the hierarchy of ritual architecture, and it is also a symbol of the family status of "either expensive or rich". The drum-hugging stone will never exist independently from the political and economic foundation behind its owner. As Wu said, it is "not only a style, but also rooted in the deep structure of life and a reflection of life culture". Holding a drum stone is not a "suitable match", but it can be used as a reference for marriage identity matching. Drum-holding stone is a materialized ritual cultural symbol, and it is a typical example that the inner world (culture) is displayed to the outside world (this world) through decorative symbolic language.

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