The tiles that shelter the ancient buildings from the wind and rain actually contain thousands of years of history and culture!

"There is often rain in the spring dream, and the spirit is not satisfied with the flag all day." Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote such a poem while watching the rain beating on the eaves. Tiles on the eaves are of great significance in traditional buildings in China, which can not only protect houses from wind and rain erosion, but also beautify buildings.

China's history and culture are permeated in the exquisite ceramic tiles, and the evolution of ceramic tiles reflects the evolution of China's history and culture.

The explanation of tile in Ci Hai is: "When the tile covers the eaves, it is at the bottom of the tile, which is better than the eaves, so it is worthy of the name."

Tiles are pressed one by one, from the roof to the eaves, and the leading tile is at the bottom of many tiles. The ancients took "when" as the "bottom", hence the name.

The most exquisite tiles in the history of China came from the Qin, Han and Liang dynasties. The so-called "Qin brick Han tile" refers to the high artistic attainments of tiles in Qin and Han Dynasties.

Such as the deer round tile in Qin Dynasty.

In the Qin dynasty, ceramic tiles were mostly animal patterns with different meanings.

By the time of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, the word tile appeared, which opened the precedent of the word tile style.

There is no limit to the number of words in the word tile, ranging from 1 to 12, from auspicious words such as "eternal life and promise" to notes such as "it took three years for the Han Dynasty to unify the whole country" and "advocating courage and arrogance". No matter a few words, they are mainly full of faces. Most of them are seal scripts, with elegant atmosphere. The layout of the small tile is ingenious and magnificent.

Wadang evolved into the Tang Dynasty, influenced by foreign Buddhism, more or less accompanied by lotus copywriting.

In the Song Dynasty, ceramic tile patterns were mostly animal faces.

In the final analysis, the artistic attainments of Wadang in Han Dynasty are the highest.

Wadang, the four gods, is composed of four beasts: Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. It is the strongest sound in the history of Wadang.

The four gods have strict control over the design and size, and the size of each animal brand is different.

Such as Longwa, the diameter of Longwa is 19.3 cm, the faucet is big, and the dragon body is coiled, which is magnificent.

The diameter of the tiger pattern brick is 17.2 cm. The tiger's eyes are wide open, its limbs are spread out, and it growls and screams.

Rosefinch tile diameter 18.3 cm, or phoenix or phoenix, with pearl in its mouth and upturned tail.

Xuanwu tile diameter 19 cm, turtle bends into a snake, dignified and smart.

After seeing so many tiles, did you enhance your interest in traditional ancient buildings? In fact, many cultural connotations in history have been integrated into many historical buildings, and the historical significance behind even humble objects cannot be underestimated.