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If you often wander around the country during the holidays
You're sure to find something interesting
Whether it is an institutional compound or a traditional attraction
At the door, there will be two stone lions supporting the scene
Most of the time
These stone lions are also too different from the painting style of African Buddha-figures
There's even a bit of sand sculpture ghost curly dog style
/Chinese people's most familiar stone lions/
Why are there no animals native to China
Now he has become the most frequently appearing in the statue industry?
After the lion immigrated to China
How did the painting style become this sub-son again?
Today the text jun will come to nag you
The story of the Chinese masses playing bad African lions
There is a famous "law of employment" in China:
"Foreign monks chant"
It means that people often think that outsiders are more capable than those around them
This sentence also applies to animals
The African lion is just effortless
From the hands of local tigers, he was gently given the title of "Chinese Sacred Beast"
It has become a hundred beasts supreme that combines fierce and domineering majesty
For the first time in history, there is a reliable record of "lions"
It was during the Eastern Han Dynasty
Since the fight was introduced into the country by foreign envoys
This animal exudes exotic mysteries
With an overly fierce and domineering appearance
Quickly circle the upper echelons of the Han nobles
The tiger was also squeezed out with momentum
Robbed of the title of "Hundred Beasts C Position"
I was also fortunate to be selected for the "National Cemetery Staff Program"
——Became the big brother who took the lead in guarding the imperial tomb
/The earliest surviving Wu tombstone stone stone lion in China/
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism gradually became popular
The lion is also the embodiment of the Buddhist protector messenger
For example, Buddha Shakyamuni is known as the "lion among men"
The pedestals of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in monasteries are called "Leos"
/ Due to the scarcity of lions, they are mostly raised in the royal family
So there's no record of hurting people
This is also the reason why ordinary people like lions and hate tigers/
Received an offer from the Buddha
The lion also began to look at the slash youth
In addition to the main business of the tomb beast in The Imperial Tomb Town
I also go to the temple part-time to see the scene
Be a bodhisattva exclusive Didi driver
/ Don't forget to make trouble in Journey to the West /
See the lion eat the gods and ghosts twice
The value of the body rose faster than pork
Readers also blew rainbow farts
There are not only scholars like Guo Pu and so on
It is argued that it is the Ancient Divine Beast Fox Ben Fox
"Fox, lion, tiger and leopard"
During the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, a new group of lions was created in the imperial palace
Yu Shinan, a university scholar, was also commissioned to compose a "Lion Endowment"
He also gave it the nickname "Absolute Domain Divine Beast"
The Way is:
"There was a thunderclap, and lions came out of the town
The cracked rhinoceros is like a big snake, roaring at the tree and shaking the river."
If there is no later "go to the countryside to go to the grassroots"
Lions will surely become more and more sophisticated in the road of "domineering shock and crying"
Unify the five elements and three realms, and transform into the supreme beast
Unfortunately, this is only if...
As the lion's fame grew
It is said that "the emperor Buddha has to find it to cover it for peace."
Ordinary people who hope that the years will be quiet
Naturally, I also want to find Big Brother Lion to help
As a result, the national public welfare program "Lion Gang with Something" was launched
The stone lion has also penetrated into the daily life of the masses
I have seen the lion by memory
I have never seen a lion by reference imagination
Skilled craftsmen everywhere
Do your best to exert subjective initiative
and an indescribable carving craft
Like a devout believer, he engaged in the creation of "implicit freehand style" stone lions
Finally, with the enthusiastic and continuous efforts of the masses of the people
The painting style of the stone lion has mutated
From mighty and majestic to sand sculpture ghost animals
The biggest feature of the folk stone lion is
The method of deformation and exaggeration is adopted
For example, according to "ten pounds of lions and nine pounds of brains."
A pound of tail dragging the head behind the head" styling tips
The slender and agile body that a feline should have
Simplified to thick and stocky, big eyes, big mouth and big nose
The body size ratio is almost 1:1 for the cute fat baby
There is also the unspoken rule that "everything can be an adult"
Chinese sculpture pays attention to the portrayal of Shen Yun
Creators tend to put subjective feelings into their work
Reflected on the stone lion, it is anthropomorphic facial expression
Especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, when the secular atmosphere was strong
Countless stone lion creations with very individual expressions have emerged
/Image source @Foshan Daily/
Like this Ming Dynasty bluestone carved lion in the Foshan area
It's not hard to guess the source of inspiration for its styling
It should be when the bald teacher is preparing
Someone patted him on the back, and he turned around with a puzzled expression of action
In addition to the anthropomorphic appearance, it is also anthropomorphic in family relations
Although no one had ever bought a round-trip ticket to Kenya at the time
But this does not prevent the old predecessors who pay attention to "family happiness"
Arrange the life of the stone lion on the wife and children
/Strength Taunt from Lugou Bridge/
As well as petting the auspicious stone lion
Probably jingba (aka: poodle) as the standard
Let the ears of the stone lion hunch down
The lion was changed from a feline to a canine
/Stone Lion of the Ili General's Mansion in the Qing Dynasty/
Numerous accessories were added to the stone lion
Chest bells, neck rings, hydrangeas, ties...
It's exactly the same as the grandpa and aunt who dress and wear shoes for dogs today
To say the most absolute, but also to count should be modern people
It integrates various art forms of ancient and modern China and foreign countries
Postmodern stone lion made
Make stone lions in the 21st century
It can also rejuvenate the second spring
The first is the film and television anime series
Like the stone lion of Su Daqiang when there was no hair loss
God resembles a blessed stone lion
Doraemon's stone lion of the same style (should be counted as a lion,) ）
Next up is the Picasso Children's Series
A stone lion that belongs to children's stick figures
I heard that lions are felines
Just recognize the stone lion of the cat
Children try the stone lion of the watercolor pen for the first time
Like a stone lion that has been colored by Japanese kindergarten children
There is also the Lost Extraterrestrial Civilization series
Given that the text jun is not enough for archaeological and cosmic exploration
Don't explain too much, so as not to mislead people
......
Alas, this piece of stone
It was made into the sand sculpture of this ghost animal
It's really heart-wrenching!
Cute fellows are not only imaginative in their styling
Making up stories for stone lions is also a must
In the ancient Wuyue region
It was once said that "the stone lion bleeds from the mouth."
The legend that the ground will sink into a lake"
Why isn't it time to see a dentist?
Before and after the Tang Dynasty, countless urban legends were triggered by imported lions
How hard do lions blow?
People at the time thought
Make the lion's original tail into dust
Mosquitoes do not dare to get close;
The Hundred Beast Light saw a painting with a lion painted
Will automatically retreat first
Nowadays, the Internet celebrities in the Forbidden City "scratch their heads and cover their crotches" stone lions
It is also a tailor-made anecdote
Gossip said that this was the soul possession of the Daoguang Emperor's Great Brother
Because he annoyed his father before he died
The eldest brother was unfortunately kicked in the crotch by his father and died
Later, Daoguang saw this stone lion
They instinctively think of their son who was kicked to death by himself
The most hardcore of the many rumors
It was in 1993, a "stone lion war" in Shijiazhuang.
It is not the stone lion that resurrects the apparitions to fight in groups
It's people fighting because of the stone lions
Shijiazhuang Railway 34 dormitories for men and women of all ages
Because opposite the tourist cloth printing and dyeing factory in front of the hotel
Two stone lions were invited to ward off evil spirits
During the placement period, there were successive deaths in his dormitory
(Suspected to have been bitten by a stone lion)
He formed a group to copy the guys
Shouting to smash the stone lion
The two sides were deadlocked for a while, and finally they fought
The extent of the fanaticism of lions in this ancient Eastern power
Probably the lions in their hometown in Africa did not expect it, right?