The editor photographed the stone in front of a family, which lived in an adobe house. In front of the door, there is a horse stone that was the style of a large family in ancient times. Tethered horse stone, also known as tethered horse pile, is a unique folk stone carving art in northern China, which is particularly densely distributed in Chengcheng County on the Weibei Plateau in Shaanxi Province, and its number and variety can be called "unique" in the country.
The horse stone was originally carved and practical strip stone from the rich families of the squire and other wealthy families in the past, and was carved from a solid and wear-resistant whole piece of bluestone.
Often planted on both sides of the gate of the farmhouse building, it not only becomes the organic composition of the residents' house building, but also like the stone lion in front of the door, it not only decorates the building to show off its rich role, but also gives the meaning of avoiding evil town houses, which people call it "the Huabiao of the Zhuanghu family".
If in this sense, then the family photographed by the editor was also a big family in the past. However, from the perspective of the current owner's house, the living conditions are still relatively average, and life has not improved.
Now in some homes are new houses, this kind of horse stone is rare.
The tethered horse stone is also a historical and cultural witness.
With the change of social values, the practical function of the horse leash has more replaced the spiritual pillar of the pillar, and I hope that people will not just look at the stake.