Because in the history of China, it is wood! Yes! Lions! Son! Drop it! As an exotic species, the lion appeared near India when it was closest to China, but now it is gone. At present, they mainly live in the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. Because in the history of China, it is wood! Yes! Lions! Son! Drop it! As an exotic species, the lion appeared near India when it was closest to China, but now it is gone. At present, they mainly live in the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa.
As we all know, although lions and tigers are the two largest cats, their living habits are quite different. In the vast land of China, although tigers have been widely distributed, there is no sign of lions. But this does not affect that the lion is called a kind of "god beast" in the hearts of the ancients. Taking the lion as the prototype, many myths and mythical animals similar to lions appeared in ancient China, such as the brave, the brave and so on.
This custom of guarding the door with stone lions was formed after the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an was the most brilliant capital in the world at that time, and the government planned the square equivalent to the current block as a residential area. There are fences and doors in the square, which is convenient for fire prevention and theft prevention. Square doors are generally made into arched doors with the name of the square written on them. The square column is sandwiched by a pair of big stones, which is windproof and shockproof and fixes the square door.