Do you know what Mendang is? Mendang stones are generally placed on both sides of the gates of ancient traditional Han buildings. They are used to display the ancient decorative art of the gates and courtyards that mark the owner's rank and status. Is there a distinction between ordinary families and emperors and nobles? What role does it play in gate feng shui? Follow me and take a look.
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What is the gate?
Mendang is a pair of flat stone piers or stone drums placed opposite each other at the entrance of traditional Han Chinese buildings (because the sound of the drums is majestic and thunderous, people think they can ward off ghosts and are highly regarded). Including Baogu stones and general door pillow stones, in ancient times, the hierarchy of doors for different levels of households was also very strict.
Mendang stones are generally placed on both sides of the doors of ancient Han traditional buildings. They are used to display the ancient decorative art of the door and courtyard that marks the owner's rank and status. Together with the door hairpin, threshold, door leaf and door frame, they create a simple and elegant look. The overall artistic decorative beauty is a symbol of auspiciousness, blessing and avoiding evil. It complements the building harmoniously, plays the finishing touch on the entrance and courtyard, and becomes an indispensable part of traditional residential architecture.
A lion-shaped drum-shaped stone is used in front of the door of the royal family or the government; a drum-shaped lion-shaped drum stone is used in front of the door of a senior military officer, and a drum-shaped drum with an animal head is used in front of the door of a low-level military officer. The high-ranking civil servants use box-shaped drum stones with lions in front of their doors, and low-level civil servants use box-shaped drum stones with carved decorations; the rich use box-shaped drum stones without sculptures in front of their doors, and the rich use stone drum stones in front of their doors. Drum stones, but for ordinary houses, they can only be replaced by wooden square door piers or door pillow stones.