For example, the brick eight-character walls on the east and west sides of the Ming Xiaoling Palace in Nanjing are engraved with relief patterns such as large curly grass, broken branches and flowers, and the broken branches of flowers and sika deer on the Xumizuo in Fengyang, Anhui during the Ming Dynasty. , clouds, dragons and other brick carving patterns; at the same time, folk brick carvings in Anhui, Jiangsu and other places have also developed. It was built in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province during the Tongzhi period (1862-1874) for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom general Li Shixian. The bricks on the front courtyard screen wall are carved with dragons, phoenixes, cranes and other patterns, with a strong and sturdy style. In addition to Jiangsu and Anhui, folk brick carvings in the Qing Dynasty developed greatly in Shanxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Beijing, Hebei and other places. Most of them were used as halls, gates, screen walls, ancestral halls, etc. in the houses of officials, rich people, and landlords. The decorations of the stage, gables and other buildings are exquisitely carved, and some are set off with stucco sculptures or inlaid porcelain pieces to create a sense of wonder, wealth and splendor. In the late Qing Dynasty, brick carvings tended to be intricate and delicate, with the artistic taste of painting, fully demonstrating the ingenious artistic talents of the ancient Han working people. In the Qing Dynasty, the ventilation holes on the walls of the palace walls in the Forbidden City in Beijing were also carved from bricks with flower and bird patterns, which were strong and beautiful, and facilitated air circulation. The walls of the Long'en Hall and the east and west auxiliary halls of the Empress Dowager Cixi's mausoleum are also made of brick carvings, some of which are gilded, which is dazzling.