1. A wooden post used in ancient times to represent a submissive, a king, or to indicate a road;
2. Huge columns used for decoration in front of ancient bridges, palaces, city walls or graves;
Third, the gorgeous decoration outside the house.
The ancient watches in China were all made of wood. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, stone pillars were used as China's watches. The function of China's watch disappeared and became a big pillar erected in front of palaces, bridges and graves. Chinese watches are usually carved from white marble. The base of a Chinese watch is usually square, and it is a lotus or sumeru constellation, with dragon patterns carved on it. On the dragon column, the column is carved with dragon cards and decorated with moire patterns. A cloud board is inserted horizontally at the upper end, which is called slander wood; There is an exposed disk on the top of the stone pillar, which is round, so it corresponds to the round place.
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Before and after Tiananmen Square, there are a pair of white marble pillars named Huabiao, also known as "watchtower". The Chinese watch stands on a stone, with a horizontal plate engraved with Yunlong column below. China watch was built with Tiananmen Square in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of more than 500 years. The China watches are 96 meters apart, which makes them look dignified, beautiful and solemn. This is a rare and exquisite work of art. ..
Because the stone in front of the square faces the outside of the palace and the stone behind it faces the inside of the palace, in ancient legends, people called the stone in front of the palace "Wang", which means that they hope that the emperor will not go out for a long time and should go back to the palace to deal with state affairs.
The stone facing the palace is called "Wang Chujun", urging the emperor not to stay in the palace all day, but to often go outside the palace to understand the sufferings of the people. Each watch consists of Sumitomo column base, column body and exposed plate, with a height of 9.57 meters, a diameter of 98 centimeters and a weight of about 20,000 kilograms.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Huabiao (big column is logo or decoration)
Baidu Encyclopedia-Huabiao (Chinese word)