Brief introduction of desk lion
Stone lions are usually made of the following two materials: white marble and white fine-grained marble, which are hard and are first-class building and carving materials. Basically insoluble in water. It can exist in the following forms: aragonite, calcite, chalk, limestone, marble and travertine. Can be found in rocks. The main components of animal back shells and snail shells.
At the same time, it is also an important building material. White marble is hard and white. Bluestone, also called limestone, is a bluestone cut out of the mountains in lime songs. And is resistant to dirt.
Putting lions on ancient desks still stems from the respect of the ancients for lions. The ancients believed that the lion was the most majestic and powerful beast of all animals.
They also think that lions are far more powerful and noble than tigers, leopards and other animals. Therefore, many dynasties regarded the lion as a mighty general, and some dynasties also made the tiger symbol to mobilize the army look like a lion. Putting a stone lion at the gate of the mansion also meant to let the lion sit in the mansion.
The desk lion can also be used as a paperweight and put on the desk when not writing.