Chapter 51: The Stone Lion
We don't really care about it, most of the tombs are almost always written like this in front of the door, the purpose is to scare and scare the tomb robbers. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThe more this happens, the more convinced I am that there is something good in it.
The spelling was put together, but the stone door did not open by itself as we expected, it seems that some kind of engine is still needed, and the design of a gate alone is so exquisite. We looked at the entire stone gate over and over again, but we couldn't find any device, and finally we focused on the stone lions on both sides of the door.
Everyone knows that the stone lion is placed at the door to have the function of the town, and the stone lion that guards the door is placed in the rules. Generally speaking, they are all one male and one female, in pairs, and they are generally left male and right female, which is in line with the traditional Chinese philosophy of yin and yang. The male lion placed on the left side of the doorway is generally carved into the right front paw to play with the hydrangea or put a hydrangea between the two front paws; On the right side of the doorway, the lioness is carved into a lion cub with her left front paws or a lion cub lying between her two front paws. The placement of stone lions on both sides of the gate is based on the direction in which people come out of the gate. When a person comes out of the gate, the male lion should be on the left side of the person, while the female lion is on the right side of the person. When you enter through the door, it's the opposite. In some buildings, if there is a pair of stone lions inside and outside the door, the male lion on the right side and the female lion on the left side of the door, and the male lion on the left and the female lion on the right side of the door. In other words, if you come out of the gate, the inside and outside of the gate must be a male lion on the left, and a female lion on the right. On the 15th day of the lunar calendar every month, it is necessary to wash the eyes on time, mix the imperial salt with clean water, and scrub the eyes of the stone lion, which means to see the villain clearly, distinguish good from evil, attract wealth and treasure, eliminate evil and promote good. Special geographical locations should be subject to special principles. The situations described above are universal, but there are some exceptions. For example, the stone lion in front of the Guandi Temple on the inner side of Jiayu Pass, the stone lion in front of the Confucius Mansion in Qufu, and the stone lion on the north and south sides of Donghuamen Street in the Drum Tower. These lions have a special shape, there are no hydrangeas and lion cubs under their paws, and it is difficult to distinguish between male and female. In addition, the two pairs of stone lions on the front and back of the four pillars and three gates of the "Confucius Landing Place" on Mount Tai are left and female and right male, which is just the opposite of the usual situation, and the meaning of it is unknown. The stone lion usually has a base on the Sumeru seat, and there is a brocade shop on the pedestal (spread on the Sumeru seat, and the four corners hang on the four sides of the Sumeru seat). The lion has a variety of shapes, and has been beautified and modified in China, and the basic form is full of curly hair, which is majestic and majestic. Think of feng shui things play a feng shui role.
In front of some temples or large villas, we will see stone lions placed outside the gate, stone lions are also a very common animal stone carvings in our daily life, stone lions have the meaning of extermination, and at the same time, stone lions also have a symbol of power. Usually, the residents who place the stone lions outside the door are all local people with a certain weight and character. The placement and orientation of the stone lion of feng shui ornaments also have a lot of attention and precautions. Next, I will popularize the stone lion feng shui with you.
First of all, the lion is a kind of Rui beast, the king of beasts, unstoppable, powerful Quartet, not only can avoid evil, and can bring auspicious energy, can remove a variety of forms of evil, but also strengthen the official authority or the yang of the owner, if the window sees the unfavorable Chongke, you can put a pair of stone lions facing the mouth can dissolve, and there is the meaning of the right to life. For those who make a living by mouth, such as lawyers, artists, etc., a pair of prestige can be placed in the office to help make money. However, the lions are particular about placing them, and they cannot be placed at will. Put lions of different qualities for different positions.
The lion should be placed in the northwest. This is because the lion was introduced to China from the Western Regions, so the northwest is its most active place, occupying a geographical advantage; Second, because the lion belongs to the Qiangua, living in the northwest, and the five elements belong to gold, so the lion (especially the bronze lion or the golden lion) is placed in the northwest, which can give full play to its effect. At the same time, the West is also suitable for placing lions.
Lions should be paired in pairs. It is advisable to place lions, one female and one male in pairs. And be sure to distinguish between male and female, left and right can not be inverted, as long as the lions take care of each other when placed, they will not be wrong. If one of the lions breaks, replace it with a new pair of lions immediately and do not leave the remaining one in its place.
The lion's head must be facing outward. The lion is very fierce and has a heavy evil spirit, and the feng shui layout is used to prevent evil spirits and demons from entering the house, so the lion's head should be turned out of the house. If it is placed in the window, the lion's head must also face out of the window.
The lion's head gate can be blocked. Lions are mostly used to dispel the evil outside the house, so if you can't place a stone lion at the gate to sit down, then you can add a metal lion head to the door, which can also play a role in blocking evil.
And the two stone lions here I felt something was wrong when I first saw them, and I mentioned earlier that they didn't look outward, but looked at each other. That's not all, the most puzzling thing is why this tomb is in front of the door? It is said that it is to drive away evil spirits, but this kind of place in the tomb is very yin, and it is even more evil inside, isn't it a contradiction to put the stone lion in it? So there must be a situation with these two stone lions!
I walked up to them and pushed and knocked, but still didn't find anything.
"Look, this stone lion seems to have a hole in its mouth." Lin Mengying said that she was going to touch it with her hands.
"Don't move, that's a trap!"
Hearing what Li Bufan said, Lin Mengying was so frightened that she quickly retracted her little hand. At this time, we looked down and saw that the two stone lions really had a small hole in their mouths. Li Bufan looked at it, suddenly got up and said: "It seems that this stone lion was originally headed outward, if we want to enter this stone gate, we must return the stone lion to its place, and if we want to turn this stone lion, we must also start from the hole in their mouth." ā
"What should be done? And you just said that it was a mechanism, will there be any danger? ā
Sister Li was more worried, she knew that the things in the tomb should never be touched.
"I've seen a setup before, similar to this one, except it's not a stone lion, it's two skulls, and it's also two holes in the mouth that can only be rotated when pressed at the same time, and the slightest mistake will close the mouth and bite off the person's fingers!"
"Stupid, why do you use your hands to find two thin sticks to resist? Even if we bite it, it doesn't hurt, hehe, it's very simple. ā
After saying that, the sea looked very proud. But Li Bufan immediately passed his idea.
"Many people will think of this idea of yours, this is also the cleverness of this mechanism, that hole is not simple, it can sense the mass structure of the object, it must be a human finger, if it is touched by other objects, it is not just a simple bite, but a poisonous needle directly from the hole, the speed is very fast, you don't have time to dodge."
"It's horrible. Who made this organ, so lacking in virtue. ā
"But I also told me how to start it, as long as I do what I say, it's fine."
Saying that, Li Bufan had already walked to the stone lion on the right and motioned to which of us would press the stone lion on the left.
"I'll come."
I still volunteered, Sister Li had just finished her work, and I was not at ease with the sea, Lin Mengying, I couldn't let her take this risk, and walked directly to the stone lion on the left.
"Listen to my command, when I count to three, we put our fingers into the hole together, and the others are responsible for helping us turn, remember that mine is counterclockwise and he is clockwise, you must not let go until I pull it out, understand!"
I nodded. One hand was placed on the side of the stone lion's mouth, and the other hand was holding the stone lion, Sister Li and the others also squatted next to the stone lion and prepared to turn, and everyone waited for Li Bufan's command.
"One...... Two...... Three! ā
Li Bufan gave an order, and I hurriedly reached in with his fingers with him, and the others also began to rotate the two stone lions respectively, which looked quite sturdy, and because we had been touching the mechanism, it was not very difficult to turn.
"Boom! Boom! ā
As the two stone lions were in the right position, there were sounds below, at this time Li Bufan motioned for the others to step back first, and then also counted three times and asked me to stretch out my fingers with him, in fact, I was quite nervous My hand has been trembling inside, for fear that I will be nervous and loose, but in this case, my psychological endurance is definitely not worse than Li Bufan, I know that the last step, the more I can't relax. I looked at Li Bufan with eye contact, and with his order, we pulled out our fingers together, and then the stone door began to roar, and the door finally opened!
We walked through the stone door, inside was a burial chamber with nine coffins, two ancient swords hung on each of the four walls of the burial chamber, and another stone door was directly in front of the burial chamber!