There are standards for carving stone lions, and the proportion of stone lions is 10: 6: 4, which is the standard size in the industry. For example, if the overall height of the stone lion is 1 m, then the height of the stone lion is 60cm, the base size of the stone lion is 40cm, and the front width and side width are 60cm. In the national culture of China, stone lions have always guarded people's good fortune and peace.
Shishi is a common monster in China traditional culture. They are sculptures with artistic value and ornamental value, which use stones as raw materials to form the image of lions. The earliest stone lion was in front of Gaoyi tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It is often used as decoration in traditional buildings in China, and it is found in palaces, temples, pagodas, bridges, mansions, gardens, tombs and buttons in China. But more often, Shishi refers to a pair of lions placed on the left and right sides of the gate.