What was put in front of the ancient door?

There is usually a drum-hugging stone in front of the door: the circular drum-hugging stone in front of the military commander symbolizes the war drum of the military commander, symbolizing that the generals who returned from victory in ancient times put the war drum in front of the door to show their achievements. The square drum stone in front of the civil servant symbolizes the inkstone of the civil servant. Drum-hugging stone generally refers to two artificially carved stone members located at the door of the house, which look like a round drum. It is named because it has a drum-shaped support on the stone pedestal. In addition, various auspicious patterns will be carved on the drum-hugging stone, with different meanings: "White apes steal peaches"-peaches are a symbol of longevity, and it is said that the Queen Mother of the West did not die because she ate Xiantao. The door is engraved with a picture of "White Ape Stealing Peach". The story is based on the lyrics of folk drum music of the same name. The main idea of the story is that the mother of the white ape in Yunmeng Mountain is sick and worried about peaches. The white ape is very filial. She stole a peach from the fairy peach garden and was caught by Sun Zhenren, a fairy in the peach garden. The white ape begged for his mother's illness and died, but Sun Zhenren pitied him and released the white ape. The white ape's mother recovered from illness and asked the white ape to send a military book to Sun Zhenren. Since then, "white apes steal peaches" has become a symbol of wishing the elderly a long life. In addition, this story also symbolizes filial piety, right? Hanging seal on the tree-a monkey is carved on the door to climb on the trunk of a maple tree, trying to get the official seal hanging on the branch. Bees fly around the tree, and the homonym of Chinese characters means "hanging seal on the tree", which symbolizes promotion. Immediately seal Hou-draw a fine horse galloping on vilen, a stubborn monkey standing on the horse's back, and a bee with a ponytail chasing each other. Gai rides a horse with a monkey, and the word "monkey" is homophonic with the word "Hou", followed by bee, and the word "bee" is homophonic with the word "phoenix", which symbolizes that he is about to be crowned by the emperor and promoted to the high position of the prince. Concentric-a lotus leaf and a lotus flower were born on the carved lotus root festival to express the good wishes of husband and wife for love. Melons are continuous-melons are "small at first, endless vines" and will gradually grow and reproduce. Therefore, the carved melon pattern has become an auspicious pattern to wish future generations prosperity. The Eight Dark Immortals-Eight Immortals and Eight Treasures in folklore-Han Zhongli's treasure fan, his sword, Zhang's static drum, Cao Guojiu's clapper, his gourd, Han Xiangzi's flower basket, He Xiangu's lotus flower and blue Cai He's flute symbolize the significance of celebrating the Eight Immortals' birthday. An auspicious picture of eight treasures-a symbol of good luck. The "eight treasures" are umbrella, victory building, Aquarius, goldfish (Pisces), lotus, left-handed conch, auspicious knot and golden wheel. Monks in Tibetan areas believe that Babao is the incarnation of the Buddha, representing the eight organs of the Buddha, such as the umbrella representing the Buddha's head, the victory building representing the Buddha's body, the goldfish representing the Buddha's eyes, and the left-handed conch representing the wonderful sound of the Buddha. Jade Hall is rich-magnolia, begonia and peony flowers symbolize a rich family. "Tang" and "Tang" are homophonic. Year after year-"fish" is homophonic with "surplus" and "abundance", symbolizing auspiciousness, wealth and beauty, and carving the pattern of "lotus and fish" symbolizes "year after year". Turning fish into dragons-Carving carp jumps over two mountains and rivers, symbolizing career advancement. Carps look at the moon-painting carp and the moon symbolizes good luck and indicates people's future prosperity. "Lv Wang in Weibei fishing? I got carp and got a book by caesarean section: Lv Wang was sealed in Qi. " Later, Lv Wang helped Zhou Wuwang attack Zhou, and he really became famous. (Written by Han: Liu Xiang Shuo Yuan) The lion rolled the hydrangea-the lion successfully bit the parcel, which is a good omen for a happy event. Because "lion" is homophonic with "thing" and "heir", the lion-shaped Ruitu symbolizes the parallel of two lions, indicating that "good things continue" and the male and female lions who hope to "prosper" mix young lions. The golden toad in Liu Hai's play-the pattern of three-legged toad in the carving girl's loose money play, in which money means wealth and toad is a symbol of fertility, so the meaning of "golden toad in Liu Hai's play" is wealth and fertility. It symbolizes strong financial resources and continuous absorption. It is said that when Confucius was born, a unicorn came down to the court with a jade book in its mouth. Later, this sentence was also engraved on a stone in the map of Confucius in the Ming Dynasty. This painting is a book bound with silk, with a pearl flame in its mouth, surrounded by piano, chess, books and paintings, symbolizing the prosperity of literature and world peace. Liuhe tongchun-folk language custom. The four directions, east, west, north and south, plus heaven and earth, are called "Liuhe", which refers to the world in general; The same spring "means spring. There are deer, cranes and flowers carved on the threshold. The homonym of "deer" and "six", "crane" and "harmony", together with the flowers symbolizing spring, means "six in one spring". The pattern of carving the Toona sinensis tree with six cranes is also "Liuhe Tongchun". Crane and deer are in the same spring-many people are looking forward to seeing longevity deer and cranes by chance, and carving cranes and deer under tung trees to coordinate "tung" and "tong" as good luck for longevity. Three friends in cold years-a picture of pine, bamboo and plum. In winter, white flowers wither and plants wither, but the pine color is light blue, the bamboo color is green, and the plum blossoms are snowing. An auspicious figure that symbolizes that literati are not afraid of bullying, do not follow the trend, and stand proudly in adverse circumstances. (Based on the story of Su Shi's living in "Tang Xue") Sanyang Kaitai-carving three sheep shows that Sanyang has been born, and everything will develop in a good direction if it is extremely peaceful. All the best-Chinese homophony means good luck, and carving "two persimmons" and "all the best" means "all the best". Peace all the year round-carve a vase with plants with spikes (such as rice) and carve quails next to it, and express the wish of "peace through the years" with the homonyms of "spike" and "year", "bottle" and "flat" and "quail" and "safety". Peace and peace-peace and peace, Qing and Qing are homophonic, while discipline is homophonic. Therefore, an ancient weapon "Ji" with a handle is inserted into the bottle, and then a stone musical instrument is hung on the Ji. This design is called "Peace and Qing Ji", which is an auspicious picture for peace. Nine generations under one roof-"lion" is homophonic with "the world", and the pattern of carving nine lions is "nine generations under one roof", which indicates the wish of family reunion and harmonious coexistence.