China Shishi settled in Chinatown, the Spanish port city of Trinidad and Tobago, during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox. Why did Shishi become the representative of China?

Shishi is a statue lion made of stone. Common evil spirits in China traditional culture. Lion is a kind of sculpture with artistic and ornamental value, carved from stone. There are usually a pair of stone lions or bronze lions outside the door, which are usually matched with buildings to ward off evil spirits or decorate them. They call him a lion? King of beasts? . But lions are not from China. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the King of Rest in the Western Regions presented the first lion to China. Since then, lions have appeared in Chinese mainland. At this time, the lion began to be known by people, and therefore it was carved into gorgeous architectural decoration.

At present, the earliest stone lion found is the stone lion in front of Gaoyi tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty, located in Ya 'an, Sichuan. The stone lion in front of Liang Tomb in Jurong County, Jiangsu Province has a history of 1400 years. The stone chamber of Tang Shunling in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province was built by Wu Zetian for his mother Yang, and it is the representative of the existing stone chamber. After the Ming Dynasty, many palaces, palaces, monasteries, and even rich people's mansions all set stone lions as gatekeepers to strictly demonstrate. Later, all kinds of stone lions were carved in doormats, stone gates, cornices, railings and other building parts, which became an indispensable decoration in ancient buildings.

There are many stone lions in Beijing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The shape of this stone lion is no longer majestic, but tends to be compassionate and joyful. Next to the famous Lugou Bridge built in the Jin Dynasty, there are 140 statues, each of which is carved with delicate and lively stone lions. There are nine cubs hidden on the back of each lion, the smallest of which is only a few centimeters. 196 1 year, archaeologists numbered 485 stone lions in Lugou Bridge.

Stone chamber is the earliest residence in Chinese civilization and even in the world civilization, and its formation time is difficult to verify. In front of the feudal state of China, Kirin, four beasts and lions appeared together and became the patron saint of the spiritual world. This cultural phenomenon also appears in the home culture of the East and the West. To this day, Shishi Gate is still a noble and inviolable symbol.

In folklore, the lion has become the embodiment of courage, strength and good luck. Expressionism and plastic arts are often difficult to understand. The lion image in the lion dance is shaped by folk artists according to their own aesthetic ideals, lively and lovely, naughty and lovely, completely lost? King of beasts? Power and prestige. Different from the dragon and phoenix, the lion, as a royal patent, only appears in the modeling of court art, and its modeling art covers thousands of households. Even every household may have a pair of small stone lions.

As far as China is concerned, there are southern lions and northern lions. Lions in the north are magnificent and powerful, while lions in the south are lively and interesting. What do you mean? Three Kings and Lions? This is because the lion is the king of beasts, and the stone carvings of the lion squatting are phoenix and peony. Phoenix is the king of birds and peony is the king of flowers, so there is? Three Kings and Lions? The title of.