Stone Garden Statue Stone Lion

With thousands of years of development, stone lions in stone sculpture have thousands of interesting and vivid forms, such as tennis lions, Beijing lions, welcome lions, money lions, Hong Kong dollar lions, African lions, Chaoshan lions, and other folk craftsmen created various stone lions. Some of the stone lions carved in these stone mountain carving are sitting, standing, and playing. They are dignified and quiet, which is a good choice for the stone carving of auspicious animals guarding the gates of the town. The role of stone lions in artistic decoration can be traced back to ancient times, because some buildings in ancient times were indispensable decorations. The stone lions were placed at the gate and in front of the palace, which were mainly reflected in five aspects: the suppression of evil, the symbol of power, the continuity of descendants, the decoration and other auspicious functions.

How much do you know about stone carving?

Stone carving refers to the art of creating visible and touchable stone art of art with a certain space by using various kinds of carved and engraved stones to reflect social life and express the artist's aesthetic feelings, emotions and ideals.

Stone carvings, stone carvings and other stone crafts are generally divided into round carvings, reliefs, sunken carvings, wall carvings, hollowed out carvings (openwork carvings), line carvings, shadow carvings, micro carvings, intaglio carvings, and sun carvings according to different production methods. Each has its own characteristics and unique styles. Common stones include granite, marble, bluestone, sandstone, etc. Stone is hard and weathering resistant, and is the main material of large-scale memorial sculpture.

The history of stone carving begins with the origin of human art. It can be said that there is no art form that is more ancient than stone carving, and there is no art form that is more popular and lasting.