In ancient times, the rich in the hall would put stone lions at the door. What is the purpose of doing this?

The rich people in ancient halls placed stone lions at the door, on the one hand, to show their family power, on the other hand, to let the stone lions play the role of ward off evil spirits, so everyone would find stone lions in front of some ancient main gates. Nowadays, many big hotels and restaurants, or magnificent buildings, will put some stone lions at the door.

Seeing two huge stone lions at the door, there must be a feeling of being shocked! In fact, the existence of stone lions is to expose their identity and achieve the purpose of exorcism. Before ancient Plutocratic family, there were often two huge stone lions squatting. The significance of the existence of these two stone lions is to show everyone that the identity of the family living in this house is extraordinary. At this point, when you watch costume dramas, you can also see that families who can put stone lions often live in larger houses.

In ancient times, he was a wealthy businessman, if not a high official. Relatively rich businessmen dare not put stone lions at the door because they are too conspicuous. Businessmen had a low status in ancient times, so most businessmen would choose to get rich silently. Then for prominent officials, they will put the implementation date at the door to show their identity and status. Most ordinary families, on the one hand, have no financial resources, on the other hand, there is no place to put such a large stone lion at the door.

On the other hand, the stone lion is powerful in appearance, and it can also guard the main entrance when placed at the door. The ancients believed that lions had auspicious effects, so they put them in front of the door, hoping to pray for good luck, and at the same time used the lion's powerful qi to drive away evil spirits. Up to now, many people follow this practice, which seems to have no scientific basis, but is actually a recognized culture.