How much is the ticket to the lion park?

Walking through this small-scale four-column and three-door wooden archway surrounded by four bluestone lions of different sizes, you will see a world of tall trees and wild flowers and shrubs such as Sophora japonica, willow, pine and lilac. The scenery here is wild and interesting, and the winding path is secluded, giving people a different feeling. Through the archway, facing this brick gate, is the lion garden of Changjia Manor.

Double hollow Bo Gu diagram;

Exquisite and unique hollow brick carvings are embedded in the flower walls on both sides of the brick door, which is called: double-layer hollow Bo Gu map. The themes of this kind of brick carving are mostly images of bronzes, Baoding, wine vessels, stoves and bottles in Xia and Shang Dynasties. In addition, the graphics of book cases and antique bookshelves, as well as pictures of Four Treasures of the Study, painting scrolls, Buddha dust, flowers and plants. Based on antique decoration, the composition is elegant and bookish, giving people a cultural enjoyment of the upper class. This kind of modeling is mostly used in the residence of literati, which is the product of elegance and refinement in brick carving theme. Stepping into the small door, it is a rolling shed hall with two columns. Around it, pavilions and trees are dotted, and there are many stone lions of different sizes, stones and styles. This is the lion garden.

Whether there were lions in ancient China is still controversial in academic circles. However, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions, there has been a record of paying tribute to lions in the Western Regions. The record that lions were first introduced to China can only be found in Han Shu of Han Dynasty. Ban Gu's Biography of the Western Regions. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, stone carvings about lions began to appear. In the Tang Dynasty, stone lion carving entered a prosperous period. His works are a clever combination of reality and artistic creation, characterized by tall figure, rich expression and vortex mane on the lion's head; Since then, the spiral mane has become an obvious feature of China Shishi, which has been inherited by later generations.

Lions are used in front of and behind houses, and become fierce beasts to suppress evil spirits, which originated in the Song Dynasty. The image of lion carving in Song and Yuan Dynasties weakened the majesty before Tang Dynasty and paid more attention to decoration. In addition to hanging bells around the neck, there are hydrangeas and bears; In the Ming and Qing dynasties, lions, as sculpture themes, were more widely used in palaces, yamen, temples, houses and other places; There are various shapes and styles, and all kinds of materials are used. Lions are so popular in China because they have auspicious meanings: if two lions stand side by side, it means men; A lioness accompanied by a little lion indicates the prosperity of her children's career; The old lion takes the young lion, indicating that he is proficient in his career and ranks among the Taishi Shao Shi; There is even a folk custom of lion dancing in festivals, which is called: the lion rolls the hydrangea, and the good thing comes later.

Four lions are shining on the wall:

Look at these four lions facing the wall. Its main pattern is a lioness with three cubs, which means: First, Qiyuan Garden has a successful career and a very high official position, or Shao Shi is a first-rate product; The second is to take the blessing of all things and the smoothness of the four seasons; Third, may the descendants of the host family prosper and the population prosper. The main patterns of zhaobi are: Chyi Chin calligraphy and painting, Mei Zhu Lan Ju and Fu Lu Shou from top to bottom, which are in harmony with the four lions of Shoushan Stone, Taihu Stone, Peony, Yunlong and Moon. There are exquisite Bo Gu niches on the left and right (unfortunately, most of them have been damaged) and snake-shaped deformed seal script couplets. Below is the wishful double dragon pattern and the swastika. Zhaobi is exquisitely carved, elegant and unique in shape, which can be called a screen wall boutique that embodies the feelings of China ancient literati and folk culture. Especially in the folk buildings in China, it is extremely rare to take photos with lions as the theme, so it has become one of the famous star attractions that many tourists have been scrambling to take photos as a souvenir since the manor opened.

Lian: Strange stones are full of eternal beauty, and different flowers often occupy the four seasons in spring. It expresses the feelings of the manor owner's natural attachment to exquisite and elegant scenery.