Why do stone lions always like to match a base?

The stone lion with base is considered from the perspectives of beauty, momentum, maintenance and transportation.

Look at this stone lion without a base. It feels strange, doesn't it? This is because the stone lion in our impression needs a certain height to show its majesty. Without a base, lions will become pugs.

Of course, I hope that the use effect of Shishi Town House will be better, but if the foundation is less imposing and domineering, and it can't help the host family to ward off evil spirits, it will definitely outweigh the benefits.

Generally, when making stone lions, they will pay attention to what style they use, what posture they take, how big they are, and so on.

And the cardinality is generally taken into account. By increasing the base, the stone lion can have a certain height, instead of sticking to the ground all day, it will be a bit "high above" to shock those we can't see.

Ancestors didn't specialize in this, but there are such stone lions in front of many ancestral halls and old houses in Chaozhou rural areas. When I saw these stone lions when I was a child, I really thought they were mighty. In addition to the shape of the lion itself, it is also related to this pedestal for raising lions.

In the south, it rains all the year round. Take the weather here as an example. There may be 180 rainy days in 365 days a year. And most of the drainage systems in the south are not very good. Whenever it is windy and rainy, there is water everywhere, and the city is seriously waterlogged.

I tried. I was short when I was a child. It rains heavily on rainy days. There are fish washed out of the pond in the water on the road. I didn't pay attention when I grabbed it, and I almost drowned on the road. You can imagine how deep the water is.

If the stone lion has no base, it may be soaked in water all the year round. If you say it's spiritual, is it full of resentment: soak me in water every day and expect me to help you solve the problem? No way!

From the maintenance point of view, if there is a base, it can avoid the invasion of accumulated water after heavy rain and avoid multiple collisions.

We often see traces of being hit under the base of a stone lion. Because in the process of transportation, in the process of handling, we will touch the bottom more or less and damage the base.

Without a pedestal, it directly hit the stone lion. The stone lion that Richie looked at for a hundred years in the town house was smashed and cracked at once, and it wouldn't look good without a horn or something. ...

Finally, it is easy to carry.

We know that if there is no base, it is the four legs and tail of the stone lion that touch the ground. If you want to recite, it is not easy to recite. Especially hanging directly, the lion's head may be broken. ...

Moreover, with the base, the base and the lion are closely combined, so there is no need to worry about the lion falling, and the force will be more uniform, the lion will not "slip away", the fixation is more stable, and it is easy to carry when moving. ...