How to distinguish between a drum stone and a clamp stone?

In ancient Chinese architecture, only archways had clamping stones. The clamping stone is used to protect the floor column to increase the wind load. The clamping stone is an important component unique to the wooden archway.

It is the same as the drum stone of the stone archway, which mainly plays the role of stabilizing the building column. In ancient Chinese architecture, only archways had clamping stones. The clamping stone is used to protect the floor column to increase the wind load.

The clamping stone is an important component unique to the wooden archway. It is the same as the drum stone of the stone archway, which mainly plays the role of stabilizing the building column. Other buildings are flat and stable, while the wooden archway is a lonely monolithic building, and the wind load is particularly large, so the requirements for the clamping stone are also very strict.

The drum stone is a symbol of the level of ceremonial architecture, too"Either expensive or rich"The symbol of the door, the drum stone will never exist independently from the political and economic foundation behind its owner.

The archway in Jingshan Park is the only one in the capital"Longevity and Tianqi"The ancient archway of the clamping stone. It is also the only archway that still preserves the beast. There are four pairs of unicorns and four pairs of stone lions.

the"Beasts"It also matches the unicorn and stone lion on the clamp stone. There are a total of 12 pairs of stone beasts and stones in the three archways. The house door drum stone is a kind of door sleeper stone.

Door sleeper stone is commonly known as door sink, door seat, door platform, town door stone, etc., is a functional component of the door shaft installed and stabilized on both sides of the threshold inside and outside, because it is carved into a pillow shape or box shape, so it is called door sleeper stone. Taiwanese folk once had beggars sitting on it, so there are again"Beggar's chair"The salutation. It not only bears and balances the weight of the door, but also strengthens the door frame.

Therefore, the inner part of the door is a supporting member, and the outer part of the door is a balancing member.

The drum stone generally refers to two artificially carved stone components located at the entrance of the house and shaped like a round drum, because it has a drum-like form supporting the stone seat, hence the name.

The drum stone is the door symbol of "not expensive or rich" of the house, and it is the decorative art piece that can best mark the difference in the rank and status of the house owner.

The drum stone has been a symbol of fame and power in the past dynasties. It resembles two artificially carved stone components of a round drum, which belongs to a kind of door sleeper stone, because it has a form like a drum supporting the stone seat, so it is named.

The drum stone and the clamping stone archway are derived from the Lingxing Gate, and began to be used to worship the sky and worship holes. Lingxing was originally a spiritual star, and the spiritual star was the Tiantian star, in order to pray for a good year, Han Gaozu stipulated that the heavenly ancestors sacrificed the spiritual star. In the Song Dynasty, Confucius was honored with the ritual of sacrificing to the heavens, and later changed the Lingxing to Lingxing.

The memorial arch is indiscriminately in the Han Dynasty, matured in the Tang and Song dynasties, to the Ming and Qing dynasties, and evolved from the practical to a commemorative archway building, is widely used to show merit and flaunt glory, not only placed in the suburbs, Confucian temples, and used for palaces, temples, mausoleums, ancestral halls, government offices and the starting point of the main street and the main street, intersections, bridges, etc., the landscape is also very strong, play the effect of point question, frame scene, borrowing scenery, etc. Just like the memorial arch of the scenic spot is also very beautiful, there are now many rural areas that choose rural memorial arches to add a new atmosphere to the countryside. ‍‍

There are many folk names for drum stones, such as: stone drums, door drums, round drums, stone drums, stone mirrors and so on. The clamping rod and drum stone of the stone archway are very common in front of the gate of traditional houses (such as the hanging flower gate of the Beijing courtyard, the version door of the Huizhou ancestral hall, etc.).

In the traditional archway building (such as the archway, the star gate) in the block, Tanhong also has a clamping rod stone similar to the drum letter oak stone (also called the door retaining stone), it is an important component unique to the archway building, mainly plays the role of stabilizing the building column. The house door drum stone is a kind of door sleeper stone. Door sleeper stone is commonly known as door brochure, door seat, door platform, town door stone, etc., is a functional component of the door shaft installed and stabilized on both sides of the threshold inside and outside, because it is carved into a pillow shape or box shape, so it is called door sleeper stone.

Taiwanese folk because there were beggars sitting on the upper balance bench, so there are again"Beggar's chair"The salutation. It not only bears and balances the weight of the door, but also strengthens the door frame. Therefore, the inner part of the door is a supporting member, and the outer part of the door is a balancing member.

In ancient times, the door did not have hinges, hinges, etc., and it was fixed by the door sleeper and the lintel (called the chicken perch in the Song Dynasty), and if there was no door sleeper to resist the door frame, the door leaf would be shaky when opening and closing. Later, in order to distinguish the door, the area of the door was increased, and the part of the pillow stone outside the door was also expanded and protruded accordingly, and the head was made higher and higher, so that the material and labor used later far exceeded the actual function of the door pillow, and there was a drum-like drum stone.