From the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Qin and Han dynasties, why did most of the tiles have rope patt

During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Qin and Han dynasties.

Many countries have begun to renovate their own houses and palaces. Bricks and tiles are indispensable for building houses, as well as various materials, which has greatly promoted the development of the construction industry in various countries. Tiles took on a new name for this period:

First, the Jomon ** in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, people's demand for tiles was not so great, so the tiles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were adopted: "mud strip plate construction method" first with hand to keep kneading the mud strips to make the mud strips into a cylindrical shape. Then put the cylindrical mud strip into the mold, in order to prevent the mud strip from sticking to the mold, some rope will be put on the surface of the mold, most of these ropes are straw rope or hemp rope.

When mudThe strips are gradually shaped by a solid oneCylindersWhen it becomes a hollow cylinder, the cylinder can be knocked out by beating it outside the mold. While striking the cylinder, the traces of the cylinder by the resistance behind the mold are like small pits. Therefore, the convex surface of the cylinder is made up of many rope patterns, and the concave surface has many pockmarked patterns.

Second, the function of Jomon. Jomon also has many functions, for the bricks and tiles of the Qin and Han dynasties. The inside of the house is made up of a lot of straw mud, and on top of the straw mud are bricks and tiles.

The rope pattern and pockmarked pattern on the surface of the brick tile can bring a lot to the brick and tileFrictionThe greater the friction, the more stable the brick and tile, and the less likely it is to fall off it. That's why when we visit some of the historic buildings, we find that the bricks are still strong and difficult to pull off the roofs, despite their age.

I have to say that the ancients were really smart, and even today, when science is so developed, the high-rise buildings we build cannot guarantee how many years the bricks and tiles on the roof will not fall.

Jomon was originally an inadvertent trace of its manufacture, but it was later transformed into a decorative ornament that had a profound impact on the decorative patterns of later generations.

This type of tile is called Jomon tile, and at first it was only accidentally left with a pattern during production, but later people directly used this pattern as a decoration, which is a characteristic of that period.

This is related to the production process at that time, which required the use of straw rope or hemp rope, so it would leave a rope pattern, which was initially an unintentional trace, and then evolved into a decorative pattern, and then a new production was born, replacing the old process, and the rope pattern slowly disappeared.