Why did the ancients put these small animals on the roof? What are these small animals for?

These small animals that ancient people put on roofs are usually called vertebrates. It usually plays a certain role in exorcising evil spirits, praying for blessings and showing status level.

Those small pets standing in rows on the roofs of ancient buildings in China can all be called echinoderms. These little animals are very special. Animals have different meanings in different places, but in most cases, these animals are usually placed on these ridges. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, regarding the use of building animals, the Qing Dynasty stipulated that the animals behind the immortals were singular, arranged in order of three, five, seven and nine.

Moreover, the number of these animals is strictly required, generally according to the level of the building. The higher the building level, the more animals there are. There are three buildings, so the two sides add up to six, so it is called "Five Ridges and Six Beasts".

For more advanced buildings, such as the palace we all know-the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The status of the Hall of Supreme Harmony is obviously very high, so there is a god beast-Shi Hang-on the ridge of the Hall of Supreme Harmony than any other palace. What is a monkey? It's a flying monkey. You can notify people.

You know there are ten kinds of vertebrates in ancient houses, and ten is the highest level. In China, there are only ten kinds of beasts on the top of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. These ten kinds of animals are: dragon, phoenix, lion, Tianma, hippocampus, roe, lion, bullfighting and walking.

Fairy beast symbolizes "stability and happiness", so the ancients decorated buildings with fairy beast ridges to pray for themselves. Chiroptera ensured the safety and stability of buildings from the psychological level of the ancients, which meant that they hoped to live a stable and beautiful life.