What is the meaning of the bat pool in Gongwangfu?
Elms are planted around the pool, and every year at the end of spring, elm money will fall into the bat pool. "Fu" and "wealth" * * * bless the master's luck and wealth. Tile is a building component arranged from top to bottom to the end of eaves, and it is also a decorative component, which is convenient for waterproofing and protecting eaves. With our ancestors' pursuit of beauty and art, the tile has gradually highlighted its decorative role.
Coupled with people's expectation for a better life and happiness, tiles in ancient buildings are often engraved with the word "Fu", or painted with patterns symbolizing happiness, and sometimes with the patterns of the Eight Dark Immortals or bats. In short, it means blessing. There is a saying that the word "Fu" is engraved on tiles, and because tiles are rain-proof components, rain represents wealth, so there is a beautiful meaning of blessing from heaven and rolling financial resources. Zhaobi, a unique architectural style in China's ancient traditional architecture, appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty at the latest, especially in the Ming Dynasty. The ancients also called it "Xiaoqiang".
The necessary treatment of the wall is the traditional residential building form of the Han nationality in China. Feng shui pays attention to wind and harmony, and it is smooth and not sluggish. The wind can't blow directly into the hall or bedroom, otherwise it will be unlucky. The way to avoid air rush is to put a wall in front of the house, so the building form facing the wall is formed. Because the appearance of zhaobi is influenced by the geomantic consciousness of our country, it is often engraved with pictures or characters symbolizing good luck, wealth and fortune, and the word "fu" is the most commonly used one to satisfy people's psychology of praying for good luck. Zhaobi can be located inside or outside the gate. The former is called the interior illuminated wall, and the latter is called the exterior illuminated wall.
Shapes are zigzag, splayed, etc. They are usually made of bricks and consist of seats, car bodies and roofs. In the center of the zhaobi, there is also a brick plaque with the words "Blessing" and "Longevity" or a brick carving with auspicious meaning. The word "fu" on the zhaobi often faces the door, which has a beautiful meaning of opening the door to see happiness and happiness. Window, formerly known as "chimney". The ancients placed windows in buildings mainly for the function of "ventilation", that is, ventilation and lighting, and also made indoor and outdoor air exchange and exchange reasonably. Compared with western architecture, the styles and patterns of windows in ancient buildings in China are much richer, and the decoration on the windows often entrusts the owner's yearning for a better life. Therefore, windows with the word "Fu" often appear in ancient buildings in China, or patterns such as "Bat" are used to express the pursuit of happiness. Bat pond is a clever use in ancient buildings, named after it looks like a bat spreading its wings and flying, and it is an important scenic spot with blessing meaning in Gongwangfu.
. There are many elms planted around the bat pond. At the end of spring, elms bearing elms fall into the bat pond one after another, which is golden, so the bat pond is also called "cornucopia". The bat pool is a homonym of "wealth" and "wealth", which means the good luck of the owner.