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Five spines and six beasts are Chinese palace buildings, with five upper ridges and six animal heads at each corner. The five ridges refer to the main ridge and four vertical ridges. There are dragon kisses at both ends of the ridge, also known as swallowing beasts. There are five squatting beasts on four vertical ridges. They are collectively referred to as "five backbones and six beasts". This is the triple function of Qi auspicious, decorative beauty and protective architecture. The ancient Chinese architecture was of wood structure, which was built by animals to avoid fire and eliminate disasters. At the intersection of tile ridges on two slopes, it is tightly sealed by swallowing animals to prevent rainwater leakage. It not only has the beauty of decoration, but also has the effect of ridge protection. The five squatting animals are: *, bullfight, Katsuya, Phoenix and fish. Another theory is that the tile roofed house in the North China Plain has five ridges, so there are three beasts on one gable, and there are six beasts in one tile roofed house. Five backs and six beasts are also common people's usage and saying.

Basic explanation

In ancient Chinese traditional architecture, there are five ridges, namely the main ridge, the vertical ridge, the halberd ridge, the surrounding ridge and the corner ridge. The top horizontal ridge is the main ridge. there are four common trots (small animals) on the sagging ridge, and the type of trot is determined by the form of tile.

Form and connotation

There are two kinds of ancient building tiles: glazed tiles and black living tiles. The first one on the glazed tiles is immortal, followed by dragon, Phoenix and lion. Heihuowa's trot from front to back is immortal, lion, Tianma and Haima. The immortal is a kind of human in the trot, but there are only three beasts. But there are four vertical ridges, so there are 12. But in general, the hard mountain architecture can only have two ridges in the front and no animals in the back. So there are six beasts. in ancient times, the law was strict, and most glazed tiles were used by the royal family, while the common people could only use black living tiles. As mentioned above, among the Chinese architectural forms, the hard mountain style can be used by the common people, the hanging mountain style is generally used for commercial use, and the veranda style is the highest Chinese palace architectural form in China, which can only be used in the place of the Royal Council. Therefore, the architectural form mentioned by the five backbones and six beasts is hard mountain architecture. But the common people's houses are built in the form of rolling shed, not ridged. First, the ridge building needs the identity and rights of the owner; second, the cost is high. So the buildings of ordinary people's houses only have two ridges. The so-called "five backbones and six beasts" architecture is either used by high-ranking officials or rich people. For example, someone said that you are happy, which means that you are as happy as a dignitary. note: from left to right, the small animals in the side picture are lion, Tianma and Haima. And the big one on the right is called the beast, which is the image of a dragon.

Other related

Source: Lao She's four generations in the same hall: "these contradictions collide in his heart, which makes his life difficult all day long." usage: combined; attributive; derogatory. on the roof ridges of ancient Chinese buildings, there are animal shaped decorations made of tile or pottery, which are called ridge animals. Except for palaces and temples, animals are not allowed to live in houses. Those who have gained fame and fame are specially authorized by the emperor. The ridge of an animal is called "Yi Ji" to show its special honor.

The meaning of Five Ridges

The five ridges refer to the main ridge and four vertical ridges. There are dragon kisses at both ends of the ridge, also known as swallowing beasts. There are five squatting beasts on four vertical ridges. They are collectively referred to as "five backbones and six beasts". This is the magic beast of Zhenji: the triple functions of auspiciousness, decorative beauty and protection of architecture. The ancient building is of wood structure, with animal as its ridge to avoid fire and eliminate disaster. At the intersection of tile ridges on two slopes, it is tightly sealed by swallowing animals to prevent rainwater leakage. It not only has the beauty of decoration, but also has the effect of ridge protection. The dragon's kiss opens its mouth and swallows the ridge. According to folklore, the two sons of the Dragon King compete for the throne, and the one who swallows the ridge first is called the king. Brother long takes brother Cheng and swallows the ridge. He draws his sword and stabs brother on the ridge. The hilt of the sword is still exposed. On the four vertical ridges, there are five "squatting beasts", which is what Yang Shen said in Ming Dynasty. "Sheng'an waiji" says that the nine sons of the Dragon: "the two day kiss, the shape of a beast, good sex, today's house beast head is also." In a dream of Red Mansions, they are written as "golden animal face, color for head", which is used to describe the main hall of the Grand View Garden. The five squatting animals are: *, bullfight, Zhi, Feng, and fish. The folk vulgarized the head, and nicknamed it: desperate, killing, following the gang, beating (pulling) the flag with the wind, and watching the fire on the mountain. From the nickname, we can see that "animal head" is a ferocious face. Only evil can be dignified and ferocious, and can carry out the mission of the town. The common saying captures the image characteristics of "five back and six beasts" with evil spirits and grinning teeth, which is used to describe people's uncomfortable state of mind and appearance; this is not the general uncomfortable, but the extremely uncomfortable state. "Five backbones and six beasts" is a common saying, which is evidenced by the inclusion of this sentence in the old children's book "four characters and miscellaneous characters".

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This is a mistake and a way of writing. As time goes by, there are many misunderstandings in the proverbs. In addition to Lin Xi's old novel "marriage to awaken the world" mistakenly translated into "five accumulations and six acceptances", Mu Chen Gong's "Beijing" in Qing Dynasty "burned" five chickens and six beasts "for several hundred yuan a month.". However, from the unknown see Mr. Lin Xi's so-called "cattle, horses, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs" another theory. the concrete jungle of urban construction, not to mention the ridge beast, even the ridge is gone. Not to mention that most people don't know what animal head is, even experts and scholars often misunderstand and and mislead. The misunderstanding of animal head does not start today. The Qing Dynasty novel "a brief history of civilization" is mistaken for "Shoutou model", which should be "beast model". The extension from the noumenon of the animal head to the matrix of the mold is the upgrading of the curse. No matter what kind of animal heads are made of tile or pottery, they are all called tile animals, and they are all fired by demoulding. In the Qing Dynasty, Chu people were awarded Jianhu Er Ji, which contains Lu MENGZHENG's poem titled "the head of a beast is originally a ball of mud, and people who work hard don't know it. Now I'm in the clouds, and I forget when I was in the kiln. " The squatting beast who takes off a clay slab, burns it in the kiln, and then carries it into Qingyun is clearly written.

Northern dialect and idioms

In the northern dialect, five spines and six beasts, which means that idle do not know what to do, bored, stay boring, miserable to death! The idiom "five spines and six beasts" is used to describe people who feel uneasy because they want to be separated. Mr. mi Songyi quoted Guoyu dictionary to explain that "palace style architecture has five upper ridges and six animal heads at each corner". Here, "six animals" refers to six animal heads. In addition, there is another saying that the "six animals" are cattle, horses, sheep, porpoises, chickens and dogs. They dare not be arrogant. Generally, there are only six animals. However, the "six animals" theory is different from the "six animals" theory. Most of the "six animals" are peaceful animals, and they will never feel so uncomfortable that they don't know what to do. The six animal heads of the "six animals" are all ferocious, and their expressions are a little unspeakable It's disgusting to see the miserable place.

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