Of course, it is best to avoid imps after death, so there must be tomb animals in the tomb.
The tomb beast appeared in the Warring States period, and the catchword Han Jin was basically rare after the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. It is usually a human face, antlers, animal bodies and bases. In order to scare ghosts, its face is often ferocious, and it can even scare away grave robbers. However, there are also some tomb animals that are not terrible.
One of the eighteen treasures in the town hall of Nanjing Museum is a very lovely tomb beast called celadon beast.
One day 43 years ago, in a village in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, archaeologists found a celadon animal statue in a tomb of the Western Jin Dynasty. The celadon animal statue is 27.9 cm high, with a diameter of 13.3 cm, a thin waist and a slightly wider foot than the mouth, and looks like a pear as a whole.
This tomb belongs to the tomb of Zhou Fu of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. Friends who have seen the Three Kingdoms must know that there is a story in the Romance called "Zhou Fu broke to earn Cao Shuang". However, his son Zhou Chu is relatively more famous. There is a text in primary school saying that the village was harmed when he was young at the beginning of the week. Later, he decided to be a good friend, turned over a new leaf and became a loyal minister and dutiful son for the evil jiaozi and the tiger in the village.
If you look at this tomb beast carefully, you will find that this guy is here to sell cute.
From the front, it is simply a monster in Journey to the West. Eyes wide open, nose up, mouth open, bite a ball, even the posterior molars can see clearly. It should be the chest hair under the chin, which has grown into a piece. At first glance, it thought it was a napkin. By the way, little beast, why are you wearing napkin cloth? Do you drool when you bite the ball?
Look at these hands again. Put your fingers together into palms and push forward. This action is very familiar! Why, little beast, the way you open your mouth and stretch out your hand looks like Ouyang Feng when you lie down. Are you practicing "Toad Magic"? As for this foot, it is even cuter. The hair on the arms and legs is neatly arranged. It seems that the wind is blowing from behind.
There are ears on both sides, the back is behind, and there is something like the tip of a sword on it, which should be the hair on the back. It's scary that you're not serious when you're supposed to be serious about scaring kids and grave robbers. Hey, little beast, you're neglecting your duty!
Some experts suspect that this beast is Qiong Qi, one of the ancient beasts. According to Shan Hai Jing, Qiong Qi looks like a tiger, barks like a dog, has wings on his front legs and the mane of a wild boar. It is understandable to regard Qiong Qi as a tomb-robbing beast, but it seems wrong that this beast can't see its wings.
Meng Meng, but the tomb animals in this town are real. When the celadon beast statue was unearthed, experts found a bone in it. Whose bone is that? Is it the host's or a special ceremony? Experts don't know.