Southern leizhou stone dog: 'terracotta warriors' _ figurine skills1

Core tip: this is a statue of mid qing dynasty stone dog, Lao 25 cm. Leizhou is located in the southernmost motherland mainland, leizhou ancestors are engaged in farming and fishing hunting for a living, they tamed the in productive labor is a mid qing dynasty stone dog, Lao 25 cm. Leizhou is located in the southernmost motherland mainland, leizhou ancestors are engaged in farming and fishing hunting for a living, they tamed the dog in the productive labor, love of dogs gradually develop into a totem worship. Song, yuan, Ming, han min people migrating south in great quantities, the central plains of religious culture, make the function of leizhou stone dog by ChengXiang strives to develop for the guardian deities, and endow them with the content of the social civilization etiquette. Leizhou stone dog are mainly distributed in leizhou leizhou peninsula, xuwen, SuiXi and lianjiang urban and rural village in the southern part of the country, mainly in leizhou. Currently remains more than 10000, mainly in the village head, the side of the road, lane, door, side slopes, river Banks, grave, temple. Leizhou stone dog occupies an important position in the local customs. Leizhou stone dog to primitive totem as the root, which is based on the thor, LeiZu, in parallel with the dragon totem, symbol is the main part of the original LingShi worship. It leaves traces the history of leizhou migration of all nationalities fusion, and Marine culture, constitute a small sculptures in the stone dog logo material and non-material cultural heritage with the combination of the folk custom culture value system. In the history of cultural relics, and small sculpture art and folk culture tourism brand, etc. , have important modern value. Southern leizhou stone dog was praised as 'terracotta warriors' and 'world art'.