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Stone carving, two tigers fighting for food

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Stone carving, two tigers fighting for food

Gecko looks ugly, but it has many advantages for human beings. It can eat insects such as mosquitoes and flies when alive, and can be used as medicine when dead. It is a good Chinese medicine for dispelling wind, promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals and relieving pain. For geckos, there was also a magical legend among the people: geckos were also called watchmen's palaces and dragons, which symbolized flying over the eaves and stepping on the wall, subduing demons and eliminating demons, and was a symbol of keeping wealth for the prosperous family. Another implication is that gecko is symbolized as a mascot, whose homonym is "must be rich", "must be blessed" and "to avoid disaster". The author of this stone art is familiar with this common gecko, and also feels its reputation. When taking tree roots and bamboo roots as the theme of stone mountain carving, he thought of gecko as decoration. Carve two geckos fighting for a small insect on the root of the tree, which makes th…