How to Install Door Knocker?

The front door knocker is a ring-shaped metal ring buckle on the door leaf of a residential building. It is also called‘knocker base’in some places. Its most direct function is to open and knock on the door. Because it is the focus of the gate, with the effect of finishing touch, so the decorative significance of the door knocker has been strengthened.

Because the gate is the entrance and exit of residential buildings, people traditionally design the base of the door knocker as a monster, which has the symbolic significance of driving away demons and ghosts and stabilizing the house. As a result, many odd door knocker appeared and the monster holding ring is the mainstream.

 

1. Introduction of Door Knocker and How to Install it

As the saying goes, a door is the face of a family, representing its identity and status. Therefore, there are almost a pair of metal ornaments on the courtyard door of a little bit of status, especially in residential buildings in Beijing. This is the door knocker. This kind of door knocker on the door of ordinary people's house is simple in style, but it is not lack of decorative beauty. Some of them also carry auspicious symbols, such as Ruyi pattern on the outside edge, or bat figures carved out.

 

There are many kinds of door knockers, among which the most common one is hexagonal, about 23cm (7cun) square, protruding in the middle, and hanging a leaf like iron sheet or iron ring in the middle of the protrusion. The fixed position with the door panel is in a 6-angle shape, with holes, nails and pins on it, which are combined with the door panel. Because the hexagonal door knocker is like the cymbals in musical instruments and the straw hat for rain proof, some people call it the‘iron straw hat’buckled on the door.

 

Door knockers are generally for opening and closing doors and are mostly made of iron. The unique door knockers are made of copper and decorated with animal face and only the royal palace can enjoy it. When people go out of the house, they grab the leaf like piece or big iron ring in the middle and close the door. Outsiders gently beat the door knocker to call the people inside to open the door. If acquaintances come, there are constants for the number and weight of the door knocker beating. In the past, it was common for a child to find amusement by beating the host's door knocker. When he have done it, he ran away quickly, and the master could not find anyone. However, such things are rare, otherwise the host will be exhausted, unless there is an urgent need to beat the door knocker. In the past, the sound of antique door knockers can also be regarded as a scene of Beijing Hutong.

 

Now the general building material market has the store that sells door knocker. Just go to the store to inquire and buy. It also should be noted that the custom door knockers must be installed in pairs. It not only has a good moral meaning, which means‘good things become double’, but also represents the aesthetic requirements for symmetry.

 

 

2. How to Install Door Knocker without Tools

Some people do not like to drill holes in doors, so they do not dare to install them. However, they like modern door knockers very much and always want to install the door knockers. Then they can adopt the following simple solutions, which can install small door knockers without drilling holes.

 

It can be easily installed with velcro without drilling holes in the door, for example, the beautiful horse door knocker. Attach the sticky side of the velcro directly to the door and then press the door knocker as hard as possible to the other side of the velcro.

 

With the development of society, the decoration or moral function in many traditional Chinese culture has gradually degenerated into pure pragmatism and the door knocker is no exception. In the contemporary architecture, the door knocker has been replaced by the door handle and tapered end of modern technology, and the traditional artistry has also been replaced by industrial civilization. Gold, silver, copper and other materials are gradually replaced by simple materials. When the curtain of history is pushed aside, the distant sound of metal impact may only reverberate in people’s mind.

 

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