The Leizhou stone dog is a national intangible cultural heritage and an important folk phenomenon.Much of the existent research on its origin and date needs to be reconsidered.This article suggests that the Leizhou stone dog was a product of the interaction among multiple folk beliefs and religions in a social context of cultural fusion.Studying the motive and mechanism of Leizhou stone dogs’ symbolic writing with the method of "deep drawing" will help to comprehensively explore the cultural meaning of the Leizhou stone dog and,accordingly,bet...
