Counter Feet and Bao Gu Shi: The Capstone Work of Pedestals

Render a close view of the stone elements at the base of a Taiwanese temple facade, where the wall meets the ground. Show the carved plinth blocks that terminate the wall base — squat stone units carved into stylised animal legs and paws, or into scrolled foliate brackets, projecting slightly from the wall face and clearly carrying the masonry above. Beside the doorway, show the drum-shaped stone set against the door jamb, its circular face carved with a spiral scroll and a small lion perched on top, its base merging into a carved scrolled foot. Detail the granite with tool texture and lichen in the shaded recesses, and darker staining where rain splashes from the eave above. Show the red brick wall rising behind, the timber door frame, and the stone threshold. Include a worn stone paving in front. Light with low morning sun raking along the wall so every carved profile throws a shadow. Photorealistic, tactile, grey granite and red brick, low eye-level view.