据考证,门神与建筑有关,最早是房屋上的一种建筑造型,后来才发展演变成为年画之类的图片。据说,最早创制门神的是古代建筑工匠鲁班。为了护门,他开始模拟螺蛳形象制作出门锁和门环,意思是随你怎么扣门,螺蛳不想开,谁也进不来。这是门神的雏形。后来也许因为螺蛳过于纤小,遂改用猛兽形象,具有镇慑威力。这是一种用怪兽头装在门上的神,有“铺首”之称。例如陕西出土 According to textual research, the door-god was related to architecture. It was the earliest form of architecture on the house. Later, it developed into a picture of the New Year. It is said that the earliest founder of the door was Luban, an ancient construction craftsman. In order to protect the door, he began to simulate the image of the bolt to make the door lock and the door knocker, which means that as you buckle the door, the snail does not want to open, and nobody can enter. This is the prototype of the door God. Later, perhaps because the snail was too small, it was used to change the image of a beast and it had the power of the town. This is a kind of monster that is mounted on the door with the head of a monster. For example, in Shaanxi