在浙江金、衢等地的明、清建筑中,鸱鱼是一种普遍采用的雕刻装饰,其应用的广泛程度可谓是俯拾皆是。有的用于正脊两端,有的出现在檩子、替木或雀替上,有的撑拱雕成倒挂鸱鱼状,有的刻在抱鼓石上,而且凡是月梁形制的单步梁几乎都雕成卷曲鸱鱼。鸱鱼的形状在传说中为龙首、鱼身、鱼尾,其生活在大海里,善喷水激浪,在装饰手法上或露出全身,或露出头部,或仅露出嘴部,应用的形式往往是同建筑的结构十分贴切。鸱鱼的嘴里喷出水浪,有的是一朵朵连贯的浪花,恰似缠枝花卉,有的呈如意状,有的呈飘浮的流云 In the Ming and Qing architectures in Zhejiang, Jin and other places, the carp is a commonly used carving decoration, and its extensive application can be said to be abound. Some are used for the ends of the right spine, others are made of scorpions, forks or forks, and some of the arches are carved into inverted squid-like shapes, some are carved on the cymbals, and they are usually single-stepped. Beams are almost all carved into curly squid. The shape of the eel is legendary as a dragon head, a fish body, and a fish tail. It lives in the sea and is good at spurting water and dew waves. It shows the body in a decorative manner, or exposes the head, or only exposes the mouth. It is often closely related to the structure of the building. The eel spouted in the mouth of the eel, and some of them were coherent sprays, which were similar to the entangled flowers, some of them were like a wishful figure, and some were floating clouds.