Making a shrine is one of the handicrafts and has a religious aspect. Shrine making is a type of metalworking. Shrine construction is also used to make the doors of blessed places. In most cases, a team of metalworkers work together to make the shrine. Goldsmiths, pensmiths, mesh workers, and enamelers are in this group. Quranic verses and the founder's name should not be mentioned in the construction of shrines. The constituent parts of the shrine are the body and skeleton, stone figures, columns, base of the column, balls of masoureh, lakhki, trinkets, silver inscriptions, embossed edges, gold inscriptions, golden meshes, zawars, decorative nails, vases, paintings inside the shrine and zinc cloth. It is the roof of the tomb.
History
There is no exact information about the cause and time of the origin of the shrine in the first centuries and how it changed and transformed into the current form, but the belief of Muslims in the need to respect and honor the elders of the religion has been a motivation until after their death, by creating a monument Remembrance and installation of the box, then the tombstone and then the shrine on the tomb, turn the tombs into tombs.
Zareeh, which means a chamber and a chest, has been popular since the first lunar century; For example, there are reports of the installation of a box and the creation of a roof and a small building on the tomb of Imam Hussein (AS) until the year 65 AH. Also, Harun Abbasi built the shrine of Imam Ali (a.s.) with white bricks around 170 AH; But apparently, the history of the shrine in its current form (mesh and made of silver and copper) goes back to the Safavid period.
Shrine making is one of the types of religious art and a combination of painting, calligraphy, calligraphy, carving, gilding, metalwork... Therefore, a team of metal workers (goldsmiths, pensmiths, mesh workers, enamelers) is usually needed to build a shrine. Shrine making is one of the common handicrafts in Isfahan. In addition to the shrine itself, shrine construction is also used to make the doors of blessed places.