Welcome to the tiger, congratulations on the New Year! The arrival of the Year of the Tiger, the new year's flavorful door stickers and people's costumes and dresses, etc., are full of tiger elements.
The Shuowen Jiezi says: "Tiger, the king of the mountain beast." From ancient times to the present, tigers are considered to be the "king of hundreds of beasts", and their brave and majestic character is deeply loved and worshiped by everyone, and it is also a "protective god" who incarnates justice and might in the folk.
Therefore, in ancient times, there was no shortage of artistic creations inspired by tigers, and many exquisite cultural relics related to "tigers" were also produced.
Tiger head gold hook buckle dragon shaped jade pendant
Tiger pillow
During the Spring Festival, the Museum of the King of Nanyue and the Guangdong Provincial Museum are exhibiting the relics of these "tiger" elements. Year of the Tiger To watch the great fortune of the tiger, follow Xiaonan to see it together!
The precious "tiger" cultural relics of the Museum of the King of South Vietnam continue to be exhibited
The "tiger" element cultural relics of the Nanyue King Museum are diverse, whether it is dynamic shape or auspicious meaning, which is unique among the Cultural Relics of the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Western Han Dynasty false gold inscription bronze tiger festival
This "Western Han Dynasty Gold Inscription Copper Tiger Festival" is cast in copper alloy into a crouching tiger, and the tiger's hair spots are cast into curved leaf-shaped shallow grooves, pasted with gold leaf pieces, 11.6 cm high, 19 cm long and 1.2 cm thick.
"Jie" in ancient China is a kind of relic, is a kind of voucher held by the messenger, the wrong gold inscription on the Bronze Tiger Festival "Wang Feng Order Che Disciple" 5 characters, indicating that this is a letter to mobilize the car soldiers, should be the South Vietnamese Wen King Zhao Xuan before the death of the dispatch of troops.
This bronze tiger festival excavated from the tomb of the King of Nanyue is the only piece of the wrong gold and bronze tiger festival found in the mainland so far, which is very precious.
In the Museum of the King of Nanyue, the number and types of jade related to the "tiger" are particularly large. For example, the "eight-section iron core dragon tiger jade belt hook" picture below was the belt of the nobles at that time, and the length could be adjusted according to the needs, which was particularly delicate.
Eight iron core dragon tiger jade belt hook
Dragon tiger and body jade with hook
Cute tiger pillow is cute
Pillows are extremely common bedding in people's lives, containing rich and unique cultural connotations. Judging from the current archaeological findings, there were already tiger pillows in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and porcelain as a tiger pillow began in the Tang Dynasty and Sheng Yujin.
The Museum of the King of Nanyue is the museum with the largest collection of ceramic pillows in the past in the country, and more than 30 of the 700 ceramic pillows in the collection are related to the theme of "tiger".
On January 26th, the micro-exhibition "Tiger Pillow in the Year of the Tiger" opened in the exhibition area of the King Tomb of the South Vietnamese King Museum. The exhibition exhibits a total of 19 pieces (sets) of pillows from the South Vietnam King Museum, including 3 first-class cultural relics, 3 second-class cultural relics, 3 third-class cultural relics, and exquisite cultural relics such as three-colored tiger-shaped carved poetry pillows and cloth pillows newly collected and exhibited for the first time in recent years.
Jin Dynasty Three-colored tiger-shaped carved poetry pillow in the kiln field in the southwest of Shanxi
Why did the ancients make pillows into the shape of tigers? As early as the Southern Dynasty Tao Hongjing's "Notes on the Materia Medica", there is a record of "the tiger's head as a pillow, to ward off disgust".
In ancient times, the tiger often symbolized majesty and selfless law enforcement, and traditional customs often took the tiger god to suppress evil spirits, and the mighty tiger had the effect of warding off evil spirits and driving away evil spirits. The ancients believed that with a tiger as a pillow, there would be no ominous things interfering with their dreams.
Ceramic tiger pillow can be divided into tiger pillow and tiger pattern pillow, tiger shape pillow is imitation of the shape of the tiger made of bedding, because its image is mostly lying down, also known as the tiger shape pillow or crouching tiger shape pillow.
Among the tiger-themed porcelain pillows exhibited by the Museum of the King of Nanyue this time, there is a "cute" black and white colored tiger pillow in the Brown Area of the Changzhi Kiln in Shanxi, Jin Dynasty.
Jin Dynasty Shanxi Changzhi kiln brown black and white color tiger shaped pillow
This Jin Dynasty painted tiger-shaped pillow uses the crouching tiger as the pillow seat, only in the tiger's head, tail, claws to create a roughly concave and convex outline, and then use ink color to draw striped tabbys and mouth, eyes, nose, ears and so on. The proportions of the tiger's body are exaggerated, the head is huge and integrated with the body, and the limbs are significantly shortened. The ventilation holes are mostly located at the nostrils of the tiger, hidden and not exposed, which shows the ingenuity of the makers.
Song Dynasty Hebei Cizhou kiln black brown color goose rabbit pattern Crouching tiger shape pillow
This Song Dynasty Hebei Cizhou kiln black brown color goose rabbit pattern Crouching Tiger shaped pillow, on the basis of the Tang Dynasty animal shape pillow innovation, and give a new meaning. The traditional circular carving technique was also introduced into the production of porcelain pillows at this time, and gradually matured, providing technical support for craftsmen to shape animal shapes.
The porcelain pillow pictured below is a typical "tiger pattern pillow", and the tiger pattern on the porcelain pillow is mostly accompanied by grass, trees, trees and stones. In the Song Dynasty, the tiger shape was mostly squatting and leisurely, the shape was accurate and conveyed, which was very Chinese ink flavor and literati temperament; the Jin Dynasty painting tiger was mostly crouched and walking, the shape was clumsy and casual, and the painting style was rough and simple.
Song Hebei Cizhou kiln "Zhangjiazao" kaiguang sitting tiger pattern waist round pillow
Jin Hebei Cizhou kiln "Zhangjiazao" kaiguang sitting tiger pattern waist round pillow
In addition to the Museum of the King of Nanyue, the Guangdong Provincial Museum also has a collection of a jin dynasty Cizhou kiln tiger-shaped flower pattern pillow, the tiger shaped pillow, showing the ancient people's worship of the tiger customs, as well as the prayer for honorable prestige, the exorcism of evil spirits and the desire to kill and kill.
Jin Dynasty Cizhou kiln tiger shaped floral pattern pillow
Features a wide range of carved Tibetan tigers
Guangdiao refers to the carving process and its products represented by Guangzhou with the characteristics of Lingnan traditional culture. Materials include jade, ivory, tortoiseshell, shellfish and so on.
In the Guangdong Provincial Museum, there is a collection of Cantonese sculptures, that is, the Qing Dynasty "Shell Carving Lion Tiger Fish Dragon Ornament" placed in the historical exhibition hall on the fourth floor.
Qing Dynasty shell carving lion tiger fish dragon ornament
The various animal ornaments on this shell carving ornament are vividly depicted, with different animals, such as birds, wild boars, etc., and more importantly, a majestic tiger is depicted in the center of the picture.
Practical appliances add color to the tiger
In the three-mezzanine ceramic exhibition hall of the Guangdong Provincial Museum, there is a connection between the collection and the "tiger", which is directly reflected in its name - tiger. The tiger is a cocoon-shaped vessel with a cylindrical mouth, and is an ancient water vessel (there is also a saying that it is a drowning vessel). It is named for its resemblance to a Crouching Tiger.
Western Jin Dynasty Tiger Zi
This tiger from the Western Jin Dynasty, placed in the three-story ceramic exhibition hall of Guangdong Bo, has a round and full bottle, and the outlet for holding and pouring water is located on the side of the bottle, and the shape of the whole piece of equipment seems to have been planned for a long time, and the tiger with a huge mouth is about to pounce on its prey.
Walking into the historical exhibition hall on the fourth floor of Yuebo, you can also see the "Dragon tiger fighting Yan" of the Ming Dynasty. As the name suggests, in the dragon and tiger fighting stones, there are both dragons and tigers engraved, dragons and tigers fight each other, and dragons leap and leap.
Ming Dynasty Dragon Tiger Douyan
The stone of this Dragon and Tiger Douyan is the Song Pit Stone in Duanyan, which was once used by Mr. Chen Xianzhang, a famous theologian from Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty. Duanyan, also known as Duanxi Yan, is named after the ancient Duanzhou (present-day Zhaoqing City, Guangdong), because it has a distinctive stone, stone and pattern, as well as the characteristics of "ink without loss", it is one of the "four famous stones" in China.
Knowing so many tiger-related cultural relics, I believe that everyone will be able to be full of tiger spirit in the new year, tiger tiger and tiger!
+ Cloud Tour Tips+
From February 1 to 6, the Guangdong Provincial Museum broadcast the "Guangdong Appreciation of the New Year: Expert Cloud Guided Tour Series Activities" at 10:00 a.m. every day, including "Ink Danqing Should Be Timely", "Cantonese Cuisine New Cooking Ying Ren Yin", "Ingenious Craftsmanship Flower Steps Bricks" and other exhibitions and themes, pay attention to the Guangdong Provincial Museum public number to get more information.
The South Vietnamese King Museum's "Year of the Tiger" micro-exhibition is on display in the Wang Tomb exhibition area until March 27.
From February 1st to 6th, the two exhibition areas of the South VietnamEse King Museum also prepared 7 live activities and 2 live broadcast activities.
【Reporter】Guan Yuqing Intern Zhang Qi
【Photo】Courtesy of the Museum of the King of Nanyue and the Guangdong Provincial Museum
【Author】 Guan Yuqing
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client