Recently, Wu Jianguo, a "clay sculpture master" in Kuntong District, Pingliang City, Gansu Province, created a pair of "Zodiac Tigers" to inherit and carry forward intangible cultural heritage while welcoming the arrival of the Year of the Tiger in this form.
Wu Jianguo told reporters that as a clay sculpture artist, he wanted to make a cultural feast with the theme of "tiger" and send it to the people to wish everyone an auspicious year of the tiger and all the best! "Tiger" belongs to one of the twelve zodiac signs with a very far-reaching meaning, including "Tiger Tiger Shengwei", "Golden Tiger Xianrui", "Fuhu Linmen", "Tiger Leaping China", pinning people's expectations for the Year of the Tiger and people's desire for a better life. Soon to bid farewell to the Year of the Ox, we usher in the Year of the Tiger, enter the "post-financial crisis" era of China's economy, and walk towards the new sun. In the new year, the people of the whole country will move forward more calmly and firmly in the journey of scientific development. Looking forward to the new year, there will be more beautiful hope in the hearts of the people.
Wu Jianguo said that the "Double Tiger Map" he created has the long-term dream of the people of all China and even the whole world: "Taiwan's return to the motherland." The double tiger figure symbolizes the lofty ideal of "one family on both sides of the strait" and the common aspirations of the people on both sides of the strait, the two Tiggo tigers are safely and freely clinging to each other, as if the long-departed son has returned to the embrace of his mother, and the other symbolizes that in 2021, we have overcome the disaster brought about by the devil-like epidemic. The Year of the Tiger in 2022 is the meaning of the "YinHu" Tiger King, which is also the year of the "Golden Tiger". The mighty double tiger affirmed that the epidemic would soon be defeated, the great motherland would be more prosperous, and the new year would surely show a red world. (Source: MediaCorp Online)