Send away the Year of the Ox, ushering in the Year of the Tiger in 2022, the Year of the Tiger says the Tiger. This article talks about the tiger culture you don't know from the perspectives of Chinese character structure, folk culture, poetry, and proverbs. I am @ Liaocheng Wang Gang love to talk about words to pay attention to my learning knowledge.
【The figure of the "tiger" at the Spring Festival Gala】
When the Year of the Tiger came, I immediately thought of the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Tiger. In 1986, the cross-talk actor Feng Gong Liu Wei became popular with the program "The Year of the Tiger Says Tiger"; the dance "Dragon Leaping tiger leap" performed by Huang Doudou at the Spring Festival Gala in 1998 pushed the party to a climax; in 2010, the Little Tigers boarded the Spring Festival Gala, evoking the youth memories of a generation. What about 2022?
Remember the Little Tigers on a spring night?
【Tiger character structure】
In China's classical culture, the tiger occupies an unshakable position. First look at the oracle bone of the Chinese character "tiger" like a standing, tooth-and-clawed giant beast, it "huge mouth sharp teeth, sharp claws and long tail", especially the horizontal painting of the abdomen and back, the pattern on the tiger is portrayed as a living tiger, vivid. The image of the tiger gives people a mighty and brave, inviolable image.
Tiger-Oracle
【Tiger Culture in History】
Therefore, since ancient times, the "tiger" has symbolized the bravery and strength of the warrior. Such as the words Tiger General, Tiger Soldier, Tiger Wolf Division, etc. In ancient times, a tiger was carved with gold on the soldier's rune, called the tiger symbol. "Tiger" has even become a spiritual totem worshipped by the ancients, you look at the Liangshan 108 generals in the tiger as a nickname: winged tiger Lei Heng, jinmao tiger Yanshun, blue-eyed tiger Li Yun, short-legged tiger Wang Ying, in addition to the sick insect Xue Yong, the mother insect Gu Sister-in-law, also in the name of the tiger, long their own majesty. Tiger culture is not only loved by these warriors, even the literati also love it, the ancient imperial examination sergeant and the first dragon and tiger list, represent the supreme honor, it can be seen that the tiger not only represents power but also symbolizes honor.
Tiger culture
【Tiger Culture - Zodiac Signs】
The love of the ancient Chinese people for it is also overflowing with words. It was even ranked in the twelve zodiac signs of folk culture, ranking third, and named "Yin Hu". Yinhu is not to say that tigers are lustful, it is this "Yin". Why is it called "Yin Hu"? It is because in ancient times, from three o'clock to five o'clock in the morning is yin time, this time the tiger is the most active period of the mountain tiger, coming out to wander around for food, the most fierce, so it is called "Yin tiger". Isn't it interesting to see tiger culture?
Yin Hu
In the folk culture of the chinese people, the tiger is a god-like existence. In the Zhou Yi, there is a saying of "four elephants". Because the dragon flies in the sky and the tiger travels on the ground, the combination of the tiger and the dragon become a symbol of majesty and strength and a typical representative of glorifying authority, and are the objects of worship and fear of people. Sometimes it also plays the role of chasing demons, cowardly cults, and town houses, which is one of the ancient cultures, and the marching formation in the Warring States period has the saying of "former Suzaku, hou Xuanwu, left green dragon, and right white tiger." Hanging their images on the flag serves as a protective deity.
【Folk Tiger Culture Example 1】
The common folk "Town House God Tiger Diagram" best explains this point, the tiger foot stepped on the five poisons to prevent the virus from invading. The five venoms refer to snakes, scorpions, geckos, leper toads, centipedes. A big tiger can deter all poisons. The reason why ordinary people attach so much importance to tiger culture is because it has been thoroughly integrated into all fields of our writing, language, literature and folklore, and the image of the tiger is everywhere.
Town house god tiger diagram
Let's take an example: China's folk customs and culture have the custom of hanging ai hu on the Dragon Boat Festival, and it is said that wearing it on the body can prevent the intrusion of evil poisons. Adults will also use male yellow wine to write a king character on the children's foreheads, and then draw a tiger face, borrowing the tiger to drive away evil spirits, hoping that the children can be as healthy and strong as tigers. For children, tigers are their protectors, and there is a folk nursery rhyme that says: Children and children, don't cry, buy you a cloth tiger, play with it during the day, and scare "Mahu" at night. Mahu refers to ghosts.
Tiger hat
【Folk Tiger Culture Example 2】
In some parts of China, There is also the custom and culture of hanging tiger buns at Han weddings in some parts of Shaanxi, that is, before greeting the bride, the man's uncle's family will steam a pair of tiger steamed buns, tied together with a red head rope, and when the bride arrives, the tiger bun will be hung on her neck, and after entering the door, it will be taken off, and then the bride and groom will eat it separately, indicating that the two people are happy together. There is also a small tiger in front of the tiger's neck, indicating that you have a noble son early. Even the common children who wear tiger hats, tiger shoes, sleeping tiger pillows, and tiger pockets also want to use the power of the tiger to pray and bless their children and grandchildren with peace, exorcism and blessing, and healthy growth.
Tiger buns
【Literary Creation - Tiger Culture I】
In literary creation, material about tigers also abounds. For example, our common idioms: "tiger back bear waist", "hidden dragon crouching tiger", "like a tiger adding wings", "tiger head tiger brain", "tiger back bear waist", "will be the door tiger", "tiger old ambition", "do not enter the tiger's den, get the tiger", all reflect the majesty of the tiger. After the break, the words are more exquisite about the characteristics of tigers, such as: a mountain does not allow two tigers, tiger's ass - can not be touched. There are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys dominate the world. Tigers fall in Pingyang and are bullied by dogs, dragons swim in shallow water and are played with shrimp, tiger poison does not eat children and so on.
【Literary Creation-Tiger Culture II】
Every part of the tiger's body is vividly portrayed by those literati rioters. For example: [Tiger's Mouth], the metaphor is in a dangerous territory, such as the tiger's mouth pulling teeth, the sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and the tiger's mouth escaping from danger. [Tiger Qi], described as mighty and angry. Tiger tiger might. [The eyes of the tiger] The tiger looks at it, describing greedy and fierce gaze. [Tiger back bear waist], described as a large body, strong physique. [Tiger head and snake tail], metaphorically doing things before tightening and loosening, there is a head and no tail.
【Conclusion: The Revelation of Tiger Culture】
There is no end to the "tiger culture", but what kind of life inspiration does it bring us? As we all know, the tiger is a symbol of power and majesty, power and majesty can be used well, animals call it king, if used in the evil door crooked place, the tiger is also a lonely person, lost the support of the animals. If you are desperate to take risks, do evil for the tiger, for your own interests and the evil fox fake tiger, the smiling tiger in front of the people, the tigress behind the tiger, then even if the mountain is dangerous, we must also go to the tiger mountain, come to the tiger's mouth to pull teeth, the tiger should fight. Therefore, it is the right way to use the power and advantages in the right place to serve the people.