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On January 5th, China Post's "Year of nongyin" Tiger Zodiac Stamps were officially issued to the public, which is the 42nd consecutive year since 1980, and the fourth set of Tiger Zodiac Stamps issued by China Post.
However, in 2022, this set of two, named national fortune Changlong and Tiger Yun auspicious zodiac stamps, was complained by many netizens that the tiger on the stamp was "slightly sad", with a tight brow, looking sick and intimidating, and did not have the might of the mountain tiger at all.
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In response, the painter Feng Dazhong who created this stamp responded, "Animals also have joys and sorrows, so the tiger should crack this code, break through its animal attributes to paint, make it anthropomorphic, and strive to convey a spiritual emotion." ”
The issuer, China Philatelic Co., Ltd., introduced on its official website that this set of zodiac stamps, the image of the tiger starts from the "real", gets the nature of the tiger, and carefully interprets the beauty of the tiger. The stamps continue the design concept of the fourth round of zodiac stamps, interpreting the concepts of "country" and "home".
What did the first three Tiger Zodiac tickets look like?
Among the zodiac stamps issued by China Post over the years, what is the image of other Tiger Year zodiac stamps?
In 1986, China Post issued the "Year of Ying Yin" tiger ticket. The design adopts folk traditional decoration techniques, which have both the charm of cloth toys and the style of paper-cutting. In terms of image portrayal, the majestic appearance is quite kingly, majestic, and at the same time shows a hint of childishness and humility. In the rich national art, the festive atmosphere is full of joy, which makes people feel familiar when they are daunted.
In 1998, China Post issued the "Year of Peng Yin - Tiger" zodiac stamp. The first of these, "Tiger Tiger Shengwei", uses the frontal image of the tiger in Lichengbu, Shanxi Province. The little tiger spread its limbs apart, its head facing forward, its large eyes looking at people with focused eyes, its ears erect. The stout and powerful tail is cocked high, showing its shrewdness and strength, full of majestic and thick temperament and lively vitality.
In 2010, China Post issued the "Year of Gengyin" special zodiac stamps, the picture adopts the effect of 3D animation, outlining a vivid and moving cartoon tiger image, full of spirit, tiger head and tiger brain is very cute.
It can be seen that the three previous issues of the Tiger Year Zodiac stamps have not adopted the realistic painting method. The overall portrayal highlights the vitality and vitality of the tiger.
In addition to zodiac stamps, China Post has also issued a number of other tiger-themed stamps.
In 1979, China Post issued a special stamp entitled "Siberian Tiger". A full set of 3 pieces, using traditional ink painting techniques, depicts the image of the Siberian tiger leading the neck and roaring, snuggling with each other, and hunting food.
In February 2000, China Post issued a set of special stamps entitled "Wildlife under National Key Protection (Grade I)", of which the 9th was the Siberian Tiger. The picture uses a close-up shot to highlight the facial expression of the Siberian tiger, its round eyes, deep and majestic expression, rich in king style.
In 2004, a set of 2 special stamps of the South China Tiger was issued. The stamps use a delicate and realistic brush stroke method, the first picture depicts a close-up of the head of a male South China tiger, and the second picture depicts the mother and child of the South China tiger. The description in the introduction of the release is "a scene showing the majesty and life of the South China tiger on traditional Chinese rice paper".
This set of stamps, like the 2022 Year of the Tiger Zodiac stamps, is "one tiger" and "one tiger", and also uses realistic painting methods. It can be seen that the tiger on this set of stamps does not deliberately show the "majesty" of the tiger, and the tiger's expression is also calm and melancholy.
The tiger in the famous pen: the sad tiger is endless
In the history of Chinese painting, the "tiger" has become one of the creative elements of the ancients thousands of years ago. In the pen of the famous masters of the past, what is the image of the tiger?
When it comes to painting tigers, the general impression should be that the tiger roars in the mountains and forests, and the wind is mighty. For example, the painting "Tiger" by the Song Dynasty painter Li Gonglin probably reflects such a traditional impression.
▲Song Li Gonglin "Tiger"
However, under the pen of many painters, the image of the tiger is varied, and it is not all majestic. There are both sad tigers, sick tigers, obedient tigers, and weak tigers.
For example, in this five-generation "Awakening Tiger Picture" (the author cannot be examined), the tiger in the painting shrinks into a ball, the eyes are grumpy, there are tears hanging from the corners of the eyes, and a grievanced expression, which makes people can't help but be funny.
▲"Awakening Tiger Map"
The "Erzu Tune Heart Diagram" created by the painter Shi Ke of the same five generations period, the tiger and the monk are sleeping, and this tiger is purely a "big cat".
▲《Erzu Tuning Map》
If it is said that in ancient times, because the power of man was still too small, the tiger still has a sense of majesty in most of the paintings. In modern times, the tiger in the painter's pen can be said to be less and less "faceless".
This tiger painting by the Qing Dynasty painter Ma Mintu uses a presentation method close to modern comics to paint a tiger cute and pitiful.
▲Horse negative figure "Tiger figure"
In the Forbidden City in Beijing, there is a picture of the Qing Dynasty painter Hua Yao's "Bee Tiger", a skinny tiger, curled up with its body and raising its claws to scratch its head, it hunched its eyelids, a pair of eyes revealed great grievances and pity, and our impression of the king of the hundred beasts is simply a world apart.
▲"Bee Tiger"
The same Qing Dynasty painter Gao Qipei's "Tiger Diagram", this thick ass pier and fat body, and the contemporary cartoonist Uncle Bu Erma's Fat Tiger series has been similar to the same.
▲ "Tiger Diagram" (left) and the fat tiger created by Uncle Fujima (right)
Zhang Shanxiao, the second brother of the Master of Chinese Painting Zhang Daqian, is a famous tiger painting master. "Tiger for sketching, writing about various forms of tigers", because of the small tigers that were once raised at home, the tigers in Zhang Shanxiao's pen can be said to really restore the characteristics of "big cats".
▲Zhang Shanxiao's works
In addition, Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong also painted tigers. Qi Baishi broke the traditional painting method of facing the audience with the positive image of the tiger, only painting the back of the tiger, and showing the tiger's body in a few strokes. Xu Beihong's "Tiger and Rabbit" vividly depicts the mischievous feeling that tigers belong to the feline family.
▲Qi Baishi "Tiger Map"
▲Xu Beihong's "Tiger and Rabbit"
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The tiger in the zoo looks like this
It can be said that what kind of image the tiger is in the painter's pen has a lot to do with the painter's own observation and understanding of the tiger.
Feng Dazhong, the original author of the 2022 Year of the Tiger Zodiac stamp, is a national first-class artist, whose works have been selected for national exhibitions and won awards for many times, and 18 works have been collected by the National Art Museum of China, and his works of art are especially famous for painting tigers.
According to the China Grammail Newspaper, Feng Dazhong liked to draw tigers since he was a teenager, and due to the lack of publications at that time, he often took a bus to the zoo for observation, during which he also had several experiences of escaping from danger.
According to Xinhua News Agency, citing the website of the British "New Scientist" weekly, there are only about 3900 tigers in the global wild in 2020. Another statistic shows that the number of tigers kept in captivity worldwide is about 12,574. It is difficult for people to see wild tigers now, and the tigers that Feng Dazhong sees are also captive tigers in zoos, so his tigers are a true depiction of the situation of tigers in reality.
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