Cover news reporter Yu Yan
The Lunar Year of the Tiger is approaching, and 150 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics related to the "tiger" are unveiled at the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing. As the first exhibition of the Chinese New Year at the Three Gorges Museum,
On January 11, the "Tiger Blessing Shenzhou" New Year Cultural Exhibition was officially launched.
It is reported that this exhibition is divided into four parts: "Tiger Tiger Shengwei Tribal Xing", "Like a Tiger Adding Wings and Doing Things Together", "Tiger Out of the Mountains and Homestead Security", and "Tiger Roaring Wind and Life Luck".
Known as the "King of Hammer", the bronze tiger button is engraved
A wooden statue of the Qing Dynasty martial god of wealth with tiger elements
"The 150 pieces (sets) of exhibits presented to the public this time, including bronzes, pottery, calligraphy and paintings, rubbings, New Year paintings, tiger head shoes and tiger head hats and other clothing accessories, aim to create a happy atmosphere for the citizens in the Year of the Tiger through the exhibition, so that the citizens can better understand the tiger culture in traditional Chinese culture while viewing the exhibition." Du Zhiming, a research librarian and exhibition curator of the Research Department of the Three Gorges Museum, said.
These precious cultural relics include tiger canine teeth and tiger teeth in the Neolithic period, the Gilded Tiger Eating Sheep Copper Buckle excavated from the cemetery of the Wushan Xiaosanxia Cement Factory, the Warring States Bronze Tiger Button Button excavated from Xiaotianxi in Fuling, the Warring States Script Tiger Pattern Copper Ge excavated from Lijiaba in Yunyang, the Lamp Seat of the Queen Mother of the Eastern Han Dynasty unearthed from the Rock Tomb of The New Soap Township in Mianyang, Sichuan, the Year Painting of the God of the Tiger in Shaanxi Town during the Republic of China Period, and the Year Painting of the God of Wealth in Chongqing.
In particular, Du Zhiming introduced the most "eye-catching" cultural relics in this exhibition to the audience - a bronze tiger button that is known as the "king of the hammer", with a height of 68 centimeters and a weight of 30 kilograms.
According to reports, around the tiger button, this bronze tiger button is distributed with five groups of tildes, such as the face of the vertebrate, the drumming and canoe of the feather, the fish and the hooked cloud pattern, the palm pattern, the sacred bird and the four ti patterns, which are the meaning of worshiping the tiger.
Tiger-striped willow leaf-shaped bronze sword of the Warring States period
Neolithic tiger canine teeth, tiger teeth
According to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, vol. 86, "The Biography of the Southern Barbarians and the Southwest Yilie": "When the emperor died, his soul became a white tiger, and the Ba people drank human blood with a tiger, so they served people." The wind of the White Tiger worshipped by the Ba people began with the Emperor. Since then, the Ba people have become popular in worship of the tiger, and a series of Ba people worship the tiger ceremonies and rituals have been produced.
According to archaeological excavations in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area and Bashu and other places, tiger stripes are the more common decorative patterns on the bronze weapons of the Ba people. According to a large number of excavated tiger buttons, it also corroborates the fact that the Ba people worship the tiger. Du Zhiming said that it can be seen that the White Tiger culture runs through the history of the Ba people and has a profound impact on the development of the Ba people, the Ba di and their descendants of the Tujia family.
In nature, the tiger is the "chief of a hundred beasts", whether it is the "king of the mountains", the tiger of the totem, or the tiger of the town house and the costume of the "tiger head tiger brain", which are the specific manifestations of Chinese tiger culture.
The exhibition will last until 20 March, and the public can visit the Three Gorges Museum for free.