Tiger to Fu to Hongcheng to look for tiger traces

The Lunar New Year is approaching, Xiao Hu. Tigers have also become the hottest animals of the year, and near the New Year, tiger-related theme activities or related elements have also become the favorite of merchants. In different images, the tiger has a variety of shapes, or muscular, or cute... In the thousand-year-old Nanchang City, what kind of tiger is hidden? In this issue, Hongcheng will take you to search for stories related to tigers in Nanchang City.

The trend of the Year of the Tiger on the streets of Nanchang

South China tiger in Nanchang Zoo

Woodcut of the Tiger (in production)

Woodcut prints of the tiger (finished product)

Peng's fifth hundred tigers

Provincial Museum: Two-tailed Tiger

When it comes to the tiger in the museum, we have to mention that as one of the treasures of the Jiangxi Provincial Museum, it is "The Two-tailed Tiger of the Volta". With a length of 53.5 cm, a height of 25.5 cm and a body width of 13 cm, this bronze tiger is the largest of all, which can be described as the king of the tiger.

The tiger's head is level-eyed, the mouth is open and teeth are exposed, the fangs are long, the eyes are rounded, the eyebrows are thick and horizontal, the ears are erect, the back is a small bird, the abdomen is slightly drooping, the inner emptiness is no bottom, the double tail is curled, and it is in a crouching posture.

The tiger's body is decorated with patterns, the face and abdomen are decorated with cirrus patterns, the back is decorated with cloud thunder patterns, the nose, ridge, tail and the lower part of the four legs are decorated with deformed scales, and the upper part of the four legs is a striking thunder pattern. Its appearance reveals the mighty and bravery of the tiger, and inside it hides the spirit of cunning and immortality, which brings the divinity of the tiger and the tiger to the extreme. Although the birds are small, they look at ease and are not frightened or afraid. Tigers do not frighten birds, birds are not afraid of tigers, and they have a philosophical meaning of Jukegang. More than 50 bronzes of this type of tiger element have been unearthed in Xingan Oceania, which is not seen in other regions, so the tiger has become the most distinctive regional cultural symbol in Oceania cultural relics.

Experts speculate that the tiger may have been the object of worship of the owner's family, or had a certain relationship with its family history and legends, and associated it with the "tiger fang" state in the Yangtze River basin of the Shang Dynasty. Although there is still no unified conclusion on the "Tiger Fang" land genus in the academic circles, we seem to see the figure of the "Tiger Fang" country in the various tiger images excavated from the artifacts unearthed in Oceania. According to legend, in the Shang Dynasty, when the wufeng was flourishing, the ancestors of Jiangxi lived in harmony with the tiger, and deified and worshipped the mighty king of the beasts around them, the tiger, and imaged it on bronze in large quantities.

How many place names in Hongcheng contain "tiger"

"Nanchang urban area rarely has a place named after a tiger", the staff of the relevant department of Nanchang City told reporters: "Most of the place names related to tigers are because of the shape, such as the old Fushan was actually called 'Tiger Mountain', because there is a small hill around Nanchang, resembling a tiger, it is rumored that there were tigers around, and in 1947 , 'Tiger Mountain' was yahua into Old Fushan." ”

According to the data records, Laofu Mountain was originally a barren mountain, shaped like a tiger, and it was also a execution ground, commonly known as Tiger Mountain. In 1947, the name of the city, Bao, and the street was Yahua, and Tiger Mountain was renamed Lao Fushan, in 1966 it was renamed "Ainong Lane", and in 1973 it was renamed Lao Fushan. In 1986, it was renamed Fukuyama Road and has been used ever since.

Previously, there was a Tiger Mountain Road in Nanchang Bay, which is now being written off. In the process of going through the data, the reporter found that there is still a "Huxin Mountain Road" in the new area of Nanchang, named after The Red Valley Beach in 2015. According to records, the shape of the mountain resembles a tiger's belly, and people bury a grave on the tiger's belly, which is also like a tiger's heart, so it is called Tiger Heart Mountain.

In addition, in the new area of Nanchang, there are also Huzhuang Brigade, Huzhuang, Hushan and HuxinShan. Most of these place names named after tigers are derived from similar terrain, while others are derived from homophone names. One of the most interesting is that the source of the "Tiger Village" in the newly built area also has a story: according to legend, Xia Ge was an official in the dynasty (later mutilated by adulterous courtiers), and the emperor sealed this place as Xia Jia Fu, so it was named Fu Zhuang, and the later harmonic pronunciation was "Tiger Zhuang".

Nanchang Zoo: 9 Baby South China tigers in 2021

The tiger is the king of the hundred beasts, mighty and majestic, and has the spirit of a king. There are also many cute tiger groups in Nanchang Zoo. At present, there are 43 tigers in the park, of which in the first half of 2021, Nanchang Zoo added 9 South China tiger babies, which also added a lot of fun to the park.

The names of the 9 baby tigers are also very interesting. The eldest sister T1 is named "Xiang Xiang", the source idiom "Tiger Looking At Xiang", quadruplets T2, T3, T4, T5 are called Xiaokang, Yiyi, White, sticky, echoing "Xiao Kang 100 years"; triplet sisters T6, T7, T8, respectively, named Xiafei, Qiushui, Changtian, taken from the "Tengwang Pavilion Sequence" in the "Sunset and Lone Bird Fly together, Autumn Water Is a Long Sky" color. The youngest old man, T9, is called "Nana", taken from the English nine.

South China tigers and Nanchang have an indissoluble relationship, nearly one-fifth of the world's captive South China tigers live in Nanchang. The South China tiger, also known as the "Chinese tiger", is a subspecies of tiger endemic to China, a nationally protected animal, and is assessed as "critically endangered". At present, there are only more than 200 captive South China tigers in the world, and the Wild South China Tiger has been extinct for many years.

At present, there are 40 South China tigers in Nanchang Zoo, with a hermaphrodite ratio of 26:14 and 28 tigers of childbearing age. Now, the South China tiger population of Nanchang Zoo has finally become the largest population of South China tigers in zoos in The country and even in the world. In the upcoming Year of the Tiger, Nanchang Zoo will add several more Baby South China Tigers.

Nanchang Peng Friendly: Chinese painting tiger everyone

Tigers have always been favored by painters, just as the so-called "painting tigers paint skin is difficult to paint bones", the tiger's body structure and spiritual temperament from the inside out, beyond the skills of ordinary painters. Therefore, there are very few people who draw tigers.

When the first person to paint a tiger was mentioned in Jiangxi, the first thing everyone thought of was Peng Friendly. Peng Friendly, the character Zhi Zhai, the number of Chaozhen, alias "Tiger Fetish Resident", once studied under Xu Beihong, Qi Baishi, Liu Haisu, Pan Tianshou. In July 1911, Peng Youyi was born in Yugan County, Jiangxi Province, a family of scholars, since childhood, intelligent nature, quick thinking, at the age of 10, Peng Youyi went to Shanghai with his brother to study, successively received the enlightenment guidance of Liu Haisu and Pan Tianshou, in 1931, 20-year-old Peng Youyi was admitted to the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing University, with the dual foundation of Chinese and Western painting, Peng Youyi has painted countless tigers throughout his life because of his love for tigers, and there are as many as five hundred tiger pictures. His tigers are bone-catching, windy, and freehand. There are vital signs of joy and sorrow, it is an energy tiger that invigorates the national spirit, and it is also a sentimental tiger that borrows the tiger's words and aspirations.

In the Peng Friendly Art Museum, the exhibition displays a number of tiger pictures, of which "Crouching Tiger" was painted by Peng Friendly in 1996. According to his son Peng Kaitian, "This painting "Crouching Tiger" tells his experience of painting tigers for 70 years, the tiger still has a majestic state, this tiger is also painting himself, and he also has a kind of 'tiger qi' in his heart." There are many kinds of beauty, there is the static beauty of the small bridge flowing water, there is the poignant beauty of the rain burial flowers, and the tiger represents a magnificent beauty. ”

The museum also displays the last picture of Peng Youyi's Hundred Tigers, which was created in 1983, Peng Friend organized 108 tigers in a long scroll of two and four feet long, and looked at each other as lifelike tigers, or lying low, or playing, or walking, or fluttering, or roaring, or fighting, or foraging, or feeding, etc., is a world of tigers with a grand view.

On January 5, the first special stamp launch event of "The Year of Nongyin" was held simultaneously throughout the province. The Hall of the Minde Road Branch Office held the zodiac philatelic exhibition "Blessed with The New Year", in which the event site was equipped with the "Long Howl" Year of the Tiger Color Postage Machine Stamp, the "Tiger Zhuang (Pro)" Commemorative Postmark and the "Peng Friendship Memorial Hall" landscape stamp for stamp collectors to use.

The Tiger in the Pavilion: Integration with Art Life

What kind of sparks will collide when the Year of the Tiger encounters art public education activities? The Bada Shanren Memorial Hall and the Donghu Printmaking Woodcut Workshop of Jiangxi Painting Institute held a Catholic activity of "Woodcut Prints of tigers". Carving a tiger on a wooden board is a new thing for Ms. Deng, a citizen of Nanchang, from the beginning of the draft to the engraving, and then to the printing, seeing her own works finally form a New Year painting, which brings unlimited pride to the participants.

Ms. Deng said: "In the past, everyone's understanding of the tiger was fierce, we chose a cute tiger, everyone will have a tiger understanding, the lunar calendar is coming, the Year of the Tiger is coming, this activity also has a special sense of New Year ceremony." Hu, director of the Bada Shanren Memorial Hall, said: "To this end, we Bada Shanren have a series of tiger-related activities. Woodblock prints are also one of our new forms, ordinary people see the tiger is a beast, the white tiger also has the meaning of auspiciousness, Chinese culture has many understandings of tigers. Through such aesthetic education courses, everyone can better understand and participate in art. ”

On January 9, the Yuzhang paper-cutting experience activity held by the Provincial Art Museum was carried out in the public education classroom on the third floor of the art museum, and the activity invited Shen Yumou, the inheritor of Yuzhang paper-cutting, to bring a fun New Year activity to the public. The little tigers in the paper-cut are cute and show the majesty of the little tigers.

Tiger on the Street: Meet the Trendy Cultural Creation

What does a tiger that young people love look like? In the surrounding area of the creation of tiger culture and creativity, tiger has more artistic expression. In many brand stores, there have been many tiger-related peripherals, key chains, water glasses, canvas bags and so on.

In an art store in Nanchang, the reporter has seen a lot of tiger-related peripherals, and the window has been pasted with a lot of cute tiger shapes, and the atmosphere of the Year of the Tiger is strong. According to the owner Tian Tian, "Near the Spring Festival, we have newly entered many New Year's cultural creations in the Year of the Tiger, couplets, calendars, prints of the little tiger, and red envelopes related to the Year of the Tiger... When the Year of the Tiger comes, basically all the illustrators are doing the surrounding areas of the Year of the Tiger, which is very interesting. ”

Tigers in various forms have also attracted the attention of shopping malls, and in order to welcome the Year of the Tiger, the T16 Shopping Centre in Causeway Bay is preparing the "Love Tiger Oil" beauty installation exhibition. According to the staff, this exhibition takes love as the theme, and through anthropomorphic techniques, it grasps the current young people's pursuit of self-labeling and personalization. Through the design of the image, emphasizing fun, to create a fashion trend of the New Year tiger. The exhibition will officially open on January 24.

Previously, the Jiangxi Provincial Museum launched the "Jiangxi Provincial Museum 2022 Children's Art Works Exhibition" collection of works, and the museum staff said that the exhibition is still in preparation and needs to wait for follow-up notice.

Approaching the Year of the Tiger, in the eyes of Nanchang people, the tiger is more like a symbol of a highly motivated mental state, implying the new year of tigers and tigers.

Text/Figure Zhao Qiong