Luoyang Museum Collection of Cultural Relics "Northern Wei Stone Tiger"
The Lunar Year of the Tiger is approaching, and Alipay's "Gathering Five Blessings" activity also opened today. The reporter learned from the Luoyang Museum that the museum brought the treasured cultural relics "Northern Wei Shihu" to join this year's "Set Five Blessings" activity, and everyone is expected to obtain the "Northern Wei Shihu" Easter egg card in the process of "sweeping blessings".
The Luoyang Museum collection of cultural relics "Northern Wei Shihu" was excavated in 1980 in Shangzhai Village, Hongshan Township, Xigong District, and was originally one of the Shinto stone carvings in front of the Jing Mausoleum of Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei. Liang Shuqun, deputy director of the Luoyang Museum, introduced that the stone tiger is about 106 centimeters high, which is polished by a whole piece of bluestone using circular carving techniques, the tiger is squatting, the eyes are round and slightly cute, the overall image is thick and lovely, the three strands of mane are bent and hanging, the arms are round, and the craftsmen have simply pinched the tiger's demeanor properly. As the fierce and strong "king of the hundred beasts", the tiger has the meaning of exorcising evil spirits in ancient Chinese culture, and its image often appears on tomb stone carvings, tomb murals, and portrait masonry.
"Northern Wei Shihu" digital collection
Liang Shuqun said that the "Northern Wei Shihu" on the Easter egg card is a digital image generated after three-dimensional data collection, which truly restores the whole picture and details of the cultural relics, and looks forward to sending New Year blessings to everyone through the network, and also allowing more people to travel through time and space to "close contact" with the history and culture of Luoyang.
Interestingly, in addition to the "Northern Wei Shihu" Easter egg card, everyone can also use the collected Fu card to exchange the "Northern Wei Shihu" digital collection in alipay Wufu "Fuqi Store" for permanent treasure. (Luo Bao Rong Media Luoyang Network reporter wisdom correspondent Li Jun text/photo)