The year 2022 in the lunar calendar is the Year of the Tiger.
As the king of the hundred beasts, the tiger's image of bravery and might is awe-inspiring, and it is gradually transformed into a divine beast, and is given a rich and profound symbolic meaning, becoming one of the twelve zodiac signs through the unique selectivity of traditional Chinese culture.
For thousands of years, people have worshiped tigers, carved tigers, painted tigers, cut tigers... It has formed a very distinctive Chinese tiger culture.
This is not to welcome the Year of the Tiger, the major museums are also "tiger" up, with the editor to take a look at it ~
National Museum
On January 21, as the Year of the Tiger approaches the Chinese lunar calendar, citizens enjoy the painting "Tiger Half Day Idle" at the "Tsubasa You'an - 2022 New Year Exhibition" at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu
On January 21, as the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese lunar calendar approached, citizens enjoyed the "Western Zhou Tiger Hammer" exhibit at the "Tiggo You'an - 2022 New Year Exhibition" at the National Museum of China in Beijing. This is the second appearance of the "Tiger Lock" after returning to the motherland in 2018 and entering the Tibet National Museum. Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu
Liaoning Provincial Museum
An Guohou Bronze Tiger Symbol Warring States Liaoning Provincial Museum courtesy of the picture.
Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum
The gold leaf tiger, embossed with "eye" shaped tabby stripes all over its body, its limbs contracted, its tail cocked, and its mouth wide open, as if it roared in a confrontation with the enemy, looking fierce and majestic. Image source: Sanxingdui Museum's official Weibo
Shanghai Museum
Qing Dynasty Shen Quan's "Album of Flowers, Birds and Animals". Courtesy of Shanghai Museum
Jiangxi Provincial Museum
The treasure of the Town Hall of the Jiangxi Provincial Museum is the "Shang Dynasty Fu Bird Double-tailed Bronze Tiger".
Let's take a look at these tiger-like cultural relics,
Which one is your favorite?
At last
Good luck to all
The New Year is full of tigers and tigers!
Synthesized from: China News Network, Sanxingdui Museum official Weibo, Confucius Museum website, etc
Source: China News Service