The Spring Festival is approaching, and the date of the limited skin launch of the Year of the King's Glory Tiger is getting closer and closer. During this time, skin posters, voices and other explosive content also followed, and on January 25, Wang Zhiguanwei released the official CG content of the skin in the Year of the Tiger. After reading the entire CG, the author found some elements related to traditional culture hidden in the hero, let's take a look at it together
The first is luban, who is full of cuteness in CG, the tiger head helmet and tiger head shoes that appear in his costumes are one of our traditional Chinese handicrafts, which is a kind of children's shoes, because the toe is tiger head shape, so it is called tiger head shoes, and it is also called cat head shoes in northern China. The craft of tiger head shoes has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage in China. It has both practical value and ornamental value, at the same time it is a mascot, when the child is about one year old, the elders will wear tiger head shoes for the child, people think that the tiger is the king of the hundred beasts, wearing tiger head shoes can ward off evil to ensure peace and protect the healthy growth of children.
Some sharp-eyed friends may have noticed that Lianpo's weapons are designed with the glazed tile doors of ancient Chinese buildings, with firecrackers and "YinHu" plaques hanging on the doors. The origin of firecrackers has a history of more than 2,000 years. In the past, when there was no gunpowder and paper, the ancients used to burn bamboo to make it burst and make a sound to expel the plague god. Although this is a folklore, it reflects the good wishes of the ancient Chinese people for Antai.
In addition to Lian Po and Lu Ban with traditional Chinese elements, there are also traditional elements in the design of several other heroes. For example, the tiger head qin in Yang Yuhuan's hand is inspired by the ancient Chinese musical instrument - the three-stringed qin.
From the five heroes in CG, we can find that there are many traditional elements of "careful thinking" in the limited skin of the King of the Tiger Year, and the king has also proved its determination to inherit traditional culture with actions.