When it comes to "tiger culture", it can be said that it has a long history, it has been integrated into all fields of our writing, language, literature, and folklore, and the image of the tiger is everywhere.
Today, let's get to know it with our children
The tiger is one of the most deterrent mascots
Tigers originated in China. As early as 2 million years ago, the modern tiger ancestors known as the "Chinese ancestral tiger" lived on the land of China and had countless "intimate" contacts with the ancient ancestors for the living space, so when the Chinese nation had culture, tiger culture also appeared.
China's tiger culture generally belongs to the category of auspicious culture. Because tigers sit at the top of the food chain, people have been in awe of tigers since ancient times, regarding them as one of the most deterrent mascots. In addition, the image of the tiger is not only mighty, but also colorful, and there is a "king" pattern in the middle of the forehead, which has a shocking effect visually, so it is praised by the ancients as the "king of the hundred beasts".
In the folk, the tiger is revered as a lucky beast, because it has auspicious meanings such as "tiger and tiger are mighty", "dragon soaring and tiger leaping", and "tiger" is harmonized with the words "fu" and "rich", which is a beautiful meaning of good luck and wealth.
After a long period of historical evolution and development, Chonghu's cultural consciousness has become a common cultural concept of the Chinese nation.
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Tiger Rock Painting
Petroglyphs, first created in the Stone Age, are art between painting and carving, dating back 40,000 years.
The rock paintings distributed in China are rich in content, among which the tiger rock paintings are represented by the Yinshan rock paintings in Inner Mongolia, and the creation time can be traced back to more than 10,000 years ago in the prehistoric civilization period, which comprehensively reflects the daily life of herdsmen in northern China.
The "Five Tigers" is a group of representative works in the Yinshan petroglyphs, carved on the rocks of Hugou. The whole picture is moving and static, expressing the worship of nature by the ancestors of northern China, and also revealing to people the totem of life in nature, which is impressive.
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Tiger Totem
According to the investigation, in 1987, the dragon and tiger pattern posed with mussel shells excavated in Xishuipo, Puyang City, Henan Province, China, is the earliest tiger image.
This archaeological discovery proves that dragons and tigers were worshipped in ancient times, and many clan tribes used them as totems.
The Liangzhu Ancestor National Emblem, which often appears on various utensils, the "Divine Man and Beast Face Map", is characterized by a "Divine Man" wearing a feather crown riding on a beast, which is very representative.
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Tiger-shaped jade pendant
Among the ancient Chinese jades, jade with tiger stripes has an important position. Compared with other animal-type jades, tiger stripes appear more frequently, and the development of tiger striped jade is more continuous.
The tiger-shaped jade excavated and handed down in archaeological excavations has a tiger pattern of circular carvings, reliefs and plane line carvings, mostly used for ornamentation.
The Shuowen explains Yuhu as follows: "Sending troops to Ruiyu is a tiger text", and Yuhu is a relic of the prince's dispatch of troops.
04
Bronze Tiger
The bronze tiger is exquisitely made and enjoys a high reputation and artistic value.
Its tiger body is decorated with patterns, decorated with cirrus clouds, cloud thunder patterns, deformed scales, thunder patterns, etc., with a peculiar shape, a mighty and brave appearance, and a mysterious and immortal spirit hidden inside.
The bronze tiger has strong regional characteristics, which expresses the divinity of the tiger and people's admiration for the tiger to the extreme.
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Tiger-shaped porcelain pillow
The porcelain pillow is the bedding used by the working people in ancient China to cool off in the summer, and the Northern Song Dynasty poet Zhang Qi has a poem: "Gongren made pillows firm and green, so the people gave me anti-inflammatory steaming, holding it into the room cool and windy, cold brain cold mud pills frightened." ”
In the Song Dynasty, the development of porcelain pillows entered a prosperous period, its shape has increased compared with the previous generation, and the decorative techniques have also advanced by leaps and bounds, and the techniques of engraving, scratching, culling, printing, and piling are constantly enriched.
The tiger-shaped porcelain pillow combines the effect of the porcelain pillow to cool off the heat and cool down and the decorative effect of the tiger pattern in one, which greatly enriches the expressiveness and artistry of the porcelain pillow.
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Tiger hat
The tiger head hat with the tiger as the image is a typical style of children's hat in mainland folk children's clothing.
It has become an important part of children's clothing with tiger head shoes, tiger bib, tiger face belly pocket, etc., and has distinctive characteristics.
The Eastern Han Dynasty Ying Shao said in the "Customs and Customs and Etiquette Code":
"The tiger is the yang, the chief of the hundred beasts, can fight and defeat sharp, and eat ghosts." Now the man who has suffered from evil encounters, burned the skin of the tiger and drunk it, and tied its claws can also ward off evil. ”
Before the middle of the twentieth century, due to medical conditions and other reasons, the survival rate of babies was very low, and people hoped for a powerful mysterious force to protect, so the custom was common in the north and south of the mainland, and children born wore tiger head shoes, tiger hats, tiger clothes, and tiger pillows.
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About the painting of the tiger
Hua Zhao (yán with "rock"): Painting a tiger to drive away a wolf
During the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, Hua Yao, one of the outstanding painters of the Qing Dynasty and one of the representative figures of the Yangzhou School of Painting, crossed the mountains and mountains, hiked dozens of miles, and came to Sujiapo Village. As soon as he entered the village, he heard a burst of women's cries. After inquiring, it was learned that several pigs that the village widow Lei Dajie's sister-in-law's family had worked hard to raise were eaten by a group of wolves last night. The villagers told Hua Yao that recently there had been a group of wolves in the village, poultry and livestock had suffered, and every household was in a panic, and the whole village could not be at peace. Suddenly, Hua Yao germinated the desire to paint tigers to drive away wolves and eliminate harm for the people. Hua Yao thought about it a little, and painted on the wall of the gazebo next to the country path, and soon a tiger with teeth and claws came alive.
Liu Jijian (yǒu, a vessel belonging to ancient Chinese wine vessels): Painted Tiger Sacred Hand
Mr. Liu Jijian has loved to paint tigers all his life, and he has the most paintings about tigers, and the most wonderful! In the world of painting tigers, there is a certain achievement and status. In the creation of animal paintings, Mr. Liu Jijian appropriately exaggerates and refines the animal image on the basis of high realism, is good at capturing the instantaneous dynamics of animal action transitions, shows a more perfect image than life, and gives animals anthropomorphic emotions.
In addition to these, "tiger" is also widely used in spoken language or literary creation.
For example, there are many words about tigers.
Draw a tiger like a cat – almost
Tigers shoot flies on their heads – not so easy
Tiger's mouth pulls teeth - such a bold
Paper-paste tigers – they can't be intimidated
......
The afterwords are witty and funny, and unforgettable.
There is also an idiom about the tiger,
"Swallow jaw tiger neck", "tiger mouth escape", "two tigers fighting", "like a tiger adding wings", "tiger swallowing wolf", "tiger falling flat river", "tiger back bear waist", "fox fake tiger wei", "letting the tiger return to the mountain", "riding the tiger is difficult", "tiger looking at the eye", "talking about tiger discoloration"...
So many idioms and post-breaks, have you memorized them?
Finally, Xiaobian wishes everyone 2022: dragon leaping tiger leap, living dragon and tiger, tiger tiger vitality, like a dragon like a tiger, full of tiger spirit!
May the New Year be a new year!