Since the ancient Chinese people have always admired the bravery and majesty of the tiger, worshiped the tiger and respected the tiger, poured the image of the tiger into many elements of life such as clothing and clothing, architectural decoration, eating utensils, cultural relics and artworks, etc., to pin their yearning for a better life.
In the New Year of the Tiger, China Cultural Relics Newspaper, together with nearly 50 cultural institutions around the world, crowdfunded hundreds of pictures of cultural relics, specimens and artworks related to tigers, and assembled them into a joint exhibition of cultural relics pictures of the Chinese zodiac, and the joint exhibition of cultural relics and pictures of the 2022 New Year of the Tiger was opened on January 25, 2022 in the atrium on the 2nd floor of the Bronze Museum, and lasted until April 30, without stopping during the New Year. In order to let the citizens and friends who did not go feast their eyes in advance, XiaoLi took you to experience it first!
According to Ruan Haifeng, a staff member of the Bronze Museum Exhibition Hall, "In the corner of the exhibition hall, you can see Hu Xiaohong, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Fengxiang Liuying Village, and her son Han Jianbin handmade the cute sitting tiger and the mighty hanging tiger, which pinned the good wishes of people in the town house to drive away evil spirits; followed by tiger head hats, tiger striped vests, tiger head shoes, tiger head pillows, etc., which are personally woven by Teacher Li Huilian, the representative inheritor of Western Qin embroidery, and people believe that as long as children wear them, they will be protected by powerful tigers and thus grow up healthily." Looking up, you can see that the door panels on the two door panels have two town house god tigers, which were formed by Mr. Tai Liping, the representative inheritor of fengxiang woodblock prints, using locally produced pear wood and carving and reprinting. ”
In the exhibition, there is a huge clay sculpture lying on the ground, Ruan Haifeng told reporters: "This clay sculpture is also made by teacher Hu Xiaohong, which is located at the mouth of Fengxiang Liuying Village, weighing 300 pounds, and the huge sitting tiger that is rare in Shifengxiang clay sculpture works is very iconic." ”
There is a paper-cut work on the display wall that is very special, created by Ms. Xu Yindi, the representative inheritor of Qishan paper-cutting, based on the cultural relics in the museum, "Mother and Child Tiger", "This work shows the big tiger holding the small tiger ready to bring back to the nest." Ruan Haifeng said.
In addition to the tiger of folk life, in the museum, we can also see the tiger of the natural world and the tiger of history and culture, it is understood that the exhibition has a total of hundreds of cultural relics and artwork pictures, not only can see the evolution of the "tiger", even parents with their children can also entertain and educate, feel the wonderful fun.
Ms. Zhang told reporters: "After I took the child to see it, I found that the child's tiger is no longer as simple as what is seen in the zoo, and the child now talks about the tiger from ancient times to the present, and has learned a lot of knowledge other than textbooks, and I am very pleased, and I hope that the museum can hold more such exhibitions." ”
Huashang Daily reporter Dong Xiaoming Editor Yang Yuting Zhao Xin