Tiger is a hieroglyph, written as Tiger after the transformation.
The word "tiger" in the word "several" is the deformation of the tiger's tail, like "several stools", implying that the tiger is mighty, the tiger is standing, and defying everything; the vertical and horizontal mouth on the "tiger" is like an angry mouth, and the whistle is about to come out. Judging from the evolution of glyphs, the "tiger" before the seal text has continued to stand, and its meaning is self-evident. Tiger is the first character of the ministry, and the characters that use tiger as a sound symbol and a meaning symbol are: scare (originally replaced by the word "tiger", and later in order to share the burden of "tiger", another "scare" was created to scare and scare people. However, "tiger face" and "tiger face" must also use "tiger"; the words that use tiger as a meaning symbol are: 虓, 彪,号 (号), 虢, 虣, 猇, etc.; the words with tiger as a sound symbol are: 琥 (originally also used the word "tiger", and then chose amber, so "amber" is also written as "tiger").
Besides
虍 (虍 ( writing when doing the beginning , compressed up and down to make room for the other parts below , that skimming elongation plays a protective role ) , a hieroglyphic character that is the same word as "tiger" in oracle bones and gold texts. Yu is now concentrating on being the appendage of the "tiger", called the tiger head. The words that use 虍 as the righteous symbol are: tiger, abuse, piety, yu, etc.; the words with the worm as the sound symbol are: 虏, 虚, 處 (處) and so on.
As the saying goes, a mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, but a "tiger" accounts for two heads (there are only 301 contemporary Chinese character heads), which shows the power of the "tiger" character.
Mainland folk have long regarded the tiger as the mascot of the town demon to drive away evil spirits, and the dolls wear tiger head shoes on their feet, wear tiger head pockets on their chests, wrap tiger head around their necks, wear tiger head hats, and rely on tiger head pillows on their heads... If you regenerate a pair of tiger teeth, it is not far from the tiger's head. The mascot tiger has a "king" on its head, which in addition to warding off evil spirits, may also contain the elders' expectations for the future of their children. Now many car owners put gecko decorations on the back of the car, which means to take the harmonic sound of "shelter". In addition, "tiger" and "fu" are pronounced similarly in the Central Plains, and it seems that "tiger" not only avoids disasters but also brings "blessing".
Tigers, commonly known as tigers, are "old" from the day they are born. At this point, rats and tigers have a fight, which shows that people look up to rats and tigers several times.
Tiger, the name in ancient books, varies according to the geographical environment, and there are at least 20 kinds of titles, such as large insects and so on. The ancient Chu people called the tiger "Yu Suo". Some readers will say that "yu" is not simplified to "yu". In fact, "yu" is not completely simplified, when reading Yū, when used as a surname, it is not simplified; when reading wū, it is not simplified, such as Yu Hu (同呜呼), Yu Xi (同呜呼, here "play" pronounced "Hu"), Yu Su (tú).
After saying "tiger", let's talk about "yin".
Yin's oracle bones are like quiver-shaped. When it comes to the seal, the arrow is falsely translated as a 宀. The original meaning is to ask for an arrow from the arrow letter, and by extension it means respect. Later, it was lent to the third member of the earth branch to be with the sub-ugly and so on, and used for the chronology, month, day, and hour, and the original meaning disappeared with it. The first month of the summer calendar is called Yinzheng. Please note that the first month of each year is rotated by Jiayin, Yingyin, Pengyin, Gengyin, and Nongyin, and it is counted from the day of Lichun. For example, on February 3, 2022, the lunar calendar is the lunar month of the Year of The Year of the New Year (the third day of the first lunar month). February 4, 2022, is the fourth day of the first lunar month of the year of Nongyin (the fourth day of the first lunar month). Usually, the genus phase is divided by Chinese New Year's Eve twelve o'clock in the evening, but in some places the genus phase is bounded by Lichun, so there is a distinction between Lichun before and after the first day of the first lunar month, which is troublesome enough. Like February 4, 2038, the first day of the first lunar month is LiChun, which is much easier.
The ancients divided a day into twelve hours, which were from 11 to 1 o'clock in the night for the child hour, and from 1 o'clock to 3 o'clock for the ugly time... And so on. Later, an hour was divided into two periods, which is where the name "hour" comes from.
It is 3:00 to 5:00 a.m. before dawn. There is a folk saying that the zodiac is arranged according to the time of day when the animals are most active. It is said that at the time of the yin, the tigers that come out day and night are the most fierce. This arrangement, in turn, determines the ordering of the twelve branches (子, ugly, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 海). Yin originally means to shoot arrows, and to use Yin with tigers is not intentional by the ancients.
Tigers are mighty and brave, so tiger generals, tiger ministers, tiger soldiers, tiger ben, tiger divisions, tiger wei, and tiger steps abound. There are more than enough place names to mention, there are Suzhou Tiger Hill District in the south, Heilongjiang Hulin City in the north, and there are as many as 66 in Jinan alone, such as Drinking Tiger Pond, Black Tiger Spring, Crouching Tiger Mountain, Tiger Mountain and so on.
The Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Suzaku, and the Xuanwu are the four great divine beasts in the eyes of the ancients, known as the "Four Spirits". The "Four Spirits" originated from ancient astronomical observations and the worship of the stars of the ancestors. The ancients roughly divided the sky into four major regions: the stars of the east combined into the image of a dragon, called "green (cang) dragon (east for wood, wood is green)"; the stars in the west are combined into the image of a tiger, called "white tiger (gold in the west, gold is white)"; the stars in the south are combined into the image of birds flying with wings spread, called "Suzaku (bird, south is fire, Vermilion is also)"; the stars in the north are combined into the image of turtles and snakes entangled together, called "Xuanwu (Xuan is black, Wutong meditation refers to darkness, and the north is cold and killing)". Nanjing Xuanwu Lake is in the north of the city, the Suzaku Bridge is undoubtedly in the south of the city, plus the East Dragon Pan (Purple Mountain) and the West Tiger Ju (Stone City), which is worthy of Jinling. Writing this, I can't help but think of Comrade Mao Zedong's "Seven Laws: The People's Liberation Army Occupies Nanjing": "Zhongshan is windy and rainy, and a million heroes have crossed the river." The tiger is better than the past, and the world is turned upside down. It is advisable to chase the poor and the poor, and not to become the overlord of the famous school. If the heavens are full of love and the heavens are old, the right way in the world is vicissitudes. "Shenwu Gate is the north gate of the Forbidden City. Built in the eighteenth year of Ming Yongle (1420), it was originally named Xuanwu Gate, and later renamed Shenwu Gate to avoid the name of the Kangxi Emperor Xuan Ye.
Tiger Charm, a relic granted by ancient emperors to subordinates and dispatch troops. Cast in bronze in the shape of a tiger, with an inscription on its back, it is divided in two along the tiger ridge, the right half remains in the center, and the left half is issued to local officials or generals of the army. When the army is dispatched, it must be checked by the envoys in order to take effect. It flourished in the Warring States, Qin, and Han Dynasties. Tang Gaozu avoided the name of his ancestor Li Hu, abolished the tiger symbol, and used the fish symbol instead, Wu Zetian changed it to the turtle symbol, and in the early years of Emperor Zhongzong, he reverted to the fish symbol. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the use of tiger charms resumed. The Yuan Dynasty used the Tiger Head Card. Although there is a tiger charm guarantee, it is inevitable that the story of Xin Lingjun stealing the charm to save Zhao occurs.
Tiger culture is unique in traditional Chinese culture and occupies a considerable space. There are more than 100 idioms with the word "tiger" alone. Positive meanings account for the vast majority, such as the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, the power of the nine bulls and two tigers, does not enter the tiger's den, the tiger is born, the hidden dragon crouching tiger, knows that there are tigers in the mountains, and prefers the tiger mountain line; the derogatory meaning is less (the tiger has a framed element): for the tiger, the tiger head and snake tail, the fox fake tiger will, etc.; the neutral one: sloppy tiger, playing sloppy eyes, etc.
There is also the word shihu, which is frightened by the sight of a fierce, which originally refers to a poetry expert, or a riddle that uses verses as a riddle. Because the tiger is difficult to shoot, it is difficult to guess the mystery, hence the name.
Finally, I wish that a strong China will have you and me when it is like a tiger...
One point number Wu Yongliang