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Tigers are an extremely important part of traditional Chinese culture. It is the king of the beasts, mighty, strong, and brave. In the minds of the people, the tiger is also a symbol of peace and auspiciousness to drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters.
In the program on the first day of the Chinese New Year, we say "tiger" at the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. Take you to understand the "tiger culture", "tiger legend" and "tiger folklore" in various parts of the province.
Hebei Museum: Cute tigers make the New Year
From January 27, 2022, the Hebei Museum will exhibit the "Tiger and Tiger Shengfu - Joint Exhibition of Cultural Relics of the Chinese New Year zodiac in the Year of the Tiger" in Halls 1 and 2 of the North District.
Tiger tiger blessed
The Hebei Museum also specially designed the part of "Hebo Meng Tiger New Year", which specially selected several cultural relics containing tiger elements in the Hebei Museum, so that the audience can understand the understanding of the tiger by the ancestors of Hebei and feel the strong vitality of Chinese culture in the spirituality and vitality of the Hebo Meng Tiger.
Wrong gold and silver tiger devouring deer screen seat Warring States
The Wrong Gold, Silver Tiger, And Deer Screen Seat is a famous national treasure cultural relic, and it is also a first-class cultural relic of the country. The bright colors and vivid overall shape vividly express the phenomenon of the weak and the strong in nature. Although animal ornaments and shapes are reflected in the ancient Zhongshan culture, there are no artifacts that are so imagely, realistic and embody power.
Inlaid turquoise tiger-shaped gold ornament piece Warring States
Turquoise tiger-shaped gold pieces are a combination of gemstone and gold. Because the tiger symbolizes bravery and victory, the people of the Warring States Zhongshan Kingdom set this tiger-shaped gold ornament on their clothes to represent bravery, strength and vitality.
In addition, what other classic tiger-shaped cultural relics does the Hebei Museum have? Let's listen to the introduction of Liu Kefei, a docent of the Hebei Museum.
Hebei Museum Liu Kefei
Swipe left or right to view. From left to right, they are: tiger-shaped topaz pei warring states, yellow-brown glazed reed goose figure tiger-shaped pillow gold, ivory carving ornaments of the Western Han Dynasty
Nian Beast and Tiger: A Literary Interpretation of Modern Man
In Chinese folk customs, it is not uncommon to be related to tigers, from the people painting tigers in the door, to the tiger head shoes and tiger head hats worn by small dolls, the colorful tiger culture has long penetrated into our lives.
Liang Yong, a librarian at the Hebei Provincial Government Museum of Culture and History, introduced that tigers symbolize bravery, so humans are full of reverence for tigers - in ancient times, we used tiger charms; mighty generals were called tiger generals; from the western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Warring States, and then to the two Han Dynasties, the Yulin Army was awarded the Tiger Army; the army that could recruit good battles was called the Tiger Wolf Division. Therefore, tigers have very deep historical and cultural origins in China.
In the description of the "Nian Beast" in traditional folklore stories, some people say that its prototype is a wolf, and some people say that its prototype is a tiger, so is there any connection between the Nian Beast and the only beast in the Zodiac, the tiger?
Liang Yong, a librarian at the Hebei Provincial Government Research Museum of Literature and History, explained that in fact, looking through ancient books can not find the theory of nian beast, according to scholars' research, in the 1930s, the "Old Record of HuDu Dialect • Memories of Customs in the Old Age" is the earliest mention of "Nian Beast":
"It has a hanging purple micro star to paint the axis, the painter paints a stone pillar, and the lock on the pillar resembles a dog and not a dog beast, or the cloud is a beast, that is, the Tengu Star, or the cloud is the name of the beast, often lusting to eat people, and the purple micro star is locked, so it does not make the netherworld wanton, but makes people not suffer from the New Year, so it is most appropriate to hang this at the New Year."
Liang Yong explained that tracing back to ancient Chinese literature, about the nian beast is not found, in the "Gu Liang Biography" and "Book of Poetry" said that "nian" is representative of the harvest, especially in the oracle bones, the word "nian" is two hands holding the harvest shape of the five grains, so it also means harvest and auspiciousness.
Liang Yong interprets the origin of the "Nian Beast"
Cloth Tiger: Stitch by stitch to sew out the auspicious
Cloth tiger is a kind of traditional handicraft that has been widely circulated in ancient China, it has a wide variety and wide circulation, and is a folk craft with a very local atmosphere.
In 2019, the North Mabu Tiger Making Technique was identified as the sixth batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage in Zhangjiakou City.
Malin, the inheritor of the Northern Mabu Tiger Intangible Cultural Heritage
The cloth tiger created by MaLin, the most representative is the auspicious tiger, 1.2 meters long and 1.6 meters high, using cotton, wool, tassels and other materials, using cutting, cutting, sewing, embroidery, flowers and other processes, 4 people took 2 months to complete.
Among them, the fish-shaped tiger nose represents many sons and many blessings, the Xiangyun tiger eyebrow represents Xiangrui, the tiger body peony pattern represents the blossoming wealth, the tiger tail adopts an original circular design, coupled with the exquisite design of the limbs and tiger ridge, etc., so that the whole cloth tiger looks not only novel in style, but also quite Chinese. Once it came out, it was very popular with people.
Some are steady and quiet, some are lively and well-behaved. These different styles of tiger shapes have a common feature: they are based on exaggeration and deformation, and treat the shape of the tiger in different ways, which is very local.
Face Sculpture Tiger: Intangible Cultural Heritage Art Builds a Bridge to Prosperity
At the Face Sculpture Art Studio in Dongguan Village, Wangdu County, Hebei Province, Zuo Lin Jing (right) taught the students the craft of face sculpture.
Zuo Linjing, a 51-year-old from Dongguan Village, Wangdu Town, Wangdu County, Hebei Province, has loved making face sculptures since childhood. In her long-term practice, she has constantly innovated in the inheritance, giving clay surface sculpture modern elements and artistic connotations.
A water cup work made by Zuo Linjing
Through online dissemination, her face sculptures have attracted the attention of many people, and the supply of sales across the country has exceeded demand.
Zuo Linjing is recording the "Face Sculpture Tiger" teaching course with video
Today, Zuo Linjing has opened her own art studio and regularly trained more than 120 surplus laborers in rural areas to help more locals who like the art of face sculpture increase their income and become rich.
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Jingxing Nanzhangjing Tiger Fire: National Intangible Cultural Heritage
Although in recent years, for various reasons, fireworks can not be set off, but the gorgeous beauty of fireworks has left many people with very good childhood memories. In fact, in Our Shijiazhuang Jingxing, there is a national intangible cultural heritage fireworks technique that has been passed down for more than 300 years - Jingxing South Zhangjing Tiger Fire.
The pyrotechnic technique "Tiger Fire" in Nanzhangjing Village, Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang, is said to have been obtained by Zhang Jinglin's ancestors in Shanxi during the Kangxi Period of the Qing Dynasty. From the late Qing Dynasty to the founding of New China, fireworks in Nanzhangjing Village have always been the finale of the Lantern Flower Festival in the county town, called "official fire".
"Tiger fire" is made of aluminum wire and thorn strips woven into the shape of a tiger, the tiger belly put "run in place" and other fire, put a pot on the back of the fire, when burning, the tiger mouth spits white smoke, the eyes glow blue.
During the performance, two people pull in front, one person pushes in the back, both bare-chested, fire on the tiger, people in the fire, it can be said that it is particularly spectacular, showing the fierceness and boldness of our northerners to the fullest.
Wu Qiangnian paintings: lions, tigers, large vases
Wu Qiang New Year painting is a unique chinese folk painting genre, because of its plump composition, bright colors, exaggerated decoration, and strong characteristics of festivals, it has become the leader among folk New Year paintings.
The representative inheritor of Wuqiang's wooden plank New Year painting is the work of Ma Xiqin
Among them, "lion", "tiger", "big vase" are known as the three treasures in Wu Qiangnian's paintings, and each piece has a magical legend.
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Too big a year
Just say this "tiger", people call it "town house tiger", in the Ming and Qing dynasties, almost every household had to put a sheet on a conspicuous place. It is said that the family has a "town house tiger", which can drive away demons and avoid evil, and even bullies and robbers are afraid of three points and dare not easily break into the door.
Chinese like tigers and advocate tigers, whether in historical relics, folk skills, or painters and writers, we can always find the figure of the tiger. For example, we will call the mighty and majestic generals "tiger generals", the brave and good soldiers "tiger soldiers", the non-selfish ministers "tiger ministers", and the majestic and steady steps "tiger steps".
There are also many idioms with tigers, such as tiger and tiger, such as tiger wings, living dragon and living tiger, hidden dragon crouching tiger, dragon leaping tiger leap, tiger ambition and so on.
In the cultural complex of Chinese worshiping tigers and loving tigers, in fact, it also condenses our spirit of striving for strength and our prayers for auspicious peace. On the first day of the Year of the Tiger, I also wish everyone a strong tiger and a strong tiger in the new year!
Author | Hebei Tai Wang Jiayu, Jin Lulu, Gao Lei, Zhangjiakou Tai'an Yongyue, Jingxing County Party Committee Propaganda Department News Department Feng Chunyan
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