The taste of the year is strong, and the largest surviving pre-Qin bronze tiger has come to visit the New Year! It may also be the most cute bronze tiger!
The Shang Dynasty Fu bird double-tailed bronze tiger, hidden in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum, is a brilliant work of Shang Dynasty bronze art, revealing the tiger totem worship three thousand years ago.
This cultural relic is 53.5 centimeters long, 25.5 centimeters high and weighs 6.2 kilograms. The tiger's body is decorated with patterns, the face and abdomen are decorated with cirrus clouds, the back is decorated with cloud thunder patterns, the nose, the front ridge, the tail and the lower part of the four legs are decorated with deformed scales, and the upper part of the four legs is a striking thunder pattern. The tiger is large in shape and has a peculiar shape, revealing a mighty and brave look on the outside, while hiding a devious and immortal spirit inside. It expresses the divinity of the tiger and man's admiration for the tiger to the extreme.
In ancient times, it was believed that wizards riding tigers could go to heaven to understand the gods. Now, this bronze tiger with a bird on its back, I wish you good luck and a better future!
The gold and silver alloy tiger ornaments of the early Spring and Autumn Period greet you!
This cultural relic is now in the collection of Hubei Provincial Museum. The tiger's body, feet, and tail are decorated with "S" shaped markings. There are a total of 9 pairs of perforations on the tiger's body, which are indicated as ornamental watches. According to the test, this part adopts die forging forming process, and its composition is gold and silver alloy, which is mostly found in ancient West Asia and other regions.
As you might not expect, this is also a tiger...
Make no mistake, it's the wooden tiger of the Turpan Museum.
This wooden tiger of the Northern Dynasty period is 15.3 cm tall and 31.6 cm long, with a relatively poor carving, a large and rounded head, and a high tail, compared with the real tiger, the image gap is larger. Researchers speculate that perhaps the sculptors at the time had never seen a real tiger before they could have carved such a tiger.
The "Customs" says that "the tiger ... Can eat ghosts... Also avoid evil. "The people regard the tiger as a sacred beast, and borrow its mighty and brave town to ward off evil spirits and bless peace." Under the protection of the cute tiger, may people live and work in peace and contentment, and be a laborer in the year of the tiger!
This cute little tiger, from the Lixian Museum in Longnan City, Gansu Province, is named Spring and Autumn Bronze Looking Back Tiger. Its image looks back and curls its tail, shrugged its ears and claws, and is a "big-eyed cute" little guy who "loves to laugh".
Looking back at the beginning of the Year of the Tiger, may we not lose our original intention and not forget the way forward.
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