"The tail is a flag, and the teeth are a sword." Fiercely swallow the red leopard, the male deterrence seals the wolf. This is a verse from the Song Dynasty poet Mei Yaochen's "Tiger Line".
Such a fierce tiger lived on the lotus arc tiger pattern copper mirror of the Song Dynasty. This cultural relic is now in the Hunan Provincial Museum, with a diameter of 15 cm, eight petals of sunflower, round buttons, no button seats, and high flat edges. The upper part of the mirror surface cast inscription "Man has ten mouths, the front cow has no head horn, and the rear cow has a mouth to go", which is analyzed together as a word puzzle, that is, "Jia WuZao". The right side of the mirror is decorated with three grass leaf patterns, and a tiger pattern is cast in bas-relief below the mirror. The tiger's tail is held high, its teeth are cracked, and its four legs are rising, and it is ready to pounce, and the posture is vivid.
With this lotus arc tiger pattern bronze mirror, "illuminate" to see the perfect future!
New Year's Yaxi! The Warring States Cultural Relics Tiger Pattern Round Gold Medal from Xinjiang wishes you all the best in the Year of the Tiger!
The cultural relic is now in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum. The tiger precursor in the pattern is composed and erect, with its head held high, in a leaping style, lifelike and extremely dynamic.
Tiger striped bronze mirror + round gold medal, I wish you a complete Year of the Tiger and good things in pairs!
Producer: Zhao Danping
Producer: Wei Tiemin, Liu Kai
Planner: Tan Xuanxuan
Copywriting/Poster Design: Tan Yang Xuan Zhang Bo Ning
Reporter: Zhang Yujie, Zhou Ye
Editor: Lu Ye
Xinhua News Agency to the outside Hunan branch Xinjiang branch
Hunan Provincial Museum Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum
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