Bronze Tiger Button Bashu Seal Courtesy of the Hong Kong CuHK Cultural Relics Museum
Hong Kong, February 10 (China News Network) (Reporter Suo Youwei) 2022 is the year of the tiger in the zodiac. The Cultural Heritage Museum of the University of Chinese hong Kong (CUHK) held the "Nong Yin Says Tiger" exhibition to welcome the New Year, focusing on the tiger culture in Chinese history.
Ding Yanyong's "Six Ancestors Tuning Heart Map" Courtesy of the Cultural Relics Museum of CuHK
The reporter learned on the 10th that the exhibition selected more than 20 tiger-related cultural relics collected by the Cultural Heritage Museum and Huaihai Hall of the University of Chinese hong Kong, including calligraphy and paintings, seals, ceramics, etc. A bronze tiger button bashu seal from the fourth century BC to the third century BC, the bronze tiger shape is vivid and the ornamentation is delicate. According to reports, in the ancient Bashu culture in Sichuan, the tiger is especially revered, and the tiger stripe is popular in a large number of Bashu weapons and musical instruments, and this seal may belong to the tribal leaders.
The monk-tiger sleeping with the picture is widely loved in Zen art. Ding Yanyong's "Six Ancestors Tune Heart Map" reflects the imagery of human and beast as different species but with the same destination, as well as the entanglement of reality and dreams, and the imagery of life as a phantom.
Gao Qifeng's painting "Night Whistle" Courtesy of the Hong Kong CuHK Cultural Relics Museum
The tiger works of The Lingnan School masters Gao Jianfu and Gao Qifeng also appeared in the exhibition. The original "Ergao" scholar Jieshan School, most of the paintings were small animals such as birds and insects, and later changed the painting of large beasts such as tigers and eagles under the influence of modern Japanese painting. The background is also more contrasted with moonlit nights or snow scenes, highlighting its ferocious characteristics. Compared with his elder brother Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng's style is more realistic.
In the paintings of the past, the image of the tiger can sometimes be cute and cute, and even confused with the cat and cat. The ZhengJiazhen comic "Cat and Tiger Sect Affinity" in the exhibit is exaggerated, and the tiger and cat, Pang Shuo and petite, and flower and white form a strong contrast. The white cat seemed to want to "pick up the tiger's whiskers", and the eyes of the two rubbed a wonderful spark.
Zheng Jiazhen comic "Cat Tiger Sect Pro-Tu" Courtesy of the Cultural Relics Museum of CuHK
The exhibition party said that from the exhibits, the meaning of the tiger's evil spirit and charm can be seen, as well as the ancestors' worship of the tiger. In mythology and literature, the tiger is often accompanied by arhat monks and immortals, which becomes a confirmation of its magical powers. The postures and styles of various tigers in art can also reflect cultural exchanges and witness the changes of the times.
It is reported that the CUHK Heritage Museum holds an exhibition of Zodiac cultural relics every year during the Spring Festival, and some of the exhibits in this exhibition are presented in a digital manner in the Lee Park of Causeway Bay during the Spring Festival. In response to the latest situation of the epidemic, the CUHK Heritage Museum has been temporarily closed and launched the online exhibition "Nong Yin Says Tiger", which has been viewed by more than 2,000 people in the past few days. The museum hopes that after the epidemic eases, the physical exhibition can be opened to the public. (End)