Tiger tiger blessed
For thousands of years, the Chinese people have admired the bravery and majesty of the tiger, worshiped the tiger and respected the tiger, included the tiger in the "Zodiac", and poured the image of the tiger into many elements of life such as clothing and clothing, architectural decoration, eating utensils, cultural relics and artworks, etc., to pin the yearning for a better life.
Tiger Tiger Shengfu - Nonyin Year of the Tiger New Year Zodiac Cultural Relics (Photo) Group Exhibition, since January 30, 2022 has been online for nearly 2 months, this online exhibition contains a total of four units of Tiger Leaping Ten Thousand Years, Tiger Distance to the East, Tiger Traveling the World and The Treasured Tiger Cultural Relics in the Courtyard Collection, which comprehensively and three-dimensionally display the vivid image of the tiger in the natural world, history and culture, and folk life.
Want to know what tiger artifacts are hidden in the museum of the Xi'an Museum? Let's take a look at it
Tiger devouring deer skeleton rectangular ornament
Northern Dynasty Copper
Rectangular, hollowed-out carving. The surrounding circle is shaped like a tree, a tiger and a deer in the middle are tearing and fighting, the tiger swoops down on the neck of the deer, the left front paw grabs the right front leg of the deer, and the deer's whole body struggles backwards to capture the picture of the weak and the strong in nature, and the shape is vivid.
Bronze gilded tiger taming illustration
Tang Copper
On the left is a Hu person, pedaling, wearing a small round hat with a pointed top, a high nose and deep eyes, a flexed arm with his right hand to attract backwards, and a left hand tearing the tiger's face. The tiger's hind legs are spread out, the two front legs are propped up, and the mouth is open and hissing, and the look is obedient. The overall picture is outlined with flowing cloud-like curves. The right convex part is a mortise tongue, which should be one of the inserts of an artifact.
Samurai Fuhu bronze ornament
The samurai's head is combed in a high bun, dressed in a robe, with a shawl on the outside, his feet step on the head and tail of the tiger one after the other, the samurai expression is dignified and mighty, his arms are bare and waving back and forth, and the shawl is flowing backwards, with a sense of wind movement. The tiger fell to the ground on all fours, grinning its teeth, and set off the heroic spirit of the samurai.
Four gods and twelve zodiac mirrors
Sui copper
The mirror back ornament is mainly divided into two areas, the inner area is surrounded by the mirror button for the four gods pattern, of which the white tiger is opposite to the suzaku, and the outer area is double-line boundary grid Interior zodiac pattern, interspersed with cloud pattern algae decoration. The mirror button is surrounded by beads, and the outer wheel is serrated.
Four gods and twelve zodiac inscription mirrors
The mirror back ornamentation is divided into three areas, the mirror center is the beast button, the inner area is decorated around the mirror button with the four spirit patterns of green dragon, white tiger, suzaku and Xuanwu, the thirty-two character inscription in the central area, and the twelve zodiac patterns in the outer area.
Zodiac Bagua mirror
The mirror button seat is shaped like a turtle lying on a lotus leaf, and the outside of the button is a Bagua pattern, and the position of the Bagua is arranged according to the orientation of "Yi On Gua". The periphery is decorated with a rushing zodiac motif. This mirror button turtle and lotus shape, the "History of the Turtle Celie Biography" in the "Wanbi Shi Zhu Fang" said: "There is a divine turtle in Jiangnan Jialin. ...... It often nests on the lotus. "This mirror button lying turtle has a divination and auspicious meaning. The Bagua mirror appeared in the middle and late Tang Dynasty and extended to the Two Song Dynasties.
Four gods inscription relic sarcophagus
Song Shi
The coffin lid is arched, plain face; the four sides of the coffin are embossed with four spirit patterns, the front suzaku, the rear Xuanwu, the left green dragon, the right white tiger. The four spirit patterns are all set off by auspicious clouds, which have the feeling of soaring clouds and driving fog. The rectangular base is hollowed out and decorated with mushroom moiré algae. The inside of the gate is inscribed with Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures.
Yan Ganyuan "Fu Hu Tu"
Republic of China paper
The picture shows a colorful tiger lying on the ground, half out, the tiger's eyes staring forward, the feet are majestic and powerful, and the tiger is mighty and windy, ready to come out. Yan Ganyuan, a native of Lantian, Shaanxi, Jinshi at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Guanzhi County, entered the Republic of China, and built a school in Xi'an, contributing to education in Shaanxi. Yan Ganyuan is good at finger painting and is known for his landscapes.