The sun and the moon pass through the day, and the rivers travel to the earth. The ancestors used legends and objects as the carrier, leaving countless memories of the tiger to future generations, and the image of the tiger gradually evolved from the original beast to a totem with political, religious and cultural colors. In real life, clothing accessories, living utensils and architectural components with tigers as shapes and patterns not only play a practical function, but also have considerable aesthetic significance and value. The "Tiggo You'an - 2022 New Year Exhibition" of the National Expo not only shows the endless tiger culture, but also relies on seasonal calligraphy, paintings and cultural relics to show the ancients' endless expectations and feelings for the New Year.
Artifacts talk tiger
The worship of the tiger comes from the early hunting culture of mankind, because the tiger was the strongest beast recognized by the ancients when they came into contact with nature, so in the long survival game, our ancestors deified it. Whether it is the "Tiger Festival", a relic of envoys during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or the "Tiger Charm" that the ancient emperors granted military power and mobilized troops, or the "Tiger Army" that defended the territory and protected the territory and represented a powerful existence, all of them showed the important position of the tiger in traditional Chinese culture.
Wrong Silver "Marquis of Tangyang" Tiger Charm (Western Han)
Wrong gold "Deng Shichen" copper Crouching Tiger (Western Han)
Tiger culture was first distributed in the Yellow River Basin, which was mainly based on hunting. In the tombs excavated in Puyang, Henan Province, which are 60000 to 7000 years old, there are tiger-shaped patterns shaped with mussel shells. In addition, as one of the twelve zodiac signs, the tiger represents the qualities of strength, bravery, majesty and vitality, and has been loved and praised by Chinese generations. To this day, the image of the tiger is still everywhere in the life of the Chinese, and for thousands of years, it still carries people's praise for the vitality and the yearning for a happy life.
Bronze Tiger Hammer (Western Zhou)
One of the most precious exhibits in this exhibition is the bronze heavy bronze tiger lock cast in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which was once a collection of the Yuanmingyuan and has been living in a foreign country for more than 100 years, and returned to the embrace of the motherland in 2018. The whole bronze piece is folded shoulders and the abdomen of the jar, the dragon head is molded, the top is decorated with tiger patterns, and the lid is topped with a tiger body dragon tail beast. Because the flow pipe decorates the image of the Crouching Tiger, it is called "Tiger Lock". According to expert speculation, this vessel may be used in the rituals of the Ancients of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, such as sacrifices and feasts, carrying important religious significance, and under X-rays, the inscriptions and dragon and tiger combinations engraved on the top of the cultural relics cover can also be seen.
Skeletonized Dragon tiger pattern throwing pot (Three Kingdoms)
White Tiger Pattern Wadang (Han)
Green and white jade carved tiger pattern pendant (Ming)
Elegant fan surface
Throughout the ages, the daily life of the Chinese people has been closely related to fans, and a beautiful fan has always been a craft treasure that integrates practical value and aesthetic value. Although there is still debate in the academic circles about the origin of the folding fan, from the first day of holding the folding fan, Chinese has given this thing a unique national characteristic and cultural connotation, so it has also given birth to a "fan culture" for thousands of years.
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Li Shizhuo - Fan Face "Mountain Village Snow Landscape" (Qing)
Zhao Zhichen - Plum Blossom Daffodil Fan (Qing)
The relationship between the folding fan and the literati complements each other, and because of the unique format shape of the folding fan, the painter must carefully conceive how to arrange the picture in a specific space when he is writing. Folding fans are different from tuan fans, with opening and closing folds, so the drawing of the fan surface is also more exquisite, often need to arrange the layout of the picture according to the fan bone and folds. Within easy reach of heaven and earth, the pen turns at will, turning the limited into the infinite, and between the square inches, it shows the wonderful artistic conception and infinite charm of the art of calligraphy and painting.
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Yang Jin - Fan "Two-color Plum Blossom Diagram" (Qing)
The "Two-color Plum Blossom Diagram" of Yang Jin of the Qing Dynasty exhibited in this exhibition is also one of the finest works of the "Two-color Plum Blossom Diagram" composed by Ding Jiaochun Zhengxiahuan (that is, the end of the first month). The two branches of red and white plum blossoms are painted on the fan surface, which fully reflects the vitality of early spring at the end of the pen. The plum blossoms that bloom in the cold are proud and vulgar, the branches are straight and firm, the bones are majestic, the changes are rich, and it is far away, which makes people think of it.
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Calligraphic porcelain
The vast and pure beauty of ancient mythology, the sprinkling of Zhuzi prose, the profundity of the words and verses, the classic charm of Tang and Song poems - open the long volume of Chinese history, and look at all the brilliant sparks of five thousand years. From ancient times to the present, the calligraphy and porcelain of the Chinese nation have gone through a long and tortuous road of exploration, and have long become synonymous with China standing among the nations of the world.
Yang Jun-Su Shi "Former Chibi Fu"
Yang Jun-Li Bai's poem "Send Meng Haoran"
Many times, the beauty of nature does not appear in a uniform form, but when the overall situation is summarized, there is an excellent balance of beauty. The ancients discovered this very early, so in the search for calligraphic fonts and ceramic glaze colors, they also repeatedly reflected the long-term thinking about this aesthetic quality.
Weng Tonggong - Cursive "Tiger" Axis (Qing)
Calligraphy is the art of pen and ink, and porcelain is the art of mud and fire. Both calligraphy and porcelain have undergone a long history of precipitation, and have gradually evolved from the first applications to works of art for people to appreciate. Weng Tonggong, a heavy minister of the late Qing Dynasty, was born on the morning of the 27th day of April in the tenth year of the Qing Dynasty (1830, gengyin year), corresponding to the chinese zodiac sign as a tiger, so he had a special love for the word "tiger" throughout his life. The "Cursive "Tiger" Axis" exhibited in the exhibition was written by Weng Shi in his later years, and it was written in one breath, showing the meaning of majesty and thickness.
Glazed safflower fruit pattern gourd bottle (Qianlong)
"Shen De Tang" pastel baby play picture plate (Qingdao Guang)
In addition, this exhibition also exhibits the "Shendetang" pastel baby play picture plate. During the Light Years of the Qing Dynasty, Shende Hall was quite popular with the emperor, and its daily utensils were required to carry the "Shende Hall" for royal use. The whole piece of utensils porcelain plate closure, curved abdomen, circle foot, plate white pastel to draw a courtyard baby play scene map. In the picture, the children are holding a variety of toys with auspicious meanings, with the meaning of "years of peace", "toad palace folding laurel" and "crown belt passed on".
Wang Gaosheng- Yang Juyuan's poem "Early Spring in the East of the City"
QingQianlong - Seven Words of Silk
Time, it shattered the past, but also painted the present dynasty. Rolling over the millennia, what has been handed down to this day is not only a collection of a museum, but also a party of emotion and a magnificent vein. Digging deep into traditional culture and showing the style of the times, the National Museum 'Tsubasa You'an - 2022 Chinese New Year Exhibition' has all been shared. In the next issue of the art scene, we continue wonderfully.
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