The tiger is the beast of auspiciousness in traditional Chinese culture, symbolizing prestige, bravery and strength, as well as auspiciousness and good fortune. At the beginning of the Year of the Tiger, let us walk into the Ruiguo Ruins Museum in Liangdai Village, travel through history, and read precious cultural relics related to the "tiger".
Cai Haipeng, deputy director of the Ruiguo Ruins Museum in Liangdai Village, said: "This display case is a set of cultural relics excavated from a female boudoir, all of which are bronzes, exquisite workmanship, its bottom four feet are tiger feet, this tiger is very soft, not as strong as the male embodiment, we see its claws curled up, next to this artifact is called the circle foot (yi), it is actually a water vessel embodiment, but this is no longer a water vessel, it is a box containing female beauty products or cosmetics, there is a feature on this, It has a human-faced tiger body button for easy opening of the lid. ”
Whether it is a hollow square box or a circle foot (yi), it has been at least 2800 years ago, and the ingenious combination of cast bronze and tiger elements is not only the epitome of the wisdom of the ancients, but also reflects the change of history and cultural changes, and is a traditional cultural imprint worthy of our protection and inheritance.
Cai Haipeng, deputy director of the Ruiguo Ruins Museum in Liangdai Village, said: "From these two cultural relics, the overall tiger-shaped shape not only reflects the gentle, gentle and feminine external performance of a woman, but also reflects the spirit of a woman who is strong in the heart like a tiger, so this also reflects a cultural integration system that slowly began to pay attention to women in the Spring and Autumn Period." ”
= Content: Hancheng News Gao Mingyue Fan Zenghui
= Editor: Hancheng City Scenic Area Management Committee