For example, Shaanxi has the custom of giving cloth tigers to children. When the child is full moon, my uncle's family will send a tiger made of yellow cloth. When I enter the gate, I will break a tiger's tail and throw it outside. Giving cloth tigers is to hope that children will be as powerful as tigers when they grow up; Breaking the tiger's tail is to hope that children will avoid disasters and difficulties in the process of growing up.
2. One of China's totems.
Because of its majestic image, tigers have been used to symbolize the courage and strength of soldiers since ancient times, such as tiger generals, tiger ministers and tigers. In ancient times, a tiger was carved in gold on the military symbol of dispatching troops, which was called the tiger symbol. In writing, language, poetry, literature, sculpture, painting, novels, operas, folk customs and other traditional cultures, the image of the tiger is ubiquitous and has become an indispensable part of Chinese civilization.
3. Ecological function.
In an ecosystem, the higher the biodiversity, the richer the species and the more stable the system; On the contrary, the more fragile the system is, the more prone it is to catastrophic changes. Therefore, not only tigers, but also any species in this ecosystem have their own functions of regulating and regulating ecological balance and species balance.
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The history of tiger biology;
Tigers evolved from eating meat in ancient times. In the Early Tertiary, there were several branches of ancient carnivores similar to cats: one of them was the ancient cheetah, which evolved into the present cheetah in various geological periods; One is the Gu Jian Toothed Tiger with highly specialized canine teeth; One is a pseudo saber-toothed tiger similar to Gu Jian saber-toothed tiger; The last one is an ancient cat.
Gu Jian Toothed Tiger and Pseudosaber-toothed Tiger died out in the early and late Tertiary respectively, and the ancient cat survived. Among them, the tiger-shaped ancient cat is the ancestor of today's tiger.
Later, ancient cats were divided into three branches: real cats, cat-fearing cats and real saber-toothed tigers. After that, both of them became extinct in the Quaternary Ice Age. Only real cats survived, and they were divided into two groups, cats and leopards, which lasted until 2 1 century. Today, the tiger is a member of the leopard family.
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