In the Year of the Tiger, the branches and leaves of the human body are reincarnated 60 times, and the twelve zodiac animals toggle the annual rings.
Tiger originated in China, and the ancestor of Chinese tiger is the ancestor of modern tiger, which has been born in China for more than 2 million years.
We cherish the tiger for life, from generation to generation.
Humans can be traced back to the Warring States period and the pre-Qin period. Ancestors and tigers have long had "intimacy" and awe of their living space, and tigers have long been a part of human life.
With the emergence of national culture in China, tiger culture also appeared. With its image and spirit, the tiger has been dynamically integrated into all fields of our writing, language, literature and folk customs. People have endowed the tiger with the embodiment of speed and strength, and it is one of the most deterrent mascots of the Chinese nation. Since ancient times, our awe and worship of tigers have not changed.
Tigers are not only powerful, but also colorful, with the tattoo of "Wang" on their foreheads, and naturally become the "king of beasts".
In the folk, the tiger is regarded as an auspicious beast, so it has auspicious meanings such as "tiger is powerful", and the word "tiger" is homophonic with "fu" and "fu", which is endowed with a beautiful meaning of auspiciousness and wealth.
In the Stone Age, tiger paintings on rocks became the main content of folk paintings and sculptures. Among them, the creation time of the tiger rock painting in Yinshan, Inner Mongolia can be traced back to the prehistoric civilization period more than 10,000 years ago, which first reflected the life of hunter-gatherers and tigers in northern China.
A beautiful "Five Tigers" is carved on the rock of Tiger Valley. The whole picture vividly depicts the worship of nature by ancestors in northern China, and also reveals the totem of life in nature.
1987, a dragon and tiger pattern carved with clam shells was unearthed in Xishuipo, Puyang City, Henan Province, China, which is the earliest tiger image and the most exquisite dragon and tiger totem.
These archaeological discoveries prove that dragons and tigers are gods worshipped by ancient people, and many clans and tribes regard them as totems.
The ancient national emblem-"the face of god, man and beast" is engraved on various utensils, which is characterized by a "god man" wearing a feather crown riding on the beast. On the stone carving unearthed in Shenmu, Shaanxi, there is a human face in the middle and a tiger on both sides, which is the guardian of mankind. In the Han Dynasty, the Queen Mother of the West had dragons on the left and tigers on the right. The Queen Mother of the West sat in the middle to command, and the tiger became the bodyguard and mount of the Queen Mother of the West, which shows that people have high authority over the tiger.
In ancient China, the tiger-shaped Yu Pei jades engraved with tiger patterns played an important role. Among all animal jade articles, the tiger pattern appears most frequently. Tiger-shaped jades unearthed from archaeological excavations and handed down from generation to generation include tiger patterns such as round carvings, reliefs and plane line carvings, which are mostly used as ornaments.
The interpretation of the jade pot in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: "sending troops to Rui Yu is a tiger pen", and the jade pot is a token of the princes' sending troops.
The ancient bronze tiger was the most exquisite and enjoyed a high sound, and its body was decorated with patterns. It is also decorated with cirrus patterns and Yun Leiwen, which makes the tiger look strange and brave on the outside, but it hides a treacherous and immortal air inside.
Among them, the bronze tiger has strong regional characteristics, which shows its divinity and people's admiration for it to the extreme.
A pair of mythical beasts unearthed in Sanxingdui have something on their shoulders that looks like wings, such as the idiom "Adding wings to a tiger".
Tigers are huge, and the targets they catch are often medium-sized animals such as deer and sheep or even large animals such as cattle. A cultural relic unearthed from the aristocratic tomb in Lijiashan, Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province is an ancient aristocratic tomb in Yunnan, named Niu Hutong case. On this cultural relic, the cow stands firmly. Behind it stands a tiger, and it bows. Its front paws hold the cow's ass, its hind legs support the cow's body, its mouth bites the cow's tail, and there is a calf in the cow's stomach. The cultural relics unearthed this time show that the cow protects the calf at all costs, and also show the scene of the tiger showing great power, including a famous cultural relic in the tomb of King Zhongshan in Pingshan, Hebei Province. A tiger eats a deer's gold, silver and copper map. In order to be stable, the tiger has bitten the deer in the air, and the deer's falling body naturally becomes a support for touching the ground. This cultural relic, which integrates modeling, decoration and striking functions, shows that the ancients captured the wonderful moment of tiger hunting in real life and showed it with the techniques and artistic techniques they could master.
Before the middle of the 20th century, the survival rate of infants was very low, so people pinned their hopes on the protection of a powerful mysterious force. Therefore, this custom is widely popular in the north and south of the motherland. Children born should wear tiger shoes, tiger hats, tiger fur coats and pillows. Tiger hat and shoes, tiger bib, tiger face Chinese-style chest covering, etc. The image of the tiger has become an important part of children's wear, and it is a practical and meaningful ornament, which is deeply loved by ordinary people.
The tiger has become a god beast in people's minds. There are tiger paintings everywhere on the cliff of Shiyan, and people use tiger paintings to drive away wolves. According to legend, during the reign of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, Hua Nie, an outstanding painter in Qing Dynasty and one of the representatives of Yangzhou Painting School, crossed mountains and mountains for dozens of miles and came to Sujiapo Village. Hardly had he entered the village when he heard waves of women crying. Upon inquiry, it was learned that a group of wolves ate some pigs raised by widow Lei's family last night. Villagers told Hua Nie that wolves had recently come to the village, and poultry and livestock had been hurt, which caused panic in every household and made the whole village uneasy. Suddenly, Hua Nie came up with the desire to draw a tiger to drive away wolves and insects for the people. Hua Nie pondered for a moment and began to paint on the wall of the pavilion beside the country road. Soon, a snarling tiger came alive, and the wolves were afraid to come again.
This legend makes the tiger show a more perfect image than in life and endows animals with anthropomorphic emotions.
Besides these, "Tiger" is also widely used in oral English or literary creation. There are hundreds of tiger allegorical sayings and idioms. The tiger's allegorical sayings are humorous and unforgettable, and the tiger's idioms are vivid. There is a saying and proverb: a tiger is thin and ambitious, but a man is poor and ambitious; Tiger father has no son, and the strong will have no weak soldiers; Roaring in the valley, the wind came, Long Xingjing, Yun Qi, etc. Swallowing the tiger's neck, escaping from danger, two tigers fighting each other, adding wings to the tiger, gorging, releasing the tiger to the mountain, riding the tiger, looking at it, talking about color change. ......
The heavenly stems corresponding to the tiger belong to Jia Mu. Their personality and temperament are praised by people as arrogant, rational, intelligent, open-minded, curious about things and full of chivalry. Their strong personality makes them cut through difficulties. Look forward to love, be full of energy, and devote yourself to love, even if it hurts.
Tiger, as a symbol of strength and power, or as a myth worship, has long been a category of China national culture.
In 2022, we entered the Year of the Tiger, which is a long-term historical cultural symbol. If the Chinese zodiac can be traced back, Shen Jiong's Poem of Twelve Rats appeared in the Southern and Northern Dynasties in ancient China: "The mouse produces dust, and the cattle and sheep fall at dusk. Tigers roared in the empty valley, and rabbits opened their windows. The dragon shadow is far green, and the snake willow lingers near. Ma Lanfang is far away and breeds sheep in spring. The monkey chestnut shames the fragrant fruit, and the chicken anvil attracts the clear bosom. The dog is outside the house and the pig window is long. " This poem embeds the names of the animals of the zodiac in the first word in sequence, and highlights the sexual characteristics of each animal. People combine important days with animals to become auspicious days. From the literature, there has been a complete comparison between the Zodiac and the Zodiac in the Han Dynasty. The zodiac is a culture and an idea. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the figurines of the Chinese Zodiac began as animal heads and sat at first. In the late Tang Dynasty, it became a human head and a standing posture. Each of the figurines of the zodiac has an animal in his hand, and people and animals are integrated into one, which has become a beautiful landscape that has been circulated for thousands of years.
This figurine of the zodiac shows the close relationship between the zodiac and people's lives since ancient times.
Tiger is one of the most symbolic animals since ancient times. Ancient ancestors integrated their thoughts and wisdom into cultural relics. In life, the tiger was used to ward off evil spirits in ancient times, and it continues to be popular in modern times, painting the tiger as a door god.
In the course of history, people have gone wave after wave and overcome every difficulty. With the courage to pull out a tooth from the tiger's mouth and the determination of "nothing ventured, nothing gained", even if they have tried their best, they will win a dragon-tiger leap in life!
Year of the tiger, mighty and domineering. Twelve branches, including local Huojin in Shui Mu. Yin Mao is a wood, and Yin is a yang wood, which shows the combination of Yin and Hu.
In the year of the tiger, the tiger will thrive. The Year of the Tiger will remind us that this is a year of strength and speed. Our country is stronger and our economy will add wings to our society.
The tiger in the Year of the Tiger, the tiger of heroes and the tiger of the Chinese nation will cheer for the people and will
Add wings to the prosperity of the motherland. I wish you all a happy and auspicious Year of the Tiger!