On Painting a Tiger in the Year of Renyin

There will be war in the year of the tiger in 2022.

▲ Muxidi "Mohu Map" of Cleveland Museum of Art in Southern Song Dynasty

In fact, we are descendants of tigers? I have to say: there is some truth in this statement in academic circles. Scholars such as Liu Yaohan and Yang Hesen suggested that the ancient totems of Tiger Fuxi and Dragon Nuwa constituted the contextual tradition of China Dragon and Tiger Culture.

In the traditional impression, Fuxi and Nu Wa are both snakeheads. Why do you say "Tiger Fuxi"?

In fact, tiger totem worship has been popularized as early as ancient times, and the totem of Fuxi clan is the tiger. After the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a saying that "the dragon is the only thrill", and Fuxi was regarded as the first one, so the tiger was turned into a dragon, so there was a saying that there was a head.

▲ Tang's anonymous "Fuxi Nuwa Portrait Page" After the Palace Museum took the dragon as the background, Fuxi's tiger totem changed.

In fact, respect for the tiger totem has sprouted from the land.

In ancient mythology, the creation of the world is like the China document "Three Kings": "Stone is the ancestor of all things." According to the original data of the Yi people, there is a tiger in the universe in its culture. Its eyes are the sun and the moon, its skin is the sky, its belly is rivers, lakes and seas, its bones and muscles are mountains, and its hair is flowers and trees.

In any case, the tiger has an indissoluble bond with China culture: the word tiger in Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Yin Ruins has a head, a tail, a trunk and limbs, which is very vivid; The Book of Changes "Gan Gua Wen" says: "Clouds follow dragons, and winds follow tigers", which makes tigers keep pace with dragons. The "Tiger Map" of the past dynasties is also a car fight ▼

▲ Yuan Anonymous "Painting Tiger Axis" Palace Museum

▲ Qing Ma negative picture "Tiger Map" Palace Museum

Worship the tiger, think that the tiger is a god, and teachers, Zhao Gongming (the god of wealth), the Queen Mother of the West (the goddess of Hei Hu) and the land gods all use the tiger as their mounts;

The foreign Dan family described water as a dragon and fire as a tiger, while the inner Dan family said that "God is a dragon and gas is a tiger".

▲ Xu Maodong Beihong riding a tiger, the god of wealth, the Palace Museum.

In ancient times, people began to use tiger names by making use of people's worship of tigers: there were tiger flags in the war, heroic military commanders were called "tiger generals", envoys sent were called "tiger festival", signboards erected in the yamen were called "White Tiger Hall", and the lobby of the palace was called "White Tiger Hall".

More representative, it should belong to the "tiger", that is, the token sent by the emperor, cast in the shape of a tiger with copper. Tigers are usually composed of two symmetrical halves with the same inscription, half of which is controlled by the commander-in-chief and the other half is managed by the commander-in-chief When it is necessary to transfer, the envoys will take half of them to the customs, and the corresponding Iliad will be effective.

In the fifty-first episode of the book, Cao Cao and Battle of Red Cliffs suffered a crushing defeat. Zhuge Liang took advantage of the emptiness of the southern county, ordered Zhao Yun to seize the city, but captured Chen Jiao, the commander, and obtained the tiger. Then he used this tiger to defraud the garrison in Jingzhou, trying to get Zhang Fei to attack Jingzhou, and then transferred the garrison in Xiangyang in the same way, and then took the opportunity to let Guan Yu attack Xiangyang.

-Taking the Three Cities with Tiger's Wisdom not only embodies Zhu Gekongming's brilliant strategic wisdom of conquering the enemy without fighting, but also illustrates the importance of the tiger.

▲ Wei Sancheng Tiger Protection Palace Museum

In 2022, it is the year of the tiger in the lunar calendar. Like last year, Guanfu Culture also carefully designed and manufactured a transfer bead time stream. Although many traditional forms have been gradually simplified and disappeared, the cultural blood of tiger totem remains deeply in the hearts of China people from generation to generation.

Therefore, this New Year's Zhuzhu is designed with the ornaments of Han Double-headed Tiger as inspiration, which makes Zhuzhu's shape unique and full of cultural meaning, which can be described as an organic combination of ancient totems, ancient ingenuity and warm wishes ▼

The ugliness will be exhausted and the weather will be new. Looking forward to 2022, our life will definitely be in by going up one flight of stairs!

The above is related to the War of the Year of the Tiger in 2022, and it is about the sharing of culture. After reading the prediction that the world will be in chaos, I hope this will help everyone!