welcomes Tiggo and celebrates the New Year! The arrival of the Year of the Tiger has made the door stickers and people's clothing and dresses full of tiger elements.
"Shuowen Jiezi" says: "The tiger is the king of mountain beasts." From ancient times to the present, tigers have been regarded as the "king of all beasts". Its brave and vigorous character is deeply loved and admired by everyone. It is also the "protective god" of justice and mighty among the people.
Therefore, there were many artistic creations inspired by tigers in ancient my country, and many exquisite cultural relics related to "tigers".
Tiger head, gold hook buckle, dragon-shaped jade pendant
Tiger pillow
During the Spring Festival, the Nanyue Wang Museum and the Guangdong Provincial Museum are exhibiting these cultural relics of the "tiger" elements. Watch the tiger in the year of the tiger, watch the great fortune, follow Xiaonan and take a look!
Nanyue Wang Museum's precious "tiger" cultural relics are continuously exhibited
Nanyue Wang Museum's "tiger" elements cultural relics of various types, whether it is dynamic shapes or auspicious meanings, they are unique among the Qin and Han cultural relics.
Western Han Dynasty inscriptions, bronze tiger festivals,
This piece of " Western Han Dynasty inscriptions, bronze tiger festivals, " is made of copper alloy into a squatting tiger. The tiger's hair spots are cast into a shallow groove in curved leaf shape, and are pasted with gold foil, 11.6 cm high, 19 cm long, and 1.2 cm thick.
"Journal" was a token in ancient China and a certificate held by the messenger. The five words "The King's Destiny and the Chariot" on the Bronze Tiger Festival mean that this is a letter to mobilize the soldiers, and it should be the order to mobilize soldiers by Zhao Xu, the King of Wen of Nanyue, during his lifetime.
The bronze tiger festival unearthed from the tomb of the King of Nanyue is the only one in my country that has been discovered so far, and it is very precious.
In the Nanyue Wang Museum, there are particularly many types of jade artifacts related to "tigers". For example, the " eight-section iron core dragon and tiger jade belt hook " in the picture below was the belt of the nobles at that time. The length could also be adjusted according to needs, which was particularly exquisite.
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88-section iron core dragon and tiger jade belt hook
dragon and tiger body jade belt hook
cute tiger pillow is a very common bedding in people's lives, and it contains rich and unique cultural connotations. Judging from the current archaeological discoveries, there were tiger pillows in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and porcelain was used as tiger pillows, which began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in gold.
Nanyue Wang Museum is the museum with the largest collection of ceramic pillows in history in the country. Among the about 700 ceramic pillows in , more than 30 are related to the theme of "tiger".
January 26, the micro exhibition "Tiger Year Talks about Tiger Pillow" opened in the King Tomb Exhibition Area of the Wang Tomb of the Nanyue Wang Museum. The exhibition displays a total of 19 pillow collections (sets) of Nanyue Wang Museum, including 3 first-class cultural relics, 3 second-class cultural relics, and 3 third-class cultural relics. In addition, there are three-color tiger-shaped engraved poems and cloth pillows that have been newly collected and exhibited for the first time in recent years.
Jin Dynasty Three-color tiger-shaped engraved poems and essay pillows in kilns in southern Shanxi
Why did the ancients make pillows into the shape of tigers? As early as in Tao Hongjing, the Southern Dynasty, there was a record of "the tiger's head is used as a pillow to prevent disgust".
In ancient times, tigers often symbolized majesty and selflessness in law enforcement. Traditional customs often took the power of tigers to suppress evil spirits. The majestic tigers had the effect of warding off evil spirits and exorcising evil spirits. The ancients believed that if a tiger was used as a pillow, there would be no ominous things that would interfere with their beautiful dreams.
Ceramic tiger pillow can be divided into tiger-shaped pillow and tiger-patterned pillow. tiger-shaped pillow is a bedding made of imitating the shape of a tiger. Because its image is mostly lying, it is also called a lying tiger-shaped pillow or a lying tiger-shaped pillow.
Among the tiger-themed porcelain pillows exhibited at the Wang Museum of Nanyue this time, there is a cute and cute , the black and white colored tiger-shaped pillow of Changzhi kiln in Shanxi in the Jin Dynasty.
Jin Dynasty Changzhi Kiln brown ground black and white colored tiger-shaped pillow
This Jin Dynasty painted tiger-shaped pillow is made of a lying tiger as its pillow seat, and only roughly concave contours are made on the head, tail and claws of the tiger, and then striped tiger spots are drawn with ink color to draw stripes, mouth, eyes, nose, ears, etc. The tiger body has an exaggerated proportion, a huge head and integrated with the body, and its limbs are significantly shortened. The ventilation holes are mostly located at the tiger's nostrils, hidden but not exposed, which shows the craftsman's ingenuity.
Song Dynasty Hebei Cizhou Kiln Black-brown colored goose rabbit pattern creeping tiger-shaped pillow
This Hebei Cizhou Kiln Black-brown colored goose rabbit pattern creeping tiger-shaped pillow , innovated on the basis of the animal-shaped pillow in the Tang Dynasty and gave new meanings. The traditional round carving technique was also introduced into the production of porcelain pillows at this time, and gradually became more mature and provided technical support for craftsmen to shape animal bodies.
The porcelain pillow in the picture below is a typical " tiger pattern pillow ". The tiger pattern on the porcelain pillow is mostly lined by plants, trees and stones. In the Song Dynasty, tigers were mostly squat and leisurely, with accurate and vivid shapes, with a strong Chinese ink and literati temperament; in the Jin Dynasty, tigers were mostly lying and walking, with a naive and casual shape, and the style was rough and simple.
Song Dynasty Hebei Cizhou Kiln "Zhangjiazhuan" is consecrated as a tiger-shaped waist round pillow
Gold Hebei Cizhou Kiln "Zhangjiazhuan" is consecrated as a tiger-shaped waist round pillow
In addition to the Nanyue Wang Museum, the Guangdong Provincial Museum also collects a tiger-shaped flower-shaped pillow in the Cizhou Kiln of the Jin Dynasty. The tiger-shaped pillow is consecrated as a pillow, which expresses the ancient custom of respecting tigers, as well as the wish of praying for noble dignity, exorcising evil and turning evil into good fortune.
Jin Dynasty Cizhou kiln tiger-shaped flower pattern pillow
Features wide carving hidden tiger
broad carving refers to the carving craftsmanship and products represented by Guangzhou with the characteristics of Lingnan traditional culture and its products. Materials include jade, ivory, tortoiseshell, shellfish, etc.
There is a broad sculpture collection in the Guangdong Provincial Museum, which is the Qing Dynasty "shell carving lion, tiger, fish and dragon ornaments" placed in the fourth floor historical exhibition hall.
Qing Dynasty shell carving lion, tiger, fish and dragon ornaments
The various animal patterns on this shell carving ornaments are vividly depicted, with different animals, such as birds, wild boars, etc. More importantly, a heroic tiger is also depicted in the center of the picture.
practical utensils tiger color
Guangdong Provincial Museum three-layer ceramic exhibition hall, there is a collection that has a connection with the "tiger", which is directly reflected in its name - tiger. The tiger is a container with a cocoon-shaped body and a cylindrical mouth. It is an ancient water container (there is also a saying is a drowning tool). It is named after its shape resembles a crouching tiger.
Western Jin Dynasty Tiger
This Western Jin Dynasty tiger
This Western Jin Dynasty tiger placing in the third-level ceramic exhibition hall of Yuebo has a round and full bottle body. The water outlet used to hold water and pour water is located on one side of the bottle body. The shape of the entire instrument is exactly like a tiger that has been planning for a long time, with a huge mouth open and about to pounce on the prey.
Walk into the historical exhibition hall on the fourth floor of Guangdong Bo, and you can also see the "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Inkstone" of the Ming Dynasty. As the name suggests, in the dragon and tiger fighting inkstone, there are both dragons and tigers engraved, dragons and tigers fighting each other, dragons and tigers jumping.
Ming Dynasty Dragon and Tiger Dou Inkstone
This stone of the dragon and tiger Dou Inkstone is the Songkeng stone in Duan inkstone, which was used by Mr. Chen Xianzhang, a famous Guangdong Neo-Confucian in the Ming Dynasty. Duan inkstone, also known as Duanxi inkstone, is named after it was produced in ancient Duanzhou (now Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province). Because it has unique stone quality, stone products and patterns, as well as the characteristics of "inspiration without damaging the hair", it is one of the "four famous inkstones" in China.
has learned about so many tiger-related cultural relics. I believe that everyone will be full of energy and power in the new year!
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Guangdong Provincial Museum will broadcast "Guangdong New Year: Expert Cloud Guide Series" on time from February 1st to 6th, including multiple exhibitions and themes such as "Ink and Painting in Time", "Cantonese New Cooking to Welcome Renyin", "Craftsmanship of Working Flowers and Bricks", etc. Follow the official account of the Guangdong Provincial Museum to learn more information.
Nanyue Wang Museum's "Tiger Pillow Talks about Tiger Pillow" micro exhibition is on display in the Wang Tomb Exhibition Area, until March 27.
February 1st to 6th, the two exhibition areas of the Wang Museum of Nanyue also prepared 7 live events and 2 live events.
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[Author] Guan Yuqing
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