The things you don't know about the zodiac tiger

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As a long-standing folk cultural symbol, the zodiac has left a large number of poetry, spring couplets, paintings, calligraphy and folk crafts depicting the image and symbolic meaning of the zodiac throughout the ages. In addition to China, many countries in the world issue zodiac stamps during the Spring Festival to express their blessings for the Chinese New Year. Regarding the zodiac, although you have a certain understanding, there must be many things you don't know. Let us take a look at the things you don't know about the zodiac tiger.

Zodiac Tiger

The tiger is the king of the beasts, and the tiger matches the yin and the tiger. The word "yin" in the oracle bone inscriptions is like an arrow. The "yin" in the "Shuowen" means "yang qi rises, although there is frozen ground on it, it will come out of the ground". The fierce and masculine atmosphere fits well. If the Shang Dynasty bronze tiger cannibalism reflects the ancients’ fear of tigers, then the tiger’s mark in the war represents the desire for conquest. Marching to fight the white tiger flag, the brave person is the "tiger general", and the tiger charms and weapons are used to adjust the soldiers. There are tiger stripes...

The 7000-year-old earthenware unearthed at the Nantuo Datang site in Changsha has the "long fangs human face pattern" with a human face and tiger head; the primitive tomb of Xishuipo in Puyang 6,500 years ago also has the image of a tiger made of clam shells. In contrast to the dragon, the tiger stands on the left and respects. [21] In Chinese culture, dragons and tigers have always said that the "Zhou Yi. Qian Gua" uses dragons and tigers as a metaphor for the universe, heaven and earth, with dragons flying in the sky and tigers walking on the earth. The dragon and tiger astrology is regarded as the guardian star god, "Historical Records" stated that Liu Bang "is impressive, they are both dragon and tiger".

The tiger is most famous in Chinese folklore as the god Baihu and Queen Mother of the West. In the twenty-eight constellations, the east, west, north, south, and four star clusters form the four elephants, which are combined with the theory of five elements and five colors to form the "Eastern Green Dragon, West White Tiger, South Suzaku, and North Xuanwu". Taoism accepts the four elephants as the patron saint, and the white tiger becomes the "white tiger god". The image of the Queen Mother of the West in the "Shan Hai Jing": Living in Yushan, "human face and tiger body... leopard tail and tiger teeth are good at howling, and the hair is victorious." Her position is the god of punishment, in charge of disease, life and death. Other tiger gods include the god of water Tianwu and the god of Xing Shou, and the mount of the god of wealth Zhao Gongming is also a black tiger.

The things you don't know about the zodiac tiger

The tiger person is cheerful and straightforward, and seems to be not interested in anything, or if he is wronged, he will not turn his face, which makes people feel very grand. In fact, this is not the case for a tiger person. When you say him, he may not be so good in person, but it is very likely that he will make small actions behind his back to retaliate against you.

Therefore, don’t think that the tigers are really generous. It’s just a pretense of him. They want to behave well in front of others, but sometimes they are stingy inside. Generally speaking, they are straightforward. Personality is not easy to make small moves behind others, unless you really irritate him, then it's a different matter.