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Cloth Tiger: Traditional Chinese Folk Art.

<>1. The meaning and symbol of the cloth tiger is health, strength, bravery, peace and auspiciousness, which entrusts people's yearning and pursuit of a better life.

2. Because the cloth tiger is purely handmade, there is no unified Kai loss orange specification like empty type, ingenious people use different materials at hand, with their own imagination and aesthetics, sew out the shape and shape of the cloth tiger, staring at the group changed the original shape of the tiger, exaggerated the head of the cloth tiger in the form, the size of the tiger head is almost the same as the tiger body.

Cloth tiger is a kind of traditional handicraft that has been widely spread in Chinese folk since ancient times, and it is a good children's toy, interior decoration, gift and personal collection. It has a wide variety and spreads widely, and it is a kind of folk handicraft with a very local flavor.

The cloth tiger originated from the ancient tiger totem worship, but it is more spread in Huaiyang from the legend of Fuxi Nuwa's marriage. According to legend, in ancient times, due to the collapse of the sky and the sinking of the earth, only the two Fuxi brothers and sisters were left in the world, and they each went to find a spouse, but there was no one to find them, so they took the rolling mill as their marriage, and Fuxi was ashamed to see his sister, so he dressed up as a tiger.

After the brother and sister got married, the human race continued, and then there was the cloth tiger. Therefore, the cloth tiger is no longer an ornament and toy in the ordinary sense, but also the nostalgia and admiration of later generations for the ancestor Fuxi and the female snail, and has become the materialization and symbol of early human reproduction and worship.

Cloth Tiger: Traditional Chinese Folk Art.

Landlord, hello, is it the cloth tiger in the Dragon Babu?

Bu Laohu, also known as Lihou Tiger, originated in Licheng County, Shanxi, because Licheng was named after Lihou Country in ancient times, and is a wonderful flower of Licheng folk handicrafts. Lihou Tiger originated from the folk custom of using the tiger as a totem in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and after 3,000 years of historical evolution, it has gradually perfected the unique shape that integrates stories, straw weaving, embroidery, paper-cutting, calligraphy and painting. Lihou Tiger has cultural connotations such as blessing, town house, and wealth among the people, and is known as the first tiger in China.

Lihou Tiger is a microcosm of Licheng folk handicrafts, set historical legends, the primitive worship of the tiger, patterns and ornaments and the belief and aesthetic concepts shown as a whole, the folk give Lihou Tiger to give blessings and increase longevity, the town house to dispel evil, settle down and generate wealth and other folk effects. It shows the distinctive folk characteristics of Licheng people in their daily life and social activities, and is a specific convention of people's survival consciousness and survival mode in Licheng region. For example, there is a local custom of "looking at the full moon" for the born child, on the day of the full moon, the child's grandmother takes the "tiger" and puts it in the child's arms, which is intended to signal the child to be as strong as a tiger, and then the child's mother puts the "tiger" next to the child, and the tiger head rushes to the child's body, indicating that the "tiger" can protect the child's healthy growth.

After thousands of years of change, the baptism of wind and rain, into a folk culture, Li Hou Hu is deeply rooted in the life of Licheng people, and embodies the good wishes of the people to pray for blessings and avoid evil. In 1998, the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, Li Houhu was designated by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications as the zodiac stamp design, making Li Houhu famous all over the country. Lihou Tiger is famous at home and abroad, and its cultural connotation and historical value have once again attracted people's attention.

In July 2008, Li Houhu was officially identified as a folk craft exhibitor of the Beijing Olympic Games, and will be displayed to Chinese and foreign friends in Ditan Park in Beijing for 15 days during the Olympic Games. Li Houhu's limbs are thick, short and fat, showing a thick and robust form; The four legs are slightly outwardly skimmed, and they are rooted in the ground; The head is slightly raised, which shapes the spirit of the tiger and the childlike innocence and cuteness of the tiger from the posture; Li Houhu has no sharp corners and hard thorns, highlighting the beauty of the lump, which conforms to the common modeling rules of folk toys, showing a simple beauty and simple beauty. The two flowers on the front and back of the tiger body have a slight whirlwind-like pattern, indicating the law of animal fur generation; In terms of color, the appearance is made of yellow cotton cloth as the background color, which lays the basic tone of the tiger, and the belly and chin are matched with red cloth, which adds a sense of auspiciousness and festivity, especially the shape of the symbolic logo of the word "heart" in seal script at the end of the tiger's hoof.

The Lihou tiger pays attention to the pairing of male and female, and the difference between male and female lies in the ornamentation of the tiger's spine. The whole piece of fabric is cut into a corrugated shape of yin and yang, and the yin and yang are combined, and are pasted on the backs of male and female tigers respectively, so as to distinguish their male and female sexes, expressing the traditional folk concept of yin and yang combined with endless reproductive reproduction. Li Houhu's nose, eyebrows, and eyes should be cut out little by little.

Yellow and red represent auspiciousness. The lower foot paws, also with art, and the spine of this decal is different, representing the male and female. The decal on the back is a whirlwind.

The nose is like a leaf, the eyes are bright, and it is composed of red, white, and black colors, and it is the most eye-catching and most popular part of the facial features.

If you look closely at the smile, you can find that the shape of these tigers is very different, some are steady and quiet, and some are lively and well-behaved. These tiger shapes of different styles have a common feature, they are all based on exaggeration and deformation, Yu Chai uses different ways to deal with the shape of the tiger, and this feature is also vertically integrated into the body of the folk cloth tiger. Due to the different customs and habits of various regions and ethnic groups in China, it will inevitably bring different local characteristics, but no matter how the form changes, the folk cloth tiger follows the basic characteristic of exaggerated deformation.

Different regions and different customs will form cloth tigers with different shapes and shapes.

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There are various forms of cloth tigers, including single-headed tigers, double-headed tigers, four-headed tigers, sub-female tigers, couple tigers, cloth tiger pillows, set tigers, etc.

Based on the above factors, people sew tiger head hats in the shape of tigers, hoping that children will be as brave and mighty as soldiers wearing tiger helmet armor. Sew tiger head shoes, so that children can wear shoes with tiger eyes as soon as they are born, and take the right path and follow the path all their lives. Sew the cloth into a cloth tiger and put peach sawdust to make a good tiger, hoping that the child will be as healthy and brave as the tiger, and bless the child with a safe life.

Sometimes the nose is made into a bottle, because the "bottle" represents "peace" and is called "peace tiger", hoping that the tiger will bless the family with peace. Sometimes the tiger is made into an ingot, decorated with fish and copper coins, hoping that the tiger will help it take care of the family wealth, and sometimes add cinnabar to the home to ward off evil spirits. Cloth tiger is a traditional Chinese handicraft toy.

Because the tiger is believed to ward off evil spirits and bring peace and good luck, when the child is born, the gift of the cloth tiger is a good wish for the healthy growth of the child. People also believe that tigers eat five poisons, so there is also the custom of sending cloth tigers during the Dragon Boat Festival, expressing people's wishes to drive away evil spirits, dispel diseases and pray for blessings.

The folk handicraft cloth tiger is full of rich life atmosphere and interest, and is a folk traditional art loved by all countries. There are many kinds of cloth tigers, and the craftsmanship is exquisite. It integrates shape, color, emotion, and meaning, and is novel in conception, exaggerated and reasonable, and has the characteristics of vivid contrast, vivid shape, and judgment of truth.

It is made of colored silk, silk satin, flannel, leather mold wool, color thread, gold and silver thread, hollow beads, etc., through complex and meticulous manual labor, carefully sewn.

There are dozens of colors of cloth tiger products: red, yellow, blue, green, pink, red hand guess flower cloth, green flower cloth, etc., pure cotton cloth is made of sawdust, as a children's toy, with a strong ornamental and auspicious ornaments for home evil spirits.

The dazzling and different varieties of cloth tiger toys are the simple folk customs nurtured by thousands of years of customs, casting the national spirit of the Chinese to bear hardships and stand hard work, be resolute and unyielding, pursue beauty, and always make progress.

At present, the cloth tiger has become a folk handicraft for ceremonial communication, decorating life and sustenance.

Cloth Tiger: Traditional Chinese Folk Art.