What is the fate of the zodiac sign Tiger
Introduction
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One night in early summer, I was sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard enjoying the cool air. The stars were twinkling in the sky, the wind was calm and the clouds were calm. I saw white clouds floating in the sky, looking like fierce tigers. Suddenly, two little grandsons came over and pestered me, asking me to tell them stories. I looked at the cloud in the sky and said, today I will tell you a story about Wu Song fighting a tiger. As soon as I said this, my 5-year-old grandson said, tigers cannot be beaten, they must be protected. Seeing the serious expression on Hu Nao's little grandson's face, I had no choice but to change the topic and tell the story of Fu Hu.
After that night, tigers came into my sight inadvertently. I thought about the fate of tigers on our earth. Why did humans evolve from hunting tigers to protecting tigers? "Protecting animals also protects ourselves." What important revelation does this public welfare slogan about protecting animals bring to us?
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Tiger, a mammal, is the largest existing cat, commonly known as tiger, and is a protected creature. Tigers may be the most beautiful animals on land. If we humans, the most beautiful men and women, were to compete with tigers in terms of appearance, they would definitely pale in comparison and be incomparable.
Tigers have the appearance of a natural king and are unique: a round head, a wide snout, canine teeth, a long tongue, white lips with long black and hard whiskers, about 15 cm long, and a similar shape. He has a beautiful beard, golden tiger eyes, big eyes and sharp eyes like arrows, and one white one, so he is known as the "eye-catching white-fronted tiger". He seems to be able to see through everything. The black pattern on the forehead resembles the Chinese character for "王", making it even more eye-catching and domineering.
The tiger's body is majestic and unique. The neck and chest are connected, the neck is thick and short, almost as wide as the shoulders, the back is wide and round, the limbs are strong, and the claws are as sharp as an eagle; its fur is also beautiful It is beautiful, with an orange-yellow background color all over its body, white on its belly and inside of its limbs, a double row of black vertical stripes on its back, and about 10 black rings on its tail, making its whole body colorful. Whether the tiger is sitting or crawling, or leaping, its posture is breathtakingly graceful, beyond the reach of human beings. Its ferocious tiger roars, the earth trembles and the mountains shake, and all beasts are shaken. It is even more majestic and majestic, and is known as the tiger roaring in the wind. Tigers are intangible, the "King of Beasts", and they live in the mountains all year round, occupying the position of the most predator in the biological chain. They have almost no natural enemies, so they are also called the "King of the Mountains".
China is the birthplace of tigers and has the largest number of tiger subspecies. It is said that tigers originated 2 million years ago and then spread along the northwest and southeast directions of China. After a long period of differentiation, they evolved into 9 different subspecies. Since the Caspian tiger (also known as tiger) that was once distributed in our country has become extinct, there are now four subspecies of tiger living in our country, among which the South China tiger is the most unique.
This kind of tiger is native to China and was once the most common tiger in China. Based on historical records and fossil evidence, it can be inferred that the South China tiger was once widely distributed from the Zhejiang-Fujian border in the east to Qingchuan in the west. The border reaches the Qinling Mountains in the north and the Yellow River line in the south, and reaches the southern border of Guangdong and Guangxi in the south. Most of the descriptions of tigers by our ancients are about South China tigers.
We Chinese are very ambivalent towards tigers. Worshiping tigers and hunting tigers are always intertwined and difficult to distinguish. China's tiger culture has a long history, and the majestic tiger has long been one of China's totems. Due to the abnormality of the tiger, it is the king that cannot be competed with. Therefore, the tiger has been worshiped by the Han Dynasty since ancient times. It is a symbol of justice, dignity, and majesty. It is also used to symbolize the bravery and strength of soldiers, such as tiger generals, tiger warriors, tiger warriors, etc.
According to research, the image of tiger also appeared in the ancient Qiang Rong people, but it was most popular in southwest my country. The animal faces on the jade congs in the Liangzhu Culture and the animal faces on the bronzes of the Yin and Shang Dynasties are similar to the image of tigers. To this day, the Yi, Bai, Buyi, and Tujia people in my country still call tigers their ancestors.
Tigers have always been a favorite among workers since the Han Dynasty. After a long period of historical evolution and development, the cultural consciousness of worshiping tigers has become the most unique cultural concept in China. In various fields of literature and art, sculpture and painting, as well as more broadly, myths and stories and other traditional culture fields, the image of the tiger is ubiquitous and has become an indispensable part of Chinese civilization.
Tiger is most famous in China as the White Tiger God and the Queen Mother of the West. The ancients believed that the white tiger is a tiger that takes five hundred years to turn white. It is a divine creature and is often used as a tiger.
Among the twenty-eight constellations, the four star groups in the east, west, south, and north form four images. Later, they were combined with the theory of five elements and five colors to form "East Green Dragon, West White Tiger, South Suzaku, and North Xuanwu". With the four elephants as guardians, the white tiger became the "White Tiger God".
The image of the Queen Mother of the West in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas": she lives in Yushan, "with a human face and a tiger body...a leopard tail and tiger teeth, good at roaring, and a hoopoe". Her position is the God of Punishment, in charge of disease, life and death. Even the mount of Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth, is a black tiger. Chinese culture has always called dragon and tiger together. "Book of Changes Qian Gua" uses dragon and tiger 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 are regarded as the guardian stars. "Historical Records" records that Liu Bang "makes people look up to him, and they are all dragons and tigers." The worship of tiger makes tiger become.
Tiger culture has penetrated into folk culture and is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Tiger is one of the twelve zodiac signs, ranking third and called Yin. Tiger is the king of beasts, and Yin and tiger are compatible. The character "Yin" in oracle bone inscriptions is like an arrow. "Yin" in "Shuowen" means "Yang Qi rises, even if there is frozen soil, it will break out of the ground.", which is the same as tiger. The fierce and masculine temperament matches well, so the advantages of people born in the Year of the Tiger are: ambitious, energetic, optimistic, and brave in pioneering; philanthropic, with a sense of justice; dare to think and dare to do. However, Yin is a tiger, and we Fujian people, especially Wu Pu, have a popular custom of avoiding Yin. When the bride arrives, those whose zodiac sign is tiger are required not to show up and must stay away to avoid harm. Shu Wei, a literati from the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem in his "Guizhou Miao Bamboo Branch Poems·Hongmiao": "I wove the silk thread without giving it to anyone. I brought in bronze drums to compete with the mountain gods. The two were in love and were speechless. Tonight, the empty room is to avoid Yin." This poem says exactly what it says. Avoid Yin folk customs.
The custom of giving "tiger eggs" is also popular in Putian Mountain Area. Tiger is two things: "tiger" and "egg". "Tiger" is paper printed with tiger patterns in three colors: yellow, red and green. The paper is pasted with bamboo strips a little larger than toothpicks to form "little tigers". , "egg" can be an ordinary chicken egg or duck egg. Every year on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, the married woman gives "tiger eggs" to the man, hoping to have a son as early as possible, who will be as strong as a tiger and full of "tiger cubs". In rural areas of Putian, many families used to like to put hats and shoes on their children in order to seek good fortune and safety.
The tiger is not only a totem for the Chinese people, but even those with only a strip of water are worshiped by it. "Tiger!" was released in the United States on September 23, 1970. Tiger! Tiger! ", is a historical war film produced by Twentieth Century Fox. The film faithfully reproduces the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, telling the story of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which resulted in the almost complete annihilation of the entire Pacific Fleet of the unsuspecting US military. Its name is taken from "Tiger!" Tiger! Tiger! ", because the coded message sent to the mothership after the fighter plane succeeded in the sneak attack was "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" People believed that the tiger was a magical animal that could return safely from a thousand-mile journey. It can be seen that as long as there are tigers in the world, tigers have almost become their totem worship.
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Because tigers can hurt people and are animals that frighten and frighten humans, the conflict between humans and tigers has a long history. Tigers originated in China several million years ago, around the time of the Stone Age, which began approximately 2 to 3 million years ago and ended around 6,000 to 4,000 years ago. This era was the long history of human beings from ape-men to During the period when they gradually evolved into modern humans, tigers had almost no natural enemies and were invincible wherever they went. They lived happily and carefree, and were proud to be the leaders of this world. This period was also the peak period of the spread and development of tigers. Tigers took the initiative to attack, while humans mainly avoided and survived, and were in a passive defense. However, in ancient times, the distance between humans and tigers was very close, and conflicts for their own survival were inevitable. This conflict never stopped in the Stone Age. At this time, humans were not the opponents of tigers, but they suffered repeated defeats.
With the rise of mankind, the conflict between humans and tigers has become more prominent. Although tigers are ferocious in nature, tigers did not threaten human survival in ancient times. On the contrary, people regarded tigers as agricultural products. Tigers were still one of the important objects for people during wax sacrifices every winter. The reason is that tigers can eat wild boars. to protect crops.
There is a record in "Book of Rites: Suburban Characteristics" that "Welcome tigers to eat hogs in the field". Since humans need to continuously expand their territory to meet the increasing population, the range of human activities highly overlaps with that of tigers. The tiger's habitat is constantly being squeezed, and the tiger's survival is facing an increasing crisis. However, tigers are not as weak as sheep. After all, they are large and extremely aggressive beasts. From the beginning of civilization, tigers began to show their power, and conflicts with humans continued to intensify. Direct "fights" between humans and tigers often occurred.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the population expanded rapidly and land was in serious tension. Reclamation in mountainous areas became the main way to divert the population. One of the direct consequences was the loss of vegetation, causing tigers to lose their habitat and threatening their survival.
Tigers are cruel and cannibalize humans and animals, which is their nature. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, tigers often scurried into urban and rural areas in the southeastern region of my country, eating people and harming livestock. This was called tiger trouble. At this time, tigers began to come out of the deep mountains and old forests and officially declared war on humans. The combat effectiveness of tigers continued to increase with the progress of the times. At this time, the tiger problem in our country developed to an unprecedented and intense era. The number of tiger injuries reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and tiger disasters eventually spread to the North China Plain, the western region, the southeastern region, Yunnan region, and the southern coast. According to incomplete statistics, there were 514 tiger incidents in the southeastern region during this period, which was 85 times the number of tiger incidents in the region in the previous thousand years, with an average occurrence of almost once a year. Of course, this statistic cannot be completely accurate, but it is an indisputable fact that tigers have become a frequent disaster.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Putian was the area hardest hit by tigers. "Bamin Tongzhi" records: "In the third year of Tianshun in Xinghua Prefecture (1459), tigers infested the villages in the mountains to the north of the city, injuring hundreds of people and animals. During the day, dozens of people walking together were also injured. There were only a few tigers in the mountains for several months. "In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), tigers returned to harm people and animals as much as in the third year of Tianshun." "Putian County Chronicle" records: "In Zhenghua County, Xinghua County was plagued by tigers, and the people of the city were sensitive. He also said: "In the third year of Tianshun, tigers in Beishan were eating people, and there were no traces of people in the mountains for several months." "In the eighth year of Chenghua, the tigers attacked again." Recommended to the God of the City, he recruited people to arrest them." According to the "Putian County Chronicle of Xinghua Prefecture", until the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, "there were tigers in the mountains, and they often ate women." This shows that tigers were rampant. The neighboring Beishan Mountains of Putian County are still like this. One can imagine the seriousness of the tiger damage in the deep mountains of Putian.
Ke Qian, the champion of Putian in the Ming Dynasty, heard about the tiger infestation in his hometown and wrote a poem: "Hey, who is the king of the mountain? A roaring wind rolls over the hills and valleys. The teeth are sharpened and the edge of the sword is cold. Even a hero cannot fight. Raise your head. The flag is at the end of the city, roaring and biting people like a feeding raccoon. The old man in the east village is crying, and the old man in the west village is mourning. The dark clouds are setting, and no one dares to walk in the forest. "In the poem, we can feel the real situation of the tiger disaster at that time, but we can also understand his benevolence, asking the tiger to "cross the river with dignity" and not to hurt people.
"The trees in the southern and northern mountains are dark, and tigers circle the village in the daytime." Zhang Ji's "Tiger Walking" seems to be a true description of the tigers in my hometown. My hometown is in the mountainous area in the north of Putian, "a remote place among thousands of mountains". The land is vast and sparsely populated, deep in the mountains and old forests, where tigers come and go and injure people openly. "You Yang Zhi" said: "(Ming Dynasty) Zhengtong period, miasma, tigers roaring everywhere." From the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, "the people suffered from the tigers and evil, or were killed." The county magistrate Ye Heng had to rely on the power of God to cry to God. , the tigers fled. Xinghua County was abolished in the Ming Dynasty. One of the reasons was that tigers were infested.
When I was young, I often heard stories from elders about encounters with tigers and tigers hurting people. Grandma told stories one after another about tigers hurting people. One of the stories impressed me deeply.
My grandmother told me
In those days, there was an elder aunt in the clan who was timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Every time she went out to carry burdens, no matter day or night, she had to squeeze in the middle of the eighteen bends of the mountain road. , thinking it is safe. One day, they started walking on the night road at three o'clock in the middle of the night. They lit torches. The aunt was a little late, and after catching up, she was squeezed in the crowd. Walking at night, in a hurry, all she could hear was the sound of the wind and the cry of owls, which was very exciting. It was terrifying. At this time, I could only hear the roar of the tiger, the forest shook, and the leaves fell. The tiger leaped into the air and snatched a person away in the blink of an eye. The scene was in chaos. Everyone suddenly heard a shout from not far away: "Tiger bites me, save me quickly." ..." This was the voice of the aunt. The aunt's shrill cry for help first resounded through the valley, and then gradually became silent. When encountering a tiger in the middle of the night, everyone disperses like birds and beasts. The next day, the villagers held big knives, sticks and hairpins and beat gongs all the way to look for their aunt. They saw only her aunt's bamboo hat and clothes stained with blood, and only her bones were left.
In the generation of grandparents and parents, we often heard about tigers hurting people in our hometown and surrounding areas. At that time, information was poor and turbulent, and there were few records of tigers hurting people.
The mountain village in my hometown is embedded in the winding mountains, and it is vast and vast. In the past, seeing and encountering tigers in this vast mountain forest became a common thing.
My second uncle Fan Jinyu, nicknamed Shuxiang, entered the Putian Mountain area at an early age and later joined the Red Army as an underground traffic officer. His work and transportation usually took place at night. He liked to tell us stories about encountering tigers.
The second uncle said
Once, the third uncle Fan Jinying was in a cave to avoid arresting young men. He went to deliver food. That night was the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the bright moon was shining brightly. It was summer and the cave was sultry. The third uncle went to eat. The two of them were sitting there eating and chatting. Suddenly water dripped on his head. He said: "The weather is fine today and the moon is bright in the sky. It's strange. Why is there such a thing in the sky?" Is it raining?" The two brothers looked up and were stunned. Under the dim moonlight, they saw a big tiger standing on the stone wall. The tiger's saliva just dropped on his head. It was late and then it was alert. The second uncle picked up the gown he was wearing and threw it into the sky. The gown suddenly opened and the two brothers shouted loudly. The big tiger was suddenly frightened and roared away across the stream. Although the two brothers were braver than others, they did not dare to stay for a long time and seized the opportunity. Road running.
This is one of the stories of encounters with tigers that Erbo has tallied up in his life. We listened to these stories with great interest when we were children. When we grew up, we felt that the stories of encounters with tigers that Erbo told were like fantasy, but now we read them. After reading this information, I believed that what the second uncle said was true.
: Putian Hanjiang Hospital
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