Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Lucky day inquiry - What do you mean, send a white tiger?

What do you mean, send a white tiger?

Sending white tigers is a unique cultural phenomenon, which is also known as the custom, a kind of witchcraft. Yi nationality area in Yunnan

In Four Holy Beasts, China, another dragon is often compared with the "white tiger";

The tiger is the leader of all animals. Its strength and legendary ability to subdue ghosts make it a beast belonging to Yang. It often goes out with dragons, and' clouds follow dragons and winds follow tigers' becomes the best partner to subdue ghosts.

And the white tiger is also the god of war and war. White tiger has many magical powers, such as avoiding evil, avoiding disasters, praying and punishing evil, promoting good, making a fortune and getting married. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is also changed from the stars. Among these 28 stars, there are 7 in the west: osmium, building, stomach, ang, bi, Gou and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the west, and its whiteness is due to the west. The five elements belong to gold and the color is white. So it is called white tiger not because it is white, but because it comes from five elements.