What is the moral and symbol of the cloth tiger?

In order to bring peace and auspiciousness, the gift of cloth tigers has placed good wishes on the healthy growth of children.

Cloth tiger, as a traditional handicraft widely circulated among the people in China since ancient times, is also a good toy for children, interior decoration, gift and personal collection. It has a wide variety and spread widely, and it is a folk handicraft with strong local flavor.

On June 7th, 2008, Cloth Tiger was approved by the State Council to be included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Style characteristic

Because cloth tigers are hand-made, there is no uniform specification and style. Ingenious women use different materials at hand, and use their imagination and aesthetics to sew cloth tigers with different shapes and shapes. The cloth tiger they sewed changed the original shape of the tiger and exaggerated its head in shape. A tiger's head is about the size of a tiger's body.

It greatly reduced the tiger's body and tail, shortened its four legs, and highlighted its eyes, mouth, legs and tail, most of which were relatively short. With its big head, big eyes, big mouth and small body, it highlights the brave and majestic expression of the cloth tiger and highlights the traditional artistic style of "praying for God".