Customs related to tiger hats

The tiger is the "King of Beasts", and is generally respected as a good-luck symbol by the Chinese people. Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a custom of painting a tiger on the door to drive away evil spirits and calm the nerves.

Chinese people are used to the most important, the most beautiful blessings are cohesive in the children's jewelry and appliances, adults often do some for the children with the "tiger" symbol of the belongings, in addition to driving away evil spirits and calming effect, and the blessing of the child's tiger, tiger, a long life, hoping that the child grows up to be like a tiger, strong, brave and powerful! I hope that my child will grow up to be as strong and brave as a tiger.

Guangxi's Zhuang, Miao, Yao and other ethnic minorities, have maintained the custom of making tiger hats and tiger shoes for children. These hats come in different forms and are full of children's fun, while all have the key element of the tiger. A Zhuang embroidered hat on display at the Guangxi Museum of Nationalities does not have a tiger pattern on it at first glance, but the hat borrows the shape of a tiger.

"This Zhuang embroidered hat is a product of the combination of the custom of the flower woman and the tiger hat." Fan Miao Miao, deputy research librarian at the Guangxi Museum of Ethnicities, told reporters that the flower woman in the Zhuang legend is the god of fertility and guardianship of children, specifically in charge of giving flowers to send children, white flowers on behalf of the boy, red flowers on behalf of the girl.

The old craftsmen in the production of the tiger hat, the symbolism of the flower woman embedded in the tiger hat, I believe that this is the most blessed child healthy growth of tokens, has a distinctive Zhuang ethnic characteristics.