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What folk activities are there in the Year of the Tiger?

In the Year of the Tiger, there are folk activities such as tiger pillow parenting, tiger headrest, Shenhu Town House, one-year-old tiger costume, tiger festival jumping and wearing Ai Hu. Tiger pillow parenting: Every time a child has a birthday, his uncle will give his nephew a tiger pillow or a pair of tiger pillows, which can be used as pillows, toys and blessings. Tiger headrest: Tiger headrest is one of the traditional Chinese handicrafts. "Tiger" is the king of all animals and the mascot universally respected by the people of China. This was painted in the Han Dynasty.

In the Year of the Tiger, there are folk activities such as tiger pillow parenting, tiger headrest, Shenhu Town House, one-year-old tiger costume, tiger festival jumping and wearing Ai Hu.

1, Tiger Pillow Parenting: Every child's birthday, an uncle will give his nephew a tiger pillow or a pair of tiger pillows, which can be used as pillows, toys and blessings.

2. Tiger headrest: Tiger headrest is one of the traditional Chinese handicrafts. "Tiger" is the king of all animals and the mascot universally respected by the people of China. This was painted in the Han Dynasty.

3. Shenhu Town House: During the Spring Festival, people in Northeast China and North China like to hang a portrait of the town house Shenhu in the main hall of the house to express people's good wishes for the blessing of the tiger god.

4. One-year-old tiger costume: children should wear tiger-headed shoes and a tiger-headed hat on their first birthday, which means wishing their children a tiger's head for life.

5. Tiger Dance Festival: Sacrificial dance of tiger totem preserved to this day. It is a dance that imitates a series of actions such as primitive human production and life, so as to sacrifice to the tiger god and pray for the blessing of ancestors.

6. Wear Ai Hu: On the Dragon Boat Festival in the Year of the Tiger, people usually wear "Ai Hu" ornaments, draw a king on children's forehead with realgar wine, and then tie a tiger-shaped sachet with five colors to express their blessings.