Ancient people painted the tiger as a "lost dog", why is it rated as a famous painting?

The tiger is fierce and majestic, has always been the king of beasts in people's minds, so no matter whether it is a literary work, or painting, will depict its dominance, the history of the tiger will be painted as a sickly appearance of the people are not many, Hua Yan is one of the more prominent, his "Peak Tiger Painting" will be the tiger painted as a? His "Peak Tiger Painting" depicts a tiger as a sick cat.

Hua Yan's "Peak Tiger Painting" is one of the most famous paintings of Hua Yan, which has been praised for its interesting image discrepancy and the implication of its meaning.

Hua Yan is an outstanding painting master of the Qing Dynasty, and the main representative of the Yangzhou School of Painting. In his "Peak Tiger Painting", the well-known king of beasts is in a pitiful and helpless state, with a thin and bony body, completely devoid of the tiger's majesty, with his tail hanging down and his eyes full of helplessness and weakness. The tiger was raising its front paws to scratch its face, looking like it had been troubled for a long time.

Looking closely at the picture, one can see a wasp resting on top of a dead branch in the upper-right corner of the picture. Obviously, the tiger was attacked by the wasp, and was unable to deal with it, so it showed such a dilemma. It turns out that the majestic and ferocious king of beasts also have to suffer when, or by such a small creature to be convinced, this a small, a strong and a weak contrast, fully demonstrated a dramatic conflict.

The "Peak Tiger Painting" in ? Peak? is a metaphor for? Bee? Peak? It's also the same as? Feng? This also implies the author Hua Yan's inner feelings. Looking at the signs of Hua Yan's life, when he was young, he was ridiculed because of his poor family, and when he grew up, he went around to study and learn to paint, but although he had some achievements, he was not utilized because of his unique style of painting which was out of place at that time, and it was difficult to be appointed as an official, which is the deeper meaning he wanted to express in this painting.

This witty and entertaining painting of a peaked tiger is very suitable for detailed viewing and comprehension, and its expressive techniques and use of metaphors have become a favorite of many famous artists.