What is the role of the tiger

The tiger has a very important role in the influence of Chinese civilization and totemic spirit:

1. The tiger's image is majestic, so it has been used since ancient times to symbolize the bravery and strength of soldiers, such as tiger generals, tiger ministers, tiger soldiers, etc. In ancient times, a tiger was engraved in gold on top of the military talisman for mobilizing soldiers, called the tiger talisman. In ancient times, a tiger was engraved in gold on top of the military talisman for mobilizing soldiers and dispatching generals, which was called the tiger talisman. The image of the tiger is omnipresent in all fields of traditional culture, and has become an indispensable part of Chinese civilization.

2. The tiger is one of the twelve Chinese zodiac signs, ranked third, called Yin.

3. The worship of the tiger should originate from the totem worship of the tiger in the Chu culture. The tiger has been worshipped by the Han Chinese people, is a symbol of justice, courage without moderation and majesty. Its divine bravery and mighty spirit was convinced by the people, so in ancient times commonly used the word tiger to praise the hundred battles of the generals, such as the tiger soldiers, tiger ministers and other beautiful name.

There are currently five species of wild tigers*** still alive in the world, namely the Northeast Tiger, South China Tiger, Indochinese Tiger, Bengal Tiger and Sumatran Tiger. At the beginning of the last century, the number of tigers in the world was around 100,000, inhabiting most parts of Asia. By the end of 1996, there were optimistically only about 5,000 tigers left in the world, and they were distributed in more than 160 scattered and isolated locations.

The South China tiger is a subspecies of tiger endemic to China and is believed to be a direct descendant of the original tiger, but the existence of a South China tiger has not been conclusively proven for many years. At the 1998 World Year of the Tiger conference, it was estimated that there were 30-40 wild South China tigers, but the actual number is probably less than half that.

Extended information:

During the matriarchal period of primitive society, people used plants and animals out of a special affinity for them. a special kind of closeness to animals and plants, taking a certain animal or plant as the object of worship. They used the totem they believed in as the symbol of their clan, or even as the ancestor of their nation. The Yi people of China's Yunnan province, the worship of the tiger is derived from this ancient totem belief.

The tiger totem of the Yi people is the tiger that the Yi people believe in. The Yi people have a variety of self-proclaimed "Luo Luo", "Nuosu", "Nasu", "Nisu", etc. "Luo Luo", "Nuosu", "Nisu" and so on; Luo Luo" is "Luo" superimposed, meaning that the tiger people or tiger tribe; men call themselves "Luo Luo Po" or "Luo Po", that is, the male tiger; women call themselves "Luo Luo Po", that is, the male tiger; women call themselves "Luo Luo", that is, the male tiger. The man called himself "Luo Luo Po" or "Luo Po", that is, the male tiger; the woman called herself "Luo Luo Mo" or "Luo Mo", that is, the female tiger.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Tiger (Mammal)

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