Legendary Stories of the Year of the Tiger

In ancient times, there were lions and no tigers. Because the lion was too fierce and had a bad reputation, the Jade Emperor, who was in charge of sealing the phases, wanted to remove the lion from the list, but he had to add an animal to control the mountains and forests. At this point, the Jade Emperor thought of the tiger guards in front of the temple.

The Tiger Guardian of the Heavenly Palace was once only a kind of unknown animal on the ground. It learned from the cat master there grasp, pounce, bite, fry, punch, leap, fold and other eighteen martial arts, after becoming a warrior in the mountains and forests. Anyone who fights with it is either dead or injured. From then on, the tiger dominated the mountains and forests. Later, when the Jade Emperor heard that Old Crow was very brave, he ordered the tiger to go to heaven. The tiger went up to heaven and won the battle with the Jade Emperor's guards. From then on, the tiger became the guardian of the heavenly palace.

It was not long before the birds and beasts on the ground began to act recklessly, causing disasters on earth. To the earth caused a disaster this alarmed the land god, the land god rushed to report to the court of heaven, the Jade Emperor to send the unity of the brave sky god to suppress the beasts. The Jade Emperor then sent a tiger down to the earth, and the tiger asked for a credit for each victory. The Jade Emperor only wants peace on earth, so of course he agrees to the tiger's request.

When he came to the mortal world, the tiger learned that lions, bears, and horses were the three most powerful animals at that time. It then specialized in challenging these three animals. With the tiger's bravery and superior martial arts connection defeated the lion, bear and horse. The other animals fled and hid in the uninhabited forest. The people of the world are happy and thankful to the tiger for his great achievement for the world.

Back in heaven, the Jade Emperor carved three horizontal lines on the tiger's front collar because it had won three consecutive victories. Later, the earth was harassed by the turtle monster in the East China Sea, and the earth was a sea. The tiger came to the mortal world again and bit the turtle monster to death. The Jade Emperor was so happy that he gave the tiger a big credit and added a vertical line to the three horizontal lines on his forehead. Thus, the word "king" appeared on the tiger's forehead. From then on, the tiger was the king of all beasts, in charge of all beasts. To this day, the tiger forehead can also be seen on the word "king".

After the lion's infamy reached the heavenly palace, the Jade Emperor decided to remove the lion's title and added the tiger as the king of beasts. From then on, the tiger became the genus, and the lion was relegated to the far south. Of course, the tiger also descended to the mortal world from the Jade Emperor's temple guards to keep peace in the lower world forever. Today, there are also tiger talismans, tiger rings, tiger statues and other evil-control objects to eliminate disasters and avoid calamities. In the countryside, many people also like to give the child to wear a tiger hat, wear tiger shoes. For a command, this is not a figure of luck to avoid evil, good luck and peace.

Tiger in the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac in the third, in the thirteen dominated by the "c", so a day of twelve hours in the morning = "c" - 3:00 to 5:00 in the morning also known as the "tiger time". The "Tiger Time" is also known as the "Tiger Time".

3-5 am (i.e., "c"). According to ancient books. At this time, the tiger is the most active, ferocious and hurt people the most, because the Yin time is paired with the tiger.