Paper Cutting of Downhill Tiger

Name: Downhill Tiger

Manufacturing Period: Modern Times

Material: Paper

Specifications: 17cm longitudinally, 14cm horizontally

Introduction: The Downhill Tiger is also a paper cutting used in festivals, but like the role of a door god, it doesn't represent a cute and auspicious artistic image, but a mighty and powerful "protector" who repels ghosts and avoids evil spirits. But just like the role of the door god, it does not represent an auspicious and lovely artistic image, but rather a powerful and mighty "protector" that drives away ghosts and evil spirits. In the creation of the image emphasizes the obvious sense of movement, trying to exaggerate the unstoppable and ferocious tiger downhill. Others treat the tiger's dynamics as drinking water by the spring, catching small animals, etc. The former emphasizes the ferocity, while the latter has movement in the stillness, which is one of the ways to express the tiger's spirit.

Type: Miscellaneous Ware

Theme or Keyword: Paper Cutting

The architecture of the "Downhill Tiger" houses is more common in the rural areas of Chaoshan. The architectural pattern is simpler than that of the "four-pointed gold" houses, with two front rooms missing, but the rest is basically the same. "Because of the different doorways, there is a difference between the main door and the side doors. Usually do not open the door in the middle and only open the two sides of the door is called "Dragon Tiger Gate", there are both open the main door and open both sides of the door.