Introduction of Tiger Head Pillow

Tiger head pillow is a kind of Han folk embroidery. The practice is basically similar to making pillows, and the shape of the pillow is modeled after the traditional shape of a tiger. These pillows are superbly stitched, ornamented and chicly modeled. Tiger pillows are divided into two-headed tiger, sphinx head tiger, tiger head fish tail, etc., meaning good luck and peace, usually children to use. Sleeping children can use it as a pillow, waking up can be used as a toy. Tiger for the "king of beasts", is the Chinese folk generally respected as a good-luck charm. In the Han Dynasty, tigers were painted on doors to ward off disasters and evil spirits. Folk often use the tiger to do for the child's companion, in addition to the role of repellent calming, there are blessings for the child's tiger head, tiger brain, tiger tiger has the meaning of life. Children full moon, aunts, aunts and uncles to give the doll to send tiger shoes, tiger hat, tiger pillow, bibs, cloth tigers, for the child to eliminate disasters, blessing the child to live a long life.

Folk, the production of tiger pillows extremely elaborate, and tiger head is also imaginative: red silk embroidered "dragon head", green silk embroidered "phoenix head", black silk embroidered "cat head "There are also lion heads embroidered in black silk thread. The shape is beautiful and vivid, although the deformation of the exaggerated, but very realistic, colorful but not vulgar, embroidery map clean and rustic flavor.