What is the fate of the zodiac tiger? The Chinese zodiac in China belongs to the birth month of the tiger.

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One night in early summer, I sat on a stone bench to enjoy the cool. The sky is full of stars, calm and light. I saw white clouds floating in the sky, like tigers. Suddenly, two little grandchildren came to haunt me and asked me to tell them stories. I looked at the clouds in the sky and said, today I'm going to tell you a story about Song Wu killing a tiger. As soon as my words came out, my 5-year-old grandson said that tigers can't be killed and should be protected. Seeing the serious expression on his grandson's face, I have to change the subject, so I will tell the story of Khufu.

From that night on, the tiger accidentally came into my sight, and I thought about the fate of the tiger on our earth. Why did humans change from fighting tigers to protecting tigers? "Protecting animals is also protecting ourselves." What is the important enlightenment of this public welfare phrase to the protection of animals?

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Tiger, a mammal, is an existing large cat, commonly known as tiger, as a protected creature. Tigers may be valuable animals on land. If we compare the best human beings with tigers, we will definitely be dwarfed and stand out from the crowd.

Tigers are born kings, different from others: round head, wide kiss, canine teeth, long tongue, white mouth and black beard, about 15 cm long, resembling a bearded man; Tiger's eyes are golden, big and sharp as an arrow, and there is a kind of white, so it is called "white-fronted tiger", which seems to have insight into everything. The black line on the forehead is quite similar to the word "Wang" in Chinese characters, which is more striking and domineering.

The tiger's majestic posture is a must. Its neck and chest are connected, its neck is thick and short, almost as wide as its shoulders, its back is thick and round, its limbs are strong, and its claws are as sharp as an eagle. Its fur is also beautiful, with orange background, white abdomen and inner limbs, black longitudinal stripes and double lines on its back, and about 10 black rings on its tail, all of which are colorful. Whether sitting or jumping, the tiger's posture is breathtaking and beyond human's reach. Its tiger howls, the earth shakes and the mountains shake, shocking the world, and it is even more magnificent, and it is called the tiger whistling and the wind is born. Tigers are untouchable, and the "king of beasts" lives in the deep mountains and forests for many years, occupying the position of the most predators in the biological chain and having almost no natural enemies, so it is also called the "king of mountains".

China is the birthplace of tigers and the country with the largest number of tiger subspecies. It is said that tigers originated 2 million years ago and later spread along the northwest and southeast of China. After a long period of differentiation, it evolved into 9 different subspecies. Since Li Haihu (also known as Tiger), once distributed in China, has become extinct, there are four subspecies of tigers living in China, among which South China Tiger is the most unique.

This kind of tiger belongs to China and was once the most common one in China. According to historical records and fossil evidence, it can be inferred that the South China Tiger was widely distributed in the east from the Zhejiang-Fujian border, to the Qingchuan border in the west, to the Yellow River line in Qinling Mountains in the north, and to the south of Guangdong, Guangxi and South China. Most descriptions of our ancient tigers are about the South China Tiger.

We in China are ambivalent about tigers, and tiger worship and tiger fighting are always intertwined and inseparable. Chinese tiger culture has a long history, and the mighty tiger has long been one of the totems of China. Because the tiger is abnormal, it is the king who fights with Mo. Therefore, since ancient times, the tiger has been worshipped by the Han people. It is a symbol of justice and majesty, and it is also used to symbolize the courage and strength of soldiers, such as tiger generals, samurai, samurai and so on.

According to textual research, the image of tiger also appeared in ancient Qiang and Rong nationalities, but it was most popular in southwest China. The animal faces of jade cong in Liangzhu culture and bronze wares in Yin and Shang dynasties are similar to those of tigers. To this day, the Yi, Bai, Buyi and Tujia people in China still call tigers their ancestors.

Tigers have always been the favorite of working people since the Han Dynasty. After a long historical evolution and development, the cultural awareness of tiger worship has become a cultural concept in China. In various fields such as literature and art, sculpture and painting, as well as more extensive traditional culture such as fairy tales, the image of the tiger is everywhere and has become an indispensable part of Chinese civilization.

The most famous tigers in China are the White Tiger God and the Queen Mother of the West. The ancients thought that the white tiger was a tiger that could only turn white in 500 years. It is a sacred thing, and it is often difficult to ride a tiger. Among the 28 constellations, four groups of stars, east, west, north and south, form four elephants, and then combine the theory of five elements and five colors to form "East Qinglong, West White Tiger, South Suzaku and North Xuanwu". With the four elephants as the guards, the white tiger became the "White Tiger God".

The image of the Chinese and Western Empress Dowager in Shan Hai Jing Ju Yu Shan is "human face and tiger body" ... leopard tail and tiger teeth are good at whistling, and their duties are to punish the gods and take charge of disease and life and death. Even Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth, is a black lake. China culture has always been called Dragon and Tiger, and the Book of Changes uses Dragon and Tiger as a metaphor for Gankun and Heaven and Earth, dragonflies in the sky and tigers in the ground. Dragon and Tiger astrology is regarded as the guardian star god, and Liu Bang is described as "inspirational, both dragon and tiger" in Historical Records. The worship of tigers makes them become.

Tiger culture permeates into folk culture and is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Tiger is one of the 12 zodiac animals, ranking third, called Yin. The tiger is the king of beasts, with the yin tiger. The word "Yin" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is like an arrow. In Shuowen, "Yin" means "the yang is rising, although there is frozen soil on it, it will break through the ground", which is in line with the fierce yang of the tiger, so people who belong to the tiger have the following advantages: ambition, vigor, optimism and courage to explore; Love has a sense of justice; Dare to think and do. However, Yin is a tiger, which is a custom passed down by Fujian people, especially Upu people. When the bride comes, people who belong to the tiger in the zodiac are asked not to show up and must avoid it to avoid being hurt. Shu Wei, a scholar in Qing Dynasty, wrote the poem "Qian Miao Zhuzhici Red Temple", saying: "Weaving silk does not compete with people, but turning bronze drums to compete with mountain gods. The two feelings are speechless, and the room is empty tonight. " This poem is about the folk custom of avoiding shade.

The custom of sending "tiger eggs" is also popular in Putian mountainous area. Tigers are tigers and eggs. Tiger is a kind of paper printed with tiger pattern, which is divided into three colors: yellow, red and green. Paste a bamboo stick larger than a toothpick on paper. Eggs can be ordinary eggs or duck eggs. On the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival every year, the married woman gives the "tiger egg" to the man, hoping to have a baby as soon as possible. The child is as strong as a tiger, and the "tiger boy" is full. In the rural areas of Putian, many people used to like to wear hats and shoes for their children to avoid evil spirits, good luck and peace.

Tiger is not only the totem of China people, but also the idol of those who only wear water. Tiger released in America on September 23rd 1970! Tiger! Tiger! , is a historical war film of Flowserve Company in the 20th century. The film faithfully reproduces the whole process of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and tells the story of194165438+February 7, which led to the almost total annihilation of the entire unsuspecting American Pacific fleet. Its name comes from the tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ",because the secret message sent to the mother ship after the successful sneak attack is" tiger! Tiger! Tiger! "People think that the tiger is a magical animal that can return safely in thousands of miles. It can be seen that as long as there are tigers in the world, tigers have almost become their totem worship.

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Because the tiger can hurt people, it is an animal that makes people fear and fear, so the conflict between man and tiger has far-reaching influence. Since the tiger originated in China for millions of years, it is about the Stone Age, starting about two or three million years ago and ending about 6,000 to 4,000 years ago. This era is a period when human beings gradually evolved from apes to modern people after a long history. Tigers are invincible because they have few natural enemies. They live happily, and they are proud that they are pioneers of this world. This period is also the heyday of tiger reproduction and development. Tigers take the initiative to attack, while human beings mainly avoid and survive, and are in passive defense. But in ancient times, the distance between human beings and tigers was very close, and conflicts for their own survival were inevitable. This conflict never stopped in the Stone Age. At this time, human beings are no match for tigers, but they have been defeated repeatedly.

With the rise of mankind, the conflict between man and tiger is more prominent. Although the tiger is fierce, it did not threaten the survival of mankind in ancient times. On the contrary, people still use it for agricultural production. Every winter, the tiger is one of the important objects of people, because it can eat wild boar and protect crops.

In the Book of Rites, there is a record of "welcoming tigers and eating them". Because human beings need to expand their territory to meet the increasing population, the range of human activities is highly overlapping with that of tigers, and the habitat of tigers is constantly being squeezed, so the survival of tigers is facing an increasing crisis. However, tigers are not as weak as sheep. After all, it is a big beast, and it is aggressive. Since the beginning of civilization, tigers have begun to show their strength, and the conflict with humans has intensified, and the direct relationship between humans and tigers often occurs. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the population expanded rapidly and the land was seriously tense. Reclamation in mountainous areas has become the main way of population transfer. One of its direct consequences is the loss of vegetation, which makes the tiger lose its shelter and threatens its survival.

Tigers are cruel. It is their nature to eat people and animals. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tigers often ran into the southeast urban and rural areas of China, eating people and harming livestock, which was called tiger epidemic. At this time, the tiger began to walk out of the mountains and formally declared war on mankind, and the fighting capacity of the tiger also increased with the progress of the times. At this time, the tiger disaster in China has developed into an unprecedented fierce era. Tiger injury reached its peak in Ming and Qing dynasties, and tiger disaster eventually spread all over North China Plain, Western Regions, Southeast Region, Yunnan Region, South Coast and other places. According to incomplete statistics, during this period, there were 5 14 tiger disasters in southeast China, which was 85 times that of the previous Millennium, with an average of almost once a year. Of course, this statistic cannot be completely accurate, but the frequent occurrence of tiger disasters has become an indisputable fact.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Putian was the hardest hit area for tigers. "Eight Min Tong Zhi" records: "In the third year of Tianshun in Xinghua Prefecture (1459), there were more than 100 people in the villages in the north of the city, dozens of people were injured during the day, and few people were in the mountains for several months." "In the eighth year of Chenghua (1472), the tiger was injured again, and the number of people and animals injured continued for three years." "Putian County Records" contains: "In the orthodox school, Xinghua County suffered from a major epidemic, and the Yi people experienced the changes in this county and followed it." Another cloud said, "After three years of good weather, the tigers in Beishan eat people, and it is inevitable that they will walk in groups with sticks. The mountain was deserted for several months. "After eight years of Chenghua, the tiger was harmed again. "Pan Qin, the satrap, recommended it to the God of the City God, and only sent people to capture it." According to "Putian County Records of Xinghua Prefecture", until Kangxi in the late Qing Dynasty, "there were tigers in the mountains and many women." It means that tigers are rampant. This is still the case in the northern mountainous area adjacent to Putian County. It is conceivable that tigers in the deep mountains of Putian are very harmful.

Ke Qian, the champion of Putian in the Ming Dynasty, heard of the tiger disaster in his hometown and wrote a poem: "Hey, what is that mountain?" The howling wind swept over the hills and valleys. Gritting your teeth makes the sword cold, even if the hero can't fight. Hold your head up as a flag at the end of the city and growl and bite like a raccoon. The east village cries for her husband, while the west village cries for her son. It is dusk in the dark clouds, and no one dares to walk under the forest. Andexian guards Song Jun and goes to Dewey River. " In the poem, we can feel the real situation of the tiger's suffering in those years, but we can also appreciate his kind heart and ask the tiger to "stay away from crossing the river" and not hurt people.

"The trees in Nanshan and Beishan are hidden, and tigers walk around the village during the day." Zhang Ji's Roaring Tiger is a true description of the tiger in my hometown. My hometown is in the northern mountainous area of Putian, a "secluded place in the mountains", with a vast territory and a sparse population, deep mountains and old forests, unpredictable tigers, and openly hurting people. "You Yang Zhi" said: "(Ming) orthodoxy, plague, tiger tiger." From the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, "the people suffered from tiger evil or were killed." County magistrate Ye Heng had to cry to God with the help of God's power, and the tiger fled. Xinghua county was abandoned in the Ming dynasty, one of the reasons was that the tiger was in trouble.

In my time, I often listened to the stories of my elders who were hurt by tigers. Grandma told one story after another, all of which were stories of tigers hurting people. One of the stories is impressive.

Grandmother said

At that time, there was an elder aunt in the clan who was timid. Every time she goes out to carry the burden, no matter day or night, she has to squeeze into the crowd at the eighteen bends of the mountain road, thinking she is safe. One day, at three o'clock in the morning, they began to catch up with the night. They lit the torch. The aunt came a little late, and after catching up, she was also crowded among the crowd. At night, she hurried on, only to hear the wind whistling, which was creepy. At this time, she only heard the tiger whistling, the mountains shaking, the leaves falling, the tiger leaping in the air and taking a person away at once. The scene was in chaos, and everyone could not hear it at once. And when I met a tiger in the middle of the night, everyone dispersed. The next day, the villagers were beating gongs and drums with broadswords and sticks, looking for their aunt. All they saw was her hat, blood-stained clothes and only her bones.

In my grandparents' and parents' generation, I heard about tiger wounding in my hometown and surrounding areas. At that time, the information was very poor and turbulent, and tiger injuries were rarely recorded.

The mountain village in my hometown is embedded in the winding mountains as far as the eye can see. In the past, it was common to see tigers in this vast mountain forest. My second uncle Fan Jinyu, whose name is Shuxiang, entered the gate of Putian since childhood and later joined the local traffic police of the Red Army. His business activities and transportation usually take place at night, and he likes to tell us stories about meeting tigers.

Bo Er said.

Once, Sanbo Fan Jinying was hiding from the young people he had caught in a cave. He went to deliver food. That night was the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, and the moonlight was bright. It was summer and it was sultry in the cave. Sanbo ran to eat, and they sat and talked while eating. Suddenly, there were drops of water on his head. He said, "It's sunny today and the moon is hanging in the sky. How can it rain? " The two brothers looked up and were dumbfounded. In the dim moonlight, a big tiger stood on the stone wall. The tiger's mouth is dripping on his head. Just then, the alert Bo Er picked up his robe and threw it into the sky. The robe suddenly opened and the two brothers shouted. The big tiger was suddenly frightened and roared away. Brave as the two brothers are, they dare not stay long, so they give up a way to run.

This is one of the stories that Bo Er thinks he met a tiger in his life. When we were young, we listened to these stories with relish, but later, we thought that Bo Er's story of encountering a tiger was an fable. Now, after reading these materials, we believe what Bo Er said is true.

: Putian Hanjiang Hospital

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