China News Service, Hong Kong, February 10 (Reporter Suo Youwei) The year 2022, Ren Yin, is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac.

The Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) held the "Ren Yin Talking Tiger" exhibition to celebrate the New Year, focusing on the display of tiger culture in Chinese history.

Ding Yanyong's "Six Patriarchs Aligning the Heart" Courtesy of Art Museum, CUHK

　　The reporter learned on the 10th that more than 20 tiger-related cultural relics, including calligraphy and painting, seals, ceramics, etc.

A bronze tiger button Bashu seal, dated from the fourth to the third century BC, has a vivid shape and delicate decoration.

According to reports, the ancient Bashu culture in Sichuan especially worshiped tigers, and tiger patterns were popular in Bashu weapons and musical instruments. This seal may belong to the tribal leader.

　　The image of a monk and a tiger sleeping together is widely loved in Zen art.

Ding Yanyong's "Six Patriarchs Adjusting the Heart" reflects the image of human beings and beasts being different but reaching the same goal, as well as the entanglement of reality and dreams, and the image of life as a phantom.

Gao Qifeng's painting "Screaming at Night" Courtesy of Art Museum, CUHK

　　Tiger paintings by Gao Jianfu and Gao Qifeng, masters of the Lingnan School of Painting, also appeared in the exhibition.

"Second High" was originally a teacher of Geshan School, and most of his paintings were small animals such as birds and insects. Later, influenced by modern Japanese paintings, he changed to paint tigers, eagles and other large beasts.

The background is also often set off with a moonlit night or a snow scene, highlighting its ferocious characteristics.

Compared with his elder brother Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng's style is more realistic.

　　In the paintings of the past dynasties, the image of the tiger is sometimes lovable and cute, and even confused with the cat and civet.

The Zhengjiazhen cartoon "Cat and Tiger Clan" in the exhibit is exaggerated in shape, forming a strong contrast between tiger and cat, Pang Shuo and petite, and flower and white.

The white cat seemed to be "stroking the tiger's whiskers", and the eyes of the two rubbed wonderful sparks.

Zheng Jiazhen's cartoon "Cat and Tiger Clan" Courtesy of Art Museum, CUHK

　　The exhibitor said that from the exhibits, we can see the meaning of the tiger removing evil and eating charm, as well as the worship of the tiger by the ancestors.

In mythology and literature, tigers are often accompanied by eminent monks and immortals, and become the proof of their magical powers.

The gestures and styles of various tigers in art can also reflect cultural exchanges and witness the changes of the times.

　　It is reported that the Art Museum of CUHK holds an exhibition of Chinese zodiac cultural relics every year during the Spring Festival. Some of the exhibits in this exhibition will be presented digitally in the Lee Gardens Area in Causeway Bay during the Spring Festival.

In response to the latest situation of the epidemic, the Art Museum of CUHK has suspended its opening and launched the online exhibition "Ren Yin Talks About Tigers", which has been viewed by more than 2,000 people in the past few days.

The museum hopes that after the epidemic eases, the physical exhibition can be opened to the public.

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