The folk activities of celebrating the Year of the Tiger are as follows:
Custom 1: Tiger Pillow Parenting
Every child's birthday, an uncle should give his nephew a tiger pillow or a pair of tiger pillows, which can be used as a pillow, a toy and a blessing.
Custom 2: Tiger Headrests
My first impression of tigers must be the tiger headrests of my parents. When I was a child, I stared at them curiously. Later, I learned that my aunt sewed them herself. They were very interesting and comfortable to pillow, but I always begged my mother to do them. Later, I learned about tigers in books and on TV. I was older and thought they were tigers, powerful and cute.
The big cats always have the cuteness of MengMeng, especially when they are young, people always want to touch the round head of the tiger, and the deep-rooted impression is that the tiger has the breath of a king, whether it's looking back, hunting or taking a lazy nap, as if it were born with pride.
custom 3: Shenhu Town House
During the Spring Festival, people in Northeast China and North China like to hang a picture of Shenhu Town House in the main hall of the house. There are often poems on the picture, saying that Shenhu went down the mountain, reduced demons to earth, bought by a good family, and kept peace in the four seasons, or saying that the tiger is the king of beasts, and your government invited him to get rid of evil spirits and everything was prosperous. These all express people's prayers.
custom four, tiger costume for one year old
In some places in Shaanxi, tiger shoes, tiger hats and pillows are worn on one year old birthdays. This custom is extended to children of other animal signs in China folk culture, which means that no matter what animal sign, children should wear tiger shoes and tiger hats on their one year old birthdays, which means to wish their children a prosperous life.
Introduction to the Year of the Tiger
The Year of the Tiger is determined according to the traditional calendar of China. The tiger in the zodiac corresponds to the Yin in the twelve branches, and the year of the tiger is the Yin year. Every twelve years is regarded as a cycle. For example, the Gregorian calendar basically corresponds to the Year of the Tiger in 222, that is, the Year of the Nonyin. In the 6-year calendar, there are 1 heavenly stems, and there are 1 ethyl, propyl, butyl and decyl.
The earthly branch is that there are 12 earthly branches in Tatsumi at noon. They are arranged from Jiazi, Yechou, Bingyin and Dingmao, and just 6 of them complete a cycle. This is a bit complicated and hard to remember, so the ancients thought of using animals to express complex earthly branches, which are the Zodiac, the mouse, the ugly cow, the Yinhu, the maotu, the dragon and the tiger.