At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou will present a blessing calendar to believers. Sun Jun's Welcome to the New Year is a blessing engraved on the calendar by Master Guang Quan in 2022.
Master Guangquan explained the inscription "Mountain King welcomes the new" as follows: 2022 is the year of the tiger in the lunar calendar, and "Mountain King" is the king of all animals in the mountain-the tiger. For example, "Elegant Poetic Beast" says: "Mountain King, Tiger also"; In the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi also wrote a poem, "You swim with the water to chase wild horses, and you sing the song". ...
Tigers in the mountains are mighty, so in ancient times, soldiers with strong fighting capacity were called tiger generals, palace guards were called samurai armies, and military symbols for dispatching troops were called tiger symbols, which also took tiger flags and shields to defend against the enemy.
Folks believe that tigers are just and inviolable, and can drive away disasters and evil spirits, so they often hang tiger paintings at the gate of their homes to prevent demons from entering the house; Children wear tiger hats and shoes to ward off evil spirits; Others sleep on tiger pillows to make themselves stronger.
The word "Welcome the Spring Festival" not only expresses the beautiful expectation for the arrival of the Spring Festival, but also has a special meaning under the new situation of unprecedented changes in the world and the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation.