Tiger Bittern: It was unearthed in the Shang Dynasty at the junction of Anhua Ningxiang, Hunan Province, and then flowed into France and Japan.
Yǒu, a bronze treasure in the late Shang Dynasty in China, was a wine container in Shang Dynasty. There are two pieces of y m: u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \ u \\ u \\ In Shang dynasty, tigers were used as surface decoration of vessels, trying to show the majesty of aristocratic power. The Shang tiger's cannibalism takes the posture of a tiger holding a person, which is a strange idea. The tiger's hind feet and tail support the body and form 30 feet at the same time. The tiger's front paws hold a person, and this person squats down toward the tiger's chest. A pair of barefoot stepped on Tiger Claw, reaching out to the tiger's shoulder. The tiger wanted to open his mouth and spit his head. A hanging beam is tied to the tiger's shoulder, and both ends of the beam have animal heads. The beams are decorated with long patterns and thunder-patterned substrates. The upper part of the tiger's back is an oval mouth with a cover, and a deer stands on the mouth. The cover is decorated with curly tail and thunder shading, which is consistent with the tiger's body. The tiger's ears pricked up and its teeth were sharp. Most of the surface of the container is black, and there is thin green rust in some areas. Like many bronzes unearthed in Hunan in the late Shang Dynasty, the decorative patterns are complex, with * * * as the theme, showing strange ideas. The naming of this object has always been controversial. Japanese scholars call it a "man-eating tiger" and Japanese scholars call it a "milk tiger". The main reason for the different naming is that Chinese and Japanese scholars have different understanding and understanding of the ideological content of this object. Scholars in China believe that people and tigers do not exist, but the social significance of their reactions is controversial. Some people think that the tiger is the totem of a clan in Dongyi, and tiger cannibalism means giving prisoners to totem gods. Others who hold this totem believe that the tiger eats people means that people who take the tiger god as their totem are protected by the tiger god. There is also a saying that this is a tiger god eating evil spirits, which is intended to exorcise evil spirits and seek happiness. Japanese scholars, on the other hand, believe that the relationship between man and tiger is harmonious, showing the consciousness of "harmony between man and nature" and "harmony between people".