Uncaged in Shanxi: Year of the Tiger

By Sun Ruisheng in Taiyuan and Zhou Huiying (chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2022-01-21

For thousands of years, Chinese people have admired the tiger for its bravery and dignity.

Elements of the tiger can be found everywhere in the details of Chinese people's daily lives, in clothing, food, housing and transportation, conveying people's yearning for a better life.

As next year on the Chinese lunar calendar will be the Year of the Tiger, people can visit various museums in Shanxi province to appreciate precious cultural relics related to the animal.

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A relic depicting a tiger dates to the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). It is on display at the Shanxi Bronze Museum in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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A relic depicting a tiger dates to the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). It is on display at the Shanxi Bronze Museum in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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A piece of relic featuring a tiger. This one dates to the Western Zhou Dynasty (c.11th century-771 BC). It is on display at the Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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A piece of a cultural relic with a tiger motif dating to the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) is displayed at the Yuncheng Museum in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]