Tiger

Author: Wang Congren
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: An important characteristic of Chinese culture is its symbolic nature. The thinking method of the Chinese people is intuitive, associative, and ambiguous, hence artistic. It relies on perception rather than logical analysis, conceptual deduction, and the like. Therefore, if someone merely regards "Kunlun" as a mountain and "Huangdi" as a person, they really do not understand Chinese culture. Similarly, merely viewing the Dragon, Phoenix, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird as four or five animals is also not advisable. These mythical creatures possess rich cultural connotations, embodying many primal cults of the Chinese people and serving as deeply ingrained symbols in Chinese history, known to all, even children. This book adopts the form of short stories, carefully selecting various myths, legends, anecdotal novels, folk tales from ancient China, and categorizing them to introduce the diverse cultural meanings of the Four Symbols, allowing readers to browse with interest. This volume, also in the form of short stories, carefully selects various myths, legends, anecdotal novels, and folk tales from ancient China, categorizing them to introduce the diverse cultural meanings of one of the Four Symbols—the White Tiger.