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  Please be advised that due to covid-19 Canada Post has suspended all on-time delivery guarantees. As a result, shipping times may vary.

Please note that due to covid-19 Canada Post has suspended all on-time delivery guarantees. As a result, shipping times may vary.

Celestial Tiger Print

$45.00

 

PAPER / GICLEE PRINTS
— Printed on archival glossy paper

SIZE
— 11″ x 17″ in

NOTE
— Dispatched within 3 business days
— Shipped with backing board and plastic sleeve

In Chinese folk tales, tigers kill evil men and protect good men. Tiger charms are used to keep away disease and evil, and babies are given colourfully embroidered tiger shoes for protection. Tiger images frequently decorate children’s clothing and tops. The “Tiger Claw” (Hu Chao) amulet is believed to ward off sudden fright and give the wearer the courage of the tiger. Because the tiger wards off disasters, it is popular as one of the nine gods worshipped at the New Year Festival. Tiger images are painted on the walls of homes and temples to keep away evil spirits. Dragon-Tiger Mountain is the name for the palace of the hereditary head of the Daoist religion, located in the Dragon Tiger Mountains of Jiangxi Province, east of the capital city of Nanchang. Zhang Daoling (Chang Tao-ling), the “First Master of Heaven” in the Daoist religion, is depicted riding a tiger and carrying a demon-dispelling sword as he escorts the dead to their final destination. A Daoist legend tells of two brothers who took on the role of protecting human beings by capturing demons and throwing them to tigers.

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