提起老虎,无人不惧。古语曾云:“虎者,阳物,百兽之长也,能执挫锐,噬食鬼魅”。虽然,老虎威猛无比,但在民间玩具中的老虎的形象却是憨厚可爱。民间艺人对它有一种特殊的感情,借助它的威力把自己制作的虎当做勇敢、强悍、吉祥之物,用虎的形象传递爱和祝福,借虎的形象表达希望和眷恋。不仅仅是中国的老虎可爱憨厚,就连迪士尼里的知名老虎“跳跳虎”也少了那份威猛,多了份可爱。 Lift the tiger, no one fear. Old saying Zeng Yun: “Tiger, Yang objects, the beasts of the long, can be besieged sharp, eater ghost ”. Although the tiger is extremely powerful, the image of a tiger in a folk toy is simple and lovely. Folk artists have a special feeling about it and use it as a brave, powerful and auspicious object in their power. They use tiger images to convey love and blessings and use tiger’s image to express hope and attachment. Not only is China’s tiger cute and honest, even Disney’s famous tiger “Tigger ” also less share of the mighty, more lovely.