我国古代对虎的形象十分崇拜,特别是在军事上,比如在调兵遣将的兵符上面就用黄金刻上一只老虎,称为虎符。虎符最早出现于春秋战国时期,当时采用铜制的虎形作为作为中央发给地方官或驻军首领的调兵凭证,称为虎符。虎符的背面刻有铭文,分为两半,右半存于朝廷, In ancient China, the image of the tiger is very much adored. Especially in the military, for example, a tiger engraved with gold on top of a troop sentinelly is called a tiger symbol. The tiger symbol first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the bronze tiger shape was used as a troop transfer note issued by the Central Government to local officials or garrisons as a tiger symbol. Inscriptions engraved on the back of the tiger, divided into two halves, the right half saved in the court,