2004•Unpublished venueRequires access
The cultural connotation and aesthetics revealed from the "eight-tiger-on-four-side" embroidery pattern of the Yi people in Wuding County
Sheng Liyu
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Abstract
As a symbol, rather than an animal in the culture of the Yi people, tiger is worshiped and admired. The eight-tiger-on-four-side embroidery pattern has at least three meanings: showing that all the Yi people are the descendants of the tiger; showing that tiger is their totem; impetrating protections from tiger. The eight-tiger-on-four-side pattern reveals the totem worship of the Yi people in ancient times, from which their unique aesthetics and ethnic cultural psychology can be seen.