Tiger Pillow

Tiger Pillow is a kind of Chinese folk embroidery. It means auspicious peace and is usually used both as pillow and toy for children.

Tiger is the “King of animals” and is widely respected as mascot in folk families since ancient times in China. In Han Dynasty, tiger was used to be painted on the door in order to drive popular disaster.

In ancient China, relatives will give tiger pillow, tiger shoes, tiger cap, tiger clothes, tiger bellyband to one-month-old baby as gifts to bless fortune, safety and health and his longevity. Even now, some families still keep this tradition.

The shape of Tiger Pillow imitates traditional shape of tiger. The common head of the finished cloth tiger is round eyes, curved eyebrow, proboscides, wide mouth, sharp teeth, aflutter beard, with Chinese character “Wang” (means “King”) on the top of the head. Various heads of the tiger are full of fancy, such as red silk embroidered with the "cock", green silk embroidered with "phoenix head", black silk embroidered "cat head", and " Lion head ",etc. Despite the exaggerative deformation, the pretty embroidery is graceful, vivid, and full of local tinge.

The production of Tiger Pillow is extremely elegant. It is an exquisite folk arts and crafts and be worth of great collection. Do not pass it up! It's a cute gift for your family and friend!