Tiger in Chinese culture
Throughout Chinese history, the tiger has incited a sense of both awe and admiration:
its prowess, its ferocity, its beauty, and the harmony of the opposites.
The tiger is full of life and embodies the spirit and drive to achieve and make progress.
The tiger has been common in the southern and northeastern China and is revered by the Chinese as a creature with many symbolic attributes.
Each direction of the compass is traditionally believed to be ruled by a mythical creature; the White Tiger is the ruler of the West.
The tiger is also associated with autumn, when it comes down from the mountains into villages, and is personified by the constellation Orion, which is prominent in autumn.
In Chinese astrology, the star Alpha of the Great Bear constellation gave birth to the first tiger.
The tiger represents the masculine principle in nature and is king of all the animals, as shown by the four stripes on his forehead, which form the character Wang( 王), or King.
The tiger is regarded as one of the four super- intelligent creatures, along with the dragon, phoenix and tortoise; for centuries, the four have been a major design motif in Chinese art.
In southern China, on the tiger's birthday, on the second moon in the lunar calendar, fixed in the Western calendar as March 6, women worship the White Tiger.
They place paper images of the tiger in their homes to keep away rats and snakes and prevent quarrels.
On this date, effigies of the tiger are also put in front of temple buildings for people to make offerings.
The God of Wealth, the deified Marshal Chao Gongming( Chao Kungming), is depicted riding a black tiger and holding a silver ingot.
The Chinese call an able general a" tiger general" and a brave soldier, a" tiger warrior".
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.
As the enemies of evil spirits, especially those who torment the dead, tigers are carved on tombs and monuments.
The Chinese system of feng shui( geomancy) requires that a burial site be higher on the right side, the stronger side of the body, so that the White Tiger can guard it; the Azure Dragon guards the left side, the body's weaker side.
The Tiger is the third animal in the 12- year animal Zodiac.
People born in the Year of the Tiger are thought to be brave, strong, stubborn and sympathetic.
The tiger represents the greatest earthly power, as well as protection over human life.
It chases away the so- called" three disasters": fire, thieves and ghosts.
Ancient Chinese people believed that tigers turned white after they have lived for five centuries and that tigers could live for an entire millennium.
It was also believed that that upon the death of a tiger its spirit would enter the earth and become amber, this archaic belief inspired the original Chinese term for amber which was" Soul of the Tiger".
The tiger is historically a Chinese cultural symbol.
It has inspired imagination, stories, paintings, and poetry with the tiger: the earliest tiger statue was found in the Neolithic period in China 7000 years ago; the Year of the Tiger, tiger shoes or hats; the Tiger seal, Tiger Tally and Tiger General.
There are also idioms and poetic renderings such as: Tiger roaring& dragon singing- the world is peaceful; Mountain and Valley replying- the people are wealthy and the country strong.
Islands in Taiwan( ROC) named for tigers include Hujing Island and Menghu Islet.
Affairs of the Heart
Affairs of the Heart may refer to:
House of the Tiger King (film)
House of the Tiger King is a deconstructionist documentary, released in 2004.
A British travel writer- explorer, Tahir Shah, and documentary filmmakers David and Leon Flamholc, join forces to go on an expedition in Peru searching for Paititi, the Inca lost city of gold.
Things do not as planned, and on their first attempt they are forced to give up due to two main setbacks: terrible conditions and troubles with their guide, an American survivalist Vietnam- war veteran named Richard Fowler.
On their second attempt, Flamholc and Shah find various locals to help them, including Eduardo Huamani Padilla.
Tensions begin to arise between the two, in part over the difficulties in transporting the amount of camera equipment carried by the film crew, and ultimately Shah leaves the Flamholcs stranded as he continues his journey on his own.
The director explains in the voiceover that he will use the best footage to put together a story once he returns home, but that" Whatever it will look like, it will never show what actually happened."
The director's voiceover is alternated with diary notes written by Shah during the journey throughout the jungles of Peru, which indicate growing tension between the crew, depicting the hired guides as unreliable and highly dangerous.
On his personal website, Shah states that" We spent seventeen weeks in deep jungle, attempting to glean information from the local tribes, and in particular from one tribal member, Pancho, who claimed to have seen a fabulous lost city in his youth, while searching for new hunting grounds.
The problem was that in Pancho ’s world the margin between fact and fantasy was blurred.
It was never easy to know when one came to an end and the other began.
The project was the hardest of my life, and made me question everything I had ever taken for granted or known.
On some days I was filled with rage, and with loathing – most normally for the film crew – and on others I was consumed with depression and with angst."
The film is a 105- minute British/ Swedish co-production, and is both directed and narrated by David Flamholc.
It had an estimated budget of £ 70,000, and was filmed on location in Peru.
House of the Tiger King
House of the Tiger King is a travel journal in which Anglo- Afghan author Tahir Shah recounts his search for the legendary Inca city Paititi.
The book was first published by John Murray in 2004.
Its title is a translation of a Machiguenga name for Paititi.
" House of the Tiger King" was read by Sam Dastor on BBC Radio 4's" Book of the Week" in July 2004.
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
The film was released in Japan on 10 October 2009.
Affairs of a Gentleman
Affairs of a Gentleman is a 1934 American Pre -Code drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Cyril Hume, Peter Ruric and Milton Krims, adapted from the play by Edith Ellis and Edward Ellis( actor).
The film stars Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Patricia Ellis, Phillip Reed, Onslow Stevens and Dorothy Burgess.
The film was released on May 1, 1934, by Universal Pictures.
Tiger game
The Tiger Game is a popular Chinese board game.
It is a strategy game for two players.
One player, who plays the tiger, has only one piece.
The other player has 18 men.
The tiger must eat the men, who must block the tiger so that he can not move.
The game can be played with any kind of pieces that can be distinguished from one another.
The board is 8×8 squares, with the addition of a square of 2×2 squares, which is called the tiger ’s lair.
Return of the Tiger
Return of the Tiger is a 1978 martial arts Bruceploitation film starring Bruce Li and a sequel to Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger.
India: Kingdom of the Tiger
India: Kingdom of the Tiger is a 2002 IMAX documentary, based on the writings of Jim Corbett.
The film was directed by Bruce Neibaur.
It depicts man-eating tigers and the conservation efforts of the tiger in India.
The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale
The Tiger( also known as" The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale",; lit." Big Tiger") is a 2015 South Korean period action drama film about a hunter prepared to kill the last tiger of Joseon.

Question: Which film was released earlier, House Of The Tiger King (Film) or Affairs Of A Gentleman?
Answer: Affairs Of A Gentleman