Tiger Lord

A god of Chinese folk belief
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Tiger Lord It is a kind of deity in Chinese folk belief. It is the tiger god god of earth Or the city god, later evolved into the mounts of gods, and guarded villages city And the function of the temple environment.
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Tiger Lord
Tiger god
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Mounted by Land Lord or City God
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Functions of guarding villages, cities and temples

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it is said that: village god Be in charge of the mountain tiger The ancients believed that the tiger was controlled by the god of the land and was god of earth Or the tiger captured by the city god has supernatural power and will not harm human beings livestock He will also protect human beings, so many people respect him as the Tiger Master and worship him devoutly.
Many gods' mounts are also tigers, but they are different from the tiger masters here and are sometimes confused.
*Zhang Daoling Heavenly Master Ride a tiger into the mountain.
* Emperor Baosheng Heal the tiger's throat, so Subdue the tiger
*The real king's mount in Xuantan is also a tiger.

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*Land god and other gods' mounts.
*The leader of temple fairs and celebrations, the god of opening roads.
*Guarding the temple Chengcun , expel evil spirits.
*To protect children, many regions will require children to take the Tiger Lord as their adoptive father.
*As the saying goes, "The tiger master bites the money" and believes that the tiger master has the power of the god of wealth.
*Have medical ability and can treat swollen cheeks mumps Mumps is commonly known as "pig scalp". It is said that tigers can eat pigs, so it can be treated. Generally, paper money is used to wipe the mouth of the statue of Tiger God and then the affected part. Please Shaman The Taoist summoned the tiger queen to use the red ink pen
Write the word "tiger" on the affected part.

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"Eat Cannon" is Taiwan The ceremony of exploding sedan chairs is common in temple fairs. stay Yunlin County Every year in Beigang Town March in the lunar calendar 19、 Welcome will be held on the 20th Mazu During the activity, believers will set off a large number of firecrackers under the divine sedan to welcome the arrival of Mazu's divine sedan, and thank Mazu for his help to make believers safe, prosperous and profitable. People believe that the more firecrackers are set off, the better their luck will be in the past years these two days The cost of setting off firecrackers alone is as high as tens of millions of yuan, which is amazing. Recently, there are different types of firing, such as treading gun, plough gun, gun net, etc., but they are collectively called "eating gun", and the word "eating gun" comes from this.
Tiger Lord's custom of "eating cannons" Cloud forest Xianbeigang Chaotian Palace General Tiger is the most prosperous. According to the Tainan Ancestral Temple and Temple Reference written by Japanese Xiangliang Yoshizai in 1933, the Beigang Chaotiangong Tiger Lord Association recorded that "the old name of the Tiger Lord Association was the Tiger Lord Association, whose main worship gods were one tiger, two tigers and three tigers, with 53 members, and was founded in 1694 It means that the traditional belief area of Tiger God is located in Xizidi (now Boai Road, Beigang Town, the section between Minzhu Road and Zhongzheng Road), so Xizidi has been called "Tiger God Street" since ancient times. The Tiger Association was reorganized by Chen Guangnan and Yan Jinhe, with 227 members, and Kaohsiung Branch and Taipei The two branches of the branch are both established by winning the approval of the tiger master with three cups.
lunar calendar June 6 Day is Tiger's Christmas Day. Under the master of the tiger furnace in Beigang Chaotian Palace, there are four feet, namely, Zhu Gong furnace and tiger furnace Foot furnace The gold body of Zhu Gong, the big tiger and the second tiger of the Association are placed in the furnace owner's home, and the third tiger is placed in the chairman's home. The old tiger master sedan used to shake up and down, but now it is not allowed. The tiger master is the most skillful god sedan in Beigang Mazu's tour. In the scene of thick smoke and loud noise, the tiger master sedan stands still, Sedan chair bearer The look of fearlessness made the masses intimidated. The shape of the tiger master sedan is similar to that of the Japanese god sedan, and the pace is also Japanese. Beigang every year Mazu around When carrying the tiger god sedan chair, the person must learn to "step", because if the step uncoordinated The car will overturn. The divine sedan chair is commanded by people who play drums and hold fans. The people who lift the sedan chair are believers from all over the country who take the initiative to participate in Beigang. Most of them are migrants from Beigang. Because they have carried the tiger master sedan chair before Experienced Every year, on March 18 of the lunar calendar, they will take the initiative to return to Beigang and find the place where the Tiger Lord's sedan car is parked (the president's home), then they can get the sedan clothes. About two-thirds of the people who lift sedan chairs Non member And most of the members are not familiar with the sedan chair lifters, and the experienced ones lead the interested novices to participate. The tiger master's sedan class wore yellow tiger print clothes and tied yellow cloth strips on its head. In the procession around the border, the tiger tiger style of raising the sedan car was awe inspiring and awe inspiring. The tiger master's way of raising the sedan car and the characteristics of eating guns also spread to other places for decades, becoming a model for tiger master's sedan classes around Taiwan. In addition to "Beigang welcomes Mazu" in the north on March 19 of the lunar calendar The 15th day of the first month When Shangyuan went around the country, the tiger master would also take part in the car ride. Later, it was changed to the Lantern Festival in the Year of the Tiger. Most of the people who took the car ride were young people over high school and in their twenties.
On the evening of March 19, 1983 Chaotian Palace Inside, "octagonal colored glaze" Permanent light ”The incense flame went out for no reason, and then it happened that the tiger sedan car was on the "jade" of Minzhu Road, Beigang Town Shixuan ”In front of the shop, there was a home-made bomb. At that time, the tiger master's sedan chair was disintegrated, and all three tiger masters were damaged. Many people who lifted the sedan chair sent doctors for first aid. At that time, the three tiger gods still "flew" to the roof, so the tiger master would stop his activities around the country. The next year (1984), when Liu Ma entered the temple on March 20 of the lunar calendar, she was also hit by a home-made bomb, Get up When Lu Lai came here, he also stroked his beard when he stopped, and checked every stack of firecrackers that Tiger Sedan wanted to eat. Sometimes when he was excited, he also asked to eat firecrackers. He squatted alone on a stack of firecrackers and set them off. Everyone who saw it was amazed, and called it "Yong Oh!" one after another. The event was also called "Tiger Sedan Surprised Bomb".
Today, the tiger master in Beigang Town follows Mazu in Chaotian Palace in Beigang on March 19 and 20 of the lunar calendar every year. The tiger master "eats guns" has become a must for tourists or thrilling people Play In the temple fairs in 2007 and 2008, the Tiger God Sedan ate cannons in Beigang Circle one after another. Every night, he enjoyed 36 times of cannons bombing. The height of the cannons was like "small gun mountains", which could be said to be the record for the most times since the Tiger God ate cannons. There are temples dedicated to the tiger masters in various places. In recent years, they have begun to follow the way of eating guns of the tiger masters in Beigang and become their own style. However, the spirit and unique footwork of the tiger masters in Beigang have never been learned. There are also many ways to eat firecrackers because of the different ways of setting off firecrackers. To appreciate the powerful power of the tiger god eating firecrackers, you can go to Beigang Town of Yunlin County on March 19 and 20 of the lunar calendar every year to participate in the grand event of "Beigang welcomes Mazu".
recent years Xingang Fengtian Palace When the tiger's master followed Mazu around the border, he would also carry out the so-called "eating guns", which is a blessing ceremony of "frying the tiger's sedan". When preparing to blow up the sedan chair, one person held a fan to lead the team, and the rest of the people who lifted the sedan chair wore hats and thick clothes and walked in a zigzag way with an S-shaped "seven star step". At this moment, the temple and believers would shout slogans such as "the tiger god eats the gun", and then blow up the tiger god sedan chair. Taipei County Xinzhuang The annual grand ceremony - the birthday of the master of Dazhong Temple in Xinzhuang (popularly known as "Xinzhuang Grand") bye-bye ”)When the Tiger Lord went to Xinzhuang for a big visit and prepared to "eat the cannon (fry the sedan)", believers would also shout "Tiger Lord".

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Generally, they are worshipped under the God's table with eggs and simple meat. only Xingang Fengtian Palace Serve it on the divine table. The tiger masters in Xingang Fengtian Palace are said to be very effective, and many of the tiger masters in temples are obtained by Xingang Fenling.