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Why the tiger is prominent in Korean culture
- kazinator 10mo agoArticle forgets: tiger symbolism is prominent in Chinese culture, which deeply influences all the others that developed alongside it. The Tiger is one of the symbols in the Chinese Zodiac. 1/12 of the people are born in a year of the Tiger. "In Buddhism, the tiger is one of the Three Senseless Creatures, symbolising anger, with the monkey representing greed and the deer lovesickness." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_tigers#Mythology,_religion_and_folklore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_tigers#...]
- turtleyacht 10mo agoThe shape of Korea always reminded me of a rabbit.