Brick carving of Yang Xiang fighting the tiger to save his father

[Brick carving of Yang Xiang fighting the tiger to save the father]

Brick carving of Yang Xiang fighting the tiger to save the father, Northern Song Dynasty, 19 cm high, 26 cm wide and 3 cm thick
The brick is rectangular, the brick surface is concave and chiseled into Kunmen shape, and the word “Yang Xiang” is carved on it. On the left side of the picture, a woman rides on the back of a tiger, and a man on the right side dodges
One of the twenty-four filial piety stories is that Yang Xiang’s father fought the tiger to save his father. It is said that Yang Xiang’s father, who worked in farming, met a beautiful tiger and was thrown to the ground. Yang Xiang saw this and was desperate to fight the tiger with bare hands, killed the tiger and saved his father. Yang Xiang was only 14 years old at that time. How could he kill the tiger alone? So the story has a lot of legendary elements. The filial piety story publicizes the intention of children to be filial to their parents. As long as they have the intention to save their parents in distress, they are worthy of publicity. As for the result, perhaps the ancients can only justify themselves with the help of the power of heaven.