Smoking tiger

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Almost all nations have their traditional animal. Each traditional animal reflects the characteristic of each nation. In brief, the traditional animal is a symbol of each nation. The traditional animal in Korea is the tiger. A long time ago, there were some tigers in some the mountains in Korea, so the tiger affected the ancient people strongly.


A tiger is a dangerous animal. As the largest number of the cat family, it has big and thick arms and big and sharp claws and teeth, so the ancient people in Korea were afraid of the tiger. However, we can often see the tiger in Korean history, folklore, and traditional Korean art because it is also a nice animal. It is very strong, majestic, beautiful, and brilliant, so many ancient people wanted to be strong and beautiful like the tiger.