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Duan Ouyang
b.1993, China
interactive installations designer / digital artist
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Yunnan Tile Cat 云南瓦猫创作
2018
digital sculpture
︎Dali, Yunnan, China
The Yunnan tile cat (瓦猫 Wa mao*), traditionally positioned at the center of a roof's ridge, is a ceramic ornament named for its resemblance to a domestic cat. Folklore holds that this tile feline possesses the power to consume all sorts of evil spirits and demons, thereby serving as a guardian of the home. These ornamental cats are commonly placed atop rooftops, along the edges of eaves, or above doorways, symbolizing their role in safeguarding the household from diseases, misfortunes, and malevolent entities that may encroach from all directions.
云南瓦猫原是指置于屋脊正中处的瓦制饰物，因其形象很像家猫而得名。人们传说，这瓦制的猫能吃掉一切妖魔鬼怪，有镇宅的作用。人们将它安置在房顶、飞檐或门头的瓦脊上，以吞食一切冲犯本宅的疾疫祸害和四野鬼怪。
瓦猫* via; http://www.pacilution.com/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=11959