![]() The person representing the tiger will probably be passionate, driven, enthusiastic, wild, and/or other traits seen as " Hot-Blooded". The person representing the dragon will usually be wise, tempered, patient, humble, plucky, and/or any other traits usually seen as "laid-back". Whether it's just competing companies, martial arts, board games, or whatever, the dragon and the tiger will likely be used to represent these similar-but-different forces. Bonus points if they're in the same picture as a Yin and Yang (which isn't Buddhist, per se, but Taoist). This is why you see lots of Dragon/Tiger tattoos. They can also be seen as the Dragon representing Spirit/Heaven, and the Tiger representing Matter/Earth. ![]() With neither able to conquer the other, these kingly beasts represent a balance of power, "hard" and "soft" styles coming together to form a harmony between Yin and Yang. Both the Dragon and the Tiger are symbols of Chinese Buddhism, with the tiger lunging straight ahead to bulldoze through his opponents, while the dragon is revered more for patience and wisdom from which he then derives fighting power. This refers to two spirits so wildly different and yet at the same time similar, mortal enemies intricately linked together by destiny. The Chinese have an interesting idiom: "the tiger and the dragon". A subtrope of Animal Jingoism and Red Oni, Blue Oni.
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