A team from Nantong Vocational University – located in Chongchuan district, Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province – that is committed to the research, development and inheritance of handicraft printing and dyeing recently made a tie-dyed cloth tiger, to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year.

Children at the Nantong Welfare House pose with the tie-dyed cloth tiger, which the teachers and students from Nantong Vocational University spent two days completing. The big mascot has a height of 50 centimeters and a length of 120 cm. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

The big mascot and a number of tie-dyed tiger-shaped pendants made by the team will be presented to the children at the Nantong Welfare House. There, they will serve to wish its occupants a safe year, because in traditional Chinese culture, cloth tigers are put in places to express people's hopes to avert disasters and protect the safety of children. [Photo/ntfabu.com]