Gluttony is a mysterious monster in ancient myths and legends of China, named Lin Jie. The ancient book Shan Hai Jing Bei Ji Er Jing introduces its characteristics as follows: it looks like a sheep's face, its eyes are under its arm and its hands have tiger teeth.

Its name can be likened to a greedy person and is generally called a "gourmet".

It is often said that gluttonous patterns are common patterns on bronzes and are considered to depict gluttonous animal faces. This pattern appears on the jade articles of Liangzhu culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but the gluttonous pattern is more common on bronzes, especially Ding Shang, as early as Erlitou Xia culture bronzes.

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This kind of gluttonous decorative pattern first appeared on the jade articles of Liangzhu culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River 5,000 years ago, but it was more common on bronzes, especially on Ding, and as far away as Erlitou Xia culture.

However, the name "gluttonous pattern" did not exist in ancient times, but was named by Song people when epigraphy rose. The most beautiful gluttonous mask is 2 1.0 cm high, now in Seattle Library, USA. This decoration usually takes the bridge of the nose as the center line and is symmetrically arranged on both sides.

What exactly does gluttony mean? There have been different opinions, and there is no conclusion so far. There are many types of gluttonous patterns in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, some of which are like dragons, tigers, cows, deer and mandrills. Others are birds, phoenixes and people. Among all the decorative patterns, the gluttonous pattern is the most widely recognized tiger shape.

In ancient times, the tiger was also a very important god beast. Later, the figure of a wizard riding a tiger appeared in the cultural relics.