0179 Tiny Tiger

The Chinese New Year is just around the corner. There are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. This year is the Year of the Tiger and it arrives on February 14th. To welcome the Year of the Tiger, Chen Fong Xin, a Taiwanese sculptor, has carved a tiger that is one tenth the size of a grain of rice. It is so small, it can barely be seen by the naked eye and he works on it using a magnifying lens. The merest breath could blow the tiny tiger away so Chen holds his breath for 60 seconds at a time and carves in rhythm with his pulse. The little sculpture is worth more 90,000 US dollars. The word for tiger in Chinese is hu. So “hu hah!” That is one costly cat . #hacker #taiwan #ceas