In order to welcome the arrival of the "two festivals", Luojiang is in full swing of preparations. The Lantern Festival with the theme of "Dragon Teng Shengshi Luodi is blessed" will better create a festive atmosphere of the traditional festival.
Behind every handmade lantern, there is a condensation of the efforts of craftsmen. A few days ago, the reporter came to the Hanyue lantern studio, and the colorful lanterns on the scene have begun to take shape, and the lantern-making craftsmen are skillfully busy in various positions.
A wide variety, exquisite skills, fine workmanship is the biggest feature of our lanterns, both the cumbersome process of carved paper without aggregate filament, there are also through the steel needle piercing into the boneless needle embroidered lantern, through material innovation, technical innovation, decoration, lighting functions are complete, these are the generations of inheritance, inheritance of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, can bring the viewer to leave a deep impression. Fu Caoyi, the representative inheritor of Quanzhou lantern making skills, said.
Lantern lofting, skeleton welding, pasting, spraying, painting, ......The production of lanterns is a combination of traditional craftsmanship and emerging elements to make the lanterns more chic and novel, but more importantly, it is necessary to inherit the attitude and spirit of excellence behind the ancient skills of Quanzhou lanterns. In recent years, young people have become more and more interested in traditional culture, and lanterns are not only products that add color to the New Year, but also the inheritance of ancient skills, and are closely related to people's lives today.
As an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, I am proud to study the skills of lantern making and learn more ways to express and express lanterns, which is the mission of our inheritors. I will also lead apprentices through teaching and holding various experiential activities to better publicize, promote and disseminate. Fu Caoyi, the representative inheritor of Quanzhou lantern making skills, said.
In addition to the handmade lanterns in the Lantern Festival, Luojiang District also prepared a large lamp with a diameter of up to 8 meters, reflecting the cultural and natural landscape of Luojiang, highlighting the rich connotation and distinctive characteristics of southern Fujian culture, and highlighting the artistic characteristics of traditional lanterns.
The reporter came to Nancheng Fulin Arts and Crafts *** only to see that the 8-meter-long large lamp base has been welded, and the welder master is carefully welding every connection point to do the final reinforcement link for the base.
The chassis of the lantern must be strong, which is like the foundation of a house, and the foundation must be laid first. While making a flat appearance, the force between the skeletons is average, and the wind resistance of such lanterns is stronger. Master Ge, the welder at the scene, joked with a smile that the 8-meter-long large seat lamp will be placed on Antai Road, and everyone wants to know what it looks like, and they can go to see it in person on the 21st.
It is understood that the 2024 Luojiang District Lantern Festival will be officially lit up from February 21 to February 26, 2024 (the twelfth to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month), and is divided into two lantern exhibition areas, namely the corridor along the street from Longen Shangcheng on Antai Road to the Bank of China, and the corridor along the street from Minsheng Bank on Antai Road to Modern Huacheng, with a total of one large seat lamp, 36 large lanterns, 23 medium-sized lanterns, 28 medium-sized lanterns on the lantern wall, 80 small lanterns in the lantern corridor, and one lantern array.
With so many people working around the clock, what kind of lantern effect will it show in the end? The 2024 Luojiang Lantern Festival, we will see you there!
Author: Zhuang Yixin and Wang Ying (intern).
*: Da Mei Luo River.