February 8 is the 29th day of the lunar calendar, standing at the entrance of the Bell Tower, a landmark commercial and cultural street in Taiyuan City, the eyes are full of all kinds of dragon shapes, fiery red New Year flowers, colorful lanterns and bright Chinese red ......The strong smell of the New Year is coming. Following the bustling crowd, the reporter came to the Bell Tower Academy, where the Shanxi Arts and Crafts New Year Boutique Exhibition is located.
The antique courtyard is very lively, lacquerware, mud inkstone, enamelware, paper-cutting, dough molding, ceramics, iron kettle ......A dazzling array of handicrafts and distinctive intangible cultural heritage and cultural and creative products are displayed in different spaces in an orderly manner, and groups of citizens and tourists enjoy playing, buying, checking in, and taking photos in the meantime, just like rushing to a cultural gathering.
In the Shanxi intangible cultural heritage museum exhibition area eye-catching position placed in the Jin Yi Fang's "auspicious dragon Nafu" zodiac iron kettle attracted the attention of reporters, the front of the pot body engraved Canglong out of the sea, meaning blessing China, the back for "Fu", on behalf of Hongfu, the pot button red mountain jade dragon and the pot body echo, the whole set of works is simple and atmospheric, both the New Year's flavor and show the beauty of Shanxi craftsman skills.
Liu Xiaowei, a college student who took advantage of the holiday to go shopping with friends, couldn't put it down with a Pingyao push-light lacquer jewelry box called Longfeng Chengxiang, she said: "I usually like traditional culture very much, and I came in to see the activity logo at the door, but I didn't expect our Shanxi arts and crafts products to be so beautiful." ”
The reporter noticed that there are really a lot of young people like Liu Xiaowei who are interested in traditional culture, and they will record small ** and circle of friends in addition to enjoying and buying, and express their love for traditional culture in their way.
Li Jing, a citizen of Taiyuan, bought a "dragon" zodiac paper-cut window flower works, he said happily that when he was a child, the most important moment of the year was from the Spring Festival couplets, the door gods, and the window flowers, hoping that these ancient traditional crafts could be preserved and passed on. Another Ms. Ren, who took her children to visit, said that taking advantage of the winter vacation to let her children visit Shanxi's arts and crafts, intangible cultural heritage, and cultural and creative products up close, can not only increase their knowledge, but also feel the strong flavor of the New Year, why not?
Ni Bojun, a staff member of the Shanxi Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, introduced that there are more than 200 high-quality products on display in this event, because it is the Year of the Dragon, and a lot of dragon creative products have been specially prepared, "Our activities will last until March 2, and I hope that citizens and tourists who come here during the Spring Festival can find the flavor of the year in their memories and feel the unique charm of Shanxi's traditional culture." (Reporter Sun Rui).