Peninsula reporter Wu Jing.
Sun Zhifang and his "dragon boat".
The corridor waist is back, and the eaves teeth are pecked high; Each hugs the terrain and fights ......At the beginning of the Year of the Dragon on February 29, Sun Zhifang, a 74-year-old man in Qingdao City, was at home while reciting the words in "A Fang Gong Fu", while admiring the dragon boat architectural model made by himself for 12 years in a huge transparent cover, lamenting that Chinese culture has a long history and is broad and profound.
Sun Zhifang shows the "dragon head" widget used to build a dragon boat.
Sun Zhifang told reporters that for thousands of years, the industrious and intelligent Chinese nation has created brilliant culture and art. Chinese culture, especially the Chinese dragon and ancient Chinese architecture, like a beautiful, crystal clear gem, sparkling and incomparable in the world's culture and architecture, has reached the peak of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and has become a model of all arts. It reflects the progress of social civilization and social and economic development, confirms the process of history, and is also a rare and precious wealth left to us by our ancestors.
The model of 25,485 small wooden pieces is exquisite.
That's why I love Chinese culture, Chinese dragons and ancient Chinese architecture. In 1972, when I returned home from visiting relatives in Inner Mongolia, I passed through Beijing, and for the first time in my life, I really saw the imperial garden buildings such as Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and the Temple of Heaven, as well as the Chinese dragon and ancient Chinese architecture. The old man Sun Zhifang said: "In front of my eyes is the magnificent, splendid, gorgeous and colorful essence of human culture created by the ancient working people - Chinese imperial architecture, I am excited and unforgettable." This is the crystallization of the wisdom and wisdom of the working people over thousands of years, and it contains extremely profound cultural, artistic, political, economic and life connotations. Since then, it has been engraved in my heart for decades, and it often flashes in front of me. ”
The smallest part of a dragon boat model is only 2 mm square.
Sun Zhifang said that when the times were prosperous and the years were good, the reform and opening up gave him the basic conditions and opportunities in all aspects, and since then, he has had the idea of making dragon boats. The books in Xinhua Bookstore, the old books and newspapers, magazines, pictorials, postcards, pokers, travel maps, tickets, etc., Sun Zhifang tried not to miss any opportunity, and would rather save money than buy them to accumulate his relevant knowledge.
Sun Zhifang's woodcut knives are all homemade.
All the wooden widgets used to build the model were carved by Sun Zhifang himself.
These are my treasures, and they are also my knowledge. I am fortunate and happy to have this opportunity. In order to promote the Chinese dragon and ancient Chinese architecture, which is a treasure of Chinese culture, I officially started to design and produce dragon boat models with the most beautiful buildings in 1998. In the production, I basically designed and produced according to the ancient building construction method and the royal system. ”
The buildings on the boat are stunning.
After that, Sun Zhifang "drilled" into this idea, from design to material selection, from carpentry to painting, Sun Zhifang did it himself. Thousands of days and nights of research, pondering and production, Sun Zhifang only sleeps three or four hours a day is a common thing, the shortest time only sleeps for more than an hour a day to get up and continue to do, with a tenacity of excellence, Sun Zhifang has experienced 12 years of dreams, responsibility, depression, helplessness, giving up, persistence of the test, and finally completed the production of the dragon boat in October 2010.
Sun Zhifang has won many awards and titles for many handmade works.
On the day of completion, the old man Sun Zhifang looked at the majestic and beautiful painted wood carved dragon boat displayed in front of him, and cried bitterly: "This is a tear of joy and a tear of happiness, and it is something that I am proud of in my life to be able to complete it." ”
Details of the dragon boat building.
This dragon boat model eaves are lifted, the red lacquer is golden, the shape is magnificent, exquisite and beautiful, and people are full of praise when they see it. Wood carving model of a dragon boat, 2 meters long and 0 meters wide45 meters, 095 meters, equipped with 3 antique buildings and pavilions, 310 pillars, 300 movable doors and windows, 500 hanging beasts, 40 lamps, 18,366 bucket arches, 5,997 other accessories, 25,485 pieces of shared wood, 1,168 painted golden dragons and dragon boats. All the wooden pieces are built with mortise and tenon structure, and the whole dragon boat weighs 200 catties.
Details of the dragon boat building.
Sun Zhifang told reporters that the dragon boat carried three of China's most beautiful ancient buildings. From the end of the dragon head to the tail of the dragon, the first model is the imitation of the Xuanjian Building of the Yuci City God Temple in Shanxi Province two-storey triple eaves rest on the top of the mountain - Chunhui Pavilion. The second is a three-storey four-eaves combined building on the top of the cross hill - Feiyun Building, imitating Shanxi Wanrong Dongyue Temple. The last one is imitation of the Beijing Forbidden City Yuhua Pavilion four corners of the three-layer triple eaves combined paper-cut - Yuhua Pavilion.
Details of the dragon boat building.
Chunhui Pavilion is a two-storey triple eaves rest hilltop pavilion, and the flat arch under the eaves of each layer is set differently. The ground floor of the building is the moon gate, surrounded by a corridor; There is a semi-circular stage in the house, and there is also a staircase to go up to the second floor; There is also a painted relief lantern pan dragon at the top of the caisson well, and there is also a painted relief lantern pan dragon at the top of the caisson on the second floor. The first floor of the front pavilion is the stage, which is connected with the stage in the building, and is the top of the hill for the round scroll shed; The front pavilion on the second floor is a single-eaves mountain spire pavilion, they are all connected with the main beam, it is really noble and elegant, rich and exquisite, brilliant and dazzling. Chunhui Pavilion couplet: "The dragon dances in the blue water hall, and the purple air flies around the temple."
Details of the dragon boat building.
Feiyun Building (also Feihong Building), the body of the building is square, the second and third floors are provided with platforms, flat seats, forming two dark layers, and the appearance of three layers of four eaves cross rest on the top of the mountain. The second floor protrudes out of the hugging building, the plane is in the shape of "Asia", and the hugging building is a semi-cross rest on the top of the mountain; The third floor is set up with a flat seat, the plane is square, and the four sides also protrude from the rich and gorgeous weeping lotus pillar to hug the building. The rest of the mountain, the hugging building and the cross ridge rest on the top of the hill are cleverly combined to form a gorgeous and spectacular façade form. The beams of the outer eaves of each layer are connected to make the column firm and stable. It has four layers of eaves, 12 mountain faces, and 32 corners. On the third floor, there is also a painted relief carving with a lantern coil dragon at the top of the caisson well. This building is like the stars and the moon, surrounded by thousands of clouds, elegant and light, and phoenixes and birds flying. Like a rainbow like a bird, flying in the sky. Feiyunlou couplet: "The dragon and the phoenix dance in the sky, the wind and the sun are beautiful and the earth is spring".
Details of the dragon boat building.
Yuhua Pavilion is the four corners of the tip of the three layers of the triple eaves of the golden tile pavilion top, the eaves of the top of each oblique ridge each has a golden dragon to the four corners, the living dragon is alive. The top of the treasure is the top of the golden lama pagoda, which is resplendent in gold. The pavilion is covered with gilded tiles, rigorous and solemn, beautiful and colorful, cheerful and outgoing, and the atmosphere is noble and holy. There is a set of floors between the first and second floors, there is a hugging style front pavilion in front of the first floor, there are 28 golden dragons under the eaves of the second and third floors, want to fly and want to fly, the dougong under the eaves of the second floor is the cirrus cloud type, it is magnificent and exquisite, magnificent. Yuhua Pavilion couplet: "The golden dragon on the pavilion is purple, and the colorful phoenix in front of the palace reflects Danxia." Yuhua Pavilion under the stage couplet: "Mountains and rivers ring arch to reflect the painting building, the sun and moon shine in the carving column".
Model of a dragon boat in a protective cover.
The hull of the dragon boat is made of catalpa wood from the northeast, and other architectural models are all made of oak wood. The whole model is majestic, colorful, magnificent, and wonderful, and is basically made according to the royal system. There are also painted relief dragon Big Dipper lanterns showing the god of the yellow sky, and relief painted caisson dragon lanterns. This is a beautiful combination and display of Chinese dragons and ancient Chinese architecture. The dragon boat is currently recorded by the World Records Association as the world's most hand-painted dragon boat wood carving model.
As a retired boiler worker at Haici Hospital, Sun Zhifang has always loved Chinese culture, whether it is in his former work or in his own life, he has a serious energy that cannot be idle, he requires himself to do his best in whatever he does, and he always feels responsible.
In order to let the world know more about Chinese culture and art, I decided to start a new round of production in this year of the dragon, design and produce more handmade works, so that more people can appreciate the beauty of our Chinese architecture in my own way, and pass on the spirit and essence of Chinese culture. ”