The auspicious dragon offers Rui, and Vientiane is renewed. On the second day of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in Jiachen, today's question is that we are coming to the Year of the Dragon"Q"Dragon. Enjoying dragon lanterns, dragon and lion dances, lively and lively Chinese New Year, where there are Chinese, there are dragons. The dragon on the street, the dragon of the temple fair, winding and soaring; The dragon on the vessel building, the dragon in the ink and blue, is noble and elegant. This is the spirit and charm of the Chinese nation. In recent years, the popularity of the national style and national tide represented by Hanfu has not diminished, and the reappearance of the "dragon" in the Year of the Dragon has also allowed more designers and businesses to integrate the dragon, a traditional cultural element with unique Chinese characteristics, into modern life through new designs and new expressions. The colorful and creative dragon elements of dragon costumes, dragon pendants, and dragon toys have not only brought a consumption boom, but also led a wave of cultural boom.
How is the traditional dragon culture"Lit"Lantern Festival in the Year of the Dragon?
During the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism mobilized the whole country to carry out a wide range of activities to welcome the New Year by "lighting up the Chinese lanterns" - the Year of the Dragon Lantern Festival in accordance with traditional customs. In the old town of Huangyan in Taizhou, Zhejiang, the designer team carried out design and transformation on the basis of traditional intangible cultural heritage lanterns. When the lantern meets the Year of the Dragon, what kind of national tide will it light up?
With the theme of "Yongning Song Yun Culture in the Year of the Dragon", thousands of Song-style palace lanterns will turn the thousand-year-old old town of Wudongqiao into a trendy place for check-ins during the Spring Festival, and the most eye-catching thing is the design of dragon elements on the site.
Designer Jin Jian: In the middle is a huge dragon head that makes it into a lamp, and then the main elements are from traditional Chinese New Year paintings, and there are like shadow puppetry. And then it's a very popular shape for young people, it's relatively not very traditional, it's a little more abstract.
The designer used the shape of the five-hole bridge to connect colorful lantern strips on the bridge, so that the whole ancient bridge is like a dragon swimming on the water. The large dragon boat lantern at one end of the bridge is a popular place for everyone to take a group photo at the scene, and the idea of this group of lamps comes from a dragon boat ink painting in the Song Dynasty.
After the ingenuity of the designer and the production of traditional lantern skills, a Song painting dragon boat appeared in front of us. In addition to ancient paintings, paper-cutting, porcelain, clothing patterns, murals, etc. are all inspirations for their dragon shapes.
More national tide and more fashionable, where does the design inspiration for the Year of the Dragon trendy play come from?
Celebrate the festive season, enjoy the dazzling lanterns, and what is the concept of the dragon tide play design on the lantern festival market? What kind of consumption trend does it show?
Cool door god refrigerator magnets, multi-functional faucet gift bags, and a variety of flip flowers are all fashionable designs that contain traditional Chinese craftsmanship genes.
Designer Zhongwen: Actually, in many places we played with it when we were young, and under the hands of traditional craftsmen, it can become 72 turns. There are many, many shapes in it, what peacock flowers, trumpet flowers are different, and then the tiger's mouth, the eagle sleeps, it can keep turning, keep turning.
Combined with paper art on the basis of traditional flipping, the good-looking and fun flipping dragon and cardboard dragon are completed. This somewhat cool looking cardboard box is also a toy that needs to be assembled by yourself. Its motif comes from the dragon elements of Sanxingdui and Hongshan cultures, and the colors are borrowed from the highly saturated collocation of shadow puppetry.
In addition to being a headgear that can be played, it can also be used as a nest for small pets at home, and this ingenuity is reflected in the various trendy toys they designed. These endless design inspirations are based on their craftsmanship records and research in nearly 1,000 villages across the country in the past ten years.
Designer Zhongwen: We adhere to the traditional heritage, and then continue to carry out a transformation, and then create a batch of works suitable for our current age groups. It is hoped that traditional culture will be more fashionable, more fashionable and cooler, so that more young people can like to consume, and then have more connections with our lives.
How to show off the national tide horse face skirt"Patterns"Dragon?
After reading the trendy toys, let's look at the costumes. The popular horse-faced skirt was developed from the rotary skirt of the Song Dynasty, deducing a unique oriental charm. When the horse-faced skirt met the Year of the Dragon, what kind of show did it show"Patterns"Dragon?
During the Spring Festival, buying a new dress to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new year is a ritual for many people. This Year of the Dragon ritual has a new trend, and all kinds of horse-faced skirts have become the "New Year's robes" of many young people. In the Spring Festival "flower markets" of all sizes on the streets of Guangdong, Fujian and other places, the horse-faced skirts and colorful flowers set off each other, becoming a beautiful scenery in the Spring Festival.
Costume designer Lin Qi has a collection of nearly 100 horse-faced skirts from various eras, many of which have exquisite dragon-shaped embroidery. She told reporters that from these traditional horse-faced skirts, you can also see the changes in the shape of dragon-shaped embroidery in different periods.
On the basis of traditional styles and craftsmanship, new elements and new designs are added to explore the integration of traditional clothing and modern life. In September 2023, Lin Qi brought the horse-faced skirt design works to Paris Fashion Week and presented them in the international fashion show, showing the unique oriental aesthetic charm.
How to make a gift with a small gram weight zodiac dragon gold jewelry"Conspicuous bag"？
During the Spring Festival, gold bars and gold jewelry also set off a consumption boom, and gold jewelry and gold bars related to the zodiac dragon became the hottest items. Let's go to Guangzhou to take a look at how the small gram weight zodiac dragon gold jewelry became a Spring Festival gift"Conspicuous bag"Target?
Some jewelry brands in Guangzhou also launched ** activities a year ago to attract consumers to "pan for gold". It is reported that the most popular among consumers are the transfer beads, pendants, etc. containing elements of the Year of the Dragon.