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Lan Min Yin Shibin.
The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon is approaching, and Guangxi's folk craftsmen and handicraft enthusiasts have begun to "live" and create works with the theme of the zodiac dragon. The delicate intangible cultural heritage brown dragon, the sweet intangible cultural heritage sugar painting dragon, and the cute pink sponge paper dragon ......The craftsmen show off their skills and use handicrafts to carry the beautiful meaning and blessings of the Year of the Dragon.
The dragon made of palm leaves is very eye-catching. Photo by Yin Shibin.
Intangible Cultural Heritage Brown Dragon: Weaving Good Luck Dragon Year
On the morning of February 7, in an intangible cultural heritage handicraft experience hall in the flower and bird market in Nanning City, Pan Wu, the inheritor of palm weaving intangible cultural heritage, was weaving his latest work on the theme of the Year of the Dragon, "Blessing of the Dragon". He fixed the shape around a gourd with wire, which he then wrapped around the wire with prepared palm leaves. Under his skillful weaving, a "divine dragon" gradually took shape, and the dragon body, dragon tail, dragon scales, and dragon spine parts were lifelike. "This is the latest work, and I hope to finish it before the Spring Festival. Pan Wu said that the gourd represents "Fulu" in traditional culture, and he hopes to express his expectations for the Year of the Dragon through the brown weaving works of "Divine Dragon Sending Blessings".
Palm weaving is a handicraft made from palm leaves, and is known as a "traditional skill on the fingertips". Pan Wu, 54 years old this year, is a native of Du'an Yao Autonomous County, Hechi, who has been learning weaving skills from the older generation of his family since he was a child, and has a soft spot for palm weaving.
There are many palm trees in my hometown, and children use the leaves to make all kinds of small insects and animals as toys. Pan Wu said that after years of painstaking research, he has continuously improved his weaving skills, and on the basis of traditional weaving methods, he has developed a variety of new weaving methods.
The reporter saw that all kinds of brown weaving works were displayed in the intangible cultural heritage handicraft experience hall, including flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals, which looked realistic and vivid.
Pan Wu said that the first thing to do is to choose good leaves, and there are certain requirements for length and width. There are also a variety of weaving methods, such as single braided single leaf, double braided double leaf, and reverse buckle braiding, which can weave exquisite dragon scales.
A craftsman is making a candy painting in the shape of a dragon. Photo by Yin Shibin.
Intangible Cultural Heritage Sugar Painting Dragon: Feel the sweet taste of the New Year
Mom! I want a dragon candy painting! In the sugar painting booth of the intangible cultural heritage handicraft experience hall, the sugar painting dragon made by Huang Haimei was favored by the public. She is skillful, scooping up the sugar liquid with a small round spoon and landing it on the stone slab, sometimes lifting, sometimes pausing, sometimes receiving, sometimes drawing a dragon pattern. After the sugar solution solidifies, it is then glued and lifted with a bamboo skewer to complete a sugar painting.
Sugar painting is a traditional Chinese folk handicraft that uses sugar as ink and spoon as pen to draw a variety of patterns and patterns, which are both delicious and pleasing to the eye. Huang Haimei is a native of Cenxi and has always been particularly fond of traditional Chinese culture and intangible cultural heritage handicrafts.
In 2016, I saw a craftsman making sugar paintings at an intangible cultural heritage event, which I thought was very interesting and interesting. Huang Haimei said that since then, she began to inquire about various sugar painting materials, and has spent a year studying how syrup is boiled.
After learning to make sugar paintings, Huang Haimei also began to innovate in patterns. In addition to drawing patterns such as zodiacs, flowers, birds, insects, and fish, she also painted unique patterns such as little dinosaurs and Peppa Pig based on her son's toys, which were deeply loved by children.
In addition to sugar paintings, Huang Haimei has also recently created some paper-cut works with "dragons" as elements. "I hope that through sugar painting and paper cutting, everyone can feel the sweet taste of the year in the Year of the Dragon. Huang Haimei said.
The pink dragon shape on Hsinchu Road in Nanning City is very eye-catching. Photo by Yin Shibin.
Pink Sponge Paper Dragon: Make the Year of the Dragon even cuter
Wow! This pink dragon is so cute, isn't it? Recently, many people passing by Hsinchu Road will be attracted by the "pink dragon" in front of a jewelry store. This "dragon" stepped on the auspicious clouds, the dragon's head hung down slightly, the dragon's eyes opened slightly, as if napping against the wall, and the cute and cute appearance attracted passing citizens to take pictures and check in.
The person who made this "pink dragon" is Xiao Yu, the owner of the jewelry store, who is a handicraft enthusiast. "Because this year is the Year of the Dragon, I thought about making a dragon element ornament. I happened to find a relevant tutorial on a social platform, and I wanted to challenge it. Xiaoyu said that the materials for making this "pink dragon" are very common, and the process is not complicated, but it is a test of patience. The general frame of the faucet should be made with iron wire, and then the newspaper and ultra-light clay should be used as the foundation, and then the appropriate scales should be cut out with sponge paper and glued with hot melt glue, and the dragon body should be made of sponge paper scales and belly glued to the outside of the fume exhaust pipe.
The dragon was about 4 meters long and took 20 days to complete. Xiaoyu said that this is the first time she has completed such a large handicraft work, and she feels a sense of accomplishment, "I hope this 'pink dragon' will make the upcoming Year of the Dragon more cute." ”