(New Year's Walk at the Grassroots) Lion Heads, Interactive Performances
China News Service, Guangzhou, January 28th: lion head making, interactive performance, lion awakening and new year exhibition full of Cantonese flavor
China News Service reporter Cheng Jingwei
"Dong Dong Qiang, Dong Dong Qiang..." At the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Center, with the sound of the drums, the lion-awakening performance presented by the Zhao family lion team is "Wake up the lion and celebrate the New Year" - the special theme of the Spring Festival Lantern Festival of the festival "sigh" intangible cultural heritage The exhibition added a different color and lively atmosphere.
Recently, the "Awakening the Lion and Celebrating the New Year" - the special exhibition of the Spring Festival Lantern Festival of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Festive "Sigh" sponsored by the Guangdong Cultural Center (Guangdong Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center) opened in the exhibition hall on the first floor of the Guangdong Cultural Center.
With the theme of "Waking the Lion and Celebrating the New Year", the exhibition is divided into three major sections.
Walking into the pavilion, the audience was deeply attracted by a giant lion.
This is one of the four giant lions that shocked China and foreign countries at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, with a diameter of two meters. It was designed and supervised by Zhao Weibin, the representative inheritor of the provincial intangible cultural heritage project of Guangdong Xingshi, and Chen Jinmingzha, the representative inheritor of Guangzhou City. It is one of the largest dancing lions in the world so far.
Photo courtesy of the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Center showing the lion head making skills
The lion is one of the auspicious beasts in the eyes of the Chinese people, and the lion dance activities often entrust the people's good wishes to eliminate disasters and seek blessings.
In the first section of the exhibition, the audience can understand the historical development of Guangdong Xingshi through the comprehensive means of exhibits, pictures, texts and multimedia.
The Chinese lion dance originated in the Han Dynasty, which is contained in the "Han Book of Rites and Music", and has a history of nearly two thousand years.
After thousands of years of evolution, lion dance has become a unique cultural art of the Chinese nation, and even a symbol of Chinese spirit.
Many viewers wonder why it is called "Wake Lion"?
This exhibition gives the answer, one is from folklore, and the other is related to the Cantonese word for "awakening".
The exhibit "Fu, Lu, Shou and Fine Lions" was innovatively hand-painted by Chen Jinming on the auspicious lion's head, expressing the good wishes of the common people to "have both good fortune and longevity, and the stars shine brightly".
过年舞狮是广州人的风俗，广州各武馆、民间社团、农村(社区)在大年初一都出动狮队，踩着威武的锣鼓声，由大头佛引狮，挨家挨户去采青，场面十分热闹。在展览的第二版块，可以看到：西关大屋春节醒狮上门采青；也有身穿长袍，腰束彩带，手握葵扇逗引狮子的“大头佛”；还有两头口吐祥瑞对联“一帆风顺”“万事如意”的醒狮；更有一幅以100个精品小狮头汇成“福”字的《百狮送福》，将展览渲染出喜庆的氛围，让人沉浸其中、流连忘返。
“刘关张”传统狮 广东省文化馆 供图
在展览的第三版块，观众可以了解到广东醒狮的狮头扎作技艺的创作过程和特点。据介绍，醒狮扎作伴随舞狮产生，分为扎、朴、写、装四道工序：先用竹篾、纱纸为主料扎出狮头骨架；再朴上纱纸、纱布；然后用油彩上色，勾画花纹；最后配以毛须、绒球、镜子等装饰物，并用可活动的连接装置把眼帘、耳朵和下巴装上。
据介绍，狮头扎作技艺无论从造型和装饰设计，都采用了夸张而浪漫的表现手法，创造一个威武雄伟、活泼可爱和形神兼备的艺术形象。其中，《“刘关张”传统狮》展品还原清代醒狮扎作技艺，根据粤剧中三国演义中经典人物的脸谱作为借鉴，扎作出最传统的“牙刷须”醒狮头。
该展览还专门设置了文创区，让广大民众走进醒狮艺术世界，欣赏以醒狮喜庆、吉祥元素的挂件、首饰，醒狮积木、钥匙扣等文创产品……此外，民众还可参与彩绘醒狮脸谱活动、玩“狮”来运转、扮演醒狮等游戏。展览将持续至2022年2月21日。(完)