China News Service, Beijing, January 15th (Reporter Ying Ni) January 14th, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar, is the traditional "small year" in northern my country.

The Chinese New Year Lantern Festival cultural event "Passing the Year of the Rabbit with Lanterns and Festive Colors" will appear in the China Arts and Crafts Art Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum from the 14th.

  The activity brought together some national, provincial, municipal and county-level intangible cultural heritage lantern lantern projects in Beijing, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Fujian, Anhui and other regions, and exhibited various lantern art forms such as Beijing lantern lanterns and Hui style lantern lanterns. The inheritors participated Designed and produced, the variety is rich and colorful, presenting a feast of traditional lantern art to the audience.

Photo courtesy of China Arts and Crafts Art Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum

  As a long-standing cultural custom in our country, traditional lantern festivals generally refer to large-scale lighting exhibitions held around the Lunar New Year to the Lantern Festival. Lanterns have become a symbol of auspiciousness and auspiciousness, and they entrust people's hopes for a better life and yearning for a happy future.

  It is understood that in this Spring Festival lantern festival, Beijing lanterns, Xianju lanterns, Huizhou lanterns, Quanzhou lanterns, Zigong lanterns, Shanxi lanterns, Kipshi lanterns and other traditional lantern art varieties will meet with the audience.

Among them, Beijing Lanterns has launched gauze lanterns, palace lanterns, revolving horse lanterns, three-dimensional animal lanterns, metal lanterns, and filament lanterns. Its production techniques are relatively rich, including colorful tie-up, pasting, weaving, embroidery, carving, paper-cutting, calligraphy and painting and other technical means.

Photo courtesy of China Arts and Crafts Art Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum

  Xianju lanterns, which originated in the Zhejiang area, are famous for their patterns on the surface of which are pierced with chisels and needles, and the body of the lantern is boneless.

In 2006, Xianju lanterns were included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

The Xianju Lantern has a unique shape, a strong sense of space, and rich facade changes. It is a masterpiece of traditional female red skills and an important carrier of folk culture. It has high historical value and academic research value.

  Quanzhou lanterns in Fujian integrate carving, painting, calligraphy, modeling, color matching, bleaching and dyeing in one, and are distinguished from lanterns all over the country by their unique paper carving, acupuncture and silk inlay techniques. Composed of Quanzhou lantern series, exquisite workmanship, unique.

  The famous Zigong Lantern Festival at home and abroad brought three large-scale works this time. The "Painted Rabbit" located in the hall of the museum is 1.8 meters wide, 2.1 meters long and 5 meters high, which is very eye-catching; It is embodied in the form of a pair of mythical beasts, 2.5 meters long and 3.3 meters high, and the "Feng Lai Yi" is 12 meters long and 6 meters high.

Li Ke, chairman of Zigong Lushen Cultural Tourism Industry Group Co., Ltd., introduced that these three works are all made of the traditional steel frame structure of Zigong colored lanterns, three-dimensional production, electrical installation of lights, and color-separated paper. The light reflects the effect, and the appearance of "Kirin Xianrui" is also bundled with glass bottles to increase the external light source to reflect the majestic posture of the beast.

Director Han Ziyong took a group photo with the audience China Arts and Crafts Art Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum

  On the same day, the China Arts and Crafts Art Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum also held the "Hundred Blessings and Prosperity" activity.

Curator Han Ziyong and calligraphers Luo Pengpeng, Xu Fushan, Li Yi, etc., wrote the word "Fu" on the spot for the audience waiting in line, and presented a cultural New Year gift.

  On the same day, the China Coal Mine Art Troupe presented the "Small New Year Special" of the "Yihai Collection" series of intangible cultural heritage performances.

The actors brought the audience programs such as Allegro, folk music, cross talk, suona, diabolo, percussion and other unique skills, and the scene burst into applause from time to time.

  It is worth mentioning that several exhibitions are also cultural "New Year's goods" carefully prepared for the audience by the China Arts and Crafts Art Museum and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum.

"Beauty of Culture · Spectacular Embroidered Colors" was launched on the same day, bringing the beauty of the southern country in the cold northern winter; Portrait Exhibition", "Shadow World: Shaanxi Intangible Heritage Puppet Shadow Exhibition", "Songna Firewood Ware - Jingdezhen Ceramic Firewood Kiln Firing Skills Exhibition" and "Heaven and Earth Humanities - Liu Hengfu Public Art Solo Exhibition", as well as the "Chinese Treasures" series of exhibitions The exhibitions of "Dreams on the Silk Road", "Borrowing Texts with Tools" and "Spirit of Taihang" are also on display.

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