Text and pictures/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Zhou Cong Correspondent Zengxuan
Since ancient times, Lingnan region has had the custom of “making friends with dragons”. “Picking dragon boats” on the Dragon Boat Festival is not only a traditional folk activity, but also an important ceremony for people to visit relatives and friends. The dragon head is regarded as the “soul” of the dragon boat. It is a detachable independent component. It has very different shapes. The dragon head with its own meaning gives each dragon boat team a unique meaning. At the same time, the dragon head is vigorous and beautifully carved, and has become the object of people’s focus.
The district-level intangible heritage inheritor of the dragon head carving technique project Babaylan 1990 cloth draw Chen Zhijun, he Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw uses a craftsmanship, a craftsmanship, and a perseverance. He uses a dragon boat to carve traditions and carves the spirit of craftsmanship and life.
Select Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawmaterial, cutting, rough carving, fine carving, polishing, lacquer… “From the dragon’s mouth, Babaylan 1990 cloth drawDragon beard to the dragonBabaylan 1990 cloth draw scales are in key parts, and every time they are cut, they must be accurate. Sometimes they miss the mistake. If they have already arrived, it will be difficult to remedy it. “Chen Zhijun, who has started learning skills at the age of 15, has devoted himself to the carving of the leading culture for more than 40 years.
Chen Zhijun was born in Xiancheng District, Zengcheng District, eastern GuangzhouKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw village. Here the river network is crisscrossing, and it is the most prosperous hometown of dragon boats in the Dongjiang River system. The dragon head carving (traditional dragon boat) technique is the traditional carving technique of Xiancun Town in Zengcheng.
As the inheritor of Chen’s carpenter in Xiancun, Chen Zhijun recalled that since he was 15 years old, he learned how to do carpentry with his father, and started at the age of 18. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw often learns the craftsmanship of carving the faucet by watching by watching his father. It was not until the age of 22 that Chen Zhijun began to carve the first faucet. It is understood that in the early 1980s, after the revival of the folk dragon boat activities, the dragon boat production had not yet entered the shipyard production. If the village collective wanted to customize the dragon boat, it had to hire a shipbuilder to build ships in the village and also find a master to carve the faucet. It is precisely because the Chen family’s carpentry craftsmanship has a certain popularity, so many local people are here to href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw and the surrounding people of Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw will hire Chen Zhijun’s father to carve the dragon head. Chen Zhijun also developed excellent carving skills in this context.
With the development of dragon boat activities, the dragon shipyard began to appear. Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawFrom shipbuilding to carving gear heads, the shipyard took care of all the links. The folk craftsmen carving gear heads began to fade out of people’s sight, and Chen Zhijun was one of them.
Until recently, the local youth dragon boat team in Xiancun customized the new dragon boat. The members hoped to carve the new dragon boat in accordance with the traditional old dragon head. After inquiring with the elderly in the village, they learned that Chen, the boss of the furniture factory in the town, was the inheritor of the Chen family’s dragon head sculpture, so they came to ask Chen Zhijun to “come out” again.
When Chen Zhijun was taught to understand the dragon boat culture contained in the dragon boat head. Only in this way can he carve a dragon head with outstanding craftsmanship and both spirit and form.
“Traditions cannot be left out, but foundations cannot be missing. The essence of the Dongjiang dragon boat lies in the dragon bow! I hope to carve a vital dragon bow of the Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. I regard it as a work of art.” Chen Zhijun has his own unique view on carving dragon heads.
The dragon head of a dragon boat represents the image of a village, especially the old dragon head left behind in the past. It records the different stories of each village and is the carrier of dragon boat culture. Therefore, the essence of dragon boat lies in the dragon head. In the Dongjiang River Basin, dragon head is a major feature of dragon boats.
Whenever a villager comes to make an appointment with the dragon boat, Chen Zhijun will ask about the other village’s historical folk allusions. Depending on the idols you believe in, the characteristics of the gods believed in each place are integrated into the creation of the dragon head Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, so each dragon head sculpture is unique. “Looking at the Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw villagers were very satisfied with the leader they tailored for their village, Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw villagers were very satisfied with the leader they tailored for their village. Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawI was so happy,” said Chen Zhijun.
In the carving process, you must integrate your imagination and enrich all aspects of the bow of the dragon boat, both similar in spirit and shape. A dragon boat with excellent craftsmanship should show a delicate and floating Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. Every angle has a beautiful appearance. When the dragon boat is lifted up on the river, it feels like it is flying. The dragon head must also have the feeling of jumping out of the water and flying up.
In Chen Zhijun’s view, Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, the traditional culture behind the dragon boat reflects the people’s spiritual beliefs and emotional support. What he adheres to is the dragon boat spirit that works together and never gives up, and the folk vitality of uplifting and uplifting. The material carrier of this spiritual literature is “the dragon boat head”.