Text and pictures/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Zhou Cong Babaylan Correspondent Zengxuan
Since ancient times, Lingnan region has had the custom of “making friends with dragons”. “Dragon Boat” 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 respected as the “soul of the dragon boat. Cinema” is a detachable independent component of Cinema. It has a different shape and unique charm. It gives each dragon boat team a unique meaning. At the same time, because the dragon head is vigorous and beautifully carved, it has also become the object of people’s focus.
Dragon head carving skills projectCinema District-level intangible heritage inheritor Chen ZhijunKomiks, he uses a craftsmanship, a craftsmanship, and a perseverance. He uses a dragon boat bow to carve traditions and even carves the spirit of craftsmanship and life.
Select materials, cut materials, rough carving, fine carving, polishing, lacquer… “From the dragon’s mouth, dragon whiskers to the dragon scales, every time you cut the knife, sometimes you miss it, and if you have already arrived, it will be difficult to remedy it.” Chen, who started learning skills at the age of 15, started at the age of 15. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema Zhijun has devoted more than 40 years to carving the dragon-head culture.
BabaylanChen Zhijun was born in Xiancun Town, Zengcheng District, eastern Guangzhou. The river network here is crisscrossing, making it the most prosperous hometown of dragon boats in the Dongjiang River system. Camelting (traditional dragonKomiksBoat) skills are the traditional carving skills of Xiancun Town, Zengcheng.
As the inheritor of Chen’s carpenter in Xian Village, Chen Zhijun recalled that since he was 15 years old, he learned how to carpentry with his father. Since he was 18 years old, he often learned the craftsmanship of carving the faucet by watching. It was not until the age of 22 that Chen Zhijun began to carve the first dragon head. It is understood that in the early 1980s, the production of dragon boats had not yet entered the shipyard production after the revival of the folk dragon boat activities. If the village collective wants to customize dragon boats, it must hire a shipbuilder Babaylan to come to build ships in the village, and also find a master to carve the dragon head. Because the Chen family’s woodworking craftsmanship has a certain popularity, many local and surrounding people will hire Chen Zhijun’s father to carve the dragon head. Chen ZhiCinema also developed excellent engraving skills under such a background.
With the development of dragon boat activities, dragon shipyards began to appear. From shipbuilding to carving faucets, the shipyards took all the steps. The craftsmen who carved dragon leaders in folk 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 a 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 Zhijun, the old man from the furniture factory in the town, was the inheritor of the Chen family’s dragon head carving, so they came to ask Chen Zhijun to “come out” again.
Chen ZhijunBabaylanStudy with his father since childhood<a href="htWhen learning, Komiks was taught to understand the dragon boat culture contained in the dragon boat head. Only in this way can we carve a dragon head with outstanding craftsmanship and both spirit and form. “Traditions cannot be left out, and foundations cannot be missing. The essence of the Dongjiang dragon boat lies in the dragon boat’s bow! I want to carve a dragon bow with the vitality of Cinema, and I use 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 before. 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 boat. In the Dongjiang River Basin, the dragon head is a major feature of dragon boats.
Whenever a village comes to ask for the dragon boat head, Chen Zhijun will ask about the historical folk allusions in the other village. According to the idol he believes in Babaylan, the characteristics of the gods believed in each place are integrated into the creation of the dragon head, so every dragon head carving is unique. “I was happy to see the villagers very satisfied with the dragon head tailor-made for their village. “Chen Zhijun said.
In the carving process, we must integrate our imagination and enrich the dragon boat’s bow in all aspects, both similar in spirit and shape. A dragon boat with outstanding craftsmanship should show exquisiteness and protrusion, and every angle has a beautiful appearance. When the dragon boat is lifted up on the river, it feels like flying. The dragon head must also have a jump out of the water. The feeling of flying must be vital.
In Chen Zhijun’s view, the traditional culture behind the dragon boat reflects the spiritual beliefs and emotional support of the people. What he adheres to is the dragon boat spirit that works together and never gives up. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>BabaylanGod and the folk vitality of uplifting and uplifting courageously. The material carrier of this spiritual civilization is the “Dragon Boat Head”.