Hosted by the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism, the 4th Intangible Cultural Heritage Brand Conference (Guangzhou) was held at The Canton Tower on December 18. As a famous historical and cultural city with extremely rich intangible cultural heritage resources, Guangzhou's intangible cultural heritage has been at the forefront of the country in terms of inheritance strength, innovation ability and communication level in recent years, and has repeatedly become the focus of the circle and beyond.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Brand Conference (Guangzhou) is also an important platform for panoramic scanning of Guangdong's intangible cultural heritage, and is an excellent window to see the new appearance of Guangdong's intangible cultural heritage.
In this way, let us do a panoramic scan of Guangdong's representative intangible cultural heritage projects for the benefit of readers.
(Various models of dragon boat boys)
Dragon Boat Boy condenses the charm of dragon boats, and reflects the traditional folk customs and culture of Guangfu
Shunde as a famous dragon boat town, there have long been a variety of dragon boat activities of the tradition, under the influence of this atmosphere, the dragon boat production process related to the industry came into being, and the emergence of dragon boat model, the local people also known as dragon boat boy, the craft of making dragon boat boy, is a long-standing traditional production technique.
Dragon boat boy production inherits the basic production process of traditional dragon boat, with teak wood as the main raw material, supplemented by decorative accessories, according to the proportion of large dragon boat to make dragon boat boy, including conception, material selection, cutting, chiseling rough blank, carving dragon head dragon tail, polishing, coloring, hull production, decorative accessories production and installation and other processes.
(Engraving of the faucet)
In various procedures, the carving of the dragon head and dragon tail is the concentrated embodiment of the production technology of the dragon boat boy, and its process is basically the same as the production of the traditional dragon head, but because the size of the dragon boat boy is much smaller than that of the big dragon boat, it is necessary to use tools such as carving knives on the rough blank to flexibly carve finely, shape a variety of shapes in the tiny places, and is rich in changes, so its difficulty is very large.
In addition, the accessories on the dragon boat boy are also very important, and its decorative accessories include exquisite drums, gongs, oars, rudders, tokens, umbrellas, flags, pickpockets, etc., all handmade by craftsmen with wood, copper, cloth and other materials, which increases the exquisite and realistic sense of the dragon boat boy.
(Dragon boat boy accessories installation)
Dragon Boat Boy has also become a performance prop for dragon boat rap artists, and its production skills not only reflect the knowledge and wisdom of folk craftsmen in making handicrafts, condense the charm of dragon boats, but also reflect the traditional folk customs and culture of the region, and condense the thick historical memory.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City reporter Bu Songzhu Correspondent: Wen Mu
Photo/Wenmu Culture courtesy
Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng editor Liu Liqin