2022 is the year of the lunar year of the chinese around the world, and the tiger ranks third in the zodiac. Zodiac culture is the crystallization of the industrious wisdom of our Chinese nation, with unique characteristics, our ancestors to the zodiac signs to metaphorical life, two two opposites, six reincarnations, contains profound meaning, fully embodies our ancestors' interpretation of objects and images and expectations for future generations.
The earliest tiger appeared 2 million years ago, tiger fossils were first found in China's Henan Province, that is, "ancient Chinese tiger (also known as ancient Chinese leopard), Austrian paleontologist Stansky called it "Chinese ancestral tiger", China's paleontologist Qiu Zhanxiang translated it as "ancient Chinese tiger", so the tiger originated in China, is the ancestor of all tiger species, our ancestors with a cult complex from the primitive era to establish a close living relationship with the tiger. The tiger is known as the "King of the Hundred Beasts" because it has an innate "King" on its forehead, which shows the majestic aura and the momentum of lifting the mountain.
The Chinese people love auspicious things, "tiger" and "fu" harmonic sound, so "year of the tiger" is also called "lucky year", which means that the lucky tiger accompanies good fortune, rich and healthy. The bucket handle returns to Yin, Qianyuan sets off, and the time returns to the new spring; the "Fu Hu" sends blessings, eliminates evil spirits, and the source of wealth rolls in. In turn, practical functions such as praying for tigers to give children, peihu security, and painting tigers to suppress evil are extended. People wear tiger hats, tiger shoes, sleeping tiger pillows, tiger pockets, tiger toys for children... Use the power of the tiger to pray for and bless your children and grandchildren with peace, exorcism and healthy growth.
The celadon "Fuhu" series is originally designed by Chen Xiaobo, a teacher at the Art College of Zhejiang Tourism Vocational College (senior arts and crafts artist and master of arts and crafts of Zhejiang Province), and is fired from Longquan celadon (intangible cultural heritage of humanity). The design draft from a slight prototype to a mature, and from dozens of design manuscripts through continuous comparison and adjustment, the favorite design works are selected, the production process is all manual grouting molding, and after demoulding, it must be refined. For example, the clamping line should be smoothed, the facial features should also be carefully carved, the "king" character on the forehead, the tiger's back and tail looming tabby patterns, are all repaired by hand with bamboo knives or scrapers, shovels and other tools, after the plain burning, the tiger surface will form different shades of patterns; and then after glazing, firing, can form a shadowy stripe. The works have undergone 1350 ° C high temperature firing, from porcelain clay screening to modeling production, glaze preparation to firing completion after 28 processes, to azure color, azure is a unique color of Longquan kiln, glaze surface gloss soft, glaze warm as jade, like green jade, pleasing to the eye, giving people a beautiful association. A gentleman is more virtuous than jade, and gold is priceless and priceless, and it is a symbol of all spiritual beauty such as beauty, nobility, nobility, and authority.
Every year on New Year's Eve, Mr. Chen Xiaobo will launch the Celadon New Year works in the Zodiac series. From the "Full Pig Blessing" launched in the Year of the Pig in 2019, the "Rat Noble" launched in the Year of the Gengzi Rat in 2020, the "Fu Niu" series in the Year of the Ugly Cow in 2021, and the "Fu Hu" series in the Year of the Nongyin Tiger in 2022. He said, "Original works, I hope to complete the full set of zodiac celadon New Year gifts." ”
Hi Jump
The Creator has mapped the pattern of the tiger's forehead as our Chinese character "Wang", and perhaps the word "Wang" comes from it. Tigers are born with a "kingly demeanor", eight-sided majesty, and four-sided majestic. Through the works, the inner spiritual meaning is conveyed, and the joy of life and the reflection on the future are expressed.
Boom
Art comes from life and is higher than life, with another kind of thinking to pay attention to life and human nature, the tiger's body erupts with a strong exuberant vitality, bravery, majesty, power, justice, bravery, fearlessness is the temperament and inner symbol of joy.
Le TaoTao
Meng Hu "Letaotao" is lively and cute, likable, humorous and funny. Every adult has a hidden childlike heart, no matter men, women and children, no one can refuse cute cute things.
Chen Xiaobo was born in a celadon family in Longquan, Zhejiang, the hometown of Chinese celadon porcelain, and has a century-old history of porcelain making and researching porcelain since his ancestors opened the "Chen Wanchang Porcelain Factory". During the Republic of China, his uncle Chen Zuohan also made outstanding contributions to the inheritance and development of Longquan kiln celadon culture.
Chen Xiaobo studied under Mr. Mao Zhengcong, a master of Chinese arts and crafts, and has been engaged in ceramic art creation for more than 20 years, and is good at porcelain art modeling design. His works pursue the balance of ancient and new ideas, pay attention to the integration of art and life, and the unity of art and technology. Many works have won gold medals in national and provincial arts and crafts exhibitions, and celadon works have also been collected by Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou Museum, Hangzhou Arts and Crafts Museum, Longquan Celadon Museum and other places. His works have been exhibited in Japan, the United States, Germany, Switzerland and other countries, and have received unanimous praise. In 2016, the celadon "Auspicious Ruyi Zun" created was selected for the G20 Hangzhou Summit Ceremony.