On January 7, 2022, in Xindi County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, the "Capital of China's Chengni Yan", six 300-odd "Tiger Tiger Shengwei", "Tiger Howling Wind", "Tiger Howling Mountain Forest", "Ruihu Yingchun", "Fuhu Chengxiang", "Jade Tiger Sending Wealth" and other series of Chinese zodiac tigers designed by the provincial inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage - Chengniyan in Daizhou, the master of Chinese brick-making art Lin Tao and his son Lin Zilin were released. Brick makers and craftsmen stepped up their efforts to make and carve. The zodiac tiger with different shapes and tiger heads and tiger brains is like a group of tigers making spring, praying for the motherland's national peace and security, tiger luck, and welcoming the arrival of the "Year of the Tiger" in the lunar calendar in 2022.
National Intangible Cultural Heritage - Lin Tao, the provincial inheritor of Chengniyan in Daizhou and the master of Chinese brick-making art, is modifying the "Tiger Howling Wind" zodiac sign Tiger Chengniyan. Photo: High school students
Lin Zilin, the third-generation inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage - Daizhou Chengniyan, is carving and repairing the "Tiger Tiger Shengwei" zodiac sign Tiger Chengniyan. Photo: High school students
"Tiger howling wind life" zodiac tiger Daizhou Chengni yan. Photo: High school students
Crafted. Photo: High school students
Brick craftsmen are modifying the "Tiger Tiger Shengwei" zodiac sign Tiger Daizhou Chengni Yan. Photo: High school students
Brick craftsmen display the "Tiggo Yingchun" zodiac sign Tiger Daizhou Chengni Yan. Photo: High school students
It is reported that Chengni Yan in Daizhou was conceived in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and reached pure fire in the Ming Dynasty, ranking among the four famous Yan in China. Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, all generations have been tributes and occupy an important position in the history of Chinese Yan. Eel yellow, crab shell green, bean sand green, rose purple, shrimp head red, cinnabar red and other colors as treasures. Literati inkers are regarded as treasures, mostly inscriptions. In 2008, the traditional handicraft skills of Chengniyan in Daizhou were selected into the national "Intangible Cultural Heritage List". (China Daily Shanxi Reporter Station)