Qilu Network Lightning News January 11 news With the Approaching Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, the inheritors of clay sculptures in Gaomi City have devoted themselves to creation, so that the enduring "clay sculptures called tigers" will show a new look and change new clothes, greet the Year of the Tiger with a new attitude, and present a better life.
A few days ago, in the Nie Peng clay sculpture workshop in Niejiazhuang Village, Gaomi City, all kinds of "clay sculptures called tigers" were unveiled, such as "classic tiger", "god of wealth tiger", "Nafu tiger", "peace tiger" and other "little tigers" with beautiful meanings, so that customers who came to buy loved it.
Niejiazhuang clay sculpture because of its simple shape, rich coloring, unique in the national clay sculpture, "clay sculpture called tiger" as a typical representative, vertical eyebrows, high-headed standing, chest hanging peach flowers, forehead painted Zhu pen large "king", both majestic, but also delicate and charming, with the hand to send the head and tail, that is, there is a whistle, quite distinctive. In the face of this old craft that has been passed down for more than 400 years, Nie Peng, the inheritor of the post-90s clay sculpture, has more ideas and creativity, and strives to make this ancient art come alive and vitality.
Nie Peng told reporters that he began to learn and inherit clay sculptures from the last tiger, and 2022 is exactly I2 years, he personally participated in and witnessed the development and change of clay sculptures, and the model specifications have developed from the original single model of small tigers to dozens of models now, which can reach more than 2 meters high, and the color collocation has developed from the original peach blossoms and big greens to the current colorful and colorful. In order to welcome this Year of the Tiger, he took great pains to plan in advance and give clay sculptures more color and vitality through his own hands.
Nie Peng said that this year's creation is very different from the previous Year of the Tiger, in addition to the traditional clay sculpture called the tiger, there is also a big difference in the pattern and color matching, in the pattern and paper-cutting, gray New Year painting integration, the high-density intangible cultural heritage integration, so that after buying clay sculptures, not only see the clay sculptures, but also see other intangible cultural heritage of Gaomi.
The introduction of intangible clay sculptures has given new connotations to "calling tigers" and also revitalized traditional crafts. The small mud lumps have become works of art in the hands of artists, and they have also embarked on a path of rural revitalization from "non-genetic inheritance" to "increasing income and getting rich".
Nie Peng told reporters that the sales of mud tigers this year have increased a lot, and this year has also increased a lot of companies to customize cultural and creative gifts, many customers come a month or two in advance to customize, for the needs of different customers, are working overtime to catch up.
Lightning News reporter Li Tao, Gao Mi Rong Media, Wang Fan, Yu Na, Weifang reported