Tancheng's "Intangible Cultural Heritage Goods" are picturesque
Photo/ Wen Su Tian, Fang Dehua, Zhu Hong, Liu Zongwu
On January 2, villagers in Shawo Village, Shengli Town, Tancheng County, Linyi City, dried provincial "intangible cultural heritage" woodblock prints. (Photo by Fang Dehua)
On January 2, Zhang Naicang, the inheritor of the "intangible cultural heritage" in Matou Town, Tancheng County, Linyi City, displayed the hanging door note he made. (Photo by Liu Zongwu)
"Entering the Waxing Moon, it is really busy, the hanging door notes made by them are not only in short supply in the local area, but now they have 'long wings' to fly abroad..." Zhang Naicang, the seventh generation inheritor of tancheng hanging door notes, chatted with merchants with great interest while constantly busy with the work in hand, and from time to time told his grandchildren and granddaughters the essentials and made demonstrations.
On January 2, villagers in Wangaoji Village, Matou Town, Tancheng County, were making provincial-level "intangible cultural heritage" hanging door notes. (Photo by Zhu Hong)
Tancheng hanging door note, also known as the door note, door hanger, because the Spring Festival posted on the lintel and named. Hanging door note originated in The late Ming Dynasty tancheng County Matou Town Xiaomatou Village, has a history of more than 400 years, the use of "painting, cutting, chiseling, set, inlay, paste" and other processes to make a comprehensive paper-cutting art, it through bright colors, auspicious meanings, festive patterns and complex craftsmanship, showing the people's good wishes for the traditional Spring Festival and happy life.
On January 2, villagers in Wangaoji Village, Matou Town, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, were making provincial-level "intangible cultural heritage" hanging door notes. (Photo by Fang Dehua)
The walls of Zhang Naicang's house are plastered with various hanging door notes, with simple and exquisite patterns, bright colors and festive colors, rich and healthy content. According to him, in 2016, Tancheng hanging door letter was included in the fourth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Shandong Province. Together with wooden plank New Year paintings and Spring Festivals, it has become a cultural symbol of the traditional Spring Festival in Lunan and Northern Jiangsu.
On January 2, artists in The villagers of Shawo Village in Shengli Town, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, processed provincial -- "intangible cultural heritage" woodblock prints. (Photo by Su Tian)
The concentrated production areas of Tancheng woodblock prints are mainly in Matou Town, Tancheng County, and Shawo Village in Shengli Town, which are divided into four series, with nearly 100 varieties. Tancheng woodblock prints have distinct regional characteristics and original aesthetic artistry. As an art that evolved from the door gods, its original performance themes were mainly those gods that had the function of avoiding evil and disasters, and then gradually evolved into historical stories, dramatic characters, folklore and other themes.
On January 2, artists in Shawo Village, Shengli Town, Tancheng County, Linyi City, processed provincial "intangible cultural heritage" woodblock prints. (Photo by Du Minghan)
Tancheng woodblock prints are exquisite in color, brilliant in color, strong in contrast, and rich in strong visual effects. The pattern shape is exaggerated and peculiar, the lines are rough and flying, and the wild interest is fully interesting, showing the pure and simple temperament and thick temperament of the folk, which fully reflects the aesthetic orientation of the northern peoples. In 2013, Tancheng woodblock prints were included in the third batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects in Shandong Province.
On January 2, artists in The villagers of Shawo Village in Shengli Town, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, processed provincial -- "intangible cultural heritage" woodblock prints. (Photo by Fang Dehua)
On the eve of the Spring Festival, Tancheng hanging door notes and Tancheng wooden board New Year painting market is hot, folk artists in the theme creation with the times, keep up with the times, but also created a praise for the motherland, praise the people's main melody works, these "intangible cultural heritage" has become Tancheng and even Shandong's profound cultural heritage of the unique "symbol", deeply loved by consumers and collectors.
On January 2, artists in The villagers of Shawo Village in Shengli Town, Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province, processed provincial -- "intangible cultural heritage" woodblock prints. (Photo by Du Minghan)