Ice and snow Winter Olympics, mutual learning among civilizations. Recently, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism cooperated with the Cultural Activity Department of the Winter Olympic Organizing Committee to display intangible cultural heritage in the Main Media Center of the Beijing Winter Olympic Village, Yanqing Winter Olympic Village and the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In the "Cultural China" exhibition in Beijing Winter Olympic Village, nearly 300 intangible cultural heritage exhibits with Chinese cultural characteristics and Beijing's historical and cultural heritage convey cultural temperature with "love" and highlight the charm of Beijing as a "city of two Olympics".
Many exquisite exhibits are dazzling, but the old Beijing "Rabbit Grandpa" is particularly endearing with its bright colors and unique shapes. "Golden helmets, golden armor, medicine pestles, mountain eyebrows, three-flapped mouths, and a backrest flag behind him..." At the side of the display cabinet, a plainly dressed old man told the story of "Grandpa Rabbit" over and over again in the round beijing dialect. "Either he has two long ears or 'Grandpa Rabbit.'" Old Beijing has a lot of reason, pay attention to a lot, please 'rabbit grandfather' before the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a unique custom and custom in Beijing, and is related to the geography and culture of Beijing. The visitors relished that he was the representative inheritor of the national clay sculpture beijing "Rabbit Grandpa" - Shuangyan.
Shuang Yan tells the story of "Rabbit Grandpa" And Zhang Keyue, a reporter from the Central Broadcasting Network, took a photo
Shuang Yan's colorful introduction drew everyone's attention to the "elephant-riding rabbit grandpa" in the front row. "'Riding Elephant Rabbit' borrows the consonant meaning of traditional Chinese culture, 'riding elephant' and 'meteorology' are pronounced similarly, and 'elephant' is homophonous with 'xiang', as the name meteorological wanxin. I hope that all Winter Olympic athletes will be safe and auspicious in the tense competitive competition and can have better results. ”
On the exhibit introduction board, "Rabbit Grandpa" is translated as Rabbit Doll, but Shuangyan told reporters that if you want to understand "Rabbit Grandpa", only Beijing dialect is right. The tone of "rabbit" is downward, and the tone of "grandfather" is up, neither "rabbit grandfather", nor is it deliberately emphasizing the accent of "child", pronounced as "rabbit", "child" and "grandfather" word by word.
In addition to the pronunciation, the gender of "Rabbit Grandpa" is also worth talking about. "Not all 'grandpas' are men." So why not call it "Rabbit Milk" and "Rabbit Aunt"? Shuang yan went on to say, "Chinese women who talk about generations and ethics, and are single and distinguished are called 'grandfathers'. Legend has it that 'Rabbit Erye' is the jade rabbit of Guanghan Palace, there was a plague in the folk for one year, there was no medicine to heal, Chang'e sent a jade rabbit to save the people. Since jade rabbit is a daughter, it is not easy to enter the stranger's family alone, so he went to the temple to borrow the golden armor of Vedic Bodhisattva, disguised himself as a man, and went door to door to deliver medicine. 'Grandpa Rabbit' is the body of the daughter, which satisfies the first condition of 'Grandpa'. And she is also a household name, is the mascot of every family, and the title of 'Grandpa' is well deserved. ”
The mount of "Rabbit Grandpa" is quite exquisite, and the simple summary is "auspicious" and "beast". Peach represents eternal life and longevity, peony represents flower blossom and wealth, gourd, lotus, etc. are auspicious symbols, and common tigers, lions, unicorns, elephants, and sika deer are all beasts. Among the "rabbit grandfathers" that Shuangyan brought on display, the "riding tiger rabbit grandfathers" was the largest. The tiger's eyebrows are painted with four deformed bats, and the tiger is the king of the beasts, which is also a "blessing" in traditional Chinese culture, thus implying the five blessings of the door and auspiciousness.
The "rabbit grandfather" who participated in the exhibition was photographed by Zhang Keyue, a reporter from the Central Broadcasting Network
Welcoming the Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games, Shuangyan also specially created a bottle of "Ski Rabbit Grandpa", leaning forward, lifelike, very smart and cute. On the basis of retaining the traditional design concept, the modern sense of deformation is carried out just right, and the "rabbit grandfather" is successfully integrated with the elements of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, colliding with new sparks. Unfortunately, due to Shuangyan's physical condition, the work has not yet been painted and has not been exhibited.
Shuang Yan shows the unfinished "ski rabbit grandfather" Central Broadcasting Network reporter Zhang Keyue photographed
"'Ski Rabbit Grandpa' is innovation, but innovation must respect tradition, must be original, and cannot be built behind closed doors." The "rabbit grandpa" on the market, some of them have four flags on their backs, and some of them are made into the zodiac series and ride dragons. In this regard, Shuangyan said bluntly that these "rabbit grandfathers" are called innovation, but in fact, they have gone out of shape, changed their taste, and the people do not recognize it. "Legend has it that after 'Grandpa Rabbit' delivered medicine to rescue the people, when she went to the temple to return her clothes, she fell tired under the flagpole outside the gate of the temple mountain, so the flagpole represents her provenance, and it cannot be said that it can be changed. Riding a dragon is also wrong, the dragon is the symbol of the emperor, Chinese is also used to calling themselves the descendants of the dragon, 'rabbit grandpa' naturally can not ride the dragon. ”
Today, "Rabbit Grandpa" is one of the most representative intangible cultural heritages in Beijing, and the inheritor Shuangyan has always firmly believed that the folk value of "Rabbit Grandpa" is far higher than her appearance value. The Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games provide a good platform for promoting Traditional Chinese culture and intangible cultural heritage projects, and cultural artworks also hide the good wishes of the Chinese people.
(CCTV)