Modern Express News Embroidery Tiger, Fabric Tiger, Face Sculpture Tiger, Gourd Tiger, Paper-cutting Tiger... On January 19th, various "intangible tigers" gathered together, and the "Fuhu Spring Festival Art Presents Jinling - Nanjing Folk Customs Museum Year of the Tiger New Year Exhibition" was officially launched. The exhibition will be on display until February 28 in two parts. There are not only folk art works from all over the country, but also tiger-related New Year paintings, daily necessities, porcelain, weaving and embroidery treasured by the Nanjing Folk Customs Museum.
△ Gourd tiger
This "joyful tiger" has not faded for a hundred years
Big eyes are round and slippery, watching you; thick eyebrows, curved mouth, big ears and two small plum blossoms... The embroidery "Joyful Tiger" of Gao Ruilei, the representative inheritor of Nanjing Intangible Cultural Heritage (Fabric Art), is cute and festive.
△ Gao Ruilei's "Joyful Tiger"
Gao Ruilei said that 12 years ago, he made giant tiger head shoes. Another round of the Year of the Tiger has arrived, what kind of works will be produced? He's been conceiving since July 2021. "This work should make everyone feel full of joy and happiness, so it can't be too fierce, so I thought of this cute joyful tiger."
At the scene, Gao Ruilei's "Joyful Tiger" is particularly popular and looks quite three-dimensional. What's the secret? "I not only used the traditional long and short needles, but also used the three-dimensional embroidery process." Gao Ruilei said that from the creative idea to the completion, such a work took nearly half a year.
Moreover, this "joyful tiger" has not faded for a hundred years. Gao Ruilei told the Modern Express reporter that the "Joyful Tiger" is embroidered with pure silk thread and can not fade for a hundred years.
Cute "face plastic tiger", popular elements
In the face sculpture "Wufu Linmen", which won the first prize of this exhibition, five children with tiger head hats have rounded faces, and there is a bit of a "Q version" style in the image of traditional Chinese New Year painting dolls, one of them with a small tiger, or holding or sitting, like a set of exquisite small hands.
△ Face sculpture "Five Blessings Linmen"
"In Nanjing's face sculpture, the child's image is lively and cute." Yu Chen, the founder of the Nanjing Face Sculpture Intangible Cultural Heritage, introduced, "Tiger harmonic 'Fu', in this work, the five tigers symbolize the five blessings of Linmen, and the five children symbolize the five sons dengke." Yu Chen told reporters that she is a primary school art teacher, and she often teaches children to make face sculptures in schools and communities. I've always been following new anime characters and finding creative inspiration in pop. "Face molding must evolve with the times, be accepted and liked by young people." ”
This set of works took more than a month to complete. The dough is made from ordinary flour and glutinous rice flour, steamed, dried and dyed, and then sculpted. Can the dough mold made of ordinary flour be stored for a long time? Yu Chen said that the treated face sculpture has remained for decades.
Six meters "Kite Tiger", the sky is very light
In the exhibition hall, the most "eye-catching" is a giant "kite tiger", its front legs have landed on the ground, its back feet have "stepped" on the beams, and its tail has climbed the ceiling. Its eyebrows were high, its eyes were hanging, its eyes were green, it opened its blood basin mouth, revealing two rows of Sensen teeth, posing as a fierce tiger descending the mountain. The owner of this six-meter-long "kite tiger" is Zhang Baocheng, a representative inheritor of Nanjing kite skills. Don't look at the "Kite Tiger" so huge, Zhang Baocheng, who can be skilled, can also be quickly done, "At most a week, if you do it without sleeping or eating, you can tie a shelf in one day, paint in one day, and complete it in two days." ”
△ "Kite Tiger"
Such a big kite, will it be difficult to fly? Zhang Baocheng introduced, "You don't look at it as big, the force is very small." Even first- and second-grade children, as long as they can run, can let it fly." There is also a small episode here, Zhang Baocheng said that when a friend borrowed to test fly the "Kite Tiger", the tiger tail "flew" was lost, and he had to make up a new tail later, if you look carefully, you can find that the tail and body of the "Kite Tiger" are indeed a little color difference.
It is reported that the exhibition will be on display until February 28, 2022.
Modern Express + reporter Hu Yumei Zhang Wenying/Wen Zhao Jie/Photo Chu Xihao/Video
(Edited by Zhou Dongmei)