"New Year's Eve, lights on."
Big red lanterns hang up
Rabbit lights, hydrangea lights
And a marquee."
Suzhou's New Year is in addition to various customs and cuisines
There is also a strong cultural atmosphere
Traditional intangible cultural heritage
No longer an exhibit in a museum window
Instead, walk into the streets
Walk into the home of an ordinary old Suzhounese
Embellished with Suzhou people's New Year
Next, let's let Xiao Zhan Jun
Take you a plate
Suzhou's New Year
What are the intangible cultural heritage figures
Peach Blossom Wood New Year Painting
New Year paintings, as the name suggests
That is, the painting posted during the New Year
The New Year painting evolved from the "Door God Painting"
It is the most evocative and the most local
Whenever the mainland blows a "New Year painting wind"
It means that "year" is coming
Peach Blossom Wood in Peach Blossom An, Peach Blossom Fairy in Peach Blossom An
Peach Blossom WoodBlock Prints
It is named after the production that was once concentrated in the area of Taohuawu in Suzhou
It is the main folk woodblock print in Jiangnan, China
The Peach Blossom Wood New Year painting is carved in woodblocks
Printed with a plate of one-color traditional watermarking
The composition is plump, the colors are bright and decorative
Folk tales, auspicious celebrations, idols, dramas, and current events are used as themes
Symbolically, allegorically, exaggeratedly
to express people's good wishes
Soviet-style cut paper
In China's traditional culture
Window stickers are also an indispensable tradition for the Chinese New Year
Window flowers, door letters, wall flowers, lamp flowers...
Plain red paper
After the folk artist skillfully folded, the scissors tossed
In an instant, a series of flexible and auspicious hollow patterns were created
Suzhou paper-cutting art has a long history and culture
Guo Moruo once praised Suzhou paper-cutting
"Exquisite and transparent, a cut of cleverness to grasp the magic."
Beauty is immortal on earth"
In addition to cutting window flowers
Pattern of Soviet-style scissors (engraving) paper
It is also often combined with Su-style lanterns, Su embroidery and other techniques
Show a unique charm
Soviet-style scissors (engraving) paper
It has long been an important part of Wu culture
A variety of new patterns emerge in an endless stream
But it is always a depiction of the happy life of Suzhou people
Hope for a better future
Suzhou illuminations
Reserved programs for the Lantern Festival
Except for the sweet Lantern
It is the scene of "a thousand flowers and trees blooming at night in the east wind"
All kinds of flower lanterns
Shine in the dark
The Southern Song Dynasty poet Fan Chengda recorded it in the "Wu Junzhi Customs"
"Shangyuan Shadow is brilliant, and he can't reach it."
There are 'Ten Thousand Eyes' and 'Glass Balls'
Great place to stay"
It can be seen that the production level of Suzhou lanterns at that time was already quite high
Suzhou illumination advocates elegance, the pursuit of fun, exquisite and beautiful
Let people feel the cultural classics wrapped in the traditional old
The exquisite structure of the Suzhou garden
Wumen School of painting brush landscapes
Colorful chromatic light flowers
There is also the elegance of the Carving of Su-style paper-cuts
All are integrated into the creation of flower lanterns
It's amazing
Hit the box
Straight hit the box
It has always been an indispensable custom during the New Year
"Little Lady Fish" dressed in the costume of women in Luzhi Water Village
Green lotus shirt lotus dress
Simple and delicate blue flowers
The elegant Jiangnan that the flowing embroidered skirt cannot hide
Playing box, brisk dance steps
A variety of styles, showing the style of the water town
The so-called "continuous box"
Also known as the "Overlord Whip"
A bamboo pole or stick three feet long
Hollow out two or three holes more than an inch long at each end
Inside each eyelet is a pair of copper coins
A colorful whip made of red silk thread is installed
The artist uses this whip to rhythmically hit different parts of the body
Sing songs and stories, sing and dance
Listenable, lively and interesting
Nowadays, Lu Zhi Da Lian Xiang has become one of the best tricks in the ancient town
New Year's Day
Always give peace to the water town
Add a sense of festivity and excitement
The new year is rich in flavor and means good wishes
Pray for good wind and rain, peace and health
In addition to the intangible cultural heritage handicrafts mentioned above
as well as intangible cultural heritage traditional songs and dances
"Suzhou New Year's Taste - Food Chapter"
Mentioned Huang Tianyuan cake dumplings
Pick candy and so on
It also belongs to the ranks of intangible cultural heritage cuisine
I will not dwell on it here
Suzhou has a long history
The legacy of the literati and craftsmen
To this day, the New Year of Suzhou people is still decorated
Bring a strong cultural atmosphere to the Soviet-style New Year
During the New Year
Various intangible cultural heritage experience activities will also be held throughout Suzhou
Want to feel the elegance of the Su-style New Year?
Stay tuned for future launches
Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Activity Guide Oh~