Qilu Evening News Qilu One Point Reporter Yi Xue Correspondent Kong Daru Kong Yawei
In the new spring of the Year of the Tiger, the cloth tiger is popular in the market. This Spring Festival, for the villagers of a Ququ village in Qufu City, it is also the busiest moment for the big guys, qilu evening news qilu one-point reporter recently walked into the "workshop" of making this cloth tiger, witnessed how this hand-stitched embroidered cloth tiger with different forms and exquisite portraits has become the "magic weapon" of this village.
Monthly production of 20,000 pieces
The "cloth tiger" is out of stock
"Our cloth tigers in Qufu have a long history, not only the folklore of 'Fengsheng tiger raising eagles and fans', but also the custom of sending cloth tigers to children over '100 years old', which means that children are physically strong and grow up healthily..." Qilu Evening News Qilu One-point reporter just walked into a Qucun Fulinbu tiger workshop, and saw Yao Kaixiang, who was over seventy years old, wearing reading glasses to carry out the last process of cloth tiger sewing. Like Yao Kaixiang, there are more than a dozen craftsmen who are also busy sewing their eyes. Fabric cutting, sewing stitching, cotton filling, stitching facial features... Throughout the handmade process, everyone is skillful and complete in one go.
As a non-hereditary heir of the cloth tiger, Niu Chenglu is the "leader" of these craftsmen. "Yellow, orange and red are the main colors of the cloth tiger, and the cloth is cut and sewn to form the skin of the cloth tiger." Talking about the production process of the cloth tiger, his words were full of excitement. "While inheriting traditional skills, we have added modern elements and paid special attention to product innovation. Look closely, the expression of each cloth tiger is different, but also represents a different meaning. Niu Chenglu introduced that the production of cloth tigers is a collection of cutting and embroidery in one, of which the matching of colors and the vivid appearance of the demeanor are particularly important.
"In addition to cloth tiger dolls, tiger hats and tiger shoes are also quite popular with many customers." Niu Chenglu said that coinciding with the Year of the Tiger, the order for "Cloth Tiger" products has gone from "pre-order from speed" to "sold out" to "need to be booked". Catching up with this good opportunity, the intangible cultural heritage project of Buhu tiger is well known to more people.
"Previously, the monthly production was expected to be about 20,000, but this year coincides with the Year of the Tiger, and our orders can be described as a flood, and now it has far exceeded our estimated number." Niu Chenglu said with a smile.
Old craftsmanship new power
Sewn out the road to riches
A pair of scissors, a piece of cloth, sketching the pattern little by little, stitching and stitching together. Cloth tigers, as a traditional handicraft widely spread by Chinese folk, have now become a "magic weapon to get rich" in the hands of villagers in Zhangqu Village.
Nowadays, many merchants who come here order cloth tigers, and the villagers' income is getting more and more impressive. "We are usually idle, pulling dry, do not feel tired, monthly income of more than 2,000 miles!" Yao Kaixiang said happily.
"The line of dry folk customs can not only be for economic benefits, but also take into account the uniqueness of handmade intangible cultural heritage projects, and use the model of 'workshop + farmer' to slowly increase production, so that more inheritors of intangible cultural heritage projects can participate." Niu Chenglu introduced that the production process of cloth tigers is not difficult, and the difficulty is how to pass it on. Nowadays, The Fulinbu Tiger Workshop has driven more than 70 people around to work, where everyone is a "designer", through exploration and innovation, let their sewn cloth tigers more powerful, vivid expression, this is the real doorway to get rich.
"Let the old craft become a new driving force, in order to lead everyone to get rich together." Gao Yilong, member of the Party Committee of Xiqian Town, Qufu City, introduced that rural revitalization is inseparable from the development of intangible cultural heritage projects. The road to prosperity of 'Cloth Tiger' is also based on the intangible cultural heritage project to inherit people's pride, drive the participation of rural subjects, and mobilize the initiative and creativity of villagers. In the future, Xicheng Town will further combine the protection of intangible cultural heritage projects with common prosperity, so that while intangible cultural heritage projects are inherited and developed, a number of private 'intangible cultural heritage projects' cultural and sports enterprises with great potential, vitality, new mechanisms and good benefits will be cultivated, so as to drive more people to increase income, so that intangible cultural heritage projects can shine in rural revitalization. ”