Li Qian sorted out the collection of various cloth tigers. Photo by Han Zhangyun
Zhongxin Network Zhengzhou, February 10 Title: This female "internet celebrity" does not bring goods, only talks about female red
China News Network reporter Han Zhangyun
In Zhengzhou, Henan, there is a female "net red" who is well-known in the folklore circle, which is very special, she conducts online live broadcasts almost every night, but never brings goods, and only talks about female red culture in the live broadcast room. Recently, the reporter walked into the live broadcast room of the female anchor Li Qian with questions.
Why don't female "Internet celebrities" bring goods?
"Touch the tiger's head, eat and wear without worry; touch the tiger's mouth, drive away evil spirits and avoid ghosts; touch the tiger's back, glory and wealth; touch the tiger's tail, perfect..." At 20:39 on February 9, Li Qian appeared on time in the live broadcast room, holding a handmade cloth tiger, and she told the netizens in the live broadcast room about the tiger culture in the traditional female red.
Li Qian is an educator in Zhengzhou City, but also a traditional female red collection enthusiast, lasted 19 years, she collected nearly 10,000 pieces of tiger head hats, cloth tigers, embroidered insoles, clothing, etc. from all over the country, into her collection room, like walking into a "female red museum".
Children wear the female red collection collected by Li Qian to feel the traditional culture. Photo by Han Zhangyun
Li Qian is well-known in the Folklore Circle of Zhengzhou, not only exhibiting at home and abroad but also spreading female red culture everywhere. Before the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Li Qian's collection had also been exhibited abroad in the United States, Canada and other places, which was deeply loved by the local people and also sent home comfort for overseas Chinese.
In addition to the offline exhibition, Li Qian also extended the footsteps of inheriting the female red culture to the online.
During the 7-day Spring Festival holiday just past, Li Qian would appear in the live broadcast room on time every night. Different from other Internet celebrity anchors who are keen to bring goods, she never brings goods, and the live broadcast content is to introduce the culture behind the traditional female red to netizens.
In the Year of the Tiger, the tiger is the protagonist, and Li Qian's live broadcast room is her carefully selected collection of tiger elements.
Li Qian introduced the traditional female red culture to netizens through online live broadcasting. Photo by Han Zhangyun
"Since ancient times Chinese have loved the tiger element, such as the tiger in the zodiac, such as the white tiger in the Chinese four gods, such as the tiger charm of the ancient dispatch of troops. The tiger symbolizes strength, health, and authority, and brings together many beautiful elements..." Holding a pair of tiger head shoes in both hands, Li Qian spoke in front of the camera, and in front of her, there were already traces of age, bibs, cloud shoulders, embroidered shoes, insoles, etc. covered the tabletop. Netizens on the screen continue to brush the screen interaction, some people praise the exquisite collection, some people ask about the purchase channel...
Since her first test of the webcast on December 11, 2021, she has appeared in the live broadcast room almost every night, and has accumulated 27,000 followers so far. However, Li Qian's collection is never sold, in her view, this is a cultural and artistic exchange medium rather than a commodity, in the future she plans to create a larger platform to exhibit her collection, so that more people can see the beauty of Chinese female red.
The collection of female red collections in 19 years is innumerable
Li Qian's love for traditional female red stems from the skillful hands of her mother when she was a child.
"When I was a child, my mother would always embroider on my clothes and shoes, and every time I wore them out, the neighbors' children were envious." Li Qian recalled that her mother's needle and thread made her feel the beauty and temperature of traditional female red, and also planted the seed of love for traditional female red in her heart.
After working, with financial resources, Li Qian began to intentionally collect female red works. After 19 years of accumulation, in her collection room, there are countless female red collections hanging on the wall, placed on the ground, and treasured in boxes, and there are thousands of pairs of tiger head shoes from all over the country alone.
The picture shows children entering Li Qian's hiding room to experience the charm of traditional culture at close range. Photo by Han Zhangyun
"This pair of Hebei tiger head shoes, the sole of the shoe leaves a pinch of white line, implying that children can wear these shoes to take root steadily, grow up healthily, and live a long life." Li Qian introduced that the traditional tiger head shoes are full of blessings and the most sincere love of the elders for the newborn, "You see these three pairs are tiger head shoes in Zhengzhou, the child should wear three pairs after birth, the first pair of blue, the second pair of red, the third pair of purple, this is called 'the first double blue two pairs of red three pairs of wearing purple completion', which means to stop the child from dying, healthy growth and fame." ”
"The Museum of the Flowing Red Woman"
In addition to the bright colors overlapping and colliding, the traditional female red is also indispensable to exquisite embroidery.
"If there is a picture, it must be intentional, and if it is intentional, it must be auspicious." Li Qian introduced that the traditional Chinese female red is a warm art, containing the virtues of making the best use of the material, thrift and thrift, over the years she has been committed to letting more people see the beauty of the traditional female red, rather than enjoying it herself.
Li Qian told teachers, students and parents about the traditional female red culture. Courtesy of respondents
From 2007 to the present, Li Qian has taken her female red collection into more than 150 colleges, middle schools and kindergartens, and the four large trolley boxes that accompany her into the campus are like a "mobile female red museum".
"Every time I enter the school, I will design themes, such as focusing on festivals, festivals, etc., children can touch and wear these things as much as they want, and I hope that in this way, more children will fall in love with traditional Chinese culture from an early age." Li Qian introduced, "Whenever I see children wearing tiger hats and holding tigers with curious and happy expressions, people feel fond of them. ”
Li Qian brought the collection into the campus for students to experience the beauty of traditional female red. Courtesy of respondents
Li Qian's collection has many ancient precious collections, and each exhibition inevitably has losses, but she believes that this is not important, "The purpose of my collection is to inherit the Chinese female red culture, only to touch to get experience, so that more people will love our traditional female red." (End)