What are the types of gourds? What can a gourd make? At the Dongcheng District Dongsi Hutong Museum, this year's first exhibition "Fulu Lane Says Gourd" Dongcheng Folk Writers Association Member Works Exhibition is being held, and nearly 100 exquisite gourd crafts have attracted many tourists to visit.
The reporter walked into the Dongsi Hutong Museum located at No. 77 Dongsi Si Tiao and saw gourds of different sizes hanging on the wall next to the weeping flower gate, and the red display board of "Say Gourd in Fulu Lane" attracted the attention of many tourists.
In the exhibition hall on the east side, a row of gourd ornaments made of painting, branding, carving and other crafts have attracted the most attention from tourists. A roaring tiger sitting under a pine tree, a vigorous tiger on the run, a tiger cub with big eyes... The tigers on the 7 gourds are carved to life, and many people take photos and punch cards in front of the exhibits.
The author of the exhibit is Xu Haoran, the inheritor of Yimeng gourd making skills and the founder of the gourd workshop, in the description of the exhibit, he mentioned that "2022 is the year of the tiger, but also my life year, I specially made the Fuhu series of gourds, I hope that the Year of the Tiger will bring Fulu to everyone and bring auspiciousness." ”
In front of the glass wall, a curling-themed gourd art lamp makes people shine, only to see the round gourd polished smooth and warm, on the belly of the gourd, a simplified villain is curling, and there is a panda waving and praising, which has been collected by the IOC Culture and Olympic Heritage Committee.
In addition to gourd ornaments, gourd lamps, there are also different themes, gourd frame paintings from different countries, gourd flower tools, gourd musical instruments, wine gourds, etc., the works are made of African gourd, melon gourd, etc. as raw materials, with different shapes and sizes, which are dazzling. "I didn't expect a small gourd to make so many exquisite crafts, this exhibition really opened my eyes, the gourd harmonic is Fluke, which has a good meaning for the new year." Tourist Ms. Liu said.
It is understood that this exhibition displays nearly 100 works such as gourd musical instruments, gourd lamps, gourd gourds, gourd artworks, foreign gourds, etc., as well as a number of "Year of the Tiger" theme works. The exhibition lasts until the end of February 28, and there are regular intangible gourd experience classes at the exhibition site, providing visitors with a variety of gourd painting, painting experience and other activities, and the public can pay attention to the public number of the museum to register for participation.
Source: Beijing Daily Client, Dongcheng, Beijing
Photo: Zhang Xue
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Editor: Zhang Bo
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