Nandu News Reporter Xia Jiawen Correspondent Chi Yancheng On February 20, with the victory of the Beijing Winter Olympics, guangzhou Tianhe Shipai people beat gongs and drums to welcome back the high-profile Shipai Village custom dragon head at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games. This dragon head, which carries the glory of the Winter Olympics, is regarded as a symbol of the stone dragon boat culture going to the world. On the same day, a micro-documentary called "Shipai Dragon" was released to the public, which truly restored the love affair between Shipai dragon boat culture and the Beijing Winter Olympics with realism and white painting techniques.
"Stone Pai Dragon" micro-documentary.
The unique dragon head shape was taken by the Olympic Organizing Committee at a glance
On February 4, the opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games was held at the Beijing National Stadium. At the opening ceremony, the countdown session strung together with China's 24 solar terms was fascinating. Among them, a dragon head with a very Lingnan charm jumped out of the water with a splash of water, which is the shipai dragon head that guangzhou Tianhe Shipai people are proud of.
Dong Junjie, a typical post-90s generation, grew up in Shipai since childhood, and under the guidance of the elders of Shipai, he fell in love with the dragon boat culture. In 2021, he integrated this love into the design and creativity of the new generation of Shipai dragon boat dragon dragon boat dragon "I am very grateful to the elders of Shipai for their trust in passing on the dragon boats in the village to the younger generation to take the helm." We cherish this trust and hope to carry forward the culture of Shipai Dragon Boat. Dong Junjie said.
Under the guidance of such inheritance and innovative thinking, Shipai's new generation of dragon boat people and Zhang Weichao, the inheritor of guangzhou's intangible cultural heritage project "dragon boat dragon head and dragon tail production technology", are ready to create a dragon head with cultural self-confidence in the cultural spirit of the new era.
"The dragon boats in each village have their own characteristics, and each dragon head represents the culture and spirit of each village. She must be unique. Zhang Weichao told reporters: "For the design of the dragon head of Shipai Village, I want to communicate repeatedly with friends who understand the history of this village." Different surnames, there will be different totems. To create a new faucet, whether it is the shape, color, or the way the details are matched, it needs to be repeatedly discussed to determine the final appearance. ”
Dong Junjie and Zhang Weichao
If you look closely at the Shipai dragon head in ronggui's hometown, you will find that the mouth shape of the dragon head is like an "eagle's beak", and the eagle's beak is sharp enough to fish, representing a "harvest". On the side of the "eagle's mouth" there is a pattern as thin as "ruyi", representing the meaning of "peace and ruyi". The place where the green hook and gold line on the dragon head resembles the fin of the fish is a net pattern, which means "to eat and to catch the net".
Looking at the dragon's teeth, the boundaries are clear and crystal clear; the transition from the dragon's lips to the dragon's flesh is natural in color. The dragon's whiskers floating in the string of dragon necks are inspired by the flowing hairs in the lion dance, and the dragon whiskers are deliberately designed to flutter backwards, so that the dragon head shows a more agile posture.
The stone medallion that was looked at by the Olympic Organizing Committee.
There are a total of 8 dragon boats in Shipai Village, which is also the only black-bearded dragon at present. Since the designer specially added gold powder to the black paint during the production, this allows the faucet to sparkle from different angles, especially in the sunlight.
"The design of the new generation of Shipai dragon head focuses on expressing the culture of Shipai dragon boat under cultural self-confidence. Therefore, compared with the first three generations of stone dragon boat dragon heads, you will find that the dragon heads selected by the Olympic Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympic Games this time have the state of forging ahead in the times and breaking the waves in the rapids, which may be the reason why the Winter Olympics have taken a look at it. Chi Jinling, deputy secretary of the party committee and chairman of Shipai Sanjun Enterprise Group, said.
The film uses the dragon as the theme to truly restore the story of the Winter Olympics of Shipai
The dragon is the symbol of the Chinese nation. Chinese, also known as the "descendants of the dragon". Dragon culture, with the rise of China's national strength and international influence, has become more concerned and loved by people around the world. On the day of the return of Shipailong at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, a micro-documentary called "Shipailong" was released at the same time, and the film used the narration narration of Lu Yonghao, a post-90s villager in Shipai Village, to truly restore the love affair between Shipai dragon boat culture and the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Screenshot of the micro-documentary "Stone Pai Dragon".
Director Zhang Tong said that when receiving this shooting task, he especially learned about the process of things from several parties, combined with more than ten years of experience in insisting on following the culture of shooting stones, he thought of the expression concept of "stone dragon rising to Chinese dragon", so as to accurately present the real event of "Chinese traditional culture confidently displayed in front of the people of the world".
According to director Zhang Tong, this film will start from the design concept of the dragon head designer, the first part of the "carved dragon" with "carving" as the keyword, highlighting the design core of "each dragon head represents the culture and spirit of a village", and guiding the "depth and connotation of the stone dragon boat culture".
Subsequently, the second part of the micro-documentary, "Borrowing the Dragon", took "borrowing" as the keyword, recording the picture of the designer and the Elders of The Stone Tablet discussing major events together, highlighting the strong support of the Stone Pai Changlong for this will, and showing the pattern and arrogance of the Stone Tablet people in front of state affairs and major events.
Screenshot of the micro-documentary.
In the third part, with "race" as the key word, using montage techniques, the stone dragon head and the classic scene of the Winter Olympic Games are cleverly painted, showing the vigorous strength of the dragon spirit in the Winter Olympic Games and through Chinese athletes to the people of the world. This is the "Racing Dragon" part with a unique meaning.
The fourth part takes "welcome" as the key word, records the grand scene when the dragon head tailored for the stone plate returns to the village, and presents the cultural heritage of the stone brand dragon boat of "respect", "inheritance" and "courtesy" through the expression of the details of the greeting picture.
Although the former farmland has been transformed into an urban area, The Shipai people's feelings for dragon boats have not changed, and their love for dragon boats has been engraved into every detail of the micro-documentary. "This micro-documentary is a special product created for The Shipai people in a special period, so that the Shipai people can use the hot spots of the Beijing Winter Olympics to go to the world, let the Chinese traditional culture go to the world, and reflect the self-confidence and mission of the Shipai people." Chi Jinling, chairman of Shipai Sanjun Enterprise Group, said.