Fotuguan, formerly known as Futuguan, is located in the west of the old city of Chongqing, the terrain is steep, surrounded by water on both sides, cliffs on three sides, the altitude is 388 meters, since ancient times, there is "one husband dangguan, ten thousand people can not open, four plugs of danger, A in the world" said, Fotuguan since the beginning of the Cuban country, the three kingdoms for the soldiers must fight for the ancient fortress, but also the old Bayu seventeen gates of the gate of the gate.
The Fotuguan relief artwork is located on the steep Fotuguan cliffs, next to the circular park trail, and the location is unique and remarkable.
The artistic creation takes the on-site mountain type of Fotuguan and the surface of the late cliff squirt as the prototype of the creation, and takes the mother city culture of the Yuzhong Peninsula in Chongqing as the theme of the creation background. In the context of the environment showing the rugged terrain of Fotuguan surrounded by cliffs on both sides of the river and three sides, the steepness of the rocks and the endless waves of the two rivers, the artistic picture takes the humanistic and life grand scenery of the Yuzhong Peninsula during the Republic of China period as the core of the creation under the cultural background of the mother city.
Stilt houses in the Yuzhong Peninsula on the cliff wall of the cluster of bushes, houses stretching, the mountain city's unique ladder and yellow oak trees in the stilt house alleys interspersed with staggered, suddenly far and near, sometimes there are porters in order to survive on the slopes, along the street to sell, sometimes there are fishing boats moored on the shore, cooking hot pot at night, and more horses to help carry goods out of fotuguan to make a living, the artistic creation more realistic restoration of the historical image of fotu guanguan gate and archway.
In the distance where the two rivers meet, it seems that the boatman's trumpet on the Yangtze River and wujiang river can still be heard barefoot moving forward.
Fotuguan relief art creation is mainly based on the creation method of high relief sculpture, supplemented by the creation method of circular sculpture and bas-relief sculpture, and is made according to the scene of the mountain body, sometimes virtual and real, sometimes realistic and realistic, sometimes seeking far-reaching artistic conception, sometimes seeking truth.
The overall artistic tone is mainly based on the grand tone of the mother city residential houses in the Republic of China period, with the purpose of depicting vivid, humanistic and historical life ecology of the mother city.
The artistic effect of the relief sculpture can be seen from a distance to the City Wall of Fotu Chengguan to recall the long history, the old mountain city houses have a strong atmosphere of fireworks, and the people's customs are diligent and simple. Close to the garland on the Ka Wah Bridge, the modern city towers over the clouds, and the rail train passes through the layers of cliffs of FotuGuan. More about the clear and ethereal bells of Yue Temple, for the Fotuguan Park to play through the ancient and modern humanistic and artistic life.
Upstream News contract photographer Huang Jin photographed
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