With the arrival of the "May Day" holiday, the Guangming District Cultural Center has also successively carried out a series of cultural performances and activities for the benefit of the people. "Ironing paintings with emotional pulses, dancing with the sound of gongs and drums to wake up the lions" This is a true portrayal of the first day of the "May Day" holiday of the Guangming District Cultural Center. Since April 30, the Guangming District Cultural Center has organized the "Our Festival" 2022 Intangible Cultural Heritage Classroom and "Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Community" series of activities, and 20 classes in the 5-day holiday want to "play intangible cultural heritage" on which day the masses have the final say. This activity selected the Guangming District-level intangible cultural heritage projects "Branding Art (Guangming)" and "Jade Law Awakening Lion Dance", combining dynamic and static, the intangible cultural heritage charm vivid and flexible presentation in front of the public, through understanding the basic knowledge of branding painting, awakening lions, personally experience learning branding techniques and lion dance movements, enhance the interest and charm of intangible cultural heritage, let more young friends fall in love with intangible cultural heritage, and enhance the inheritance vitality of intangible cultural heritage projects in Guangming District.
Lion Dance Classroom
At the scene of the activity, the branding teacher personally demonstrated, patiently explained the use of the branding brush, starting from the drawing point, line, surface, learn how to use the burning pen to burn the picture, the on-site students listened to the fascination, painting focused, many parents who accompanied the children to participate could not help but want to personally experience it. The class also considers the needs of people of different ages, and specially sets up special sessions for teenagers and adults, so that participants can choose the appropriate shifts according to their age and time.
Painting class
Contrasting with the concentration and meditation of the painting class, the class of the lion dance is in stark contrast, and the classroom atmosphere is lively and extraordinary. With the sound of gongs and drums on the spot, the handsome lion dance action of the lead teacher caused the children to cheer. Through live demonstration and teaching interaction, the teacher taught the children the basic lion dance movements and the skills and rhythms of beating gongs and drums. In this class, the librarians of the Cultural Center also specially prepared a light DIY lion head that the young students can use as a learning prop, and the students loved it, effectively improving the children's interest in learning.
According to the event planners, the intangible cultural heritage classroom activities carried out during the "May Day" holiday are aimed at allowing a wider range of people to participate, especially to meet the festive and entertainment needs of parent-child families; the Guangming District Cultural Center also wants to share the joy of the festival with the citizens through "playing intangible cultural heritage" on the spot, so that the citizens can experience the charm of excellent traditional culture.
【Written】 Liu Yan
【Correspondent】 Xu Lei
【Photography】 Lai Yuanmei
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【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client