"What does the bat represent in the traditional auspicious pattern?" "What are the five blessings of the five blessings?" On January 20, the "National Reading Weekend Reading Sharing Meeting" walked into the Shijiazhuang Qiaoxi District Library, and Hao Jianguo, president of Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House, brought readers a public lecture on traditional culture with the theme of "Illustrating the Five Blessings". Prize quizzes, guqin performances, interactive paper-cutting and other links made the event climax, and the scene was full of laughter.
"Look at this picture, there are lotus flowers, five bats and auspicious clouds in the picture, what is its auspicious meaning?" "Five blessings are repeated!" "There are vases in this picture, and there are moon flowers, what does it represent?" "Four seasons are safe!" As soon as Hao Jianguo's voice fell, the readers at the scene raised their hands to answer. Seeing these simple questions, it is difficult for everyone, and the difficulty of interaction is also increasing. "A spider hangs down with a web, surrounded by auspicious clouds, and below are two dragons, who knows the meaning of this picture?" "What is the name of this picture of a rooster and five chicks?" Hao Jianguo told everyone that the former is called "happiness descends from the sky", which means that the family house is safe and happy, and the latter is called "teaching five sons", the ancients believed that the chicken has five virtues: literature, martial arts, bravery, benevolence and faith, so the chicken is a common image in the traditional Chinese auspicious pattern.
Hao Jianguo introduced that for thousands of years, the "Fu" culture has been deeply integrated into the blood of Chinese, forming a unique cultural tradition. "Chinese Auspicious Patterns: Illustrated Five Blessings" tells the basic rules and cultural connotations of traditional auspicious patterns, taboos and other contents, which is both informative and interesting, especially suitable for parents and children to read together. Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House launched cultural and creative products such as monthly calendars and weekly calendars based on this set of books, and readers who answered questions correctly in the on-site interaction were presented with these exquisite gifts.
Subsequently, the young guqin player Sun Haopeng played an elegant song "Flowing Water" for the readers, and invited the children on the stage to experience the basic fingering of guqin performance. Zhao Chenglong, one of the top ten paper-cutting experts in the country and the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, demonstrated the method of paper-cutting, and he also distributed paper-cutting materials to the children, leading everyone to immerse themselves in the paper-cutting culture.
Li Qianyi, a student from Zhonghua South Street Primary School, said: "After listening to today's lecture, I not only know the meaning of bats and lotus flowers in traditional culture, but also experience guqin fingering, and also cut the word Fu with scissors, which is full of harvest and very happy!"
Text and photo / Hebei Youth Daily reporter Jia Lifang