Lantern (Qinhuai lantern)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Lantern (Qinhuai lantern)

Applicant: Jurong City, Jiangsu Province

Project No.: 349

Project No.: Ⅶ - 50

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Jiangsu Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Jurong City, Jiangsu Province

Protection unit: Jurong folk craft lantern factory

Brief introduction of lantern (Qinhuai lantern)

Applicant: Jurong City, Jiangsu Province

Qinhuai lantern, also known as "Jinling lantern" and "Nanjing lantern", is one of the most representative folk arts in Nanjing. It has a very long history, as early as in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this area has appeared in the literature about the lantern. Qinhuai lanterns draw on the advantages of traditional Chinese paper binding, painting, calligraphy, paper cutting, shadow puppet, embroidery, sculpture and other arts. In their production, they integrate woodworking, lacquering, painting, carving, clay sculpture, knitting and other techniques to form their own technical characteristics. Since modern times, Qinhuai lanterns have been further developed in variety. In addition to traditional lanterns such as lotus lantern and lion lantern, a series of Lantern works closely related to the times have been launched, such as ocean going ships, launch vehicles, urban construction, mountain forest landscape, etc.

As the important source of Qinhuai River, the mother river of Nanjing, Jurong City in Jiangsu Province is very close to Nanjing in history. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the lantern art in Nanjing went from the palace to the folk, and the Lantern Festival became a traditional festival in the Qinhuai River Basin, which took the lamp as the custom, used the lamp to make scenery, and used the lamp to dance. Jurong Heqiao village on the Bank of Qinhuai River is adjacent to Nanjing, where the custom of putting up lanterns in leisure time comes down in one continuous line with Nanjing. The style and technique of Li Yifu's lanterns are similar to those of Nanjing Confucius Temple.

As one of the important schools of Chinese traditional lantern art, Qinhuai lantern objectively reflects the historical evolution process of Folk Lantern from the fire of nature, the fire of life, the fire of sacrifice to the fire of art. It integrates the local traditional folk customs and develops new cultural products with attractive, infectious and commercial value from the ancient Qinhuai folk crafts, which is a good example for the modern transformation of traditional culture.

At present, due to the lack of funds, there is no fixed place for preservation, development and display of Qinhuai lantern. Young people are also lack of interest in the production of lanterns, and the inheritance of skills can not be smoothly realized. The development prospect of Qinhuai lantern is not optimistic. To consolidate the existing achievements, people from all sides need to make further efforts.