Lantern (Chaozhou lantern)

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

Applicant: Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Project No.: 349

Project No.: Ⅶ - 50

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Guangdong Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Protection unit: Xiangqiao District Cultural Center of Chaozhou City (Xiangqiao District Library of Chaozhou City)

Brief introduction of lantern (Chaozhou lantern)

Applicant: Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Chaozhou lantern is popular in the vast areas under the jurisdiction of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. It has a long history and has a long history. It is a treasure in the treasure house of Chinese folk art. Chaozhou lantern can be roughly divided into two types, one is the vertical screen lamp with color bar, the other is the hanging lamp with color drawing. Screen lamp is a kind of comprehensive modeling lamp screen, which integrates color binding, painting, embroidery, clay sculpture, cutting and carving. It takes drama and historical figures' stories as the main performance theme, with pavilions, landscape gardens, animal images, etc. to make a screen of scenery, and then assemble lights to set off. One screen and one lamp are exquisite and unusual, which can be called the top grade in Chaozhou folk arts and crafts. The hanging lamp is made of rattan wood and metal strips, and the outer cover is made of silk paper, silk and glass. Then, the surface of the hanging lamp is painted with poems and pictures, and then inlaid with tassels, mother of pearl, string of beads and copper pieces according to the needs of modeling, showing a classic style.

Chaozhou lantern technology is complex, the production process generally includes the idea, tie embryo, mounting, decoration, assembly and other links, different varieties of lanterns in the use of materials and production process there are some differences.

Chaozhou lantern has a unique style and strong local flavor. As an important part of festivals and sacrificial activities, it plays an important role in Chaozhou culture.

With the intensification of social change, the development of Chaozhou lantern is facing many problems. At present, the traditional folk customs in Chaozhou area are gradually weakening, which leads to the decrease of lantern display platforms; the old lantern artists are old, and the young people are unwilling to inherit the traditional crafts, which leads to the situation that lantern production is out of date; due to the strong seasonality of the use of Chaozhou lantern, practitioners can not take this as their main business, which leads to the lag of Lantern R & D and innovation. All these make Chaozhou lantern in an endangered situation and need to be rescued.