Caizha (Pizhou paper lion head)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: caizha (Pizhou paper lion head)

Applicant: Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province

Project No.: 842

Project No.: Ⅶ - 66

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Jiangsu Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province

Protection unit: Pizhou Cultural Center

Introduction of caizha (Pizhou paper lion head)

Applicant: Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province

Caizha is a kind of traditional folk craft which is popular in the north and south. It is closely related to sacrifice, festivals, entertainment and other folk activities. After continuous derivative development, it has formed a huge influence in the folk. The technique of color binding is mainly based on bone paper mounting, supplemented by surface painting. Due to different customs and products, there are some differences in the specific materials. In some places, straw is used as bone instead of bamboo strips, and plain colored cloth, silk or leather paper is used as surface. In Handan, Hebei, colorful cloth is directly mounted with various kinds of cloth. The color decoration will also have its own characteristics due to the changes of regions. Generally speaking, the northern color bar is bold and unconstrained, with strong contrast; the southern color bar is delicate, lively and lovely. Colorful products are rich in form, including lantern, lion head, stage, ancient model and so on. The lion's head and other handicrafts are often created based on the opera facial makeup of the origin, and then made with cloth, hemp, silk flowers and other accessories, which can often achieve a vivid and vivid state.

Pizhou paper lion head is a popular folk art style of color binding in Pizhou area of Jiangsu Province. According to records, the production of paper lion head in Pizhou has a history of more than 500 years. It integrates sculpture and painting, and is connected with the folk dance, painting, clay sculpture and other local art roots in Pizhou. Pizhou paper lion head is mainly used in folk lion dance performance. It has various shapes, large, medium and small models, and can meet the needs of different dance routines and movements. It is made of bamboo strips, paper pastes, colored pens and hemp, which has the local characteristics of Northern Jiangsu. Its shape and structure is slightly trapezoidal, exaggerated, vivid and vivid. Its features are outlined in color, bright and strong contrast. The use of color to learn from traditional woodcut New Year pictures and imitate traditional opera facial makeup reflects the rough, bold and humorous characteristics of northern caizha art, thus forming a sharp contrast with the elegant and delicate of Southern lion head mask.