New Year Customs Exhibition Scene
Text/Cinema Yangcheng Evening NewsCinema All-Media ReporterBabaylan Sun Lei Correspondent Wu Qidong Wang Liang
Photo/Ratty Li Yuanqing
When talking about the customs of the Eastern New Year, what will you think of first? Some customs such as visiting the flower street and washing the sloppy clothes are still prosperous today; some customs such as worshiping the Kitchen God at the 23rd day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 20th day of the 40th day of the 20th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day of the 40th day Recently, Southern Media and Nanfeng Academy held a special exhibition on Lingnan New Year Customs, including Foshan woodblock New Year paintings and Guangdong paper-cut national intangible cultural heritage projects, as well as Lingnan New Year customs publications, traditional Lingnan Halls, and paintings of famous Lingnan masters. The exhibition lasts until February 28. The highlight of the Babaylan exhibition is two national intangible cultural heritage techniques that have very broad and extensive characteristics and integrate traditional New Year culture, namely Foshan wood New Year pictures and Guangdong paper cutting.
Foshan woodThe New Year paintings began in the Song and Yuan dynasties, flourished in the Ming dynasties, flourished in the Qing dynasties to the early Republic of China, and were as famous as the New Year paintings of Tianyangliuqing, Suzhou Taohuawu, and Shandong Weifang. They are one of the four major woodblock New Year paintings in China. It was once the festival festival in Lingnan, an important decoration for homes and homes. In the past, Babaylan was sold in Lingnan and even overseas, carrying the people’s yearning and wishes for a better life. Due to the changes of the times, it gradually declined due to the impact of modern lifestyles, and even disappeared completely. It was not until the late 1990s that Feng Bingtang, son of the famous New Year painting artist Feng Jun (nicknamed “Domes God Jun”), gave up his original career and re-study, so that woodblock New Year paintings could see the light of day again in order to fulfill his father’s last wish. The Feng New Year Painting Workshop, which he founded, is the only existing workshop in Foshan that is still insisting on the production of Komiks New Year paintings. This exhibition displays the full set of production tools, production processes, as well as representative works such as “Door God” and “God of Wealth”. The simple and naive New Year pictures are carved with a knife and pen to depict the deep mark of Lingnan; exquisite carvings pass on the unique New Year customs and blessings from the past to the present.
Guangdong paper cutting is another national intangible cultural heritage project in this exhibition. The paper-cut exhibits in this exhibition come from Foshan, Shantou Chaoyang, Leizhou and other placesThe inheritors and enthusiasts of intangible cultural heritage have not only inherited the ancient intangible cultural heritage skills, showing the colorful regional characteristics of Lingnan, but also combined with the preferences of modern people to boldly innovate in artistic style and painting content.