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Since ancient times, Lingnan region has had the custom of “making friends with dragons”. “Dragon Boat Piercing” on the Dragon Boat Festival is not only a traditional folk activity, but also an important ceremony for people to visit relatives and friends. The dragon head is respected as the “soul” of the dragon boat. It is a detachable independent component. It is a dragon head with different shapes and unique charms. It gives each dragon boat team a unique meaning. At the same time, the dragon head is vigorous and beautifully carved, and has become the object of people’s focus. Chen Zhijun, the district-level inheritor of the intangible heritage of the dragon head carving technique project, used a skill, a perseverance, and used a dragon boat to carve traditions, and also carve the spirit of craftsmanship and life.
Material selection, cutting, rough carving, fine carving, polishing, lacquer… “From the dragon’s mouth, dragon whiskers to the dragon scales, every time you cut the knife, sometimes you miss it, and if you make a mistake, it will be difficult to remedy it.” Chen Zhijun, who started learning Cinema art at the age of 15, has devoted more than 40 years to carving the leading culture. Chen Zhijun was born in Xiancun Town, Zengcheng District, eastern Guangzhou. The river network here is crisscrossing, making it the most prosperous hometown of the Dongjiang River Dragon Boats. The dragon head carving (traditional dragon boat) technique is the traditional carving technique of Xiancun Town, Zengcheng. As the inheritor of Chen Shimu craftsman in Xian Village, Chen Zhijun recalled that since he was 15 years old, he had learned to do woodworking with his father.h.com/”>Cinema, he often learned the craftsmanship of carving dragon heads by watching his father at the age of 18. It was not until he was 22 that Chen Zhijun began to carve the first craftsmanship. It is understood that in the early 1980s, after the revival of the folk dragon boat activities, the dragon boat production had not yet entered the shipyard production. If the village collective wanted to customize dragon boats, it had to hire a shipbuilder to build ships in the village, and also to find a master to carve the dragon head. Because the Chen family’s woodworking craftsmanship has a certain popularity, many local and surrounding people would hire Chen Zhijun’s father to carve the dragon heads. Chen Zhijun also developed the Komiks in this context. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylancolor engraving technology.
As the development of the dragon boat activity, the dragon shipyard began to appear. From shipbuilding to carving gear heads, the shipyard took all the links. The craftsmen of folk carving gear heads began to fade out of people’s sight. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>CinemaCinemaCinema is one of them.
Until in recent years, the local youth dragon boat team in Xiancun has customized a new dragon boat. The members hope to carve the new dragon boat in accordance with the traditional old dragon head. After inquiring with the elderly in the village, they learned that Chen Zhijun, the owner of the furniture factory in the town, is the inheritor of the Chen family’s dragon head carving, so they came to ask Chen Zhijun to “come out” again.
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“Traditional cannot be lost, and foundation cannot be lost. The essence of the Dongjiang dragon boat lies in the dragon boat’s bow! I want to carve a vital dragon bow, and I use it as a work of art to create it. ” Chen Zhijun has his own unique view on the carving of the dragon head.
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Whenever a village comes to ask for the dragon boat hut, Chen Zhijun will ask about the historical folk allusions in the other village. According to the idols they believe in, the characteristics of the gods believed in each place are integrated into the dragon boat creation, so every dragon head carving is unique. “I am happy to see the villagers very satisfied with the dragon head tailor-made for their village. “Chen Zhijun said.
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