Clay lion production method

The production method of clay waking lion is as follows:

Ancient times, people used baskets to make a lion's head based on a little bit of it, on the Park to paper, painted on the five senses and patterns is the ancient lion's head, and later people to improve, to bamboo scotch, paper as the main material, the bamboo scotch first tied to form the shape of a lion's head, burnt on the paper Park, the eyes, ears, mouth and so on, is movable, and then glued on the pig缤, horse writing or plant fabrics, drying and then painted with various colors and then varnish shaped. After drying, it is painted with various colors, and then varnished and shaped.

There are two traditional ways to make a waking lion, one is the now popular Foshan papier-maché lion head process, and the other is the endangered papier-maché color lion head process.

The lion dance is a cultural activity that combines martial arts, dance and music. During the performance, the gongs and drums are beaten, and the lion dancers first play a bout of Nanquan, which is called the "opening pile", and then two people play the role of a lion playing and dancing, and the other person wears a smiling "big head of Buddha", holding a large sunflower fan to lead the lion onto the stage.

The lion dancers' movements are mainly based on the Nanquan horse stance, and the lion's movements include "opening the eyes", "washing the beard", "licking the body", and "shaking the hair", etc. The main routines are "picking up the lion's hair", "picking up the lion's hair", "picking up the lion's hair", and "picking up the lion's hair". The main routines are "Caiqing", "drinking water on the high platform", "lion spitting ball", "stepping on the plum blossom pile", etc. Among them, "Caiqing" is the most popular lion movement. Among them, "Caiqing" is the essence of the lion dance, which has the process of starting, carrying on, turning, and merging, with drama and storytelling. The "Caiqing" has undergone changes and has given rise to a variety of routines, which have been widely circulated.

The Suixi Lion Dance has evolved from the traditional ground lion to the stool lion, and from the stool lion to the high platform lion and the gorgon lion, and from the gorgon lion to the pile lion. Pile lion's difficulty is also increasing, such as the addition of tightrope walking, jumping in the air and other performance categories. The highest pile close to 3 meters, spanning up to 3.7 meters, fully embodies the "new, high, difficult, dangerous" features, known as "China's best".

Guangzhou City, Shakeng lion props modeling is characterized by: lion head forehead high and narrow, eyes large and can turn, mouth broad with pen, back wide, nose collapse, cheeks full, teeth can be hidden and exposed. The performance is divided into three main categories: the cultural lion, the dancing lion and the young lion. Through the ground or pile array on the Teng, move, flash, pounce, pirouette, leap and other difficult movements interpretation of the lion joy, anger, sadness, happiness, movement, quiet, shock, doubt eight state, the performance of the lion's might and strength.