Lion Dance Craft

Shilong lion head production techniques

Every year in the Spring Festival, Dongguan city and countryside, there are gongs and drums dance lion dance to celebrate the New Year custom, the lion head is in high demand, the lion head production process and quality is the most critical. Dongguan lion head production to Shilong for the best, "De and Xing" lion store is Shilong town lion head production of the century-old store. Shilong waking lion head is known far and wide, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Singapore, there are people come to order. The traditional southern lion head is made in the shape of Liu, Guan and Zhang, and is divided into white lion, red lion and martial arts lion. Waking lion head production is divided into the following main steps: First, tie outline, also known as tie frame, to choose a particularly good softness of the yellow bamboo. Second, stickers, paste the sandpaper in the outline of the lion's head, keep repeating the paste up, until the paste on the whole lion prototype appeared. Third, drying, put the sandpaper sticker lion head dry, can not be exposed to the sun. Fourth, applique, in the outline has been drying pouncing paper, applique, the use of a variety of sequins, colored paper and hand-drawn, the entire lion's head, eyes, nose and other paintings. Fifth, on the paint, dry a layer on a layer. Six, paste the decoration, the lion's eyes and eyebrows, mouth, nose, tongue and other decorations glued on. The production cycle of a lion head is about ten days.