Quanzhou "Lion" words | "Lions" in the museum

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In southern Fujian, approaching an ancient big dumplings, you may see: there is a pair of mighty stone lions lying at the door, and the vertical firewood on the door is a pair of lions lying down. A pair of woodcarvan lions lying on the beams; the drip beast as a leak is a lion; the incense insertion is a lion -shaped; the ceramic tank stored in tea is a double lion ears ... the lion is in various forms and forms, Existing in the lives of southern Fujian people.

These lions are not only regarded as the auspicious carrier of the disaster and praying for wealth, but also have both aesthetic and practicality. They have become an important part of the architectural art, folk culture, non -heritage culture, and even the original ecological life of the southern Fujian.

If you want to appreciate these lions scattered in the streets and villages, you can walk into the Quanzhou Museum. Here, you can collect and display dozens of lions with different forms, different functions, and different materials. Through these collections, you can learn more about it. The meaning of "lion" in Quanzhou people.

Liuli lion -shaped water leakage

Woodcariers Lion Leo

Golden Gate Wind Lion Lord Gate Pottery Lantern

Mud scrapped beast to the lion

Zhang Kiln Double Lion Equipment Niangya Porcelain Bar

Stick Golden Wood Carving Lion -shaped Leo

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Ming Wanli Pinghe Kiln Blue and White Red and Green Lion Play Bowl Bowl, Mingdehua Kiln White Glazing Lion Form Lion Lion Caps, Qing Dehua Kiln Picked Plum Patriotic Double Lion First Tea Card Stone carving lion ride Lishi, Qingjiaozi stone lion, the Republic of China glazed lion -shaped water leakage, the paintings of the Republic of China ... in the world of Minnan Cultural Center of the Quanzhou Museum, etc. The "lion" collections are quietly blooming their beauty.

Huang Mingzhen, the curator of the Quanzhou Museum, introduced that there are dozens of "lions" theme collections in the museum, with different sizes. Components and Minnan life and folk customs. These lion collections from the daily life of southern Fujian people are more life -threatening, less majestic, a little more aura and cute than the gatekeepers, tombs, bridges, bridges, houses and other places. The form is changeable, the portrayal is delicate, and the carving is vivid, and all aspects of the life of ordinary people are decorated.

The lion is the "King of Beasts". It has the meaning of town houses and evil spirits. People hope to obstruct the evil demon monsters with their prestige. In particular, the ancient dwellings of southern Fujian are mainly wooden frame structures. It is also used to scare the "Vulcan", and it is also given the meaning of Baoji to avoid evil and welcomes Funa. Therefore, in the ancient houses of southern Fujian, there are many lions in many places.

"Our craftsmanship skills are superb, different functions, positions and textures, and the works that have shaped are in various poses. For example, woodcarvings lions, looking at the carved parts that look up and look up, are not the same as the sculpting techniques, expressions, meanings, etc. Chen Guozhu, staff member of the Quanzhou Museum Exhibition Department, said. These lion components, whether the texture is stone, wood, mud or pottery, and porcelain. In addition to the role of aesthetic decoration, many of them have functionality and are an indispensable part of the traditional buildings of southern Fujian.

Many lion -shaped wood -shaped parts are often used in the residential houses, often used in vertical firewood, door lintel, outer eaves, beams, brackets, birds, doors and windows, partitions, etc. There is one on the beams. In addition to decorating, it also plays a stable role. The ingenious craftsmen reflect the lion's expression through the methods of through carving, round carving, hollowing out, and vivid and beautiful. The vertical firewood is a small component located on the front of the hanging tube. Its role is to seal the tenon that passes through the rear structure materials, and most of the lion climbing the theme. Looking at, it is a squat -shaped, which is the component of the part.

Leo is often placed in the beams of ancient dawn in southern Fujian. A pair of gold lacquer lion -shaped wooden components in the museum, round carved double lion, double lion, one left and right, big and small, surrounded by woodcarvan hydrangea, playing with belly. The double lion carvings are exquisite and beautiful, mighty and beautiful, with large woodcarvings, strong and heavy, exquisite shapes, and exquisite engraving.

The spine is the beasts placed on the roof of the roofs of ancient Chinese buildings. They are divided into running beasts, vertical beasts, "immortals" and kisses according to the category. The lion is one of the ten beasts of the roof, ranking third, second only to the dragon and phoenix, the lion roar, and the beasts deterred, which means brave and majestic, and the meaning of the evil house in the town. A pair of pottery lions in the museum is made of clay sculpture with blue glaze on the head and on both sides of the body. The lion's copper bell eyes were wide, the nose was wide, opened his mouth, exposed the four teeth, and his face was majestic.

The drip beast is the product of the integration of east and west cultural exchanges. It is mostly placed on both sides of the eaves of the Fanzi Building in southern Fujian for drainage. There are common goldfish, unicorn, etc. in Quanzhou drip beasts, and many of them are lions, which pinnate the cultural emotions of the southern Fujian people. A pair of glazed lions in the museum was leaked in the form of glazed lions in the Republic of China. The lion face was green, simple and elegant, and warm and delicate. It is reported that the water is discharged from the hollowed out of the lion mouth and the lion nose.

In addition to the architectural components of the lion element, many living utensils and folk utensils collected in the museum also have delicate lion elements, such as Ming Wanli Pinghe Kiln Blue, Cross -green Lion Pattrapeteta Bowl, Mingdehua Kiln White Glaze LionCapsules, Qingdehua kiln white glazed lion -shaped plugs, Qingdehua kiln stacked plum pattern double lion first tea lid, car and drum pavilion, etc.The Mingdehua kiln white glaze -shaped incense was displayed in the fourth exhibition hall of the museum. The shape was small, and it was shaped as a lion squatting on a square base. A cylindrical intubation beside the lion's right hip.Although it is small, it can still be seen that the lion is strong, majestic, and exquisite."These collections about the lion are well reflected in the combination of practicality and artisticness." Huang Mingzhen said that this also shows that the lion culture has been deeply integrated into the lives and culture of southern Fujian people.

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