The most common Yuanxiao lanterns, the price on the market is less than ten yuan, and the more complicated ones, such as the zodiac lanterns, etc., only cost tens of yuan. People who participate in the exhibition are either rich or expensive, picture
Spending tens of thousands of yuan on a new person will not hurt your muscles and bones, and four to five thousand yuan is two to three months' wages for an ordinary worker. Asking people to pay such a high price to buy one is only possible during the Yuanxiao period.
A once-used boneless lantern would be a pain in the neck for ordinary people. Regarding the price, Jin Huabin and the other three were not optimistic, but if they said it, they would hurt Station Master Li's heart, so they looked at each other and asked:
"Entering stamps is an unprecedented event in the county. Can Station Master Li talk to us in detail?"
Stationmaster Li pointed to his waist and said: "My old waist is too weak and I can't run anymore. I will leave this matter to my female apprentice Lou Hongjuan. After dinner, she will go to my factory for a walk. She happens to be in the factory today." The workshop is very simple, with just a few rooms and a patio. Some papers are piled haphazardly on the table. Five or six old people are holding embroidery needles and pricking them carefully stitch by stitch.
Being old and having poor eyesight, it was really hard for them. The three of them shook their heads, but heard a low sobbing coming from the room labeled the design room. Stationmaster Li recognized the voice of the female apprentice Lou Hongjuan,
He hurriedly opened the door and went in to ask her what was going on. She pointed to the letter on the table and said: "This is from my freshman daughter. She finally understands her mother."
After that, she continued to read her daughter's letter to everyone. "In that era when images were incomplete and lacked color and light. At night, it was gray and black, and there were only scattered street lamps emitting dim light. For our children,
For children, there is nothing to do at home and it is not safe to go out. It is extremely boring at night. However, the day of the Lantern Festival is different. The night is still dark, but both sides of the street are full of people, old and young, and it is lively.
Great. Everyone was looking forward to it. I was short, so I climbed up on my father's shoulder to take a look. From a distance, I saw a little bright yellow under the dark night, wandering towards me, and then a ray of light.
We are winding closer. Even closer, we can see the procession of lanterns. Our lanterns come in many forms and shapes. The leader of the Lantern Festival is usually the lifelike bench dragon, which is made of lanterns that look like dragons.
The whole body was placed on the bench and carried by strong men from the village, stretching for tens of meters.
In my impression, the boneless lanterns in my hometown of Xianju do not have a single frame, but are made of paper lanterns of different sizes. The boneless lanterns are the protagonists of the Lantern Festival, with the largest number and different shapes.
There are exquisite single lamps, such as lychee lamps, longan lamps, gem lamps, vase lamps, chrysanthemum lamps, octagonal lamps, etc.; there are also magnificent combination lamps, such as long flag lamps, drum pavilion lamps, archway lamps, and lion lamps in sedan chairs.
, large flower basket lights, etc.
When dozens and hundreds of exquisite lanterns like colored glaze float past in front of your eyes, it's as if someone has pulled down the entire Milky Way from the sky. It's colorful and brilliant.
There is a song that goes like this: "The gongs and drums are ringing, and the soles of my feet are itching. I'm so happy, little fellow. Dushu Palace, look up at the lanterns. Long flag lanterns, drum pavilion lanterns..."
Somehow, I later went to Shanghai and saw the bustling night scenes on Nanjing Road. There were also many ethereal celestial palaces in TV dramas. When I was learning to paint, I mixed various colors myself... But I still felt that what I saw when I was a child was through the eyes.
The tiny pinholes of the boneless lanterns reflect the colors and light that are unparalleled and stunning. And my mother is the one who makes the lanterns. She uses her dexterous hands to carve out the nostalgia..."
After a few words of relief, Station Manager Li said to her: "These are colleagues from the master's cultural station. They came here specifically to learn about the production of boneless lanterns. Please introduce them to them."
Lou Hongjuan wiped away her tears, collected her daughter's letters with great care, took everyone to the studio, pointed to the lamp in the hand of an old man and said: "This traditional Tang lantern is made with needles.
It is punched out by needles, and it completely relies on the handicrafts of craftsmen. A lamp with a size of 20 cm square can take as fast as ten days or as slow as one or two months. Moreover, during the acupuncture process, if the lamp is connected
If the thorn is broken, the lamp will also be broken, so you need to have good eyesight, you need to understand the art of planning, as a decoration, you also need to understand the art of aesthetics, and you also need to understand a little bit about geometry."
Jin Huabin studied art and was not bad at college mathematics. When he saw that all the workers were old people, he thought to himself that it would be very difficult for them to know some geometry.
Lou Hongjuan did not notice the change in Jin Huabin's expression, and continued to introduce the manufacturing process of boneless lanterns to everyone: "There are thirteen steps in making boneless lanterns, (1) Drawing. According to the size of the lantern, according to the size,
Accurately draw the patterns of each part of the lantern. (2) Glue preparation. The glue is made of wheat flour, gum, camphor, pigments, etc. (3) Lamp paper production. Use glue to glue two pieces of carved paper together.
Together. (4) Iron the paper. Iron the made lamp paper flat. (5) Cut the sample. Trim the lamp pieces into a very accurate pattern according to the drawing. (6) Binding. Strictly align the similar lamp pieces up, down, left and right.
Use an awl to position and fix with paper thread. When fixing, be sure to prevent the shape from being out of shape. (7) Chisel. Use a chisel to chisel out a larger pattern according to the pattern. (8) Copy. Iron the lamp piece with the pattern.
After flattening, carefully paste it on the copy paper. (9) Embroidery is a very important process for making needle-punched boneless lanterns. Use five embroidery needles of different sizes to embroider various patterns on the paper. This is the same as
Painting is similar, but the difference is that painting uses a pen instead of a needle. To pierce beautiful patterns, you must first train in basic skills such as "needle holding" and "needle use". The stitching requires a high degree of precision. (10) Vertical lamp.
Paste and shape each lamp piece strictly according to the size of the drawing. It must be square, neat and perfect. (11) Make the orchid head. Use chisels, scissors and other tools to accurately carve out the orchid head pattern according to the drawing. Then
Use the same process for making the lamp body to make the orchid head. (12) Assemble. On the lamp body, install the lamp cover and lamp handle, and then install the orchid head. (13) Decoration. On the assembled lamp body,
Then hang tassels, beads, decorative flowers and other accessories. After the above steps, a lantern is ready."
After that, I took everyone to the showroom to see the finished lanterns.
Facing the lantern, Stationmaster Li said with emotion: "Even though this needle-punched boneless lantern is known as the "Tang Lantern", as the skills are gradually lost, maybe one day in the future, we can only learn from photos and words
Here, I am looking for the vague memories of the "Prosperous Age of the Tang Dynasty"."