Multi-ethnicity and multi-culture have formed the unique history of Malaysia. In addition to the indigenous Malays and aborigines, immigrants from China, India, Indonesia and other parts of the world have jointly formed the characteristics of multi-ethnicity and multi-culture. Among them, about 30% are Chinese.
Accounting for 23%, its state religion is Islam. After the two parties formed sister cities, the government thought of how to use noble cultural and artistic products such as colored stone inlays to make a splash, and the entrepreneurs thought of how
Bringing business opportunities. The Xiang family and his son have made a lot of money in the process of cooperating with Chairman Ying for more than half a year. The relationship between the two parties is there, and naturally they do not want to lose such an opportunity.
Yuan Qinghua is engaged to Xiang Haixing and is in charge of the foreign trade department of the company. Relying on her good looks and fluent English, she is doing well in business. When she saw this, she said: "I have communicated with President Ying. Islam
is their state religion. Can Director Jin design some Islamic-style colored stone inlay works to participate in this Malaysian Culture and Arts Festival? Maybe these products will be a big hit."
Director Jin closed his eyes and thought for a long time, then said: "This is a good idea, but I have no research on Islamic culture, so I don't know where to start with this design."
"A journey of thousands of miles is worth a thousand years of reading. Let's accompany Director Jin to visit XJ for half a month to understand the preferences and customs of the Islamic believers there." Yuan Qinghua shook Xiang Haixing's hand and said: "
It’s too late to go abroad and go through the formalities in Malaysia, so it’s okay to go home once, right?”
I was busy with contracts and orders a few days ago and didn't have much fun. They had just gotten engaged. Yuan Qinghua wanted to go out for a walk and see the world. Xiang Haixing's interest was not in this. He liked food and wine.
Unlike beauties, they are not very interested in beautiful scenery.
Helpless.
Knowing his son better than his father, Factory Manager Xiang looked at his son and daughter-in-law and said: "We are very busy in the factory. XJ is a vast country with few people and difficult transportation. We cannot afford to waste time. I will give you a week. If you want to understand Islam, you can fly there."
Lanzhou, where the Xiguan Mosque is one of the largest mosques in China."
After leaving Lanzhou Airport, Yuan Qinghua took Xiang Haixing into a taxi and ran straight to the Yellow River. After getting in the car, she rolled down the window and said to Director Jin: "Let's go to the sheepskin rafts on the Yellow River to find inspiration. Uncle Jin, you go first."
Mosque."
These two young people, Director Jin shook his head. The Xiguan Mosque was built by Muslim merchants, commonly known as the Hakka Temple. It was first built from the Hongwu to Yongle years of the Ming Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the 23rd year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It was built again in the early years of the Republic of China.
The extension is one of the ten most beautiful mosques in China. The white building shines in the sun and looks particularly holy. The four minarets are ten stories high and surround the prayer hall. It is very impressive, a bit like a fairy tale castle. Again
Looking closely, the mosque is majestic, solemn, and has a distinct Arab-Islamic style.
Director Jin noticed a very strange phenomenon. There were no murals or statues in such a large area as the mosque. After careful consideration, the reason became clear. Islam is a monotheistic religion, and the only true god is Allah. It does not worship any created thing.
Yes, no murals are painted, neither of humans nor animals, just to prevent people from worshiping them too much for commemoration. Look at most of the figures worshiped by other religions, they all started to be worshiped out of commemoration.
There is no statue of God in the temple, so what are the characteristics of the relief pattern of this mosque? The tour guide explained to Director Jin: "Due to the influence of Islamic teachings, the patterns of mosques have many particularities, and any patterns with eyes cannot appear here.
Because they believe that life with eyes can only be given by God. Therefore, it has become a paradise of plants, geometry, and text decorative patterns."
Hearing the tour guide's reminder, Director Jin took a closer look at the relief mural pattern. Indeed, the representative plant pattern of Islamic mosque architectural decoration is the intertwining pattern. The characteristic of the intertwining pattern is that in the entire composition, the flowers, leaves, and vines of the plants interact with each other.
They intersperse and overlap each other, giving people the beauty of various curves and rhythms. The Islamic branch pattern is particularly complex in composition. Various spiral curves often cover the entire picture. It seems to be the curves made by the artist in his dreams.
Game. The branch pattern here often uses fine lines like grape branches as the center of expansion, and then decorates the lily-shaped or trumpet-shaped shapes during the period to achieve the decorative effect. The plant decorative patterns can be summarized as follows: Dahlia
I didn't expect that the seemingly simple Islamic relief carvings have so much attention to detail. Director Jin nodded slightly, stretched out his fingers and traced along the trend of the vines, with a mesmerized expression. The tour guide had never seen such strange things happen to tourists.
, hurriedly reached out and held his finger and said: "Don't point at the holy place of the mosque with your index finger."
Director Jin calmed down, returned to reality from the dream state, and quickly thanked the tour guide. The first day of the trip was over, and he went to the halal food street in the evening to see what suitable materials could be added to the colored stone inlay.
Go. Lanzhou has more than just ramen. There are long queues of people on the food streets. There are countless restaurants that claim to be a century old. If you look closely, it seems to be true, because the three generations of old, middle and young people working in the industry all look like the same mold.
The obvious Grandfather's restaurant. There is a restaurant with the sign "Seven Sheeps" on it, and it is crowded with diners. It got its name from the fact that the owner used a secret soup to cook seven sheep in a big pot every day. Director Jin took out his sketch.
Ben, quickly drew a sketch, nodded and then shook his head. This is a typical portrayal of real Muslim life. It is not difficult to make a colorful stone inlaid work, but drawing characters is inconsistent with Islamic regulations that prohibit the promotion of anything other than Allah.
against any person or animal.
Mr. Xiang Haixing and Yuan Qinghua were nowhere to be seen all day long. Director Jin was relieved and rented a tour guide. They slowly visited one scenic spot a day along both sides of the Yellow River. We took a sheepskin raft to the Waterwheel Park and saw the water.
Someone was taking wedding photos next to the car. He sighed and thought to himself, this young couple really knows how to choose a place. This would be a good material for a colorful stone inlay work. As he thought about it, he took out his camera and took a closer look. It was Xiang Haixing and Yuan Qinghua.
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The two of them made this trip the first stop for their wedding and honeymoon. I am not in the same age group as them, and the generation gap is as deep as the Yellow River. It is easier for me to concentrate on completing this design with no one to disturb me. Thinking of this