Lutai in Yanzhou, fishing fire in Sanjiang in Yanzhou, terraced fields with ten gongs, clay murals ... In the survey of folk art in half a month, jiande city has a history of 1700 years, and has a solid cultural heritage, involving more than ten items in two categories: folk performing arts and folk plastic arts.

For Meicheng people with ancient town complex, this cultural root-seeking not only records all kinds of arts scattered among the people, but also has the opportunity to see the light of day again. More importantly, it deeply appreciates its ancient hometown.

The rich cultural connotation of the town. "Many of our folk arts seem to be declining, but their vitality is still tenacious, or they are sung in alleys or hidden in the mountains. The reason why their art is evergreen is mostly because of the nutritious cultural soil under their feet. " He said at the town cultural station that participated in the census.

Exposed on the street, like a star tour.

More than a month ago, the cultural worker He He of Meicheng Town Cultural Station and the comrades of the Cultural Center went down to the villages to carry out the survey and protection of folk art according to the arrangement of the city. In the next half month, he traveled to 27 villages under his jurisdiction. Even he didn't expect that the harvest would be so great: "We have found out more than ten kinds of folk arts, including folk performing arts and folk plastic arts. Yanzhou Fan Shi, Yanzhou Sanjiang Fishing Fire, Yanzhou Broken Dragon ... Many folk operas and folk music I saw when I was a child, this time let me find a successor and relearn their stunts. " Speaking of which, He Zhang Yun's eyes sparkled with indescribable joy.

Taking Loutuo in Yanzhou as an example, he said it was a street performance similar to "lifting the pavilion" in the north, also known as "lifting the square table". The square table is wrapped in red cloth, and there is a roller in the center of the table. Three children perform and do various actions on the roller. The last performance of Lou Tuo in Yanzhou was on the fifteenth day of the first month of 1949, and the whole town took to the streets to watch it. "Listening to the oral introduction of this 60-year-old man, his popularity at that time was no less than that of the current star tour."

The old man died, and no one knew his craft.

However, he Zhang Yun also has regrets. In the process of searching for folk art, I found that some handicrafts have been lost. For example, an old man who cut the paper for the zodiac window paper died two years ago, and no one in the local area knows this craft.

This is even more deeply felt by the old man Zheng, who is known as the local "walking dictionary". 63-year-old Lao Zheng used to be a policeman in Meicheng Town. When he was young, he was fascinated by all kinds of street performances and knew the history of the town like the back of his hand. He began to index: Xu Baigen, who is engaged in calligraphy seal cutting and can play music, Hu Jialong, Gao Yusen and Zhao, who can play ten gongs. "Now there are only a handful of people in the town who know all kinds of crafts, and they are all elderly people. In particular, street group performances such as Fan Shi gongs and drums in Yanzhou require more than a dozen people to beat gongs, drums and suona. It is even harder to gather these people. "

Moreover, there is little research on various folk arts in the town. In the 1984 version of Meicheng Town Records, the reporter did not see any words about various folk arts. Yanzhou Lutai, Yanzhou Sanjiang Yuhuo and ten ring Gongtai were mentioned by reporters as young people in the town. They all said they didn't know what to say, let alone what interests they had. Lao Zheng said that the lack of funds for activities and the lack of descendants are the fundamental reasons for the decline of these folk arts.

Scientific evaluation and rescue of folk art

Fortunately, many people have realized this and started to rescue folk art with all their strength. Dai Buyong, an old man in Meicheng Town, has been a master of calligraphy and seal cutting since he was a child. In order not to lose this craft, he held a training class in his home to teach talented children in the town to learn seal cutting and calligraphy. After more than ten years' efforts, his disciple Tao Li Tianxia won many prizes in provincial and municipal youth calligraphy or seal cutting competitions.

This is the effort of folk artists themselves. With the plight of folk art, more and more people of insight have joined the rescue of folk art. Such as Yanzhou shrimp lamp, which is the only shrimp lamp in the province. With the joint efforts of the cultural department and the artist Qi Xin, this art has developed. It was very popular in the performance of the West Expo a few years ago and won a few gold medals. In the provincial "Yasong" Quyi Competition and Shaoxing Yellow Rice Wine Festival, it has achieved good rankings.

The reporter learned from the local cultural department that jiande city will make a scientific evaluation of local folk art resources, select the ones with higher value, and approve and publish them as national folk art protection projects according to the prescribed procedures, formulate the national folk art protection master plan, and carry out comprehensive, systematic and comprehensive protection and rescue and overall in-depth research and development.

"Yanzhou Shrimp Lantern" is made from local materials to deepen the understanding of the art and culture of "Yanzhou Shrimp Lantern" and feel the pleasure of handmade.