The Nanjing Folklore Museum kicked off its Chinese New Year exhibition on Wednesday, displaying more than 200 tiger-related handicrafts created by master craftsmen and intangible inheritors.
The exhibition displayed works with the theme of tiger culture, such as paper cutting, weaving embroidery, clay figurines, pottery, sculpture, calligraphy and painting, etc.
Young craftsmen and intangible cultural heritage masters compete for creativity, enabling the visitors to experience the beauty of varied "tiger" art.
The dough sculpture "Five Blessings at the Door" created by Yu Chen, an art teacher in primary school, won the first prize of this art exhibition.
Yu Chen, Art teacher in primary school
The dough sculptures in the north appear
generally more simple and honest
The Nanjing dough sculptures take maids
and children as the main characters
The women are soft and graceful
and the children are lively and lovely
[sound bite]Li Ming, JSBC staff reporter
As the Spring Festival of the Year
of the Tiger is approaching
the Nanjing Folklore Museum has also launched
the "Old Nanjing New Year's Customs Exhibition"
which displays the collection
of tiger-related New Year pictures
daily necessities, porcelain
weaving and embroidery and other cultural relics
At the same time, more than 100 sets
of folk products reflecting the New Year's
style of Nanjing people are also on display
allowing citizens to relive the memories
of old Nanjing's New Year's customs
[sound bite]Xu Longmei, Associate Research Librarian, Nanjing Folklore Museum
Nanjing began to prepare for the
Chinese New Year after the eighth day
of the twelfth lunar month
and continued until the end of
the eighteenth day of the first lunar month
Now visiting museums during Chinese New Year
has become a new trend
allowing children to have a deep
understanding of traditional culture
