Shandong Linyi Tancheng wood spin "spin out" Art
Tancheng wooden spinning toy is rich in local flavor, mostly drawn from the myths, folk tales, historical stories, etc., with sleek, vivid, colorful, exaggerated expressive features. Pictured Fan Dam Village farmers use the system for processing waste wood turnings, "Journey to the West" series crafts. Chinese net pictures Treasury Andy / photo
Recently, the Ministry of Culture for the fourth installment of national intangible cultural heritage list of representative projects recommended list for publicity, by the Shandong Provincial Culture Department recommended "Tancheng wooden spinning toy" selected them. The national total declared "non-left" Project 1111, after careful assessment of experts, selected for the fourth installment of a total of 298 state-level intangible cultural heritage list of representative projects recommended list, which enrolled 151 new, extensions 147, selected rate of 26.8%.
According to historical records, "Tancheng wooden spinning toy" was founded in the Ming Chenghua years, mainly focused on the town in Tancheng Fan Dam Village, has formed more than 700 varieties in 10 categories, was selected in 2006 in Shandong Province Intangible cultural heritage protection catalog.
Tancheng wooden spinning toy is rich in local flavor. Its subject matter, the art form is to adapt to the characteristics of rural produce, with strong local characteristics. In graphic design, the more drawn to the myths, folk tales, historical stories, etc., with sleek, vivid, colorful, exaggerated expressive features. Part of wooden toys use of mechanical principles, toys can exercise, and a voice accompanied input on taste, loved by the masses.
Wooden spinning toy with varying lengths, thickness ranging from wood as raw material in the bed first spin-spin into a variety of rough wood, doing different wooden toys have a different spin blank. After rough do, they begin to color up. Traditional wooden spinning toy common color for pink, green, yellow and other bright colors brilliant. Painted pattern is generally used by the older generation of artists passed down from generation to generation, according to the different types of toys painted with a variety of flowers, animals and other suitable patterns, colors and patterns are highly local flavor and local characteristics.
