Cloisonne

Technology definitions
Copper cloisonné enamel; burning blue
Embedded in the metal wire and then applied on fetal enamel art enamel. Began in the Ming Dynasty of China’s famous special crafts. Applied science:
Materials Science and Technology (a subject); inorganic nonmetallic materials (two subjects); inorganic coatings (two subjects)

Cloisonne

Cloisonne

Cloisonne industry as the country’s leading enterprises, 1963 Beijing Enamel Factory prepared the “Cloisonne procedures” and “process quality standards”, the same year in June released by the China Light Industry Association implemented the “People’s Republic of cloisonne handicraft industry standards . ” Since then, cloisonne industry a unified product quality standards, making cloisonne production gradually scientific management.
Over the years, enamel factory with its product development strengths, superior quality and strong cultural and artistic taste of renowned domestic and foreign markets, and the formation of well-known “Beijing enamel” and other brands, is recognized as a continuous Beijing Famous Brand. Enterprise has trained national and municipal arts and crafts masters, senior artists, technologists, engineers, senior technicians and other professional and technical personnel, the formation of an excellent design, excellent production and professional management team, corporate brought together within the industry, two-thirds of the country cloisonne national masters and senior technicians. Strong technical strength, so that Beijing Cloisonne enamel brand excellence in the Ming and Qing dynasties inherited traditional techniques based on a leap of development. Greatly enriched the product shape, pattern, color, process quality, artistic merit than any one historical period, leading the nation cloisonne art direction and trends, represent the contemporary development of cloisonne highest level. At home and abroad cloisonne lovers, collectors loved and industry praise.
Legend
Folklore, the Yuan Dynasty, the palace fire, throne room, and all the treasures burned to ashes. But the ruins of a more colorful sparkling crystal vase. Ministers surprised, dedicated to the emperor, saying it was the gift of God. The emperor got this thing put it down, pass under a decree immediately mobilize all capital craftsmen, deadline March imitation, failing that, all beheaded. Decree what may be too busy capital in ninety-nine eighty-one craftsmen hand-Square. Everyone baffled, can not fathom what God has given this process. Finally only turn to the capital first artisan “skilled Lee”, the legend he is a Goddess posterity, because being good cunning craft, was hailed as a “skilled Lee.” Soon, “skilled Lee,” said Xia Yi Nvwaniangniang wearing, foot clouds to his tomb says: “Aquarius flower shine, depends on skilled planted the flowers, not Baiji flowers do not open, butterfly difficult without gossip come from flooding stone pain, how can I stay too often in the spring. “” skilled Lee “fathom this dream, the original palace fire, throne room, where gold and silver jewel pillow melting together to form this bottle. And under the decree, regardless of “clever inventions” made many Aquarius, are owned by the palace all, because this is the palace treasures out a big fire, so people call it “odd treasure burn.” Because ordinary people not qualified to have a “Keebler burn”, so this art has become a court art. To the Ming Jingtai years, the level of technology to reach its peak. As the product has mostly peacock blue-based, so people put this craft called cloisonne. Later, this name has been in use ever since.
Today, cloisonne has not only deserve to have only the emperor objects. But because of its exquisite, known as “a cloisonne, ten the kiln.” 1904 Chicago World Expo, China cloisonne won the first prize. Now, cloisonne in Wuzhou universal reputation earthquake, loved by the people of all countries and praised.

Cloisonne

History
Overview
Cloisonne also called “Copper cloisonné enamel”, Beijing is famous traditional handicraft. Because of its prevalence in the Ming Dynasty Jingtai years, production techniques more mature. “Copper cloisonné enamel” products, has been the consensus of many scholars.
Cloisonne, also known as “Copper cloisonné enamel”, which is a special handicraft, is made with a fine flat copper wire lines, in copper Niechu a variety of patterns on the tire tread, and then fill in the pattern multicolored enamel points within , after firing, polished gold-plated made. Appearance of crystal moist, colorful.
About cloisonne origin, archeology has been no uniform answer. A view that was born in the Tang Dynasty cloisonne; Another argument is that when the Yuan Dynasty Kublai expedition from West Asia, the Arab area pass into China, the first area in Yunnan popular favorite person obtained after the capital, only into the Central Plains. But one thing is academic community recognized: Ming Xuande years is China cloisonne production process advantages, and reached a new peak, “cloisonne” also was born. Glaze are fat, rough silk workers, Microhyla abundant.
Beijing is the birthplace of Chinese cloisonne, is the most important place of origin. Beijing Cloisonne forceful styling with elegant, complex rich patterns, elegant colors solemn known, gives a mellow sound, delicate neat, magnificent, blossoming artistic feeling, became world famous traditional handicrafts. Cloisonne art features available shape, pattern, color, light four words to summarize. An exquisite cloisonne ware, first of all have a good shape, depending on the system tire; also have beautiful decorative patterns, depending on the filigree; gorgeous blue color depends on the material preparation; brilliant gloss finish on polished and gilded. So, it is a fine art, craft, sculpture, mosaic, glass melting, metallurgical expertise as a whole, with a distinctive national style and profound cultural connotation, is the most one of Beijing characteristics of traditional handicrafts.

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Late Yuan Dynasty
Accordingly, China has emerged late Yuan Dynasty cloisonne products, should be the logical thing, and National Palace Museum collection of animal ears ring bottles, hook Lin Ding furnace, furnace Lotus elephant ears, etc., should be of the late Yuan Dynasty works. In “Song of foreign Biography” records: “big food country” of the Persian nickname. “Great food”, the Song and Yuan Dynasties Chinese title against Valencia in the Arab region. According to historical analysis of relevant experts in this case, the firing of the “big food Kiln” Arab craftsmen with firing technology and raw materials to China.
Chinese have a very philosophical saying, “Stones from other hills may serve to polish jade”, even if such tires filled with metal cladding baked enamel glaze works are exotic, but in the profound Chinese art of soil , was soon a unique blend of the traditional Chinese style, the history of Chinese arts and crafts become a bright pearl.
“Cloisonne” This title was first seen at the Palace Office Department files. Qing six years (1728) “at work in each made clear file” reads: “In early May the 5th, according to the Yuanmingyuan stickers stating, June 4, 1998, Prince Yi Hai doctor was looking into the manual labor, the throne: …… enamel Bottle gourd-style jacket pattern Qunxian birthday, flower baskets Chunsheng also tacky. Begonia style enamel pots this year and then a small, Queling bad, and the other to do its imitation cloisonne enamel vases bad. Chin this. “This record, the imitation Period cloisonne enamel products called “cloisonne enamel”, which is currently seen in “cloisonne” appellation of the earliest written records.

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Xuande years
Cloisonne seen in kind to Xuande years (1426 ~ 1435) the most. During this period, craft style characteristics has been formed, skilled, approaching maturity period. Varieties of bottles, plates, bowls, stove, round box, aromatherapy and so on. Then came the tripod and the like enjoy the goods. Tire type of the material making materials gold, copper, two kinds. Patterns are mostly banana leaves, gluttonous, lion play ball, passionfruit and Ming dynasty lotus. Mostly glaze azure (light blue), sapphire blue (lapis-colored), light green (grass green), dark green (jade green vegetables), red (Bloodstone color), white (car Drainage color) and yellow. Palace Museum Xuande years of Indian lotus bowl, flower-shaped plump, bright colors, enamel solid, representative works of this period.
Jingtai years cloisonne products on display from the Forbidden City and other places over the physical point of view, technology has been greater development. Palace of the Queen’s prison (Royal Factory Square) has made cloisonne workshop (“old news the next test”). During this period the system has reached a considerable tire height. Fetal-type well and there is a round to the practical aspects of transformation. In addition to bottles, plates, bowls, boxes, smoked, oven, tripod, there are flowers, pots, basins, brazier, lamps, candlesticks, bottles, pots and other artifacts, there are dragons playing with a pearl, Kuilong Kui phoenix auspicious theme, there Yunhe, flames and other manifestations of Taoism, Buddhism content theme. Ming dynasty lotus patterns are becoming increasingly plump, lively and there are many levels dendrite shape, glaze also appeared grape purple (amethyst color), Turquoise Blue (sky blue, sapphire blue pastel color) and purple (pink) new color, this time with a glaze connotation of brightness and purity, the light emitted by gemstones. At any later time did not reach this level. In the decorative techniques, and attaches great importance to metalworking process. Artifacts of the top cover, ears, feet and other parts sideline, live more than a chisel decoration. Mr. Zhu Jiajin said that during this period the system?; Filigree; neat; polished; Xirun; gilded; uniform solid “,” on the basis of age in Xuande another step to improve. “(” Heritage “in 1960 the first phase).
Ming Dynasty cloisonne shape mostly vessels, the majority of ancient ceramics and bronzes traditional style. Its decorative patterns in Ming dynasty lotus-based, there are a few series deformation patterns of flowers and decorative bronze, its color with two blue (sky blue) primary colors, together with a small amount of red, white, green, yellow and other colors. Color uniform, stress, decent decor, decorative copper live sleek, thick combination and focused. Cloisonne mature North, with its colorful, rich ethnic flavor of artistic styles and famous.

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Qing
Qing Dynasty cloisonne enamel process is the development of another period. Due to social stability and economic prosperity, the establishment of Queen’s Palace Hall of Mental Cultivation factory called “Office was.” Kangxi three years (1691), “Office was” the Queen artisans to hundreds of people. Kangxi three years (1693), set up a “work” to create a variety of Queen’s artifacts. Enamel for one of them. But this level of production compared to the Ming period no major development. To the Qianlong period (1736 ~ 1796) Cloisonne and lacquered, gilded mosaics and other industries, has been an unprecedented development. Qianlong four years, from Guangzhou to provoke enamel artist Liangshao Wen, Yangzhou artists invited to the palace Wang Shixiong produced enamel. During this period, cloisonne products everywhere in the palace. Small bed using the account hook, large screens, and even high flush with floor pagoda (National Palace Museum Treasures Qianlong garden Temples Alhambra palace hall has a small display), as well as daily necessities, furniture, couch, wine, ink, cartridges, penholder, architectural, religious articles, etc., nothing is prepared.
This period of physical materials used in the upper, middle and lower third-class, high-quality tires gold by gold, silver medium by silver tires, tire wire copper inferior persons “(” Peking enamel Industry Update “, 1928). content pattern broader than the Ming Dynasty. Cordyceps pattern more vivid and colorful birds, dragon and phoenix patterns more significant hardness and softness, Ming Lin has also evolved into a beautiful lotus fine show hook, and the emergence of the use of literati paintings pinch system works, which have already started using hand pressure wire machine, make silk workers reached an unprecedented feat beautifully proportioned. glazes not only appeared pink, silver, yellow, and black and other colors, and grinding technology has been greatly improved. glaze grinding refinement , to the point Run technology to improve the performance of the work force and played an important role in product trachoma is also greatly reduced. cloisonné and lacquer, a combination of wood and other craft, but also began Qianlong. early Qianlong cloisonne basically maintained the style of the period, but has started to decline, until Daoguang period (1821 ~ 1851), the remains of a small number of works.
After the outbreak of the Opium War of 1840, with a distinctive national style copper cloisonné enamels once favored by Westerners, enamel process with a slight recovery and development. Xianfeng years, there Dexing into, GSK Cheng, Shui Tang and several, well-researched enamel an industry, the beginning and the burgeoning “(” Peking enamel industrial Recent “,” Economic Monthly “July 1928). Guangxu two sixteen years (1900), Boxer Rebellion scored Beijing, Boycott wide open, cloisonne exported to foreign countries in which foreign trade and economic stimulus, in addition to government-run enamel workshop, the people also have opened trade names and stores, such as God Lee, Baohua students, Jing Yuan Tang, Tang Zhiyuan, etc. In 1904, Heaven Lee production of “Bonding furnace” Chicago World’s Fair in the United States won the first prize (and later in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition again won first prize), in the international reputation has been boosted, countries have to compete for orders, there boom. Domestically, the period of time after the mid Xianfeng, Beijing Cloisonne only one place you can buy because of the traffic inconvenience, and there are other towns businessmen to Beijing to buy, so few sales. late Qing Dynasty, enamel (cloisonne) products showing a more prosperous, although once the scene, but this situation is short-lived, and soon entered a recession predicament.
The early Qing Dynasty cloisonne lack of originality, regardless of shape, color and decoration mostly followed the Ming Dynasty style. In the late Qing Dynasty, the royal palace of luxury, a great impact on the cloisonne, rich styling works of this period, in addition to the vessels but also have a three-dimensional modeling of buildings, screens, tables, chairs, and practical things such as animal shapes. Can be said that the mid-Qing Dynasty, cloisonne in the performance of content, embarked on a new era. Its decorative wide range of topics, such as hook lotus, dragon, flowers, birds and other auspicious patterns, colors are more enriched the Ming Dynasty. Qing Dynasty cloisonne development plays a big role. Since cloisonne mostly in the middle of the Qing court before the worship, so its shape, decoration, color and workmanship, the overall feeling is too cumbersome, too extravagant.
1911 to 1933, the industry is basically in cloisonne hovering state of development. The early Republic, in the domestic market, hookahs like it supplies great sales. Meanwhile, the United States, Britain, France and other countries set up in Peking Matheson businessmen, eager to buy cloisonne. Located in Wangfujing Street Gerard companies is designed for foreigners cloisonne collection agency. 1923 ~ 1924 Peking cloisonne SECTOR boom, God only benefit an annual turnover reached 15 million None, hired more than 350 people, and often employ casual workers. Factory located in Bao Temple Street, Ma Lixin Street has its sales outlets, Shanghai, Hankou and distribution outlets. Thus cloisonne industry developments at the time. In terms of exporting, according to the Customs was published “China Import and Export Trade Statistics Monthly” and “calendar customs reporting” provides material point of view, cloisonne exports goes wandering down trend.

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After the founding of New China
Heritage Protection After the founding of the PRC, cloisonne artists and cultural and artistic accomplishment has been greatly improved, especially since the 1960s, professional and technical personnel and constantly enrich and effectively improve the overall quality of the team of practitioners. Cloisonne industry and attracting serious inherited the traditional cloisonne modeling prudent rich pattern plump, bright, silk works fine strengths, restored stove, tripod, pots, three-dimensional animals, candlesticks, and in the past that the most beautiful yet hardest six flap bottles, vase, Begonia bottles of traditional products. This new attempt to get good results, while maintaining the original quaintness of the wind, but also enrich the cloisonne varieties. In 1959, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the PRC, designers and artists created for the Great Hall of the new “big fish tank goldfish lotus” style deep funky, patterns lively, full of fun. Designed in the 1970s produced a large rare in history “Lion stove”, “pavilion stove”, “lion Gun Xiuqiu market”, “peacock pot” and other products.
According to “applicable, economic, aesthetic” principle, continue towards Cloisonne decorative and practical combination of direction, creating a variety of smoking, stationery, lamps, tea, chopsticks holder, business card case, jewelry boxes, flavored with electronic clock, wall hangings, table and stool, screens, trophies and other products, novel appearance, there is a strong national style. In addition, there are many themes reflect real life of good works, such as: fresh and warm, “Plum insert disk” romanticism “steel vase” and “Yan’an bottle”, “the capital of Eight” and so on, for numerous to cite only the rich flavor of the times, but also has a high degree of ideological and artistic. Number of products increased more than hundreds of times before the founding of the PRC, reached more than 1000 kinds of varieties and specifications, and the quality improved significantly, sold in hundreds of countries on five continents and regions. Cloisonne is also frequently state departments as precious gifts to dignitaries from various countries, enhance international exchanges and solidarity. China’s first session of the National Games and Afro-Asian, African and Latin cloisonne table tennis tournament have chosen to do trophies, famous for its ancient artistic value reflects the winner’s honor.
June 5, 1997, by the Beijing Enamel Factory Design’s “celebrate” on the bottles, each 1.8 meters high, the maximum diameter of 0.8 meters and weighs 192 kilograms, the Beijing Municipal Government as a gift presented to the Special Administrative Region of China, held a solemn departure ceremony.
April 1998, a city 850 anniversary of Moscow, Beijing Enamel Factory production of a pair of cloisonne big bottle, was chosen as a gift to the Beijing municipal government of Moscow congratulations. 2005, cloisonne craft masters resurrected cast tire technology, produced from the Buddhist scriptures in combination with eight works of “Buddha treasure Dragon”, each statue height 48 cm, diameter 18 cm, a total of more than 50 figure. This is a cast bronze cloisonne poured tire tread shape, and then filigree, filling glaze, bluing, gilt, showing a stocky, thick, gas-complex features.
Tire manufacturing processes over the past cloisonne worker with a hammer will completely rely on a variety of tire-shaped copper Zacheng, inefficient, labor-intensive manufactured products are often not specifications. In 1958, Beijing Enamel Factory Workers for trial of cloisonne trundle bed (also known as “rolling bed”), and through continuous research and improvement, from the beginning you can only roll the vial to roll big bottle, so that the whole system tire greatly increased the productivity of processes. As can curling machine-made tires, a system of regular blank form not only Zhou Zheng, and because the interface flux reduction, bottle black seam is reduced, improving product quality. In the past have finished burning blisters, pores, clear brush later added carcass process with sulfuric acid to remove impurities on the body, and then into the next process, this small technological change, basically eliminated trachoma and stomatal . The late 1990s, filigree process of self-developed system utility workers to children machines and bladder wire machine, some of the usual dosage is large and also partially normalized silk workers to achieve a semi-mechanized, and some clouds head pattern, plum head , peach, lotus hook, character codes, but also to switch to mold making. Point blue instead squeeze tube method, so that part of the point of blue patterns efficiency, quality assured. Glazes with electric ball mill, grinding glaze only saving hours of work have a more subtle. Welding coal stove since the early 1970s have been gradually furnace, liquefied petroleum gas furnace replaced in 2003, Beijing Enamel Factory through technological innovation to spend that environmentally friendly and energy-saving natural gas welding activities. To solve the historical “ten blue nine sand” serious chronic problem affecting product quality. Cloisonne polishing process has been used for centuries human grinder, in the 1950s, Beijing Enamel Factory modification of the human grinder with electric drive, making this procedure polishing machine Jie oriented towards half. And later in Beijing Fifth Design Institute with the assistance of a successful trial of the electric grinder. Through continuous improvement and polish with a cloth wheel, making cloisonne products meet the “flat, sharp, light, smooth, bright”, more than any time in history the quality is good, until modern times, cloisonne really come into the market, it is already known works of art.

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Status
Cloisonne was born in the palace, the royal important component of the main palace hall furnishings, the house is also a town treasure. Majestic Forbidden City palace, or a circlet Imperial Palace, the Summer Palace Pai Yundian, etc. In the case of these imperial palace statue, cloisonne jewel-like light Mans is always impressive.
Historical records: Qianlong forty four New Year’s Eve dinner, dinnerware is the only Emperor Qianlong cloisonne, underneath all with porcelain. Visible in the history of China cloisonne plays what role, she is a symbol of identity and status. Since cloisonne historical significance and technology, 2006 was listed as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage, Taihe Square Cloisonne is worth appreciation, collection, gift of the best works of art treasures.

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Characteristic
Cloisonne with lacquer, jade, ivory is called Beijing’s four most famous crafts, arts and crafts world, she is a bright pearl. Cloisonne its long history, elegant and graceful styling, vibrant colors, ornate and colorful patterns, the number of varieties styling, this site is exactly what I marvel of her incomparable artistic charm and dazzling artistic image. We are willing to cloisonne ancient art that are unique to contribute to the healthy development.
Cloisonne as an arts and crafts, and its system of law that is in bronze with colored enamel on the surface of painted pattern, the pattern of four weeks embedded with copper or gold and silver, and then the high-fire-firing Serve. Remove the fire just basic black cloisonne color, let it cool down before showing colorful appearance. The process began in the Ming Dynasty Jingtai, and start-up only the blue, so called cloisonne. Although color have, however, still using the previous name. Because Cloisonne has become the name of a process, rather than the name of the color, the son said Jingtai of Xuande, Xuande attention cast bronze and copper smelting, Jingtai in monasteries during childhood, recognizing very detailed, and addicted to the deep, just For casting refining, the Xuande has arrived in excellent shape, no ability to seek a breakthrough in another color other provision of paths in an attempt to surprise attack. Cloisonne finally created. To the Qing Dynasty Qianlong period, they began firing, and the bewildering variety of good grades, although it can not and Jingtai, compared Chenghua period, but compared favorably Hiromasa later produced material. Today, although artifacts appear Kang Yong, however, consider carefully whether the system with Qianlong artifacts is no different, in fact, the system Qianlong carved Kang Yong model year, is not produced by Kang Yong.
Broadly speaking, the Ming Dynasty [5] fetal copper is better, mostly copper tires, body slightly thick, so the shape of antique much, mainly imitation bronze glaze used are natural mineral material, color deep and realistic, red like ruby ​​red, green like turquoise green. At this point pinch coarse silk, gold-plated parts Goldwater thick. Glaze on most of them have trachoma. Paragraph of “Ming Jingtai years” or “Jingtai year”, bottom section, while models are available.
Ming Dynasty cloisonne process than has been improved, thin tires, filigree thin glaze than the Ming dynasty should be bright, and no blisters, complex and diverse patterns, but less than the Ming Dynasty tattoo vivid, gilded parts Goldwater thinner, but gold is very beautiful.
Republic of the overall level of less than the previous generation cloisonne, the carcass is thin, colorful, floating feeling, coarse workmanship. Only the “God Lee”, “Dexing into” making cloisonne works fine, good quality. Modeling multi Antique bronze, or imitation Qianlong boutique models, have all carved section of the. Cloisonne furnishings and more, not real products.
With a much improved Cloisonne, modeling and diverse, decoration variety, price also makes it easier to accept, therefore, has become our international friends and friends with the best gift of mutual exchanges. But people Cloisonne painting contemporary understanding is still stuck in a book, to truly appreciate the few over cloisonne works.
Zhong Liansheng Masters in 2007 designed the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Singapore oversized cloisonne “Tibetan prayer wheel”, is currently the world’s largest cloisonne products. This works with more than 80 square meters of “Blossoming” Cloisonne Art works are in the cloisonne fountain technology and artistic expression achieved a historic transcendence.

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Cloisonne

Raw material
Cloisonne is the main raw material for production of copper, but also with enamel.
Cloisonne is a famous specialty arts and crafts. It is used to make tires copper, the copper wire on the tire glue with a variety of patterns, and the wire stick into the various forms of small lattice insert color, after refining welding, grinding and other processes, and finally into the kiln baked brightly colored handicrafts.
Cloisonne glaze change with time. Ming Dynasty cloisonne enamel material is the main raw material, and its colors are blue, red, yellow, green, black, white unite, then one kind of use of imported oil into a paste Tiantu. Hypertrophy after firing glazed artifacts, color shining brilliantly.
Most do not have the Qing Dynasty cloisonne enamel, but with color glazes, their lack luster glaze. Qianlong cloisonne color Youyi yellow, white two-color is most common. Drainage stone for the car white white, yellow is a dry yellow, while the latter yellow greenish or reddish. You can get a unique view Cloisonne Cloisonne is a spiritual enjoyment of art, a metallic luster, unlike porcelain, lacquerware. And porcelain ratio, tire porcelain pottery, enamel, the best is the blue and white porcelain, colorful and delicate, bright and clean.
Cloisonne enamel copper to the characteristics of ductility and closely integrated, and some modeling dignified and generous, some slim, sophisticated senior. As the saying goes: From a distance, shape close look at flowers. Patterns also have different styles, floral, pattern silk workers can use to express a variety of rigorous and delicate art form. Glazed pattern can also be in accordance with the requirements of styling, with the bit assigned color.
Cloisonne art includes plastic arts, decorative arts, environmental art, space art in which, so enjoy it with various other methods. And there are the magnificent features of the metal, are particularly valuable.

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Manufacture
Beautifully crafted cloisonne, through the following steps:
Design paper is issued
Tire design drawing, silk workers drawings, blueprints (point blue color draft): First of all there is fetal diagram designer, silk engineering drawings, blueprints (point blue color artwork), turn into a draft copy paper to prepare for the next process applications.

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Type of production
Type of production (manufacturing tires): copper sheet in accordance with the requirements of the drawings will be cut out various shapes, and beat with a hammer into various shapes of copper tires, then convergence of various parts of Shang Hao flux, high temperature soldering after a vessel Copper tire modeling.

Filigree
Filigree: tweezers crushed pinch of fine copper wire, break it into a variety of exquisite design patterns, and then dipped in Baiji tire adhesion on copper, then sieve silver solder powder, baking at 900 degrees Celsius, will firmly welded wire copper pattern on the tire.

Blue Point
Blue Point: After the carcass after cloisonné process, and then by welding, pickling, flat live, are silk and other processes before entering point blue processes. Blue is the point Arborist enamel glaze prepared in advance, in accordance with the color pattern marked with a copper hammer made by a small shovel-shaped tool, a spade shovel to fill enamel glaze into the welded copper ornamentation frame.

Bluing
Bluing: is to fill the entire carcass glaze, and then get the blast furnace temperature about 800 ℃ using some of the mineral stone baking powder as fuel burn, glaze by a sand-like solid melt into liquid after cooling to become sessile the carcass on the brilliant glaze, then glaze height lower than copper, so you have to reloading once glaze, and then by sintering, generally four or five times continuously, until the patterns filled with filigree pattern relative to levels.

Polish
Polished: with coarse gravel, Yellowstone, charcoal polished three times the rugged blue glaze, where acts of injustice are subject to complement the glaze welded shut after repeated grinding, and finally with charcoal, copper scraper will be no blue glaze The bottom line, port line Calibrating polished.

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Gilding
Plating: the polished, burnished cloisonne pickling, decontamination, sand bright, into bad plating solution, and then pass on the current, after a few minutes they firmly attached to the first gold liquid metal part on the cloisonne. Rinse dried and then washed after a dazzling gorgeous cloisonne will stand out. Good gold plated cloisonne matched with a carved exquisitely carved hardwood bottom bracket, it shows cloisonne elegant, dignified and beautiful pretty.
With the continuous development of cloisonne and market needs, a number of special products, useful products, souvenirs and high, big, fine, sharp, high quality cloisonne mass production, new varieties, new colors, new technology constantly emerging, jade carving, wood carving , filigree inlaid lacquer and other technology combined, the unique combination of a variety of techniques, a variety of materials set off each other, plus a lot of whole body and inlaid gems, more so works novelty, exquisitely carved, whole body exudes jewels.

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Crafts

Cloisonne series one

Cloisonne Metal Crafts in our country an important species. Cloisonne first copper production system used tires, followed by craftsmen in the above painting, and then the copper wire tire pattern drawn on the basis of the corresponding adhesive pattern, and then use a different color glaze enamel inlay in the pattern, and finally After repeated sintering, polished gold-plated made. Cloisonne production of both the use of bronze and porcelain technology, but also into the traditional hand-painting and carving skills, called the Chinese traditional crafts of the synthesizer. This copper enamel was founded in the Ming Dynasty Jingtai years, mostly due to the blue end of the glaze enamel, hence the name cloisonne. Modern Cloisonne has become a kind of craft name, rather than color.
Cloisonne not only used the bronze process, but also absorbed the porcelain process, while the introduction of a large number of traditional painting and carving skills, is set metallurgy, casting, painting, ceramics, carving, chisel, hammer and other technology as one of the composite process , called the culmination of Chinese traditional craft collection, which has always been there, “a cloisonne, ten boxes of the kiln,” said. Taihe Square Cloisonne technique has been inherited, and the development of a new technology, but also according to Taihe Square Cloisonne self preferences for private custom.
Cloisonne is the ancient wisdom of working people. In after the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty of three generations of historical change,

Industrious and talented craftsmen artists with their hands to create a splendid cloisonne culture. They use simple tools made of hammered copper plate tire type, handmade silk pinch breaking into a variety of different types of flowers and other patterns, with a small shovel filling a variety of colored glaze, glaze firing with fire will be good in pinch wires Copper fetus, visitors can also see that time one of the few left cloisonne art treasures, now also spread some folk Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty cloisonne treasures generations.
A Ming Dynasty cloisonne cloisonne objects and products produced today, compared with our quality standards, their differences are more obvious in today’s cloisonne silk workers, blue-workers, mill workers, appearance, polish, copper live, trachoma thickness extent than the former has significantly improved. Because production conditions than five hundred years ago, many times better than the ancient. To minimize the extent of trachoma, so that product quality greatly improved. Today is still handmade cloisonne, after the system tires, filigree, welding, spot blue, bluing, polished and gold and other complex processes.
After the founding of New China, the development of cloisonne has experienced the changing times, has been greatly developed, and filigree Cloisonne Cloisonne species include two categories. Which products are divided into gold cloisonne cloisonne and blue ground cloisonne two parts. Filigree Cloisonne is divided into gold filigree, silver filigree ground filaments and blue ground cloisonne three parts, while there is also including gold filigree cloisonne to soak silk, silver to soak silk products. Cloisonne is loved by people around the world, has become an indispensable home life and long-lasting decorations crafts.

Fake
The main material is cloisonne enamel. The majority of those who do not counterfeit expensive enamel, and replaced with another color material. Its counterfeit is: a good system first bronze, then copper for pattern, fill color later burned. Finally, we call for the old ways to make old things look unearthed. The color of the color ingredients are generally mixed together. Such as blue, that is silver blue, hard blue, hard green, silver blue and black cook; light green, then use silver blue, silver, green, yellow research into flour, egg white, then yellow crumbled yellow rice as hard and in which they can. After firing, and then plated or coated with fire and then plating approach can also be plated finish before making polished, scratch the surface looks like as gold, or gold-plated also available. As for the finish, with a fine stone without charcoal. These processes finish buckle, cast layer dried apricots porridge to rust. After dozens of days, it will rust erase, and then wipe the surface of the oil, its color will be smooth with no difference between the old person.

Discriminate
Cloisonne is a traditional Chinese since ancient times has been exporting handicrafts, Japan Shippo burning is our imitation enamel process, it is more than bright glaze, but without glaze filigree. Most cloisonne seen on the market for a new arts and crafts, cloisonne craft since ancient times has not been broken, and the output is growing. New technology cloisonne price is not high, the most fundamental reason is that overproduction not pay attention to workmanship, only a handful of cloisonne exquisite craftsmanship, fine filigree, glazed bright, colorful and bright, as we and the international friends and family and friends the best gift exchanges with each other. The old cloisonne has been rarely seen, can see the mostly late Qing Dynasty. Than the Ming Dynasty Qing Dynasty Cloisonne has increased, thin tires, glaze is relatively bright, and no blisters, patterns complicated and diverse than the Ming Dynasty, but less than the Ming Dynasty ornamentation and vivid, gilded parts Goldwater thinner, but gold is very beautiful. Making good Cloisonne also have a special old, like the Republican “God Lee”, “Dexing into” they produced Cloisonne fine, quality and quantity.
There is a mixed easily with cloisonne process called bluing, looks and cloisonne no difference, called “bluing” or “porcelain”, but not glazed filigree, is Beijing’s traditional export handicraft production . Bluing fetal thicker heavier hand, combined with painted ethnic style patterns, so the price will be higher bluing, bluing in the collection should be selected when heavy tires, industrial neat, unique shape, tire thickness ratio thin tires better, some years older than the new year is better, about the same shape and enamel, with bottles, plates, bowls, save disk, bonsai pots and so on.
Cloisonne new on the market more than the old, in the collection to be identified in order to complete device best value pairs of objects will be higher, not “1 +1 = 2” price. In storage should be protected cloisonne filigree is not destroyed, glazed to complete, do not have bumps, keeping smooth glaze.
1 cloisonne collection, in addition to recognize years, but in the device type selection should be based on people, animals headed. From the sixties of the last century began, imitation cloisonne occur mainly after the Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong imitation artifacts. Cloisonne enamel used in the main pigment colorant forger to reduce costs, are often replaced by other colorants. Forged general approach is: first tire made of copper and copper wire pinch into a variety of patterns, and then fill in the ordinary pigment grinding after burning, after firing gold, then fine stone to the surface of the hard edges worn away. Even after completion of each process on its surface coated with dried apricots porridge to rust. Dozens days after the removal of the surface rust, and then wipe the rouge oil, its color and smooth degree can be confused with the old artifacts, but collectors as long as careful observation, will be able to distinguish the authenticity.
(2) to the Ming Dynasty cloisonne products better, whatever the Ming Dynasty products, its magnetic material is translucent without hair, and a large green color, its bright color even more powerful than he. Its performance and glass come first, it’s like a glossy dark green jade color, like Changhua chicken blood red, purple amethyst old still dark, blue Ding similar blue and white like creamy, light green blue, yellow wrung out with ginger sauce slightly yellow rice mixed with the same, the wire tires are all brass, gold plated for the big, its artifacts have trachoma. To the Qianlong period, regardless of color, its materials are not translucent and hair-magnetic, white Qianlong also the most difficult to imitate, which exigencies two points: First because of its white color with no difference between the East Drainage stone, imitation is required to use six Pantene beads made, but not easy to get the top bead, one because white is white and dry, although after condiments home also invented a dry material, but the burn is not easy to melt, compared with other materials, especially severe eating fire, if not well The artisans, artifacts easily injured.

Value
Cloisonne is traditional folk craft, in the market value of the increasingly high, is now engaged cloisonne production, processing technology workshop is also increasing. The value depends on its color cloisonne and processes. Cloisonne has a very high value of collection and items signed, Taihe Square Cloisonne – Chinese Cloisonne private custom brand, suitable for homes, hotels, railway stations and other places.
Cloisonne painting
Cloisonne Cloisonne painting is to learn the traditional craft of filigree, Blue Point and other processes, filigree aluminum wire is used (oxidized gold-plated), the glue is sticky silk decorated with ordinary glue, cement wire until after reconcile with colored sand painting coloring shovel, sand word to be dry, sealed with resin picture deal with a glossy, matte, matte and other screen effects. Blue Art cloisonne painting, drawing on traditional cloisonne process technology, combines painting, painting, relief, painting and other techniques that no wire cloisonne original painting, sanding cloisonne painting, luminous cloisonne painting, three-dimensional cloisonne painting and other effects. Blue Art cloisonne painting gradually become upscale interior painting.

Cloisonne

Artwork
As a national non-material cultural heritage protection heritage base, production demonstration base protection, the industry’s only an old Chinese Cloisonne production of the largest and most professional enterprise, Beijing Enamel Factory Co., Ltd. in recent years in the development process of product innovation , focusing on exploring broaden Cloisonne applications in indoor and outdoor architectural, engineering, environmental art urban landscape decoration made a historic breakthrough, have to Kuntai Royal Hotel Plaza, Chaoyang District, successfully produced a “Blossoming” Cloisonne Art large fountain; Museum of Chinese art treasures designed and manufactured more than 80 square meters of “Melody of Life” cloisonne large outdoor fountains; 2006, the company designed and manufactured in Singapore Buddha Tooth Relic Temple height 3.21 m, diameter of 2.15 meters of the world’s biggest large-scale Tibetan Buddhist supplies “Tibetan prayer wheel,” which is the combination of cloisonne craft and steel works, as cloisonne process combines art and more to the wider developments in the field has accumulated valuable experience; 2006, following the Beijing Capital International Airport plane Cloisonne floor interior decoration works, more than 900 pieces of cloisonne jewelry and stainless steel frame cleverly convergence, guests at home and abroad show cloisonne art style, is cloisonne art and interior art perfect combination of success stories. 2011, Wangjing Kuntai Jia Hao enterprises to undertake a five-star hotel 67.2 m2 outdoor fountain project; completion of Huaxi Village in Jiangsu Long Xi International Hotel cloisonne decoration works for a high-end clubs made so far, the largest single, People most complex, the most abundant color Chinese style decorative painting – “Red twelve hairpin” and so on, these works reflect the modern trends and cloisonne enamel factory technical strength.
In addition, the company has developed more than 60 kinds of new environmentally friendly lead-free glaze and glaze, the successful development produced a Diaoyutai special lamps, fruit plate, tissue boxes, Wuliangye liquor packaging, Zhang Yi Yuan Tea, Quanjude pallets or other utensils, the cloisonne The application has been further extended to high-end brand on the packaging.
Product
Cloisonne bracelet
Cloisonne bracelets can be divided into dozens of cloisonne as an arts and crafts, began in the Ming Dynasty Jingtai, and start-up only the blue, so called cloisonne. “Cloisonne”, also called “Copper cloisonné enamel”, the oldest is the Yuan Dynasty cloisonne products.
Cloisonne bracelet features:
Classic colors, exquisite bracelets demonstrate abnormal combination of traditional craft fashion, making the bracelet should guyi today it is compatible with a variety of ethnic, modern dress.
Cloisonne bracelets How to maintain:
1, try not to get along with basic items, and do not get along at greasy items, such as bath, wash the fish, wash the meat, cooking, be sure to come off.
2, cloisonne bracelets rusty how to do, with 3% against 97% cornmeal vinegar paint bracelets like, no big deal. It is best to regular maintenance.
Cloisonne Health Ball
Cloisonne health ball Baoding iron ball of a species, is in the original Baoding iron ball, based on the use of cloisonne craft and produced a folk crafts. Major production in Hebei Baoding generation, is China famous traditional handicraft, cloisonne fitness ball, inherited and developed the ancient traditional handicraft cloisonne ball body set soundboard can be issued a turning crisp treble and bass. Spherical bright color, hard wear, and draw a variety of flowers, birds, fish, animals, classical figures, 12 animals and other patterns, both fine arts and crafts for decoration or gifts for relatives, but also a modern exercise, elimination disease fitness products .

Percussion Yu-

Yu-is an ancient percussion instrument, often used in the band. Shaped like a crouching tiger in bamboo scratch-outs, for ancient palace Ting Ya Yue, which means that the end of the song.
Ancient musical instruments〗 〖an ancient music instrument, also known as peg. Shaped like a crouching tiger, play music will eventually, Yu-hit the play stopped.
Percussion Yu-
Usage
Qing collection, an ancient percussion instrument, often used in the band for the court and Shao music.
Yu-ancient musical instrument name. In the end Gagaku strike outs. A “peg.”
Its shape is like tigers, back there twenty-seven discord. Another set Zhen, bamboo whom, analysis of the half as twenty-four stems.
Playing, hold Zhen Yu discord scraping the upper cross, where three times, as the song ended.
Source
Yu-, ban it. One said instrument Kong peg also, shaped like a wooden tiger. – “Said the text”
Yu-, Ya also, Ya, just as well, so stop fun. – “Release name”
Down tube drum used by peddlers drums, together Yu-zhu ended. – “The book Yi Ji”
So that the drum Yu-Zhen. – “Ya release music”
Yu-such as tigers, and 27 were back hoe Yu, carved in wood, oak’s long ruler. – “Sparse”
Percussion Yu-
Playing method

According to literature, and Qing-kind masterpieces known, Yu-wood, shaped like a crouching tiger, back with serrated thin wood, split into one end with a number of fine roots of bamboo stems, inverse sawtooth scratch tiger back playing, it represents music The end for the Palace Ting Ya Yue.
Playing and Shao music when played by Yu-side stand to split into thin stems Zhen Yu-backs against the scraping of wood inserted row to make a sound, as of the end of Shao music and sound.
And in Shao Yu-one music in the set, if only from the stereo look, it is not outstanding, but it is to the peculiar shape and playing method Palace Ting Ya Yue become an important instrument in the world.
Percussion Yu-
Cultural Legacy

Yu-: Through high 68cm, seat length 70.5cm, seat width 37cm
Manufacturing year: Qing
Specifications: Length 68.5cm height 32.5cm
Favorite place: National Palace Museum
Yu-(Otowa), wooden, carved as a crouching tiger-like, painted yellow paint, painted black markings on the chest and abdomen slightly mixed with white markings. Tigers ears erect, white-fronted hanging eyes, red mouth teeth, its Beicha wood 27 square columns, shaped like just mane, interval dyed with indigo, green, red, white and other colors. Hufu on wood pedestal above the whole body painted in gold lacquer wood seat, painted sea river cliff lines, one side of the two ear-shaped bracket to order the hit Yu-Zhen (sound true). Jian as bamboo control, long 80.5cm, 40cm in length at sawing, sawing depth of the diameter of the half strong, then along the longitudinal amputated, leaving the other half of the longitudinal split into 24 thin stems, the other with three bamboo bamboo hoop at the root to prevent splitting. Jian painted with red lacquer. Yu-Qing Dynasty and Shao music is in the configured instrument. Shao music in and the kind of material used in the case of Yu-wood. Yu-long history, literature many records, such as “The Book of Songs Zhousong have blind”: “Tao Qing zhu prince Yu.” “Prince Yu” to “Yu-” the guise of the word, means a 4 kinds of musical instruments.

There is a snack called Xiamen brisk side

Xiamen is a brisk side snack, its delicious taste mellow, sweet and spicy and delicious, tasted many friends for its delicious the dumping. If you travel to Xiamen, Xiamen specialties are looking for, then this brisk side do not miss oh!
Xiamen snacks brisk side
Xiamen snacks brisk side

The origin of brisk side

Tracing the source, “brisk” and southeast Asia are inextricably linked. Many overseas Taiwanese, Taiwanese ancestors across the sea and settled southeast Asia, but has always maintained contact with blood homeland, overseas transportation, journey exchanges, never cut off. Many overseas diets are popular in the southern flounder, brisk is for the Malay Chinese (some say Indonesia) incoming Xiamen. Nanyang has “brisk cake”, “brisk shrimp” and so delicious. This “brisk” spread Xiamen, but a jump into the soup pot, made ​​a strong taste of the soup – brisk side.

Brisk side features

Xiamen brisk side is one of the most unique cuisine, its beauty lies in the soup, Kitchen Square multi-use fresh pig large bone, such as a whole chicken and boiled fish head soup delicious mellow. The main ingredient is a brisk one of the finest shrimp head, mixed with salted by more than two months, and then finely ground, the shrimp paste, garlic sauce, fried thoroughly boiling join in chronological order, and after cooling to join allspice, curry powder, chili powder, sesame seeds and other material. Brisk side red and yellow color, taste delicious spicy, a little sweet, tasted after you absolutely unforgettable.

Brisk side approach

Brisk side approach is very simple, noodles into a colander under water pot boiled, groan bowl, then add their own tastes liver, kidney, duck tendon, colon, fresh squid, tofu and other accessories, and finally pour been large pot of boiling soup, one minute you can serve up a bowl of noodles, fast and good to eat!

Travel, food is a modern one of the most popular elements of life, if you go to as the “Oriental Hawaii” Xiamen tourism, it must remember to try a specialty snack – brisk side.

Gelos clothing

Historically, women skilled in Gelos textiles, embroidery, batik, therefore Gelos apparel fabrics are woven from dyed muslin since. Long ago, they will be able to weave a fine texture, soft muslin, they textile “Liao cloth” excellent quality, became feudal dynasty paid tribute. Qing Dynasty, Gelos women have mastered high weaving technology, textiles are also quite popular. Living in Zhijin, Guanling area Gelos women have been able to weave twill and very delicate “iron flute cloth.” Huang Ping’s Gelos also use wool skirts. Fifties of last century, older women in these areas will still weave “Liao cloth” (now used as thick as a canvas), the pattern is more than a “bucket pattern”, “denim”, “Gui pattern”, “stripes”, etc., dense durable, simple and generous.

According to historical records, in the past Gelos attire, both men and women the “skirts” for its outstanding features, with two horizontal cloth “rather consistently wear their song”, while others use a cloth across every joint is made. Such clothing without pleats, mezzanine, which after two straight narrow width slightly wider, narrow room are lined pattern, which is also called “Tong skirt.” Men generally wear “skirts” is shorter, women wearing “skirts” longer, and color range. History, but had different styles of clothing color into the Gelos “Green Gelo”, “red Gelo”, “flower Gelo”, “draped gowns Gelo” and so on.

Gelos women's clothing

Gelos women’s clothing

Gelos Men's Apparel

Gelos Men’s Apparel

Gelos clothing

With the development of social history, Gelos clothing has also undergone great variation. Around mid-nineteenth century, Gelos men wear breasted jacket, under the trousers, shoes or foot wear ingot cloud hook shoes. Women wear short waist jacket, embroidered with scaly pattern sleeve back, under a non-pleated long skirts. Skirts divided into three, down two stripes with homespun linen, wool woven into the middle line, and dyed red soil. Consistent head round neck sleeveless outer wear clothing, long and short in front, with a piece of blue cloth, embroidered shoes are worn rocker tip, wearing silver jewelry. Men and women are in long par header.

Modern Gelos traditional clothing is also very unique, collarless dajin woman wearing long-sleeved clothing, clothing accessories covered with rich layers of different themes or elongated diamond-shaped patterns, methods of batik and Caixiu. Under a pleated skirt, hook tip shoes, small apron tied at the waist, but also full of ornaments embroidered dyed. Men wear blue cloth breasted secret trip jacket, waist belt, pants, shoes. Men and women begin with flowers Pa header. Girls like to wear one kind of end is embroidered with red, yellow, green, purple and other colored lacy black headscarf decorated with silver jewelry.

As long Gelos staggered with the Han and other ethnic groups live together, and now in addition to the remains of this ancient festival attire, but their clothing and other local peoples have become more consistent. Men wear breasted jacket, trousers; women wear the right of junction dajin jacket, trousers, short and wide sleeves, lapel and ring epaulets broadside, short pants, trousers are narrow, young women like to wear skirt , shirts, jackets waistcoat.

Gelos clothing culture, not only retains the Gelo a traditional aesthetic, but also reflects their traditional base while retaining the ability to absorb, through innovative spirit.

Percussion zhu

Zhu ancient percussion, square, to stick strike outs for Palace Ting Ya Yue, which means that the song begins. China’s Han Dynasty musical instruments, was in circulation in the country’s major cities. Zhu, XIA Qi legend is made​​, so far, four thousand years of history, ancient Qing zhu, through the height of about 50 per side length 65 cm. Zhu an ancient eight wooden musical taxonomy of the genus.
Percussion zhu
Historical records
“The Book of Songs Zhousong are blind”: “Tao Zhu Qing prince Yu”, “wish” that is zhu, zhu therefore also known as “Good.”
“Mao Biography” (Han Mao Heng “Mao therefore Xun”) contained “Tao, Tao drums also. Wish, wood empty too. Wai, peg too.” I wish the guise of the zhu words.
Han Xu Shen “Dictionary”: “zhu, Le wooden empty too, so the only sound for the festival.”
“Shang Yi Ji”: “Yu-zhu ended together.” Zheng Xuan’s Note: “zhu, like a paint bucket and a vertebra. Halcrow when the cast of the vertebra where the collision.”
“Old Tang Zhi Music”: “zhu, …… aspects of the two Chi Yu, near members of the open hole in the inner hand, hit them with Jule.” Shaped like a square wooden box, wider at the top, with the vertebrae (the stick) hit its inner voice, which means that the song is about to start. Gong Ting Ya music for ages.

Musical Instruments

Zhu (zhù) ancient percussion instrument. “The Book of Songs Zhousong are blind”: “Tao Zhu Qing prince Yu.” Han Xu Shen “Dictionary”: “zhu, Le wooden empty too, so the only sound for the festival.”
Handed Qing zhu, through high about 50cm, length 65 cm on each side.
Zhu an ancient eight wooden musical taxonomy of the genus.

Blowing sugar

Blowing sugar industry is one of the old Beijing, Beijing dialect for “blowing sugar children.” Street hawkers labors affair, affair one is a rectangular  or has a lot of small jack is inserted for the sugar people. Someday, good-looking, fun, comes to an end can eat, most children are like, renowned on the walk, not pestering adults to buy, is to run home to ask for money, it also refused to leave without money go, these sugars people staring helplessly. Some kids figure quickly, it pays to buy a ready-made; others are doing the specified shape requirements. At this time, hawkers take a little heat with a small shovel syrup, covered with talcum powder on hand rub, then mouth end of the title, to be blowing bubbles, quickly placed in a wooden mold coated with talcum powder inside, forced a blowing, slightly after a while, open wooden mold, the desired sugar blew the better. Then stick a reed attached to the sugar syrup dip person, and you’re done. Sugar people have a variety of shapes, what deer, goldfish, mouse, lanterns, etc., the most popular is the Sun provoke the child monkey. Sun monkey ready, to knock a hole in the monkey back into some taffy, and then in a small hole on the bar monkey ass, let syrup slowly flow out below followed by a small bowl of glutinous rice, glutinous rice with a small spoon scoop bowl of syrup to eat until the syrup flow or cooling solidification finished, then even people Sun monkey and glutinous rice sugar bowl, spoon one eaten. This items can be called monkey diarrhea, most children are welcome, but the price is more expensive than other sugars person.
History Legends
Blowing sugar
Blowing sugar sculptures

Listen to the elders say that the early years are the street blowing sugar, in order to make good business to do, one can not have sugar with money to buy, but with toothpaste to change. Two tube toothpaste you can change a grandchild or other small sugar monkey man. This has been a popular children welcome, children often run out of the home without toothpaste squeezed out, replace it with toothpaste sugar people eat, even beaten also felt sweetness. This is a planned economy to come a rare one of the benefits, but unfortunately now the economy develops, toothpaste tubes are not so scarce it. Now, I am afraid that many of the elderly can only be thrown into the garbage heap toothpaste responded with a bitter laugh.
Blowing sugar
Art of sugar

According to legend, blowing sugar children patron deity is Bowen. It is said that the emperor to his throne can pass down from generation to generation, they made “hero Corner” fire hero. Bowen escaped, was a burden for the elderly to pick sugar children rescued, they swapped clothes, from Bowen anonymity, people bear for every day to pick sugar junk. In the process of selling sugar, Bowen creatively softened after heating the sugar production of sugar children who have chicken puppy or something, it is truly lovely, the children rushed to buy. On the way, many people ask to Bowen teaching blowing sugar children, Bowen eleven taught them, so this craft on a pass ten, one hundred, and is now said to have reached 600 years of history.

Blowing sugar
Inheritance and Development

Early years, people do this kind of livelihood of their burdens street, bazaar temple is indispensable to their presence.
Burden of one is a small cupboard, bedside cabinet-sized, both sides have a rectangular wooden frame nailed in the box between the brass ring on a short rope tied to the root, used to wear pole. Incase put a log disk, painted width ranging radiate outward from the center of the grid, inside reads “gourd”, “big cock”, “Guan Gong” and “monkey” and so on. Wooden tray with a fixed center line axis in the transfer lever length than the diameter of the disk of wood to shorter, turn lever head hanging a small needle, turn lever to stop rotating, which a small needle pointing lattice, which have Awards, prizes, the narrower the larger the grid, the lower the probability of a hit, the biggest grid on two words: two jelly beans, jelly beans that are smaller than the chess child children. Roundwood plate underneath there is a drawer pull out is a marble plate, sugar used to draw people. There is a hole to insert the upper right corner cupboard handle grass, whether or painted sugar blowing people are inserted in the top.
The burden of another head look similar, but there is no panel, just a small branch with a charcoal stove copper pots, boil the syrup inside, then here are a few drawers to put raw materials, tools, bamboo and charcoal.
Many artisans are both blowing sugar and sugar painting people. Compared with blowing sugar, draw people to simpler sugars, first oil blanket gently rub it on the marble slab, a very fine small brass spoon to scoop up a little syrup, taffy on slightly tilted slowly out, tight Then lift up the hand became a candy line, with the wrist up and down about to tumble, one by one, or people or animals or flowers appeared in the marble slab, to be too cool styling, with the sugar syrup in the human body Point two points, put up a bamboo took up, go down to the grass handle on a plug you’re done.

Blowing sugar
Replace it with a few pieces of toothpaste happy
I remember growing up in a rural home, every village, sub-branch stage singing, there are always blowing sugar-bit support for the elderly come to share, play has not yet begun, blowing sugar around long before the stall full of people watching, mostly a child. Kids stare Diliu round big eyes, the elderly with unspeakable admiration, whenever a “rooster” or a “Pig” on the old man’s hands, magic show, a group where children are outgoing waves joy laugh, and then wrapped around the adults at home to buy. And I was in the group of youngster child eyes wide with the most happiest smile a circle, of course, no less pestering my mother to buy sugar people eat.
In the early 1980s, the street blowing sugar in order to make good business to do, one can not have sugar with money to buy, but with toothpaste to change. A few pieces of toothpaste can change a monkey or other small candy man. This was popular with children welcome, children often run out of the home without toothpaste squeezed out, replace it with toothpaste sugar people eat, even beaten also felt sweetness.
Now that the economy develops, toothpaste tubes are not so scarce it. Now, I am afraid that many of the elderly can only be thrown into the garbage heap toothpaste responded with a bitter laugh.
People are very cheap last sugar, when it is in the less affluent children very favorite plaything. Then the door if there is “blowing sugar”, and will around over the junior partner.
Today, more than a child’s plaything, sugar coax the child who is no longer a mere things, “Sugar Man” affair has long been forgotten, in the city’s streets are very hard to find its traces. For today’s kids, “Sugar Man” is a strange term it.
“Rattle children windmills turn, blowing sugar glaze slightly bang”, when sugar looks crystal clear who will always evoke childhood memories dusty, that of a long-forgotten joy and surprise.
Now estimated to have no one to blow sugar people eat as a family on a craft. I hope blowing sugar children and cutouts, paintings, and other things as mud playing traditional culture and art, to people’s attention, can someone inherit and carry forward them to save these ancient craft traditions go, handed down.

Grassroots Gourmet Spicy Sichuan specialties

Recently, a pair of licensing just four days after 90 young couple is eat eat Spicy and divorce. See this news, do you think this young couple is too outrageous, too funny? And as gourmet food goods Xiaobian I do blame Spicy more interested. Since it is popular for many years in Sichuan snacks, exactly the charm of this Mala how big?
Grassroots Gourmet Spicy Sichuan specialties
90 after the couple was divorced eat Spicy

Spicy Past and Present

Mala Tang also called “Chuanchuan”, originated in Sichuan, a popular place for many years snacks, but also a manifestation of the most popular grass-roots food. Spicy hot pot is actually the predecessor, it is also known as the “small pot.”

To talk about this Spicy, then it is no wonder known to everybody, as long as someone can say where there is the presence of Mala Tang. The birth of the first and Sichuan Spicy local climate are inseparable. In damp and foggy climate Chuanshu region, long labors boatmen and trackers, Lei Cheng stove, support from the jar, local materials, pull some vegetables, add pepper, pepper and other spices, hot rinse eat. Can feed their families, but also fend off the cold, dampness. Later this custom of cooking food hot rinse to be followed, and later evolved into today we often see in the streets of Mala Tang.

Spicy food culture

Spicy Sichuan-Chongqing region is the most characteristic and most representative of “Sichuan” of a food culture, to a certain extent, has become the Sichuan Spicy taste representative. A talking Sichuan specialties, who probably did not know Mala Tang.

In the Sichuan-Chongqing region, large or small shops and stalls Spicy throughout the streets, can be described as Sichuan and Chongqing city in a beautiful landscape. Mala is a convenient and fast food dinners we may rarely think of it, but in the street, it is definitely a sign. Eat Spicy It felt one word: “cool”!

Sichuan Spicy snack

Spicy healthy eating

While the Mala many people are favorite street snacks, but some people still think Mala is an unhealthy food. News that the husband and wife after 90 because if eat Spicy and divorce is estimated that on this issue the differences arising. That Mala to how to eat to be healthy?

1, Mala not all spicy, hot pepper if you ask for much, and that can add a little sesame paste, it is a very healthy spices, very rich in calcium and vitamin content. Another plus point garlic is also good, a bactericidal effect oh.

2, Mala’s material is very rich, there are a variety of vegetables, soy products, mushrooms and other fungi, meat, as long as a reasonable, than the usual fast-food dishes easier to achieve acid-base balance requirements.

3, eat Spicy is best with a cup of tea, so you can Kaiweixiaoshi, the solution to greasy oil, change of taste, reduce the spicy feeling.

Spicy Sichuan is one of the most unique street food, and the most grass-roots oriented, the most popular food, we eat when we must choose health and safety of the store. Young couple eat Spicy if there are differences, and do not easily say divorce Oh, that many hurt feelings!

Russian ethnic costumes

China’s ethnic Russian costumes and their living habits and the CIS countries, Russia is basically the same family. Their colorful costumes, generally speaking, the ethnic Russian men wear uniforms, breeches, boots or shoes; women to wear dresses (vulgar Ming Bula Qi). With other nations, with the development of the Russian ethnic traditional costumes have also been the impact of fashion has changed a lot. Today, the man wearing a suit, wearing a cap, and some also wear woolen coat; women have to wear a suit, wear dresses and skirts, but still the majority; younger people love with social trends, like to wear fashion.

Russian ethnic characteristics clothing

Russian ethnic costumes with distinctive Western features. In summer, many men wear knee-length internal oblique collar pullover shirt and pants thin legs, waist tie straps, or will wear a white embroidered shirt and pants, spring and autumn wear a duffle coat or gown, wearing winter sheepskin jacket or coat , generally like wearing hats or fur cap with ear muffs, wearing tall canister boots or felt boots. Festivals, clothing colors more vivid some guy wearing colored shirts. Russians living in the city men, most like suits, shirts for the wide sleeves, shirt collar, cuffs and chest and other parts of beautifully decorated with fine embroidery flowers and geometric patterns or patterns, colorful contrast. In summer, the Russian men living in rural areas is also used to wear one kind of woven birch or willow simple thong shoes (like sandals), winter shoes with felt boots or wool.
Russian ethnic costumes
Russian ethnic costumes

Ethnic Russian women, childhood to old wore a skirt. Women used to wear in the summer denim shirts, sleeveless jackets, high-waist breasted robe, wearing woolen skirt; also some wear on collarless embroidered shirts, wearing homemade big white dress, embroidered with colorful design patterns; There’s like to wear a dress embroidered or printed. In summer, women wear headscarves. Other seasons, dress similar to men, but women are wearing winter hats or fur hat decorated with feathers on a multi-plug. During the festival, the women like to wear silk embroidered shirts made, collar, cuffs, broad patterns are embroidered with a white majority. Affected by the impact of religion, and some older women chest Peigua cross.
Ethnic Russian women headdress

Ethnic Russian women’s hair is quite exquisite, unique customs. Unmarried girls, while the comb braids, to colored ribbon and small glass balls compiled in braids, the braids long way down, they are fond of wearing bright color of the square scarf, wearing earrings and other jewelry, their hair is exposed in the outside. Married women were two single braid braids replaced disk on top of the head, and then cast a scarf or a hat, the hair can not be exposed, especially in front of the family should pay more attention, otherwise it is considered impolite.

Dongxiang clothing

Clothing and Dongxiang Hui have similarities, but its characteristics are quite obvious. The early nomadic life, so that brown wool sweater, sheepskin coats become the subject of early Dongxiang people dress. Men wear toga, waist belt, hanging broadsword, etc., similar to the Mongolian costumes, but also to wear “Chung white” style, similar to the Uighur Qiapan. Women wear round neck, dajin and wide sleeves embroidered clothes, wearing chaps, pants embroidered inserts two sides, the back of his pants and opened a small fork with ribbon restraints legs. Women’s T-shirt has also been popular with red, green and blue colored sections of fabric sewn into the false sleeves.

Dongxiang clothing
Dongxiang clothing

Dongxiang Muslim, denominations and Menhuan system is more complex, and thus Dongxiang clothing also showed multiple colors. Since the Protestant forbid people to wear bright clothes, so Protestant Dongxiang women usually wear blue and dark blue clothes and style is generally dajin, right Ren, Sleeve, Chest, outside the waistcoat, wearing long pants. Protestant Christians are mostly uniformed men and small lapel black cloth coat, with a piece of cloth sewn crowns. Old Hindu faith teaches men to wear chaps and robes.

Drum

The drum is a percussion instrument, in a robust and is generally drum-shaped drum body covered with a one or both sides of the membrane taut. Pestle drum percussion drum by hand or say anything. Drums in African traditional music and modern music is a more important instrument, and some bands entirely dominated by drums percussion composition. As well as musical instruments in ancient times, many civilizations outer drum is also used to disseminate information.
Drum is a traditional percussion instrument, press the “Book of Rites hall bit” record, early in the legend, “Iraq’s Society” when it has “earth drum”, that is made of clay drum. As the drum has a good resonance effect, the sound loud sound transmission majestic and very far, so it has long been China cheer on their ancestors as an army purposes. According to legend, the Yellow Emperor Chi conquest of the War, the “Yellow Emperor kill Kui, with its skin as drums, Savaka five hundred” (“Tai Ping Yu Lan” Kango eighty-two cited “Kings”).
Drums of ancient times, rests made of crocodile skin, and drumhead selection of alligator, crocodile ferocious habits is to take strong drumbeat. In the Zhou dynasty, according to “Zhou official Stuart” The set has been specially set up “Drum Man” to manage the drum system, drums and other things. [1] Drum who managed drums for various purposes, such as sacrifice and thunder drums, spirit drums, bands Jin drums. Among them, specifically for the military called “Fen (sound) drums,” according to “Wen said,” explanation, which is a eight feet long, four feet drumhead, two Mongolian leather drum. In addition, the road drums, Jin drums, etc. are also used for military, these drums after the development of a variety of drums, in the military widely utilized.

Drum

History
In ancient times, the drum was enshrined as Babel artifact, mainly as a sacrificial utensils. In hunting expedition activities, drums have been widely used. Drums as musical instruments from the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou has octave, the drum sound is the group leader, ancient literature called “drums of band” is open harps playing before a drum as a guide. Drum broad and deep cultural connotation, majestic drums tightly associated with humans, ancient wild one step toward civilization. Vulgar be celebrating folk percussion, ya can enter the temple worship and the palace banquets. From the original pottery drums, earth drums, percussion, drums, has been developed to a wide variety of modern drum, the drum is the most well loved and widely used musical instruments. The idea that the earliest drum should be used by the ancient ancestors, pottery, ceramic pots and other household appliances have evolved, unearthed pottery drum proved as early as the Neolithic period dating back seven thousand years ago, has begun to have pottery drum manufacturing. Also known pottery drum drum soil is clay fired into the drum box, and then casts made of animal hides. In the manufacture of pottery in watts frame drum tradition followed for a long time. Drum used by peddlers drum (or “rattle”) is from the northwest outlying areas into the Central Plains, drum into China by Western, widely popular in the Tang Dynasty, Tang drum in addition to materials other than wood, but also to the ceramic material as a drum.
Drum appears earlier, now found in archaeological finds from the point of view, you can determine the drum about 4500 years of history (in Shanxi Xiangfen Relics unearthed tomb early earth drum example). In ancient times, the drum is not only used for worship, music and dance, it is also used against the enemy, get rid of the beast, and is timekeeping, alarm tool. With the development of society, drums broader range of applications, ethnic bands, a variety of theater, opera, dance, regattas lion dance, festive gatherings, labor competition and so inseparable from the drums musical instruments. The structure is relatively simple drum, drum head and drum body is made of two parts. Drum skin drum is sounding body, usually with animals kept in the dark leather frame, after knocking or tapping makes audible vibration. Chinese drums are many varieties of musical instruments, including drum, bass drum, with drums, pots drums.

Drum

Development in China

China and Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, ancient India, the same as the birthplace of the world’s earliest drum. Historically, Chinese drums spread neighbors, such as Korea, Japan, and also absorbed many exotic drums. Central Plains region of the mainstream of Chinese traditional drum, the drum is well received by the traditional frontier minority drum is also affected by external drum drum especially in the Arab and Indian influence.
Chinese traditional drumming more from the Central Plains, there are more than 20 species before the Qin and Han. Although the size of the different height, but almost all of the tubular thick waist. Was already used in poetry, music, dance, and labor, sacrifice, war and celebration among. From the Qin, the Han to the Qing Dynasty, the Central Plains region of the original variety of traditional drums almost all preserved and some development, but mainly Arab and Indian foreign drums, although they did in the Central Plains enduringly popular and has an important position, but Late waned even lost, leaving only a few in the literature available records, such as eaves drums, Qi drums, chicken Lou drums, Jiegu, Sumatra drums, drums are Tan Mao who drums.

Drums and national

Drum

Chinese of all ethnic groups are the following categories of popular drum.
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(Hubei Jiangling Chu unearthed)
[2] ① Jingpo increase Xinjiang, also known as the big long drum. As the drum section of about 3 meters giant tree hollowed out, double mask with thong taut. Placed two wooden crossbar or suspended. They each hit one, or sit on the drum, or side hit while dancing. Commonly used in large outdoor dance accompaniment. ② Dong drum tribute. Frame drum with a whole system logs dug, about 100 cm, diameter of about 50 cm, two Mongolian leather, waist slightly, on both sides of Ontario hoop. Gulou cross hanging inside, only for festivals and events set the public discussion. Cylindrical cylindrical drums.
Thick waist cylindrical drum
① drum. Band with a large drum diameter of about 50 to 100 cm, bottom Mongolian leather. Usually placed in the drum rack, dual mallet percussion. For instrumental ensemble and dance, opera accompaniment. Festivals with a large diameter of 100 cm above the eardrum by a person or persons armed with double hammer blow outs. ② percussions, also known as the same drum, drum stick, also known as the Qing Dynasty. The same shape and drums, but smaller, 7,8,10 inch drum diameter is generally three kinds of specifications. For instrumental ensemble, opera, dance accompaniment and solo. ③ drums. Shape and drum similar, but lower short, also known as flat drum. Pronunciation loud, there are different size specifications. Mainly for ensemble, dance, circus and percussion. ④ book drums. Oblate drum body, a drum diameter of 22 cm, height 8.5 cm drum, pronounced low and loud. Placed in bamboo frame drum series rope. Northern various rap music is an important accompaniment of musical instruments, singing actor left hand holding the book board or pear slices, perform single sign right strike outs. ⑤ drum. According to tradition, the Northern and Southern external drum Jiegu evolved. Intermediate crude drum body, thin ends, Mongolia in leather or leather mules, two hoop drum body side of the home. There are four kinds of size specifications, clear pronunciation. Often by the dancers hang on the waist side, executive double hammer side hit while dancing. Younger or used in folk festivals, welcome ceremony. ⑥ Korean snare high grass. Flat such as books drum diameter of about 25 cm, with handle. Is both a musical instrument, but also a dance props, with time left hand shank, right hand baton strike outs. Often while knocking while dancing. ⑦ Korean drum. Han snare drum shape, diameter 37.5 cm. Sat on the floor playing, left click to shoot, right hand execution mallet percussion drum and the drum edges. ⑧ Gaoshan drum. Han percussions shape, membrane diameter 24 to 45 cm, for worship, festivals, weddings, planting and other agricultural insecticide. ⑨ Dai light rope drum. Thicker in the waist and nearly cylindrical, placed in the rack. Can a person side hit while dancing, but also two people punch. Ensemble, the one who performed the first hammer blow while dancing side, and the other a man with a long bamboo bar in the post-strike outs, issued thunderous clap sound. 20 In the 1950s, the volume is reduced after the stage for solo and dance accompaniment. Jiao Yi Zhuang drum stout envelope. Shape percussions, single-sided leather mask, set in the middle on both sides of the hoop. Placed on the ground playing with a double hammer blow outs. Commonly used in the percussion ensemble and festive lion dance, dragon dance accompaniment.
Shallow cylindrical drum
① single percussion aka Ban Gu, ring drums. In Tennessee, Dong, Tujia, Mongolian, Han and other ethnic groups spread. Wide and narrow frame drum, drum low middle high all around, single skin, placed in a wooden frame, with one or two bamboo sticks strike outs, loud high-pitched voice. The music for the Naxi Dong, Tujia percussion stringed, wind and percussion bands and Han Dong wind and percussion music and opera accompaniment. ② Point drums, also known as pregnant drums. Atsugi edge, high in the middle, four sides gradually low, two Mongolian leather. While playing the drum frame stand right knee, drumhead forward Rotary drum box top right wrist, fingers run mahogany or bamboo prod percussion, left hand holding plate hit section. Drum or Opera for Juban cappella.
Slender cylindrical drum
① bee drums. Popular in Guangxi Zhuang, Yao, Mao Nan and other nationalities. Yongning, said Yue Zhuang wuming etc. drums, drum Huanjiang called long, Fangcheng Yao called as hundred, in some places, also known as horizontal drum, tile drum, drum, etc. Drum cavity formed by calcination Wong, two large, spherical end, one end is flared. Intermediate fine as waspish, two skins. Playing drums cross hanging rope hanging in front of the neck, or placed in racks, bench, ball-shaped end of the left hand drum stick, right hand slap the other end, stand-outs, sit outs or side played while dancing. Mainly for the division of public drama, division of public dance accompaniment. ② Korean drum stick, also known as long drums. Wooden drum body, both ends of the thick air, the middle thin solid. Both ends of the drum body sizes, pronounced differently. Placed on shelves or hung on the front, right hand percussion perform slender stick, left hand and pointed on both sides of drumming. For long encouraged farmers dance and instrumental ensemble.
Block mound-shaped drum
Foot drums popular Dai, Wa, Brown, Jingpo, De’ang, Achang, Lahu, Hani and other ethnic groups. Shaped like a goblet, catchy Mongolian film, hanging sides. Rotary drum left hand side and right hand alternately beat go drumhead. In the festival, festive occasions rim shots while dancing.
Long cylindrical drum ① Yao Long Drum. Drum body slender, thin waist solid, double mask, across the waist side or left hand at waist drum strike outs. Bulky long drum on a stand. Used in traditional dance festivals and festive occasions. ② Wa bamboo drums. 100 cm long, with a bamboo production. Catchy skin, split bamboo tied waist-shaped bottom, the lower tripod. Stand on the ground with a double mallet percussion; or left hand holding the drum, drum forward and execute the right hand hammer blow outs. For dance. ③ Yu Gu, also known as Qin bamboo tube or channel. 65 to 100 cm in length, about 13 cm in diameter bamboo on the Mongolian side to pigs or sheep. When held upright with his left hand, right hand slap down the tympanic membrane, is affections, Yu Gu, bamboo and other folk music of the piano accompaniment of musical instruments. [3]
Shaped drum hoops
① octagonal drum. Because octagonal drum frame, named after the Ming Dynasty in Beijing epidemic. Small drum body flat, seven border of the tube a pair of small bells, another border lines long spike, single-sided Monte python. Use with left hand drum box, right hand to fingerstyle, down or finger, palm slap. For Beijing, Tianjin area monochord brand song. ② peace drum. In the hoop on the Mongolian Lvpi, horsehide or sheepskin, shaped like fan. Edged the next set, decorated with hoop or small cymbals, percussion drum with rattan and shock hoop sounds. For the Manchu, Mongolian and Han ethnic folk songs and dances. ③ Dabo. Uygur, Tajik, Uzbek and other ethnic tambourine. Round wooden frame on the Mongolian sheepskin or animal skin, box decorated with a number of small hoop. Hands when playing the drum frame, the focus placed on the left hand, and shake the drum body drumming surface. ④ shaman drum, also known as grasping drums, bongos, drums single ring. Popular in Manchu, Mongolian, Daur, Ewenki, Elunchun, Hezhen other nationalities. Disc-shaped drum, Mongolia donkeys, horses, cattle, sheep or deer, roe deer skin, staggered back with tie belt or iron bars, all on more than 10 pieces of coins. When the left hand with a belt or iron bars, right hand execution drumstick head with a hammer or mallet percussion body. Used in shamanic rituals.
Pot-shaped drum
① Nagra. Uighurs, Uzbeks and other ethnic iron drums. Drum body next big small, on the Mongolian sheepskin or animal skin, and the larger drum diameter 27.5 cm, while the small surface diameter 20 cm. Often placed on the ground playing two one pair, two armed with mallet percussion, two drum pitch into four degrees. ② cylinder drum, also known as pot drums. Evolved by the percussions, also known as the South percussions. Wooden frame drum, the drum body next big small, two skin, the shape of flower pots, with a double hammer blow outs. According to legend, Song Liang Hongyu Zeng cylinder drum beat to help out. Now widely used in folk instrumental ensemble and opera accompaniment. Sometimes solo. After the founding of the PRC, drawing on the structural characteristics of Western timpani, developed a tuning pot drums.

Drum classification

Drum: Legend has it evolved from the Jiegu, became popular in the fourth century, Tang drum due to play the role of different, known as the “swells” or “and drums.” Since the Ming Dynasty, “song prevalence”, “huagudeng” and Huaibei “Flower Drum Song” and more used drum, and gradually evolved into the modern form.
The shape of a cylindrical drum, ends a little thin in the middle thicker, both ends of the skin, there are two hoop drum body, with a string hanging in the waist, his hands armed with a gavel banging, drum no fixed pitch, clear sound , both as dancers musical instrument, but also as dance props, showing cheerful lively scene, is the main instrument drum team.
Wolf account: also known as “two stick drum.” Popular in Fuzhou. Wolf waist drum stick from the ancient musical instruments, drum similar shape and Korean long. Wooden drum body, total length about 70 cm, middle small, both ends of thick, hollow, two Mongolian leather or python, about 30 cm in diameter drum, the drum on the metal rings on leather, worn by a rope taut lines . With wood hammer percussion or hand slap to pronounce, is the “Fuzhou Juban” one of the main instruments, but also for Fujian opera accompaniment.
Yu Gu: Yu Gu, also known as “Bamboo piano” or “Road tube”, the Southern Song Dynasty had this instrument. Yu Gu modern use is 65 to 100 cm in length, 13 cm in diameter around the bamboo, the end of Mongolia to pigskin or sheepskin made, playing, hold Yu Gu Jian left hand, right hand slap is a folk opera “affections” “Yu Gu” and “bamboo piano,” the main accompaniment of musical instruments.
With Drum: folklore larger drums musical instruments. Percussions of one kind. Widely popular in the southern area. With drum drum body was barrel in the middle slightly wider drum height of about 60 cm, the use of piles of wood, stained wood, birch or poplar production, both sides kept to cowhide drum diameter of about 50 cm. Central drum body with three drums ring for wear or for hanging with the Department Drum purposes.
Playing, it will hang on the same drum floating wooden tripod with mahogany or other hard wood crafted double whip percussion. Used in folk instrumental ensemble, dance, opera accompaniment and festivals in mass percussion. In the percussion team travels to play tie hanging in the body. France has played singles, doubles, roll hit, stuffy hammering skills. Percussion Drums heart, rim, frame drum by drum heart gradually go to the rim-outs, or gradually to the drum rim heart hammering, can obtain a different tone changed.
In the instrumental ensemble “Juban Drum”, “Juban percussion”, the same drum and Ban Gu and played by one person, drumming technique is particularly complicated, with the severity of the attack, the severity of roll, roll with a strike or even a variety of interactive combination of embouchure use, you can play a different style of drum segments (or “drum brands”).
Pots Drums: Due to a large drum, drum with small, like a flower pot named. Evolved by the percussions, also known as “South percussions.” Because shaped like a cylinder, as well as “cylinder drum” in the name. Now widely used in various local theater and opera dance accompaniment, instrumental ensemble and solo.
Pots of a drum height 60 cm, diameter 57 cm above the drum, the drum under the skin epithelium smaller than twice the diameter of 28.5 cm, around the drum body painted with golden Yunlong ethnic style pattern, the image of Wei Xiao, lifelike. Along with a special drum stand. Multi-purpose drum body Chun, Young or willow production, made by the car spin. Cowhide drum skin with water or dry leather, but the above drum skin to skin with a cow’s back for good. Playing pot drum, drum head with a wood hammer percussion above and pronunciation, tone deep, strong, gentle than percussions and can play the different tones.
Lobby Drums: Drums of musical instruments in larger body, the more the use of piles of wood, stained wood, birch and poplar and other production drum body, due to the larger drum, drum skin more use of buffalo. Mongolia under the drum body with two of the same size made of leather, usually placed in a wooden frame with two drums pounding music. Pronunciation deep and solid bass drum, mainly for instrumental ensemble, dance and opera accompaniment to the main percussion instruments.
Ancient drum used for timekeeping, worship, ceremonial or military. As timekeeping drum known as the “Ring of Morning Drum”, often placed in the tower above the city. Beijing Drum Tower on the drums made in the Qing Dynasty, is designed as a public timekeeping purposes. Drum diameter of 1.5 meters, has been called “Drum King,” said. Reported more hours every night, bells and drums upstairs hundred sing, muffled drums spread throughout the city. Watch widespread use until 1915, it became a heritage for people to watch. Temple of Heaven in Beijing, but also in possession of one side of the Qing Dynasty made drum, surface diameter of 1.5 meters, height of about two meters, is used only when the last emperor of heaven.
Drum by the two thick wood hammer percussion pronunciation, drums low and deep center of pronunciation, the more the higher the sound to the edge and solid. As from the center to the edge of the ring tone is different when playing these changes can be used to enrich its expression. Playing method click, double click, Dayton strike, nausea hit, the pressure hit, shaking hit and roll outs and so on. Drum drumhead larger volume from weak to strong intensity varies greatly. On mood and atmosphere of the rendering can play a significant role. Sound can be fused with the band, the band’s bass can enhance. It can also be used solo instrument or as an effect, imitating thunder cannon.
Book Drum: drum body is oblate, two skins, drum diameter 22 cm, height 8.5 cm drums, percussions lower than the pronunciation, but very loud rap music dedicated to the North “drum book” and other books drum accompaniment, also applies to folk singing and drums throughout the book accompaniment. Playing with a single arrow, the book drums drum rack placed on bamboo knitting rope, stand about 90 cm high, rap performer left hand holding the book board or pear slices, run right arrow drumming drum table
Drum Point: also known as “pregnant drum.” Already popular in the early 16th century southern regions. Oblate, drum box with color wood and other hard wood production, slightly higher middle of the edge gradually low, drum cavity diameter of about 18 cm, both sides kept in leather, with a close-packed drum nail taut. Drum whip made of mahogany or bamboo, called sign the child.
Playing, who played the drum upright in his right knee on the side of the drum side forward, press and hold the right wrist of the top edge of the drum, so that fixed, while with his right thumb, index finger, middle finger and ring finger drum flog knock enforcement blow. Left hand holding a plate hit section. For the “Juban Drum” instrumental ensemble or opera a cappella accompaniment, typically knock about every shot, from the master tempo effect.
Drummer: Shape and drum similar to the drum body only relatively low, it has “flat drum,” said. Pronounce percussions lower than, but very loud. In the past has been used for religious music, established in 1723 in Beijing Lama Temple, the possession of one side about 1 meter in diameter, drum body is only 20 cm high flat drum. Today, mainly used in folk instrumental ensemble, dance, carnivals, circus, and percussion.
Ban Gu: often with clappers and played by a man named, and a “single skin” (skin side) and “class Drum” (past troupe dedicated) is known, is the conductor of opera orchestra instruments. As early as the Tang Dynasty (618 ~ 907) had been used to “clear music”, a time known as the “festival drums.”
Ban Gu unique structure, sound crisp. With the Ming and Qing drama arts. Generations will phase derivative, has spread widely used in opera, opera, Peking Opera, opera, Han Opera, Opera, Hebei Clapper, Shandong clapper, clapper, Shaanxi, Shandong and other places Ryuko opera accompaniment and instrumental ensemble, you can solo (eg Southern percussion The Allegro drums). It accompaniment or ensemble, often living in the command and lead player position. Music in the opera, where the character played, singing roles, the plot changes, in addition to using a variety of combat posture and tone to direct a variety of strike, but also together with the clappers singing playing rhythm, percussion playing to increase spend, as well as heighten the atmosphere of the stage and characters.
Ban Gu is a diminutive form-sided drum, drum body-colored wood, birch, locust wood, mulberry wood, beech or teak and other hard wood crafted by five thick planks put together, the drum has a diameter of 25 cm, but must Most wooden board, in the middle of the drumhead vibration pronunciation is just a 5 to 10 cm, bore eight-shaped drum, the drum side height 9.5 cm. Gupi with leather, the tension in the entire plate surface until the bottom edge so far. Skinned drum breech portion known as the “Drum Light”, is knocking articulation. Ban Gu pronunciation level, depending on the size of the drum bore and elastic skin. In order to maintain the tension of the drum skin, nail the nail more drums, and at the bottom hoop to hoop.
Ban Gu’s drama resulting from the application of different, and in the specifications on the drum bore, the bore and the snare drum bore of the points. Small bore Ban Gu, in the middle of the drum bore diameter is only 5 cm, 11.5 cm high in the middle drum, the drum under the port diameter 23.5 cm, pronunciation pitched clear and sharp, mainly used for opera and other local operas and instrumental ensemble accompaniment, a wider scope . Large bore Ban Gu, in the middle of the drum bore diameter of 10 cm, 11 cm high in the middle drum, drum under the port diameter 24.5 cm, pronunciation wide bright pure and honest, for the South Juban drums can be a fast drum solo segment. The bore Ban Gu, in the middle of the drum bore diameter 8 cm, 11.2 cm high in the middle drum, the drum under the port diameter 24 cm, pronunciation between large and small bore between Ban Gu, used for opera, northern Shaanxi and Shanxi local opera accompaniment , and in the use of instrumental ensemble.
Playing drum for marking time, it will drum hanging on the gallows, the use of two arrows rattan or bamboo drum percussion, drums not only the heart, the level of the rim pronunciation are different, but due to the use of the point arrows (arrow Click drum with drum ) or full arrows (arrows flat with drums drumming surface), the emitted sound is also different.
Row Drums: Drum class of new varieties of musical instruments, after the liberation, our workers and musicians musical instruments, musical instruments like drums summarized and technical experience, according to the common folk percussions and medium-sized drum reforms made, beautiful shape, tone more abundant change, a national style, has become an important instrument of national orchestra, widely used instrumental ensemble, local opera and dance accompaniment. In some dance hall often see “drum” is the row of drums.
Generally consists of five rows of drums of different sizes, pronounced level there are other components of a drum. Each drum and inner sides of the same diameter varies, may issue two different tone pitches, issued a total of 10 different sounds. Both sides are equipped with drum tuning equipment, tuning range generally up to four degrees, or five degrees, and according to actual needs tuning. The drum body mounted on a special drum frame, the drum frame end is U-shaped fork, the middle of the column casing made, the bottom of a tripod. Telescopic column up and down to make the drum body movements with the needs of the player, drum body mounted on the fork frame, easy to flip for pitch selection. Playing, put into a row of multi-drum-shaped, eight-shaped, semi-circular or curved. Drum can be tilted 15 to 45 degrees, for vertical strike, sit strike, sideswipe or oblique strike, can slap, hit and cross hammering round.
Pai drum pronunciation intense, Tiaodang, middle and bass generous majestic, strong and vibrant treble, while maintaining the percussions style, but also has sleek, lyrical features. Because of different pitch, timbre, and the severity of the change, so the most suitable for large-scale use of national bands and drum solo is a color of musical instruments. In addition to cluster users, but also according to different needs, choose their tone and performance, individually taken out for local opera and instrumental ensemble. Its good performance warm jubilant mood, there Fullhope colorful sound.
Piano Drum: a way to play melodies Yu Gu. It was developed by Chengdu ethnic group amateur wind instrument made of bamboo in Sichuan folk opera “Bamboo piano,” the accompaniment of musical instruments inspired by the successful development by 16 different lengths of hair bamboo (or plastic SR) form, each with leather masks on bamboo or sheepskin, aprons fastened through bamboo solid bamboo catchy. Placed in two rows bamboo wooden piano stand. Playing, who played the piano with both hands armed with a bamboo arrows strike outs, issued by the (D ~ f1) 16 个 tone, timbre and soft, clear and bright, both for instrumental ensemble or accompaniment, also be used to play music alone.

Western drums

Drum

There are drum, snare drum, timpani, congas, bongos, drums and so on.
Snare (also known as the snare drum, snare drum), is a kind of snare drum percussion tapped on. Often appear in the marching band, orchestra, Orchestra, etc. to line or bass clef notation.
Timpani is a percussion instrument. Timpani is a pipe band or orchestra in the cornerstone.
Conga drum is a percussion instrument. Generally forty centimeters in diameter, height of about one meter of the drum. Common to a group of two.
Bongos is a drum. A group of more than two, diameter and height are about thirty centimeters. Commonly used in Latin music.
Aka drums drums, is a. This collection of many percussion instruments as a whole and by one person playing.