Old Artists Devote Themselves To Making Palace Lanterns, Hoping To Light The Opening Ceremony Of The Asian Games.

Four mahogany corner eaves stretch out to form a large "Ya" word. It is inlaid on 4 eaves. It is 4 glass paintings with elaborate hand-painted sports, including gymnastics, sailing, equestrian and bicycles.

Each glass painting has 4 Manchuria windows decorated.

Luo Zhaoliang, the creator of the Asian Games red wood lantern, is an old folk artist who has been in seventies. Over the past more than 10 years, he has devoted all his savings to the palace lantern workshop and used the spirit of innovation to inherit the art of Redwood lantern on the verge of extinction.

However, he regretted that he had spent a year in hand making the mahogany palace lantern.

"Mahogany lantern was invented by the people of Guangzhou in the Ming Dynasty. You see that there is not a nail in the palace lantern.

And the splicing skeleton is just octagonal arch, easy to install and disassemble. "

Luo Zhaoliang said that the mahogany lantern collection, painting, woodcarving and glass craft in one, once a court favorite, but also the high-end "Guang Huo".

However, the mahogany lantern declined to modern times, and the last palace lantern factory in Guangzhou went bankrupt more than 20 years ago.

Unable to bear to see such a good traditional craft lost, Luo Zhaoliang was determined to inherit the mahogany lantern.

Luo Zhaoliang said he did.

Because it is purely hand-made, every palace lantern has to be designed and produced for a long time. This time, Luo Zhaoliang's mahogany lanterns of the Asian Games are nearly one meter long and wide, and he has spent nearly a year in polishing.

After finishing, he sent to the Asian organizing committee to participate in the Asian Games gift selection, but unfortunately, he was not elected.

"You see the front of the palace lantern is 4" sub "structure, which is the modeling glass painting of athletes, and then look closely, you can see the elements of South of the Five Ridges.

Luo Zhaoliang explained.

It is reported that gymnastics, sailing, equestrian and bicycle are the 4 sports selected by Luo Zhaoliang himself.

"I use light and heavy colored ink to match, the human body is like a bulge above the background, especially the ribbon looks very elegant, I feel satisfied with this three-dimensional feeling."

Compared with other works, the Asian Games palace lamp is simple and refreshing, and does not use traditional meticulous carving and valuable timber.

"If there is a big palace lantern at the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, can the athletes toss on it?" Luo Zhaoliang sighs: "perhaps the government does not know that I can make palace lanterns. No one has suggested that the red wood lanterns be put on the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in Guangzhou". "If the government can not make sure that I can make palace lanterns," said Luo Zhaoliang.