砖塑民间艺术的守护者

Brick Sculpture:The Guardian of Folk Art

山东是文化大省,历史文化悠久,文脉厚重。全省各地市,历经几千年的历史文化变革,均形成了自己的文化风俗.地处鲁西南的荷泽市郵城县,西北与河南省毗邻,因当地的历史文化悠久,被称为“千年古县”。这里保留着许多传统的民间艺术和民间习俗,现代文化和传统文化相碰撞,擦出绚丽的火花。郅城的鲁锦和砖塑名声远扬,是中国劳动妇女们的智慧结晶以及荷泽民间文化的集中体现。

Brick sculpture is a unique architectural decoration in Southwest Shandong,which is mainly used for roof ridge and gable decoration.The history of brick sculpture can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty.It developed from the eaves tiles of Eastern Zhou Dynasty and portrait bricks of Han Dynasty.Due to the improvement of brick making technology,the increase of production scale and the reduction of production cost in Ming Dynasty,bricks were used in buildings commonly.Since then,brick sculpture was used in folk houses from tombs.Although the techniques of Juancheng brick sculpture are mainly relief and round sculpture,the production process is different from brick carving.The production of brick carving is mainly divided into two kinds:carving before baking and carving after baking.Carving before baking is to carve day into shape and then bake it.Carving after baking is to carve finished bricks with patterns.Brick carving removes redundant parts as a whole and presents the final shape,which is irreversible,while brick sculpture maintains the prcxzess characteristics of traditional kneading sculpture,which is kneaded and formed with day,and can be modified for many times.