Procedures of lamp row making

                                                                         By Lifang and Tianhuisheng

    While we are surprised by the delicate lamp row, we also want to kow its procedures. Following our teachers, we visit the making place and visit the craftsman. When we know more than 30 folk skilled craftsman, Xuquanxi, Yangzenggui, Caoying, and Dangqingyun, more than 50, present the more than 200 yearsHuangyuan Lamp row by the joint effort, we are so surprised that these old men, thought looks like the normal villager, has the master skill.

        The first step is to make the frame, always craving or painting the traditional flower, grass and characters, which is needed the skillful craftsman, mainly because they are the main framework. After this follows the painting.
       It should always reflect the folk story , climate and convention, celebrity story and legend story, which is the favorite to the common people. Meanwhile, in addition to the painting, the pile embroidery, shadow movie and paper cutting are added to it , which make the lamp row more worthy to enjoy, research and collect. The last step is to put them together. With the scientific development, the light source of the lamp row change from the previous candle to bulb and it will be installed by the electronic technicians. They use the advanced tech such as electronic, light and sound and new materials to reform the traditional lamp row. It bring the designs life and the vigor into this art.

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