The folk customs in the Marble tub culture

Chinese traditional culture is profound and infiltration in people's daily life, it is manifested as folk customs.Chongqing Wanzhou has a Three Gorges Central Hospital. Into the hospital courtyard, people will see a variety of shapes of the old Marble tub, the number of more than 200, the local media here called "Marble tub club", but I think it is more suitable for the Museum of Marble tub. 

China's traditional culture flourish, what food culture, architectural culture, war culture, regional culture, etc., stone culture is a branch of stone culture, is also the most popular in ancient China one of the most representative culture. The history and culture of the Three Gorges region has a long history, from these stone culture can also be obvious.

Marble tub with a wide range of practical and versatile properties, and thus naturally be fully utilized, so that it has a aesthetic value. To tell the truth, after I saw the stone, but have not seen so many stone together; before I also common stone, but did not see such a rich carved stone carved stone. According to the local friends, these stone are old historical objects, the original for the Three Gorges area residents in the past filled with water, Sheng food containers. They have been able to gather here, have to be attributed to the Three Gorges Central Hospital Dean Li Qingping and others love and determination. Because these stone is their years after the Sichuan-Chongqing-Hunan-Hubei cross-strait folk collection income. If there is no enthusiasm for their operation, there is no collection of these stone. It should be said that this museum is a collection of folk hobbies, not the kind of full sense of the public museum.

Marble tub Museum of the stone, the era of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and more to the Qing Dynasty. The Marble tub production is very particular about the shape in addition to our common circle, there are square, rectangular, rectangular, fan, cup, hexagonal, oval, lotus type, and so on, and all the craftsmanship. Carved content up to the astronomical down to the geography, mountains and rivers, flowers and birds, wood animals, folk tales, etc., in which all have a high artistic appeal, as the carrier of historical and cultural heritage. For example, the Ming Dynasty "Lotus mother and son cylinder", also known as "cylinder in the cylinder", that is, a large cylinder in the cylinder.

Because the production process is rare, so there is "the best in the world water tank" reputation. "Lotus mother Marble tub" was originally a fish tank, the outer cylinder for the lotus shape, the cylinder is round, between the cylinder and the outer cylinder has two holes connected, is to allow the fish in the inside and outside the tank in the tour. Unfortunately, today's inner cylinder edge has a slight damage, the outer cylinder along the two lions have been artificially destroyed, but even so, it is also enough to attract people's attention, and can be said that the "Lotus Mother and son cylinder "Do not say that in Sichuan and Chongqing, Hubei, is in the world is unique.

Stone is a more solid instrument in the human device, so it will become a carrier of cultural heritage. Carefully appreciate those stone carvings, you can get psychological pleasure from it. Or people, or animals, or flowers, or pavilions, all pleasing. In the character modeling, there are children playing with fun, there are characters of opera characters, fishing and fishing mood, as well as folk juggling, rap, martial arts and other local customs, from different angles reflect the Three Gorges folk customs, rich Life atmosphere.

"Three Kingdoms Stone" on the front of the carving of the "Eight Immortals", both sides of the sculpture is the golden boy, the character image of the "Three Kingdoms Stone" on the Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Yin carved carved, demeanor is very realistic; Lifelike life; "auspicious Ruyi stone" for the oval, the front is the character modeling, both sides were carved pine, elk, lotus, etc., meaning the family "more than a year, happy"; "Song crane Yannian stone" Lion, crane, dragon, fish and lotus, etc., embodies the artistic imagination of artisans; "peace auspicious stone" for the hexagonal stone, cylinder carving is the dragon and sea water, vases and flowers, magpie and immortal deer, Symbolic auspicious, safe, festive, rich.

"Three carp stone" is the three carp with a head for composition, full of longing for the rich life; "Taiping pool" for the lock, mainly used to store water to prevent fire, reflecting the owner of the fire Security awareness, and named "Taiping pool" is sustenance of the host family to pray for the good wishes of peace; "Wanfu flow clouds" for the rectangular, cylinder carved bat flying in the clouds, the meaning of blessing without boundaries, "Octagonal dragon hollow stone", with hollow engraved out of the dragon, clouds, fireball decorated with the cylinder, fully reflects the artisans superb carving techniques and imagination to meet people auspicious as a good, peace is the psychological desire. So rich stone carving, people eye-opener, but also let my thoughts continue to cross the corridor of time and space.

Marble tub is said that there is a stone chord in Laos, but unfortunately I missed the witness. Wanzhou Stone Museum is my own eyes, personally touched, so filled with emotion. These after hundreds of years of wind and rain and the sun and the moon erosion of the stone, heritage of the history and culture, people can understand the customs on both sides of the Yangtze River, you can feel the profound Chinese culture.