The culture of lion head art – Transforming old impressions

Most people associate the grand and awe-inspiring lion's head imagery of Chinese culture with festivities at temple fairs or wedding celebrations. But in Changhua's Lukang Artist Village, you can now see cute miniature versions of the lion's head.

In addition to offering people small lion's heads for display at home, Shi Zhi-xiang (施智翔) began combining elements of the creative industries, and after several modifications, produced hand-painted lion's head postcards. Moreover, Zhi-xiang has miniaturized and cartoonized the lion's head to create a more innocent appearance that can attract the younger generation. That said, these modern and creative lion’s head images still retain all the traditional elements, so that people of all ages can learn the meaning behind such imagery.

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在大家的印象中，獅頭都是在廟會中或是喜宴祝賀才會出現的喜慶角色，呈現的樣子是既龐大又威武的感覺。但是如今在彰化鹿港桂花巷藝術村，也有出現縮小版可愛的樣貌。

除了可以讓人擺設在家當作展示品的小獅頭外，施智翔結合文創的概念發想，經過幾次的改變，手繪出獅頭的明信片，並將獅頭縮小並且卡通化，吸引年輕族群與小朋友的目光，讓獅頭多了一點童趣，但同時保有原本的意義，讓大小朋友能夠藉此了解獅頭中的涵義。

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