Monday, June 16, 2008

灯笼高高挂

路过社尾街,在一排破旧的店屋,看到了这间相信为槟城硕果仅存的灯笼制作店。小时候邻家也是制作灯笼的,每逢中秋节一到,就把大大小小鲜艳的彩灯挂在屋檐下,美不胜收,叫小小年纪的我,瞪得目不转睛。每一年,就只有期待这一晚的来临。后来,邻家搬迁了,总觉得中秋节的夜晚已铅华不再。

灯笼与华人生活无不相连,除了照明,也是一种象徵, 婚礼喜庆、丧葬场合、迎神盛会、元宵花灯等都有各式灯笼的陪衬。 但在时代洪流不断前进,人口变迁、需求减少、后续无人、复杂制作的种种因素下,这项荒凉的老行业只有在过着缓慢喘延的日子,直到消失在这一个时代。



有老伴相依的李师傅还是那么全神贯注,认真的用地一笔一划的给灯笼上色。 一生的青春,照亮了无数家户,迷失的孩子,你们可曾见到了回家的路?


较为普遍的有字姓灯,成双的悬挂在华人屋子的五脚基上,一方为此家庭的姓,另一方为家族的籍贯。 这也比较常见于宗伺。



大吉祥(The Great Auspicious)–- 一个退了色的招牌,逐渐成为了退色的记忆。

12 comments:

:: 子源 :: said...

這種燈籠很少能見到了
讓我想起我喜歡的孔明燈

Edward Heah said...

fren,

U know wat is the history behind there of the Tanglung and why people hang up at the front of their house? haha
if you get the answer, special prize will given?

Desmund Teh said...

Yuan,

我也是无意间发现到这家店铺的。所以呢,大家还是多留意身边的事物,说不定会有很多惊喜呢!


Edward,

I think I should have answered your question by now. Wat's the special prize? Ha ha!

Edward Heah said...

let's tell me the asnwer first.

KOKahKOK said...

the story behind is....to halau hantu~~~~

Edward Heah said...

where got hantu? did ur go to papaya shop b4? and did ur notice in front of shop will hang up the Tanglung? It's mean inside d shop got a lot of papaya this is interprete by new generation people.
For Old generation, they will interprete as the daughter for this family still available. this is due to the girl seldom going out and this the only way to notice outsider. hahah

Des - are your answer same as me?

Desmund Teh said...

kokokokok,

Then you must hang inside your room lo. ^^

Ed,

Why must only papaya shop hangs the TangLung and not the banana and watermelon shops? Hehe..

ET女子 said...

古色古香~好美的传统灯笼~~
我很喜欢你的每一张照片~

動 Orson said...

看到那裡燈籠
唯有感動

Anonymous said...

现在是半夜两点
这会是我的第一次留言
我都会来这里看 只是不留言
喜欢你的文章
也喜欢你的照片
但就是不想称赞你 =p
知道你非常的喜欢摄影
最近发生不开心的事情
难免你会伤心难过
朋友能做的
就是当你需要时
给你扶持,陪伴,鼓励
希望这一切 我都能做到
愿你开开心心, 身体健康

Anonymous said...

I like the 1st photo.

Not the second one, because of the feet.

人鱼球球 said...

這讓我想起了張藝謀的《大紅燈籠高高挂》,那红灯笼体现出了封建家庭中压抑的氛围,它给人一种走投无路、欲哭无泪的绝望感。而燈籠已是我兒時的記憶了。