On December 12, China Central Radio and Television's 6 Year of the Dragon Spring Festival Gala mascot image "Long Chenchen" was officially released.
As an important spiritual symbol and cultural symbol of the Chinese nation, the image of the dragon has run through various fields such as literature, art, folk customs, architecture, clothing, and painting for thousands of years. The mascot image of the 2024 Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon highlights the beautiful meaning of auspiciousness, peace and happiness.
Take the meaning of "the important weapon of the country" to show the spirit of elegance
The mascot of the 2024 Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon seeks design inspiration from the long-standing excellent traditional Chinese culture and draws emotional resonance from real life, which not only contains the meaning and beauty of the zodiac dragon in traditional culture, but also shows the spirit of the Chinese in the new era.
"Long Chenchen" extracts the unique dragon nose with ancient characteristics from the turquoise dragon vessel unearthed in the ruins of Yanshi Erlitou in Henan Province as a design element, the dragon spine structure and dragon belly pattern come from the four ridges and cloud thunder patterns on the side of He Zun of the Western Zhou Dynasty that first recorded the word "China", and the decoration on the eyebrow arch and dragon shoulder is taken from the cloud pattern copper forbidden ornament collected by the Henan Museum, which is exquisite and chic, adding the fun and ancient charm of the mascot.
The nine dragons on the nine dragon walls of the Palace Museum are well-known for their exquisite craftsmanship and majestic momentum. "Long Chenchen" refers to the "five-clawed golden dragon" on the wall of the Nine Dragons to design the dragon claw shape, showing the majesty and solemnity. The gilded dragon collected in the Xi'an Museum belongs to the typical beast body dragon shape system, with a jagged back ridge and a long tail dragged back and rolled up, representing the superb metallurgical technology of the Tang Dynasty.
The mascot "Long Chenchen", which integrates thousands of thoughts, fully demonstrates the smart beauty and elegance of Chinese civilization.
Reproducing the beauty of antiquity and painting is vigorous
The color scheme of "Long Chenchen" is selected from traditional Chinese colors such as Da Xuan, Xuan Chi, Zhu Xia, Jade Silk, and Chunchen. "The glow of the sun, the smoke of the sunset", the color of the glow represents the red clouds, representing the youthful color of the rising sun. Chunchen is the color of the ice and snow melting, the germination of plants and trees, and the blue-green system to which it belongs is the representative color of the oriental green dragon. The green dragon is one of the four astronomical phenomena in ancient China, representing spring, hope and growth, and also giving the "Dragon Chenchen" a vigorous vitality from winter to spring, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.
Filled with historical beauty and the atmosphere of the times, "Long Chenchen" will accompany you on the stage of China Central Radio and Television's "2024 Spring Festival Gala" to welcome the joyful, auspicious and jubilant Year of the Dragon. (CCTV News Client)