The Wandering Painters

Located in Chiayi’s Zhongpu Township, the local Shunping Temple in Shekou Village has 32 years of history and is an important center for religion in the area. However, leaks appeared on the temple roof following the devastation wrought by Typhoon Morakot (88 Flood) and the 921 Earthquake, and on March 28 restoration and painting work began on the temple.

Craftsmen from around the country have been commissioned to do the work, including Huang Wen-Jin (黃文進), Yan Kun-Xing (嚴崑興), Chen Zhen-Xiao (陳震霄) and celebrated painting master We-Song (吳松) – the work is expected to take around 6 months.

The temple’s restoration and refurbishment work is extremely complex, including plastering, the painting of murals and gilding etc. Each area requires a high degree of artistic skill and craftsmen often require over 10 years of experience before they can proficiently grasp the lines and colors of the murals. In addition, the historical scenes must be memorized by artists, allowing their trusty fingers to gracefully paint directly onto the walls, continuing hundreds of years of religious art in Taiwan. 

The Wandering Painters

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漂浪ㄟ畫師 影音

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嘉義縣中埔鄉社口村的庄頭廟「順平宮」，建廟迄今已經有32年的歷史，是山城主要的信仰中心，但是近年遭逢921大地震以及88水災的肆虐，造成廟體嚴重龜裂屋頂漏水的窘境，廟方因此決定自今年3月28日起雇工整修，並聘請全台各地彩繪師傅投入，包括彩繪大師吳松、黃文進、嚴崑興、陳震霄等人，都受邀擔任這一次的廟體翻修和彩繪工作，工期長達半年。

寺廟的整建或翻修工程是既多且雜，從補土粉刷到彩繪、貼金箔等等，每一項都是藝術的精華，師傅們往往要耗上十年以上的功夫才能精準拿捏線條與色彩，每一幅歷史章節的故事也都是師傅們筆下的記憶，信手拈來就能在壁堵上一展畫風，延續台灣數百年的宗教藝術。