Elderly artist embellishes annual Mazu procession with a sense of poetic style

The art of Yi-Ge (藝閣) is the sine qua non of Beigang Chaotian Temple’s (北港朝天宮) annual Mazu (媽祖) activities. Elderly Beigang artist, Yan San-tai (顏三泰), is currently in the midst of putting the finishing touches to this year’s art parade. Yi-Ge is an elegant and classical style of traditional art that decorates cars for participation in various folk parades.

For the Mazu activities, all the artwork must be kept under wraps until the actual day of the parade, when the ornately carved wooden reliefs and historical landscape paintings are unveiled before Mazu and worshippers - a sight that regularly causes onlookers to marvel at the artistic brilliance. The bearing and deportment that participants display during the parade – both children and adults - is only possible through intensive training. This year’s Beigang Chaotian Temple’s annual Mazu activities will take place on the 28th and 29th of April.

PeoPo 公民新聞 by 單車小賢

Elderly artist embellishes annual Mazu procession with a sense of poetic style
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(以下是中文對照)

老藝師打造詩意閣 迎接北港媽祖繞境

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每年北港朝天宮迎媽祖的活動中，藝閣的藝術是北港媽祖文化重要資產，北港老藝師顏三泰，目前正精心打造藝閣，準備迎接即將來到的媽祖繞境。藝閣又稱為詩意閣，是一種傳統的花車，要表現出優雅的古典藝術。而傳統藝閣的製作準備，在媽祖繞境前夕視為密秘不能公開，直到繞境當天，才能在媽祖以及信徒面前公開，華麗的木雕雕工以及山水歷史典故畫，讓人為之讚嘆，而北港藝閣上的人物皆由真人扮演，扮演藝閣的小孩以及大人服裝以及身段儀態，都要經過長時間訓練。今年北港朝天宮迎媽祖的活動，將在4月28日至29日舉行。

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