Merlion's 40th Birthday Lightshow (1972-2012)魚尾狮庆祝40岁生日鐳射光雕秀

"The Merlion & I":An Inspiring Journey lightshow@Merlion Park(13-09-2012) "The Merlion and I, the fantastic journey" Merlion laser light sculpture show The Merlion and Lin Langxin: The late sculptor Lin Langxin the most important in the creation of life in the work - life size Merlion, will be built, at the mouth of the Singapore River two honour Merlion statue to endow feel as boundless as the sea and sky spirit. The early by the media as "Merlion" father, was born in 1916 in Chaozhou Kuching Lin Langxin new early in the different places to drift, including China, Hongkong, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, in Johore Bekok as a primary school principals, back to Singapore to create mud sculpture career after encounter the separation of Singapore and Malaysia, he'll stay and vagrants in singapore". Lin Langxin since 1958 is a regular art exhibition, when he was a young man in China and Vietnam made clay sculpture, to do so, and with a black river, local materials, the abstract style with a thick Malaya characteristic. The then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew decided to create a three-dimensional statue represent Singapore, hoping that it will also like Copenhagen and Denmark's little mermaid, become famous for you. The Merlion shape draft by the Singapore Van Kleef Aquarium director Fraser Brunner design, the symbol of Sonny's La Niao Tamar prince legendary eleventh Century on the island found the lion, fish tail is a symbol of the ocean (Temasek) Although the Merlion blueprint from others, but Lin Langxin new in put a lot of effort, the prior use of plastic foam in plan making three-dimensional small Merlion, also made reference to other countries near the sea sculpture as a mermaid and Statue of Liberty. The merlion location close to the shore, facing the river, visitors can not see the positive, so not far behind it and erected a statue of small merlion. Lin Langxin shaping the Merlion and completed in 1972, in September 15th the same year the opening. In 1997, with the completion of the Marina bridge, the Merlion originally cover all at one glance sight blocked. In 2002, the Tourism Bureau decided to make one large and one small Merlion from the site moved to the other side of the bridge at 1 Fullerton buildings. The cabinet Lee Kuan Yew also once again went to the opening. After 40 years today, and these two statue still proudly guarded the Singapore River, Merlion's park is also bound to the tourists, the Merlion is forever, it is forever on behalf of Lin Langxin spirit "魚尾狮与我,奇妙之旅"魚尾狮鐳射光雕秀 魚尾狮與林浪新简介: 已故雕塑家林浪新在创作生命中最重要的作品-----大小魚尾狮,將矗立在新加坡河口的两尊狮头鱼尾雕像赋予生命,賦予四海为家,海阔天空的气魄。 这名早年被媒体誉为"魚尾狮之父",1916年出生在古晋的潮州人林浪新早年在不同地方漂泊,包括中國,香港,印度尼西亚,泰國和越南,还在柔佛的吗咯(或彼咯,Bekok)当过小学校长,回来新加坡開创泥雕事业后遇到新马分家,他干脆留下来,把原名"南星"改为"浪新"取意"流浪在新加坡"。 林浪新自1958年開始就是艺术展的常客,他年輕时在中国和越南做过泥塑,到了吗咯后,又用当地的一種黑色河泥为材料,其抽象风格帶着浓浓的马来亚特色。 时任总理的李光耀决定塑造一个能代表新加坡的立体雕像,希望它也能和丹麦哥本哈根的美人鱼銅像一样,成为闻名遐尓的标志。 鱼尾狮的外形初稿由新加坡范克里夫水族館(Van Kleef Aquarium)馆长布仑(Fraser Brunner)设计,狮头象征传说中的11世纪山尼拉鸟他玛王子在島上发现狮子,鱼尾是象征海洋(淡马锡) 虽然鱼尾狮蓝图出自他人,但林浪新在当中倾注了不少心力,事先用塑料泡沫按照平面圖制作了立体的小鱼尾狮,还参考了其他國家傍海的雕塑如美人魚和自由女神像。 大鱼尾狮的位置紧挨岸边,面朝河口,旅客无法看到其正面,因此才在它背后不远处再竖立一尊小魚尾狮。林浪新塑造的鱼尾狮于是在1972年落成,于同年9月15日揭幕。 1997年,隨着滨海大桥的建成,鱼尾狮原本一览无遗的视线受到阻擋。2002年,旅游局决定把一大一小的鱼尾狮从原址迁到大桥另一边的浮尔頓1号大厦旁。当時的內阁资政李光耀也再度前往開幕。 40年后的今天,这一大一小两座雕像依然骄傲地守护着新加坡河畔,鱼尾狮公园也是游客必到之处,鱼尾狮是永远的,它也代表林浪新的精神永远长存