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陸夫(Looff)旋轉木馬
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跳上旋轉木馬，來一趟藝術之旅吧！又名merry-go-rounds的手工製旋轉木馬，它是一種民間藝術的表現型式，曾廣受大眾歡迎；不幸的是，許多早期的手工製旋轉木馬，已經被拆解開來，分開售出。
東普洛維頓斯縣克雷森特公園內的陸夫旋轉木馬，是少數幾個仍在運作中的手工製旋轉木馬。它是1895年，由祖籍丹麥的查理斯陸夫(Charles
I.D. Looff)所設計、建造的，他是最早期且最重要的旋轉木馬製造者之一。陸夫旋轉木馬已在最初的搭建地，運行了100多年，現在仍在運轉中，它的保存情況良好，代表了曾經風行美國的民間藝術。因為本身所代表的文化意義，陸夫旋轉木馬於1976年4月21日，正式被列入史蹟地點國家註冊處。
您知道旋轉木馬中有一匹領隊馬嗎？根據旋轉木馬的傳說，領隊馬就是其中最大且裝飾最華麗的那一匹馬。一般而言，領隊馬通常是一匹軍用馬或戰馬。假如旋轉木馬有包含雙輪馬車(兩輪或四輪馬車)，位於雙輪馬車外側的第一匹馬就是領隊馬。有些旋轉木馬的馬好似在疾駛一般，會上下移動，所以騎乘者就可以略略知道真實的騎馬感受。下一次，當您有機會騎乘旋轉木馬時，或許可以騎騎那匹領隊馬！
Take a ride on a work of art by hopping onto a carousel! Hand-made carousels, also called merry-go-rounds, are a form of folk art that was once very popular. Unfortunately, many early handmade carousels have been disassembled and sold off in pieces.
The Looff Carousel at Crescent Park in East Providence, Rhode Island, is one of the few handmade carousels still in use. It was designed and built in 1895 by Charles I.D. Looff, a native of Denmark, who was one of the earliest and most important manufacturers of carousels. Still functioning on its original site more than 100 years later, the Looff Carousel is one of the finest surviving examples of a once common American folk art. Because of its cultural significance, the Looff Carousel was entered into the National Register of Historic Sites and Places on April 21, 1976.
Did you know there is a lead horse on a carousel? According to carousel legend, the lead horse is always the biggest, most decorative horse. Often the lead horse is a military or war horse. If a chariot (a two or four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage) is included in the carousel, the first horse just behind it on the outside is the lead horse. On some carousels, the horses move up and down as if they were galloping, so riders get a sense of what it is like to ride a real horse. Next time you get the chance, hop onto a carousel, you may even get to ride the lead horse!
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