In Daliangshan, Sichuan
There lives a long-standing ethnic minority
- Yi
It lives in a corner of the southwest of the motherland
The Yi have created a splendid national culture
Among them, Yi lacquerware is
An important part of the traditional culture of the Yi people
It is a bright pearl of Yi culture
It still shines to this day
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Nowadays, people's eyes are always on it
Delicate and exquisite ornamentation, bright and colorful colors
Noble and elegant temperament
as well as when the lacquer artist draws the pen
Attracted by excessively silky craftsmanship
Today, Xiaobian will take you to a close "touch"
Yi lacquerware
The home of Yi lacquerware
Xide County, located in the north-central part of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
It is a national intangible cultural heritage
——The birthplace of the Yi lacquerware decoration technique
It is known as the home of Yi lacquerware
In Side, lacquerware has been made for more than 1,600 years
Yiluo Village, Yiluo Township, Xide County, is famous far and wide
The birthplace and inheritance of Yi lacquerware
The Jiwu family that lives here is a Family of Yi lacquerware
Lacquerware ornamentation techniques are in this family
It has been passed down for 19 generations
From the manufacture of ancient and simple wooden living utensils
To decorate daily necessities with black lacquer
Then we use natural raw materials such as raw lacquer, silver vermilion and stone yellow
Beautifully made painted lacquerware
This embodies the countless wisdom of the Yi people
In the long history, Yi lacquerware
It has been passed down and developed from generation to generation
Nowadays, Yi lacquerware
It is not only a necessity for the Yi people
It has also become a work of art that people are vying to collect
Yi lacquerware is an ancient tableware of the Yi ethnic group with a history of thousands of years
Folk handicrafts developed on the basis of this
It is composed of red, yellow and black
The colors are bright and the main body is shaped in a circle
It has a quaint artistic style
Deep in the mountains
Ancient and gorgeous Yi lacquerware
Shallow chanting whispers the ancient rhyme of Yi instruments that have been passed down for thousands of years
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Exquisite production
A seemingly ordinary Piece of Yi lacquerware
The production process is very elaborate
From raw paint harvesting, tire blank selection, carcass production
To the process of drawing graphics and paintings
A total of more than 50 processes and 82 links must be completed
Cumbersome and complex
The time and effort involved is enormous
If made in the most traditional way
The entire process takes as little as 13 months and as long as three years
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Yi lacquerware is mainly divided into leather products and wooden products
Most of them are mainly made of wood lacquerware
The best Yi lacquerware
Generally, high-quality woods such as camphor trees and rhododendron trees are used
As a raw material
The logs also need to be buried deep before embryos can be made
After sawing, planing, grinding, gluing and other processes
Enter the painting process
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Although time-consuming and labor-intensive
But lacquerware made in this way
After a hundred years of vicissitudes
The color is still gorgeous, and the ornamentation is clearly recognizable
Bright colors
Bright and solemn colors
Brilliant ornamentation, rich and unique shape
Always catch people's eyes
These are all thanks to the efforts of generations of craftsmen
Classic Yi lacquerware
They are all matched in black, red and yellow
Black lacquer as the base color
Red and yellow patterns are added to form a pattern
The clever combination of red, yellow and black is used at intervals
The colors are bright and vivid, rough and simple
The tone contrast is strong
The whole picture looks simple and solemn and elegant
Very ethnic
The color of lacquerware
It symbolizes the aesthetic consciousness and spiritual temperament of the Yi people
Red, yellow and black
It is the traditional color of the Yi people
Including Yi costumes, supplies in the life of the Yi people
Most of them are composed of these colors
black
It is the thickness of passing on history
red
It is the enthusiasm of the children of the Yi family
Yellow
It is a continuation of life and death
Beautifully patterned
The level of Yi lacquerware
Mainly look at the uniform roundness of the pattern
Yi lacquerware artists make lacquerware
No drawings are required, and no underlays are required
The patterns are drawn entirely by one's own imagination and feelings
So every piece of lacquerware is unique
The pattern on lacquerware is natural
It comes from life, and it's colorful
Sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, astronomical geography
Animals and plants, myths and legends
Sun and moon pattern, landscape pattern, bull's eye pattern, sheep's horn pattern
Fire sickle pattern, nail pattern, water ripple
……
The use of dots, lines and polygons is concise and decent
Clouds and water, all in one go
A few seemingly simple strokes
It is the accumulation of lacquerware artists over the years
Exquisite craftsmanship of lacquerware
and the artist's brilliant idea
Pass by the artist's fingertips
Jumping on lacquerware, it has been passed down through the ages
Diverse
Exquisite lacquerware
It is widely used in the life of the Yi people
Traditional cutlery and wine utensils
Newly developed tea sets, tourist souvenirs
Modern upholstery appliances etc
It involves all aspects of the life of the Yi people
It has high aesthetic and practical dual value
It is one of the important symbols of Yi culture
Among these Yi lacquerware
You can see a type of appliance that highlights the national style
These include eagle claw cups, horn cups, and armor
Quaint and natural, with a unique shape
The Yi people believe in wine utensils decorated with animal horns and claws
Can bring them strength and good luck
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Cultural heritage
Totem on the vessel, lacquer load culture
It is a fine work of art in the Yi culture
It is also a representative of national culture
The beauty of lacquerware
It lies in its unique materials and craftsmanship
It's also rich in it
Artistic expression and a variety of techniques
It lies in the ingenuity of lacquerware artists from ancient times to the present
In Side County
Yi lacquerware decoration technique is a folk handicraft
It has been passed down and developed
The technique has many advantages
Lacquerware products made
Exquisite workmanship, diverse shapes, beautiful and generous
Non-toxic, odorless, acid and alkali resistant, high temperature resistance, no deformation
Currently, within the county limits of Hilde County
There are more than 50 masters of Yi lacquerware decoration techniques
But skilled people are, after all, a minority
This precious ethnic minority folk handicraft
Protection and inheritance are urgently needed
In the treasure house of Yi culture
Lacquerware shimmered with a brilliant light
Lacquer flowing on the vessel
It is a fingertip skill passed down from generation to generation by the Yi people
It is also the continuation and development of national culture
The Yi people are watching
How beautiful is the Yi people?
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