The picture shows the folk New Year market in the center of Shuijing Lane, where embroidery girls are making intangible cultural heritage. Photo by Ma Mingyan
Xining, China News Network, January 25 Title: Qinghai Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Experts: "Innovation + Core" Retains "Roots of Culture"
Author Pan Yujie
Bamboo sticks supported lifelike warhorses and generals, fierce battles were raging on the curtain, strings accompanied by hu flutes were played, and tourists who heard the sound gathered from all around, Yang Chengliang, a non-hereditary heir of the Datong Shadow Art Troupe in Xining City, Qinghai Province, opened his voice again, singing the legendary story of Xue Gang's return to Tang Dynasty.
"Qinghai's intangible cultural heritage is rich and colorful, and the hehuang shadow puppet play that is being staged is also one of the representatives," said Ye Cunrong, a member of the Qinghai Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Expert Committee, "From ancient times to the present, the center of Shuijing Lane has been in the bustling area of the urban area, with dense crowds, and now the intangible cultural heritage 'flying' into the streets is an organic combination of commerce and culture." ”
The picture shows the handicrafts displayed at the folk New Year market in the center of Shuijing Lane. Photo by Ma Mingyan
Ye Cunrong said that the protection of intangible cultural heritage can not rely solely on the inheritors, but should return to the public's vision through the consumer market: "Let more young people refresh their impressions, deepen their understanding, pay attention to, like and use intangible cultural heritage, and let everyone participate in the protection." ”
Walking into the folk New Year market in the center of Shuijing Lane, the four columns in the center are particularly eye-catching, clay pots, ramen, yurts... The pattern of each cylinder is different. It is understood that these unique Patterns with Qinghai Characteristics are all designed and produced by students majoring in digital media art at Qinghai Normal University.
"It's a hands-on exercise, moving the classroom to a downtown neighborhood and learning more than you do on campus." Ye Cunrong introduced that at present, many intangible cultural heritage products have entered the campuses of universities, middle schools and primary schools, and Qinghai Normal University has established a research and training center to allow art students to deeply participate in learning the protection of intangible cultural heritage, develop creative products, and at the same time cultivate inheritors for the society and improve their artistic accomplishment and cultural level.
In Ye Cunrong's view, in recent years, the public's understanding and attention to intangible cultural heritage have been greatly improved, "the encouragement and subsidy measures of local governments and the integration of commerce have played a positive role in protecting and inheriting." ”
"In the past, embroidery ladies threaded needles and threads under kerosene lamps, weaving them meticulously, and it took several days to complete an embroidery." Ye Cunrong said that in the era when material life was extremely scarce, the ancestors used diligence and wisdom, and even the most ordinary necessities of life were exquisitely designed and created, "People's yearning and pursuit of beauty are the same no matter what era they are in." He said.
The picture shows the intangible cultural heritage products exhibited at the folk new year market in the center of Shuijing Lane. Photo by Ma Mingyan
Ye Cunrong believes that people's lives have undergone earth-shaking changes today, and intangible cultural heritage products should be constantly close to the aesthetic taste and real life of current consumers in terms of patterns, shapes, structures and colors, "handicrafts are not necessarily framed in the picture frame, but should be extended to other cultural and creative products to include intangible cultural heritage elements." ”
Ye Cunrong hopes that consumers are not just limited to browsing and browsing, but are really interested in understanding the stories and culture behind an intangible cultural heritage work.
"Products should be boldly innovated in form," Ye Cunrong said, the core of intangible cultural heritage is the techniques and techniques that are passed down orally from generation to generation, "as long as the core remains unchanged, we have kept the roots of traditional culture." (End)