Taiwanese non-hereditary ambassadors celebrate the Chinese New Year on the mainland: This is my second hometown

"We hope to take this opportunity to speak more deeply about Lingnan culture and intangible cultural heritage, and take advantage of this exchange opportunity to inspire more inspiration for friends who are interested in intangible cultural heritage, so as to create more good works." Lin Junyi, a Taiwanese leather goods designer who has been on the mainland for 28 years and an ambassador of the Tujia Brocade Non-Genetic Inheritance, recently said that he is currently recruiting trainees, will open short-term study courses during the Spring Festival, and introduce intangible cultural heritage and Lingnan culture into it.

The course will be held in Bruce Lee's former residence in Yongqingfang, a historical and cultural district in Guangzhou. Lin Junyi said that he believes that it is very meaningful to tell non-genetic stories in Yongqingfang, a base that represents Lingnan culture, and even to do some traditional handicraft display and the promotion of related teaching platforms on the spot.

Lin Junyi said that the epidemic in the past two years has made him re-understand the different culture of Guangzhou. This year is the second consecutive year he has celebrated the Chinese New Year in Guangzhou. Last year's Spring Festival, also in Yongqingfang, he planned and held an intangible cultural heritage public welfare exhibition, which received a warm response from the public. This also strengthened his determination and confidence in promoting the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. In August last year, he rented a two-storey space in Yongqingfang to display and trade intangible cultural and creative products.

During this year's Spring Festival, in addition to holding lectures on intangible cultural heritage studies, he was also invited by local television stations to record the Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Youth Spring Festival Gala, which will be broadcast on Chinese New Year's Eve Night. "At that time, we will display our qipao, shoes and other works on stage, and introduce our non-genetic content to the public." Lin Junyi said.

Lin Junyi was born in Taiwan to a family that made a living from handicrafts, and began to contact the National Palace Museum and Eslite Cultural Creation very early. Out of love for traditional Chinese culture and consideration of the production cost of enterprises, Lin Junyi came to the mainland in 1993, while striving to learn various intangible cultural heritage, while exerting his own expertise, he integrated what he learned into the design and development of leather goods. Today, he has become a non-hereditary ambassador of Tujia Brocade and a first-class leather goods designer. Over the years, he has been committed to the inheritance and development of Tujia brocade, Guang embroidery, Su embroidery, Xiangyun yarn, Dong brocade, Miao embroidery, Shu brocade and other intangible cultural heritage projects, on the basis of integrating various intangible embroidery methods, he has designed many unique and charming leather goods, during which he assisted a number of internationally renowned brands in design development and production.

He set up his own original brand in Guangzhou, "Prince of Intangible Cultural Heritage". "This year is the tenth year of the establishment of 'Prince of Intangible Cultural Heritage', and I hope that in the future it will be built into a century-old brand." Lin Junyi said that the mainland currently occupies a considerable share of the global luxury consumer market, but there are very few original high-end luxury brands, "My biggest dream is to create an original brand that belongs to Chinese and carry forward the beauty of traditional culture." ”

Lin Junyi pays attention to the combination of traditional craftsmanship and fashionable color systems, integrates with the elements of the new era, and makes some products that young people can understand. In order to protect and inherit intangible brocade, in the past ten years, he has also been a visiting professor in various universities to offer relevant courses such as "How to Integrate Elements of Modern Leather Goods Cultural and Creative Product Design into Brocade" in various universities, so that students can contact the field of cultural innovation and have hands-on experience. Today, he has brought more than 20,000 students.

Lin Junyi is very optimistic about the future development prospects of the mainland's cultural and creative industry. He believes that with the vigorous development of the mainland economy, the people's pursuit of traditional Chinese cultural beauty continues to grow, and in this process, there will be more opportunities for the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage.

Although the focus of his career has long been on the mainland, Lin Junyi basically returns to Taiwan every year for the New Year. "Because of the customs of their hometown, the children of the Lin clan have to go back to worship their ancestors during the New Year, which is also the traditional culture we Chinese, and it is also the most important tradition that our ancestors brought from Fujian to pursue the distant future." Lin Junyi said: "Fortunately, in the past few years, my son has also grown up, and the work of worship at home can be entrusted to him, and I can rest assured that I can celebrate the New Year on the mainland." ”

In fact, having been stationed in the mainland for more than twenty years, Lin Junyi has long been accustomed to life on the mainland. "Now every time I go back to Taiwan, I feel a little uncomfortable in life." Of course, Taiwan is the hometown after all, there is a sense of home, but over the years I have also begun to take Guangzhou as my second hometown, made a lot of friends here, brought a lot of students, and thus experienced the other side of life. Lin Junyi told reporters that he developed a homestay project in Zengcheng, Guangzhou, "I have even planned to settle down in Guangzhou after retirement, because I have become accustomed to the pace and rhythm of life here."

◆ Source: China News Network