Intangible cultural heritage is a regional cultural heritage, reflecting the local people's life interests and customs, with extremely strong regional characteristics. The documentary "The Adventure of Pink Snow", which was broadcast on CCTV not long ago, not only uses lenses and texts to record the unique beautiful landscape of Jilin Province, but also presents the unique characteristics of the province to the audience.
"Boiled" out of the fertile Jilin
Hotpot is a favorite winter delicacy of Jilin people, and in the documentary "Pink Snow Adventure", Thomas, an alpine skier from France, tasted the unique flavor of Manchu hot pot in Hantun Village, Jilin City.
Manchu hot pot is a "exquisite" cuisine, "mountain treasures and seafood" and "birds and animals" into it, highlighting the "granary" attribute of Jilin products. The exquisite ingredients are simmered over charcoal and accompanied by a fresh and fragrant dipping sauce to make this infused Jilin cuisine.
As an important representative of Jilin food culture, Manchu hot pot is an intangible cultural heritage with hundreds of years of heritage, and its origin has many theories: one is that the fishing and hunting peoples in the northeast region of the Liaojin Dynasty stewed the birds, animals, fish, shrimp and plants they hunted with ceramic pots or clay pots, which is the prototype of hot pot; one is that the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty liked to eat hot pot, and when he toured Jilin Ula and the south, local officials competed for tribute to hot pot, and eating hot pot became the fashion of the time... No matter when the Manchu hot pot originated from what cause, this steaming food has long become the continuous feelings of the Jilin people, relatives and friends get together, the festival reunion, a red hot pot can set off the lively atmosphere.
"Embroidered" out of the beautiful Jilin
When filming "Pink Snow Adventure" in Hantun Village, the Spring Festival was approaching, and Thomas saw that every household in Hantun Village was wearing beautiful clothes - Manchu qipao. This kind of subtle and restrained Manchu costume, along with Korean costumes and Mongolian costumes, clearly shows the characteristics of multi-ethnic settlement in Jilin Province.
The Manchu qipao is not the exclusive favorite of women in people's impressions, but the clothing that Manchu men, women and children like to wear, and in different seasons and different occasions, manchu qipao has different forms and styles. Under the unique cutting and stitching processing, the surface of the Manchu qipao is "stitched but not stitched", and with intricate and exquisite embroidery technology, the Manchu qipao has an unforgettable beauty. In addition to being good-looking, the Manchu cheongsam is also quite practical, and the rear collar can be disassembled and cleaned at any time, and single collars, clip collars and leather collars can be changed as the seasons change.
In 2021, the craftsmanship of the Manchu qipao was selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list, which made people pay attention to this traditional skill representing "beauty" again, and also let people see that the Jilin intangible cultural heritage still retains the original cultural connotation in the inheritance of generations of inheritors, and it shines with new brilliance in the development of modern life.
"Cut" out of the culture of Jilin Province
Chinese paper-cutting is a precious wealth in the world, and Manchu paper-cutting, as a very representative of Chinese paper-cutting, has become a cultural business card and symbol of Jilin Province. In "Pink Snow", Thomas also experienced the fun of Manchu paper-cutting.
Manchu paper-cutting is rich in connotation, which is attached to the specific cultural background and living environment of Manchu folk, has a specific language and style of paper-cutting art in art, and carries the thick and splendid history and culture of the Changbai Mountain area. Manchu paper-cutting content is diverse, the style is special, the manchu folk artists with skillful minds cut the works of the people they see, hear, love, etc., and also record the local natural features, traditional customs and folklore, which is a treasure that penetrates the Manchu culture.
At present, many categories of Manchu paper-cutting have been included in the national and Jilin provincial intangible cultural heritage list, with the development of Jilin cultural tourism, the market value of Manchu paper-cutting has gradually been revealed, and a series of exquisite paper-cuttings have been packaged and put into the cultural tourism market, playing an active role in the economic development of Jilin and the inheritance and protection of folk art.
Jilin Daily All-Media Reporter: Pei Yuhong