Non-hereditary heirs show their skills in the live broadcast room

Yang Xue (right) showed netizens glaze color skills on the spot 2022 Beijing News Center Courtesy photo Yesterday afternoon, the scene of the 2022 Beijing News Center's "City of The City of the Two Olympics • Kandian" live broadcast event was full of a strong atmosphere of intangible cultural heritage. The theme of this live broadcast event is "The Watch of Ingenuity and Craftsmanship", and Li Linlin, deputy director of the Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, was invited to introduce the current situation of intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance in Beijing. In addition, Han Haijuan of Beijing Dafang Yuanxinde Jewelry Company, Bai Li and Yang Xue of Jurentang Kyocera (Beijing) Culture Co., Ltd., and Li Wei of Zhu Ruorui (Beijing) Jewelry Co., Ltd. respectively told the exquisite skills and inheritance stories of filigree inlay, Beijing color porcelain, rope knots and other intangible cultural heritage items. The live broadcast room is breathtaking.

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Li Linlin, deputy director of the Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, said that Beijing's intangible cultural heritage is an important part of the capital's history and culture, which is of great significance to highlighting the historical and cultural value of the capital, highlighting the style of the capital, the charm of the ancient capital and the style of the times.

Li Linlin introduced that Beijing's intangible cultural heritage mainly has three characteristics: First, it has a long history and is broad and profound. On the basis of fully absorbing the essence of various places, Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage has gradually formed a number of exquisite and ingenious court arts, such as the "Eight Absolutes of Yanjing". The second is pluralism and integration, and the strengths of all are absorbed. Historically, Mongolian, Han, Manchu and other ethnic groups established political power in Beijing, as a political and cultural center, different nationalities, different regions and national cultures exchanged and blended in Beijing, and there were projects such as masking with great national characteristics, clock restoration techniques influenced by Western culture, and inner painting snuff bottles. The third is the common appreciation of elegant customs, the folk customs are pure, and the development of folk culture and art that is closely related to the lives of the people is flourishing, such as Peking Opera, Commentary, Cross-talk, Fork Qu, as well as five elements and eight works, what kind of juggling and a hundred kinds of food, etc., and the atmosphere of life is rich.

The complete and accurate preservation and recording of intangible cultural heritage resources has become a key point in the protection of intangible cultural heritage. Li Linlin said that in recent years, the Beijing Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center has carried out a lot of work, such as the creation and publication of the first "Beijing Central Axis Cultural Tour Book" with the central axis as the core, highlighting the characteristics of cultural and tourism integration, telling the story of the changes and humanistic history of the old Beijing city, with a volume of more than 3 million words, which is the largest and most extensive historical and cultural series of Beijing central axis themes on the market so far, filling the gap in the in-depth exploration of the central axis cultural tourism resources series. In addition, he has also edited and published works such as "The Great Wall is Under the Eaves: A Tour of the Great Wall Intangible Cultural Heritage" and "A History of the Inheritance of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Beijing". At the same time, using digital multimedia modern technical means, through the collection and collation of existing literature, filming and production of oral statements, project practice, inheritance of teaching video materials, etc., comprehensively, truthfully and systematically record the rich knowledge and exquisite skills of representative inheritors, and has carried out six batches of 58 national representative inheritors.

The filigree inlay technique is inherited

The participation of young people is indispensable

In the live broadcast room, the golden silk wing crown worn by a one-to-one reproduction of the Ming Wanli Emperor was very eye-catching. Ms. Han Haijuan of Beijing Dafang Yuanxinde Jewelry Company took this opportunity to popularize one of the eight gems of Yanjing - filigree inlay technique. Where is the "absolute" of this skill? Han Haijuan said that filigree inlay mainly has eight major processes of pinching, filling, saving, welding, weaving, weaving, piling and laying, which are subdivided, and each process is ever-changing and exquisite.

"I think the 'welding' process is the most difficult, if the fire is not mastered, the work will be completely wasted, and the previous achievements will be abandoned." But I think what is more important is the spirit of ingenuity and perseverance, which contains the emotions of craftsmen in every process, so every work has a soul. Han Haijuan said that filigree inlays belonged to the imperial court in the past, and were characterized by complexity and grace. In contemporary times, if any craft wants to be passed on, it must be innovative and in line with the characteristics of the times.

"We try to integrate the European-style production process and expression style with the filigree inlay process, integrate traditional Chinese culture and fashion elements into the works, combine Chinese and Western styles, learn from each other, learn from each other, and provide original jewelry that is historical, new and unique, and of precious quality." And when we innovate, we must combine the aesthetics of the current young people to give the works the characteristics of the times, but the key is to retain the essence of traditional craftsmanship, use old elements, and use minimalist craftsmanship to express the exquisite and perfect traditional craftsmanship of filigree inlay. Han Haijuan said.

Seeing that many young people pay attention to filigree inlay technology, Han Haijuan is particularly pleased: "The special need for young people to join is not just filigree inlay, any skill to be passed on, it needs the participation of young people, and there is inheritance from generation to generation." Although the filigree inlay technique is complex and profound, the production process is long and boring, requiring a high degree of understanding, so that many young people are prohibitive, but 'the difficult will not be difficult, the meeting is not difficult', as long as there is such a love for the essence of China, the works made will definitely surpass history, and the new generation of young people's ideas and vision are more broad, but also can make the filigree inlay glow with new life and color. ”

Inheritor of Kyocai porcelain

Live live "show" coloring

As non-hereditary people of Jingcai Porcelain, Bai Li and Yang Xue from Jurentang Kyocera (Beijing) Culture Co., Ltd. also came to the live broadcast room to meet with netizens, and they are a pair of teachers and apprentices - Bai Li is the fourth generation of Jingcai porcelain inheritors, and Yang Xue is now the fifth generation of Jingcai porcelain.

Speaking of the history of Jingcai porcelain, Bai Li is like a number of family treasures: "Jingcai porcelain began in Kangxi and flourished in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the entry of official kiln porcelain into the market, in order to meet people's good old appreciation, daily use and other special needs, Jingcai porcelain also began to fire a variety of realistic former dynasty classic porcelain, these porcelain tire quality, glaze color, picture fineness comparable to the official kiln. After the founding of New China, Jingcai porcelain developed under unified management, and the government organized the establishment of a special porcelain studio mainly responsible for Wu Dezu. At the beginning of 1973, the Beijing Municipal Handicraft Factory (the predecessor of the current company) with the production of Beijing color porcelain as the main industry and controlled by Wu Dezu's disciple Yu Guanbao was established, and on the basis of the original small workshop production, a large-scale professional manufacturer was built, and the works were mainly exported to Europe and the United States. ”

At the event site, Bai Li and Yang Xue also specially brought several Beijing color porcelain works, which made netizens feast their eyes. In order to let everyone know more about Beijing color porcelain, Yang Xue also showed the glaze color technique to netizens on the spot, only to see her left hand holding the porcelain, the right hand holding the brush, one stroke to the porcelain color, the color is very exquisite. The audience could not help but hold their breath and watch and study carefully.

In order to do a good job in the promotion of skills, the inheritors are not less busy. "As a representative protection project of intangible cultural heritage in Beijing, not only craftsmen should keep the art to inherit, but also let everyone understand the traditional culture together, so they have undertaken various intangible cultural heritage into the campus, into the community, the whole picture of the production process of the online live broadcast workshop, etc., and do our best to promote the intangible cultural heritage to the society, and invite the community to experience the production of glaze paintings and other projects." So far, several primary and secondary schools, social enterprise groups or individuals in Beijing have contacted and learned about our intangible cultural heritage and experienced the production of our ceramic products. At important events such as the Asian Civilization Dialogue Conference and the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Beijing Colored Porcelain, as an experience project, also allowed more foreign friends to understand the intangible cultural heritage skills. Yang Xue said.

The knots are threaded into the buckle

The compilation process is not simple

"Ordinary people make a knot, which is mainly strong and firm, and the knot works pay attention to neatness, symmetry and fluency. The knots are woven, drawn and repaired. The weaving method of various knots is fixed, and the pumping can determine the tightness of the knot, the length of the ear wings, the smoothness and neatness of the lines; the repair is the final modification of the knot, such as sewing a bead, sizing, etc. There are many variations of knots, in addition to cotton, linen, silk, nylon and leather thread, the thread used for rope weaving can also be matched with metal wire materials such as gold and silver, which increases the function and scope of application of knots, whether it is jewelry, clothes, gift packaging beautification, or decoration of various furnishings in the room, can be matched with knots to add beauty..." Li Wei from Zhu Ruorui (Beijing) Jewelry Co., Ltd. introduced the long-established knot rope technique to everyone in the live broadcast room, and brought several knot rope works: back cloud tassels, Ruyi knot hollow shou character sachet, auspicious knot, concubine knot, can be described as exquisite.

"The knots are meticulous, seemingly exquisite and lovely, but in fact it is not simple", Li Wei said, the preparation process not only requires a patience, but also requires decades of perseverance, handmade things are too time-consuming, and the old feeling is not enough time. Some techniques handed down by the ancestors, we must pass it down, but also add our own innovation, so that the knotted craft can be passed on from generation to generation. I hope that more friends will join the big family of knot art, from hobbies to professional learning, hoping to integrate knots into art, integrate art into life, and leave a lingering fragrance on people's rose hands. ”

Article/Reporter Jiang Ruojing