Shuanglin Aya silk, which was selected for the "Second Batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List", was selected as a product for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, but where is it used? Early this morning, this reporter came to Huzhou Yunhe Shuanglin Silk Co., Ltd., located in Shuanglin Town, Nanxun District, and unveiled the real use of this batch of Winter Olympic silk. "Since 2021, our factory has specially organized the 'Winter Olympic Silk' production team and 5-person quality inspection team to ensure that the production task of winter Olympic silk is completed on time, with quality and quantity." Zheng Xiaohua, the person in charge, proudly introduced.
What will Ayatsu Shuanglin do at the Olympic Games? Zheng Xiaohua took out a sample of Aya silk cloth with a length of about 40 cm and a width of about 30 cm from the sample room and introduced: "Aya silk is mainly used for the award certificates of the winning athletes of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and the background color is divided into gold, silver and copper. The silk with this pattern is remade and framed on the cover of the certificate. ”
Among the traditional Chinese silk fabrics - Aya, Luo, Silk and Satin, Aya silk ranks first. Shuanglin Aya silk has a very long history of production, known as the "flower of oriental silk weaving craftsmanship", and is famous for being "as light as morning mist, as thin as cicada wings". According to the carbonized silk excavated at the Qianshan Yang Neolithic site near Shuanglin, the production of Shuanglin silk has a history of more than 4,700 years. Today, shuanglin aya silk weaving technology is a national intangible cultural heritage, and it has been included in the first batch of national traditional craft revitalization catalog.
As the inheritor of the "Shuanglin Silk Weaving Technique" in Zhejiang Province, Zheng Xiaohua has been in the industry for 41 years. Talking about why he was selected as the material for the winter Olympic award certificate, Zheng Xiaohua said with a smile: "The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games award certificate used our products, and the organizers thought of us first, and the two sides can be described as a one-shot deal." Shuanglin Aya silk also achieved the feat of applying it to the Double Olympic Arena. ”
In Zheng Xiaohua's memory, the shuanglin silk in the factory has been "out of the circle" three times. In 1978, the antique silk produced by Shuanglin Aya Silk Factory "entered" the Palace Museum, and then successively entered the British Museum, the Cleveland Museum, the Washington Museum, etc.; in 2008, the Shuanglin Silk, which was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, was invited by the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee as one of the raw materials for the production of Olympic certificates. The most recent "out of the circle" was this year with the dance drama "Only This Green" on the stage of the "National Treasure Exhibition Season", and Shuanglin Aya silk was recognized by the public.
Seven years ago, Zheng Xiaohua's daughter Zheng Yifei returned to her hometown shuanglin to inherit her father's silk weaving skills, expanded sales channels such as private customization through the Internet, and combined with the development of cultural and creative industries, developed better painting, mounting silk, and expanded to the fields of decorative arts.
Nowadays, under the insistence of the inheritors, the application range of Shuanglin Aya silk is getting wider and wider. In the past, silk could be used as a substitute for paper painting and ink, and Aya was used as a framed calligraphy and painting. Nowadays, Aya silk can also make theatrical costumes, table lamps, screens, kites, silk flowers and other arts and crafts, from book cases to the daily life of ordinary people, so that this gradually declining millennium traditional craft once again shines.
Author: Liu Haibo Zhang Bin
Editor: Fu Xinxin
Editor-in-charge: Jiang Ping
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