Cai Binglie, an intangible cultural heritage craftsman in Raoping County, Chaozhou City, made his own mascots "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong" with inlaid porcelain and ash carving.
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is being held in full swing, and the mascot of this Olympic Games, "Ice Pier", is also highly sought after, setting off a rush to buy around the world. Recently, Cai Binglie, an intangible cultural heritage craftsman from Raoping County, Chaozhou City, used the traditional porcelain inlaid porcelain and ash carving techniques to make his own mascots "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong" to cheer for the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The 62-year-old Cai Binglie is the fourth generation of porcelain inlaid craftsmen in his family, and has been engaged in the craft of ash and inlay porcelain for more than 40 years. "I heard that 'ice piers' are very popular, so I wanted to try to make one with my familiar craftsmanship to cheer for the Beijing Winter Olympics and athletes together." Cai Binglie introduced that the "ice pier" produced by cai binglie adopts the inlaid porcelain process, and the "snow rongrong" adopts the ash carving process.
The 62-year-old Cai Binglie is the fourth generation of porcelain inlaid craftsmen in his family, and has been engaged in the craft of ash and inlay porcelain for more than 40 years.
Cai Binglie is making an inlaid porcelain version of the "ice pier".
Due to the first attempt, the production process was not easy, and Tsai Binglie was not satisfied with the completion of the first work, and he quickly made adjustments to re-produce it. The kung fu paid off, and he finally made a cute porcelain plate "Ice Pier" in just over a day, and a cute and playful gray version of "Snow Melting" in one day.
Zhang Jianrong, a senior in college this year, is a visual communication design student and a native of Raoping, and he recently came to pay homage to Cai Binglie for his graduation project to learn the craft of ash and porcelain inlay. Previously, Zhang Jianrong filmed the process of Cai Binglie's mascot making a video and posted it online, which received a lot of likes. "I am very happy to see that the teacher uses traditional intangible handicrafts to make the mascot of the fire, which can not only cheer for the Olympic Games, but also help the intangible handicrafts to spread better." Zhang Jianrong said.
It is worth mentioning that in February this year, Raoping County announced the second batch of county-level intangible cultural heritage representative projects, and 37 projects such as inlaid porcelain craftsmanship and ash casting craft were successfully selected. The catalogue aims to further enrich the intangible cultural resources of Raoping County, inject new vitality into the inheritance and protection of raoping county's intangible cultural heritage, and lay the foundation for Raoping County's next application for the list of provincial and national intangible cultural heritage projects.
【Author】 Huang Minxuan, Zheng Miaoxin, Xiao Yanjing
[Correspondent] Yu Qiusong Hong Zhibin
【Author】 Huang Minxuan; Zheng Miaoxin
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client