Opening remarks:
Carrying the ardent expectations of the majority of exhibitors and shouldering the glorious mission of the great exhibition and exchange of the arts and crafts industry, the second China Arts and Crafts Expo will be held in Nanjing International Expo Center, Jiangsu Province, from March 24 to 27. Looking back on the past, the expo promoted the display and exchange of traditional craft industries and led to the prosperity of the arts and crafts market. Looking at today, the new expo will gather more high-quality industry resources, show more abundant boutique works, and present more distinctive traditional craftsmanship.
The world's ingenuity is amazing, and the clever hands are not axe-chiseled. From now on, this newspaper will continue to report on the masters of arts and crafts and their works that will be unveiled at the expo next month, so that readers can get a sneak peek.
On March 24, 2022, the second China Arts and Crafts Expo, hosted by the China Light Industry Federation, will open at the Nanjing International Expo Center.
The reporter learned that the "Jiangsu Gongmei Exhibition Group", as the host, is composed of more than 100 enterprises and studios organized by the Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Industry Association and the Jiangsu Provincial Arts and Crafts Society. The exhibitors include Chinese arts and crafts masters, provincial arts and crafts masters, provincial arts and crafts celebrities, intangible cultural heritage inheritors, outstanding arts and crafts workers, outstanding representatives of colleges and universities, and cultural and creative product enterprises or studios.
At this expo, the "Jiangsu Gongmei Exhibition Group" will be unveiled in Hall 5 of Nanjing International Expo Center, exhibiting 11 categories of art and crafts with Jiangsu characteristics, including jade, lacquerware, purple sand, embroidery, mahogany carving, Ming-style furniture, crystal carving, folk crafts, etc., to the general audience. "Jiangsu Gongmei Exhibition Group" not only displays the fine works of Jiangsu arts and crafts, but also strives to promote traditional arts and crafts products into the lives of the people.
The relevant person in charge of the "Jiangsu Gongmei Exhibition Group" said in an interview with reporters that Jiangsu is an important production area for traditional arts and crafts products in the mainland, and in the long history of the millennium, Jiangsu has emerged countless famous masters and craftsmen with exquisite craftsmanship. Jiangsu arts and crafts skills are continuously inherited and developed through the hands of successive generations of craftsmen and unremitting creation and innovation. Among them, traditional skills and skills such as purple sand, embroidery, jade carving, lacquerware, crystal carving, mahogany carving, and Ming-style furniture have become key arts and crafts projects in Jiangsu Province and are well-known in the world. At present, Jiangsu Province has many national industrial cluster titles such as "Capital of Handicraft and Folk Art", "Crystal Capital of the World", "Capital of Chinese Ceramics", "Hometown of Chinese Clay People", "Hometown of Chinese Nuclear Sculpture", "Hometown of Chinese Embroidery Art", "Hometown of Chinese Jade Carving" and so on.
The reporter learned that the exhibited works of the "Jiangsu Gongmei Exhibition Group" not only inherit the classics, but also focus on highlighting the characteristics of the spirit of the times exhibits with outstanding ideas, novel creativity and skillful techniques. Among them, the weaving and embroidery depicts the beautiful picture scroll of splendid Jiangnan in the shuttle of needle and thread; the craft sculpture perfectly integrates the delicate carving and painting of the ancient method with the modern decorative arts; the ancient charm of the artistic ceramics is melodious, showing the beauty of tea utensils and study utensils, showing the elegance of ordinary life; and the folk craft exhibits are full of flowers, depicting the beauty of life in the new era in the heart of the craftsman.
At this expo, the audience can see which arts and crafts brought by the "Jiangsu Gongmei Exhibition Group"? Follow the reporter to learn about the past and present lives and exquisite works of arts and crafts.
The art of ceramics inherits innovation
Jiangsu's ceramic production technology has a long history and a rich variety. "Juntao" began in the Ming Dynasty, and piling flowers is the biggest feature of its craftsmanship.
In recent years, "Fine Pottery" has been constantly innovating, and adopting a variety of techniques such as engraving, painting, stacking, filling and painting in ceramic decoration, forming a new artistic style. "Faience pottery" pioneered the color glaze painting flower, jade bead glaze, color glaze spray combined with scratching, picking, filling decorative techniques, has formed a flat, pointed, special-shaped modern style.
Purple sand work "Ideal Shines on China" author: Gao Jun, Gao Zhihan, Wu Tingting
At this expo, the purple sand in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, is undoubtedly a "star product" that has attracted much attention. From the Ming Dynasty to the present, more than 300 literati in Yixing Zisha have participated in design, painting, inscription poems and engravings. The participation of cultural celebrities in the creation of purple sand is a unique cultural phenomenon. This also plays an extremely important role in promoting the expansion, deepening and improvement of the cultural connotation of purple sand. I believe that the audience who love to drink tea, taste tea and collect purple sand tea utensils will definitely be eye-opening and fruitful at this expo.
Admire the colorful embroidery
Embroidery work "Centennial Red" Author: Lu Meihong
"Splendid embroidery" has always meant beauty in Chinese culture, and from ancient times to the present, Jiangsu has been one of the key production areas of brocade and embroidery in the mainland. Its weaving of Su embroidery, cloud brocade, Song brocade, as well as silk, yarn, carpet and other works of art are breathtaking.
Jiangsu embroidery centered on Suzhou, collectively known as "Su embroidery". On the basis of inheriting the traditional "tin embroidery", Wuxi embroiderers have created "fine embroidery". Silk and yunjin are produced in Nanjing, once used as royal royals, because of their brilliant colors, elegant and rich, and won the reputation of "Yunjin".
In addition, Jiangsu weaving and embroidery also has more than 2,000 years of history of Suzhou "flat embroidery", "Changshu lace" known for carving and embroidery techniques, and nantong Rugao as the representative of the artistic silk tapestry.
The exhibits brought by the Jiangsu delegation will feast the eyes of audiences interested in traditional Chinese costumes and weaving techniques.
Look at the "Su Gong" sculpture and be ingenious
In the sculpture projects of traditional Chinese arts and crafts, "Su Gong" has always been the "Taishan Beidou" in the history of Chinese craft carving because of its exquisite craftsmanship, flexible shape and skillful craftsmanship. Jiangsu has many sculpture arts and crafts projects, including jade carving, mahogany carving, wood carving, nuclear carving, bamboo carving, tooth carving, brick carving, clay sculpture, glass carving, crystal carving and lacquerware.
Nuclear sculpture work "Noisy Lantern" by Zhou Jianming
Among them, jade carving has a far-reaching history in Jiangsu, and the jade carving excavated from the Liangzhu cultural site is the best evidence. Lacquerware is more complex, requiring lacquer on molded wood, bamboo, leather, linen and other carcasses, and decorated with techniques such as painting, engraving, inlaying, gold, and color removal. In addition, Jiangsu wood carving, nuclear carving, clay sculpture, cheng mud stone carving, water mill green brick carving, glass carving and other craft projects also occupy an important position in the history of Chinese arts and crafts.
Here, the viewer can intuitively feel the physical display of "recklessly not because of the pictogram of the situation, each with its own mood" in "The Chronicle of the Nuclear Boat".
Look at folk crafts with a hundred flowers blooming
At this expo, the folk arts and crafts projects of Jiangsu Province will be concentrated on the appearance, with a rich variety of exhibitions and unique beauty of life. The exhibited works cover paper-cutting, woodcut New Year paintings, metal crafts, gold and silver ornaments, Su Mounting and other folk craft works. These works are written by contemporary Jiangsu arts and crafts masters, and are innovative on the basis of inheriting traditions.
Qin Huai's lantern work "Water Rhyme Jiangsu" Author: Chen Baihua Chen Mengyuan
Paper-cutting in Jiangsu is a folk art loved by the masses, and it has its own characteristics. Suzhou's woodcut New Year paintings are also outstanding, as early as the Ming Dynasty has been exported to Japan, Korea and other countries, and has had a positive impact on the local painting style. The gold leaf craft originated in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the gold leaf is as thin as a cicada wing, soft as satin, and as light as a feather, and still has a wide range of uses today. Sandalwood fans, silk palace fans and folding fans are called "Suzhou Ya fans" and are made of imported sandalwood.
The willow weaving process has a long history and contains the atmosphere of life, because of its easy availability of materials and the many styles of utensils it makes, which are deeply rooted in the lives of the people and are still widely used today.
At this expo, the "Jiangsu Gongmei Exhibition Group" will bring thousands of masterpieces to meet the audience. It is believed that the audience in the Jiangsu exhibition area can not only feel the traditional ingenuity of "Daya Jiangnan", but also feel the vitality of Jiangsu Arts and Crafts in the new era.
Wen | Jia Taowen, an intern reporter of this newspaper