On the fourth day of the Chinese New Year in the Year of the Tiger in 2022, during the traditional Chinese Spring Festival, the Beijing Winter Olympics opened at the Bird's Nest at the Beijing National Gymnasium, and after successfully completing the schedule, the main torch of the Winter Olympics was slowly extinguished at the Bird's Nest, leaving a good memory for the Olympic athletes in various countries and regions in the world.
From the water of the Yellow River to the bird's nest standing on the welcome pine, to the willow branches in hand to bid farewell to the Winter Olympics, many distinctive Chinese cultural elements run through the whole venue, and the romance of the Chinese reaches the hearts of the people, stunning the world, and the traditional intangible cultural heritage is also dotted in between, attracting people's attention.
Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese romance
The Winter Olympic mascot "Ice Pier" is a giant panda wearing a "Chinese national treasure" wearing an ice crystal shell; the Winter Paralympic Mascot "Snow Rongrong", whose design inspiration is derived from lanterns; the Winter Olympics Tinder Lamp is inspired by the "First Light of China" Western Han Changxin Palace Lamp, the design is novel, and the Chinese elegance is integrated into the design of the Tinder Lamp.
The bouquet of awards for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is known as the "Olympic Flower That Never Fades", using the Haipai Velvet Thread Weaving Technique, a representative project of Shanghai's intangible cultural heritage. As an ancient handicraft, more than 100 years ago, the knotting method was crossed from the European continent to the coastal cities of China, and a group of skillful Chinese craftsmen integrated it into the local traditional knot rope technique, transformed different knitting techniques and styles, and constantly "unlocked" various use scenarios of velvet weaving in life. After generations, many colorful knotting techniques have been integrated and developed, and they have blossomed in the metropolis of Shanghai. As a result, the haipai velvet thread knitting technique gradually became a family of its own, and in 2009 it was included in the shanghai intangible cultural heritage list.
The knotting technique of haipai velvet thread is exquisite and ingenious. The bouquet of the Winter Olympic Awards was led by Li Meimei, a representative inheritor of the Shanghai municipal level of Haipai velvet thread weaving technology, and the red flowers and green leaves were all handmade. According to reports, a total of 1,251 bouquets and a total of 16,731 flowers were handmade for nearly 50,000 hours.
Some people may not know that the twenty-four solar terms are also intangible cultural heritage. The ancients divided the annual trajectory of the sun into 24 equal parts, each equal part of a solar term, so there were twenty-four solar terms. From spring, rain, and sting to winter solstice, small cold, and big cold, the 24 solar terms guide traditional agricultural production and daily life, and are an important part of the traditional Chinese calendar system and its related practical activities. In 2016, the twenty-four solar terms were officially inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
At the opening ceremony and competition field, there was a "moon phase" canvas bag made by my mother, which was eye-catching and refreshing. Under the traditional and unique expression of blue dyeing and dyeing in China, 100 different moon phase diagrams come to life on canvas bags, such as the vast starry sky, giving people infinite reverie; between green and white, exuding a simple oriental cultural philosophy; and the scene of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games that integrates snow and moon elements, highlighting the unique Chinese style of heaven, earth and people in the world of Chinese human culture. This is the beauty of traditional Chinese craftsmanship and humanity presented on a small canvas bag by the traditional Chinese aesthetic symbol "Moon Phase".
The stage of the world, the aesthetics of China
"Embroidery without needle and thread, colored brocade without weaving." Tie-dye is a treasure in the folk printing and dyeing art of the mainland, and in the process of thousands of years of development, it is embellished and enriched with people's daily lives with its unique aesthetic form and decorative taste.
"The craftsman skillfully created 100 different moon phases, depicting the changes in the celestial phases observed Chinese, implying Chinese understanding and reverence for heaven and earth." When talking about the deconstruction of the moon phase diagram and the design concept of this product, contemporary international artist Zhang Zhaoda recounted: "Tie-dye handicraft is a Chinese intangible cultural heritage, and the thousand-year-old Bai people from the Cangshan Erhai Sea in Dali, Yunnan Province, record the changes in the moon phase on the fabric through indigo tie-dye techniques to record the calendar. The ever-changing moon phase diagram expresses the chinese civilization's open-mindedness and optimism towards the universal world of mankind, and also means that the people of the world enjoy the game, enjoy Beijing, and enjoy the love and beauty of all things in the East under the same sky of the Beijing Winter Olympics. “
It is reported that the Bai "moon phase diagram" used in the canvas bag of this Winter Olympics franchise product is systematically excavated and summarized by the mother manufacturing team, created by Mr. Zhang Zhaoda, an international contemporary artist, and authorized the Winter Olympics franchised manufacturer to complete the production; the mother manufacturing team also responds to and follows the rural revitalization plan proposed by the state, joins hands and drives the female craftsmen of the mother manufacturing Yunnan tie-dye cooperative to participate in the design, and produces a variety of different forms of products to help support rural women's entrepreneurship and income. As a licensed product of the 24th Winter Olympic Games, the moon phase symbol and the moon phase tie-dye canvas bag appeared at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and appeared in the Winter Olympic Games, becoming one of the typical representatives of the traditional Chinese aesthetics and symbols displayed to the world at the Winter Olympic Games.
Let the world see the world of Chinese aesthetics
There are many types of traditional Chinese handicrafts, exquisite and beautiful, with a long and splendid history, containing rich national cultural values, ideological wisdom and practical experience. It occupies an important historical position in the development process of the whole Chinese culture and art and is a precious wealth of the Chinese nation.
"In addition to the 'moon phase diagram' Bai aesthetic symbol, the Mom manufacturing team systematically designed nearly 20 Winter Olympic licensed products." Li Baiying, director of the Mother Manufacturing Project, introduced in an interview that products such as the "Beijing Four Seasons" series, which use the Royal Pattern of Beijing Embroidery, the Miao symbol series of "Butterfly Mother" and the "Spring Festival Ruibeast" series of Chinese mythology, have become national dynasty products sought after by young consumers after 90 and 00.
When the Intangible Cultural Heritage meets the Winter Olympics, we see chinese culture dazzling the world and witness the modern extension of traditional culture. Through the Beijing Winter Olympics, one by one, China's intangible cultural heritage elements and the team behind them have built another bridge between China and the world. (Guangming Network reporter Zhong Leilei)
Source: Guangming Network