Column introduction: "Tide" is an attitude, an attitude towards life, an attitude of daring to try, daring to take risks, daring to take responsibility, and daring to be excellent. "Tide" is also a personality, a concept, which can represent the image of the enterprise and show the style of the individual. Tide, never age.
This time, we launched the "Hipster People" column, using our vision to take you into the hipsters of different ages. They may be ordinary people, doctors, teachers, policemen, "street" artists, young people with dreams... They are all in their own industry, interpreting the ordinary but extraordinary side of ordinary people.
Today, Xiaobian takes you to understand the story of Chongqing's post-90s non-hereditary inheritors and Xiangsheng.
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The words "post-90s" and "intangible cultural heritage"
Xiaobian exhausted his imagination and could not connect them
Unexpectedly, I met a young man by chance
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Chongqing post-90s boys and Husheng
In today's developed network and impetuous heart
He resolutely embarked on the journey of inheriting intangible cultural heritage
Let the ancient and beautiful "filigree inlay" technique
Breathe new life
Traditional Chinese handicrafts
● Filigree inlay ●
PART 01
Origin: "I repair cultural relics in the Forbidden City"
Born and raised in Chongqing, a post-90s boy and a student, born in a family that loves art, he has heard about it since he was a child, studied ceramic design in college, and also devoted himself to the art industry after graduation. He was associated with filigree inlay when he went to the Forbidden City to learn pottery restoration.
"Gold mining for silk, clever hands for knotting, inlaid jade embellished with green, is a must". The graceful and luxurious filigree inlay, which represents the peak of China's precious metal making process, was once dedicated to the court, and now it has become the essence of the wandering folk, waiting for the inheritance of the younger generation.
△ Filigree inlay restoration work
In 2013, He Xiangsheng took the first bucket of gold he earned at the auction house after graduation and embarked on the road to Beijing to learn pottery restoration. When studying, the teacher next door also does restoration work. One day, the teacher Fu came over with the restored collection of the Forbidden City, and immediately attracted his attention.
This was the first time he had seen a filigree mosaic, and he was struck by its beauty at first sight. "So small, but so delicate, that kind of beauty through time, really shocking."
△ Gold inlaid beaded stone dot green hairpin
Source 丨The Palace Museum
In his sixties, the age at which he should have been nurtured, the repair teacher, like many of his elderly peers, has been deeply involved in this industry because of the fear that there will be no successor to this craft. He was touched and had the same concerns.
"I don't want future people to only see the collection in the museum, so I regret how such a beautiful craft was lost..." At this point, He Xiangsheng resolutely embarked on the road of learning filigree inlay.
PART 02
Dream: Let the filigree inlay go out of China and go to the world
Like most of the post-90s, in his spare time, he will play games, travel, and meet three or five friends for drinking and chatting. The slight difference is that it is his lifelong pursuit to pass on the traditional Chinese craft "filigree inlay".
Between the words, it can be seen that He Xiangsheng's love for beauty and art, and his innate sense of responsibility and responsibility for inheriting traditional Chinese culture, which makes him have a calm and calm that is different from his peers.
Behind the beauty of filigree inlays is boring, complicated and time-consuming. It is necessary to make a tire shape first, apply filigree, hammer, hammer and other processes, and then sinter and weld into semi-finished products, and then be pickled, gilded or silver plated, pressed, inlaid with gemstones, dotted green, etc...
A fine filigree inlaid jewelry is often a combination of multiple processes, and each process is extremely complex.
The thread pulls the gold and silver into a filament thinner than a hair, then braids it into braided strands or various mesh-like tissues, and then welds it to the utensils. Like this small and exquisite ear, it takes nearly half a month to complete.
It took nearly 3 years of study, during which there were many difficulties. Works that took a long time to produce were broken, and constantly and carefully repetitive work was the norm, and he was shaken on the way, but with the dream of making a good "filigree inlay" and letting this skill go out of China and the world, he never gave up.
PART 03
Tide: Inherit the "filigree inlay" as a lifelong mission!
With his works, He Xiangsheng has participated in many jewelry exhibitions at home and abroad; he has also opened accounts at Kuaishou and B stations, and also broadcast live through Kuaishou and Taobao... The road to popularizing and inheriting filigree inlay has never stopped.
Fortunately, from the establishment of a studio alone, to the current team of 15 people, more and more people are beginning to understand and like this skill, and more and more people have joined the team of inheriting this skill.
Asked about the understanding of "tide", He Xiangsheng felt that "tide" is a new thing, or a new concept, that appears after the collision of new things and tradition, but the new or tide must be rich in cultural core and connotation.
As a post-90s generation, He Xiangsheng can calm down in the impetuous moment, and insist on it for several years, taking the inheritance of "filigree inlay" as a lifelong mission, so that this ancient skill can be known to more people, in my opinion, this is the "tide".
To his peers, what He Xiangsheng wants to say is, "Chinese culture is broad and profound, I hope that everyone will pay more attention to traditional culture, learn and understand more, so that the wisdom crystallization of our ancestors can be passed on." ”
Hipster characters
Inheritor of filigree inlay craftsmanship
And a message to Xiang Sheng
I hope that everyone can understand and learn more about traditional culture, hope that more and more people understand and like filigree inlay, and hope that excellent culture and skills can be passed on well
Finally, I hope that "Tide Level" will get better and better.
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Chongqing Chao Life · Original
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