Beijing, March 11 News from the Central Broadcasting Network Cheng Sui'er, host of the special program "Talking about the "Art" of the Two Sessions of the Voice of China's "Chao Hua Xi Shi" and the two sessions, interviewed Yang Changqin, a deputy to the National People's Congress and a representative inheritor of the provincial intangible cultural heritage of the bamboo weaving craft in Guizhou Province. What bills and suggestions did she bring to the two sessions? How can intangible cultural heritage be inherited and developed to help rural revitalization? What are her new thoughts on the "art of fingertips" weaving a better life?
He has been in office for five years, focusing on the development of local economy and traditional culture
Cheng Sui'er: What suggestions did you bring to the two sessions this year?
Yang Changqin: I brought three suggestions for this year's two sessions. The first is that the construction of a high-speed railway from Luzhou to Zunyi should be accelerated, which is the voice of the people. Because Renhuai and Chishui only have one high-speed road to the outside world, there is no high-speed rail. After the people in poor areas get rid of poverty, if they want to comprehensively revitalize the countryside, they must go out and integrate Guizhou into the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, and road construction is a powerful measure to achieve this goal.
The second is a proposal for the transformation of brand patents, and I hope that the state can have certain policy support for Guizhou. I believe that if Guizhou wants to develop its industry after being comprehensively lifted out of poverty, it must have intellectual property rights and brands, so that the ecological value can be converted into economic value to the greatest extent. Because intellectual property and branding are the passport of products as commodities to the market.
The third is a recommendation for the protection and development of intangible cultural heritage. I think we should build an industrial chain integrating production, processing, research and development, design, research and learning, experience training, brand operation, publicity and promotion, brand and industrialization of intangible cultural heritage, and use the brand to lead the market, so as to achieve the purpose of using the market to feed culture. Because at the grassroots level, development is the best inheritance.
Cheng Sui'er: You have insisted on the proposal to speed up the construction of a high-speed railway from Luzhou to Zunyi for five years, what is the reason for your persistence?
Yang Changqin: Although we are the first county and city to get rid of poverty, there is no high-speed rail in this area, and the inconvenience of transportation has affected our high-quality development. We want to develop industries, want to go out, want to integrate into the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, and the transportation out of the mountains is the key. Therefore, our development is inseparable from the construction of this high-speed railway, which is also the voice of all ordinary people.
Cheng Sui'er: This time, your suggestions specifically include the content of "how to deeply integrate the bamboo weaving industry with rural revitalization", what new thoughts do you have about this content?
Yang Changqin: The deep integration of traditional handicraft industry and rural revitalization is to make handicrafts into products, industrialize and marketize traditional handicrafts, and turn it into a cultural industry for rural revitalization in the future. As far as the bamboo weaving process is concerned, we can combine the design and research and development of traditional bamboo art in combination with the aesthetics of modern people's lives, form a brand and promote it. I believe that if we make it into an industry, there will be a market, there will be development, and thus the cultural characteristics of rural revitalization will also be formed. For example, the bamboo weaving products now on the market can be used as decoration, and can also be made into bamboo weaving paintings according to customer needs, and the most sought-after products are privately customized according to customer needs, and the customer's ideas are turned into reality through our design and craftsmanship. I think that if the bamboo weaving process is to be accepted by the public, it must be integrated into life, into the aesthetics of the times, and then it will be inherited and developed, just like my original intention, after I finish this life, there will be the next generation to continue to do.
Cheng Sui'er: As a deputy to the National People's Congress who has been in office for five years, you pay special attention to the inheritance of traditional culture and the development of rural industries.
Yang Changqin: For example, when I found out about the aging of the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage traditional handicrafts, I put forward my suggestions to the cultural department. I believe that the state should increase the intensity of talent training and set up a special training fund to let young people see that the state is supporting the development of traditional culture. Later, with the efforts of the state and the inheritors, there are now more young people willing to join the industry.
Host Cheng Sui'er
Intangible cultural heritage that helps rural revitalization - Chishui bamboo weaving
Cheng Sui'er: Can you tell us about Chishui bamboo weaving?
Yang Changqin: According to the county chronicle, Chishui bamboo weaving should have been produced in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, but in fact it may be earlier, because the farming tools we use every day belong to the relatively rough bamboo weaving process. Later, the bamboo weaving process developed into mats and other daily necessities, and then we later applied this craft to make it into flat bamboo paintings and fine three-dimensional bamboo weaving. Now the lampshades, tea sets, etc. in life are our bamboo products, we will also apply different bamboo according to different product varieties, such as making bags, you need to use nan bamboo, water bamboo, spotted bamboo these three types of bamboo, and the older the bamboo, the better, because the old bamboo is stronger, the degree of pulp will be better.
When we make it, we have to go through more than 20 processes such as cutting bamboo and breaking bamboo, and then the products made after filigree and drawing can maintain the golden translucency for a long time. Therefore, from the beginning of cutting bamboo, to layering, blocking, and then to drawing and evenly, it is a very meticulous process. Sometimes you can divide a centimeter of bamboo into dozens of times or even finer. When we applied for the heritage, we measured it with professional tools, and the four pieces of bamboo wire were folded up to be as thick as A4 paper, which can be said to be as thin as hair.
Cheng Sui'er: I heard that every year at the Two Sessions, you will bring a very large suitcase filled with all kinds of chishui bamboo weaving works. I'm particularly curious about what new bamboo weaving works you've brought this year?
Yang Changqin: At this year's two sessions, I brought a bamboo tea box, which is equivalent to a multi-functional box, which can hold Guizhou specialty tea and can be packaged. Moreover, combined with the traditional craft of chishui bamboo weaving, it can be said that this bamboo weaving work belongs to the new ideas of rural revitalization and the integration and development of traditional handicrafts.
Cheng Sui'er: How did the bamboo weaving industry develop as a whole last year? Where do you think our bamboo weaving market competitiveness lies?
Yang Changqin: Last year, the bamboo weaving industry developed steadily on the basis of the previous year, with an output value of 18 million yuan, driving the employment of more than 100 employees, and indirectly driving more than 3,000 people in Chishui City to engage in related industries.
I think our market competitiveness is personalization, and the ability to turn products into commodities, and our local bamboo knots are very long, suitable for three-dimensional bamboo weaving, which is our resource advantage. In addition, our market sales have gradually increased, and the brand effect has become louder and louder.
Yang Changqin
Improve the production, education and research base of intangible cultural heritage skills and promote the development of rural economy
Cheng Sui'er: You have a suggestion that is put forward around the theme of improving the industry-university-research base of intangible cultural heritage skills and promoting the development of rural economy. Can you tell us about the characteristics of the industry-university-research base?
Yang Changqin: The characteristics of our production, education and research base are the production and processing of bamboo weaving, not only the research and development, design of bamboo weaving and training courses, but also the research experience and off-campus labor practice base. Today, in response to market changes, we have also made the training "material package" into a course to teach handicrafts, which is another product.
Cheng Sui'er: The local industry-university-research base, which groups of people are the main targets of the training? What kind of thinking makes you feel that the industry-university-research base can play a greater value?
Yang Changqin: The current training objects are mainly aimed at the technical training of young people and the experience of children, covering a wide range of ages. For example, we can teach children to make small animals with bamboo through the activity of "intangible cultural heritage into the campus", so that they can understand our traditional culture with a sense of achievement made by hand. In addition, the industry-university-research base is also the practice base of the university, for example, it is now the off-campus practice base of the School of Art and Design of Shanghai University.
I think we start a business to keep thinking and develop. Intangible cultural heritage is both a traditional culture and a cultural industry, so we must combine the characteristics of modern society to continuously solve problems. After I tried it, I felt that this road was feasible in the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, so I wanted to share it with everyone, so that all localities can combine local resources and cultural characteristics to refer to, so that more people can take fewer detours. This has become a career that I have insisted on all my life, so I will be more attentive, which is my feeling for traditional craftsmanship.
Cheng Sui'er: Now everyone likes in-depth travel and is willing to understand the local culture, and the production, education and research base provides such a place for everyone.
Yang Changqin: Guizhou is one of the provinces with the richest and most distinctive tourism resources in the mainland, and nowadays, tourism is not only sightseeing, but also an in-depth experience with certain cultural connotations, so the role of our production, education and research base is highlighted. For example, in the base of Datong Ancient Town, the first floor is a production and processing, R&D design and display sales platform, the second floor is a production and processing platform, and the third floor is a research experience and training platform. Coupled with the fact that Datong Ancient Town is a traditional Chinese village and a famous historical and cultural town, this external environment together with the base deepens the sense of tourism experience.
Incorporate traditional craftsmanship into modern aesthetics
Cheng Sui'er: It has been 15 years since you started learning Chishui bamboo weaving in 2007, what is your next step?
Yang Changqin: Engaged in the bamboo weaving industry for 15 years, I have grown from an apprentice to the sixth generation of representative inheritors of Chishui bamboo weaving, and the next step is to develop the brand well, promote it well, and publicize it well. Last year, we applied for landmark products and geographical indication brand products based on Chishui bamboo weaving, so that more people can rely on this skill to increase their income and get rich, so that we also won the title of "The Hometown of Chinese Bamboo Weaving Craftsmanship". With the development of Chishui tourism, we will gradually usher in a larger market.
Cheng Sui'er: I heard that you also went to some art academies in Shanghai to study for this purpose? Can you tell us about this learning experience and what you have learned?
Yang Changqin: In order to improve my aesthetic and design ability, I went to shanghai academy of fine arts, Tsinghua academy of fine arts and some large art academies to study. If I don't design, I can't better turn the customer's ideas into reality, and I can't integrate traditional craftsmanship into modern aesthetics and turn them into commodities. After studying in Shanghai, I found that outside the industry, bamboo weaving can be integrated with many things, and unexpected ideas can be collided. Through my studies, I also became the chief designer of "Extreme Bamboo Hall".
Cheng Sui'er: You once said that you want to create master works that are truly your own and have the value of art collection. Where is this desire so far?
Yang Changqin: At present, I have not yet reached the ideal state in my mind, if I want to make a master-level work, I still need to precipitate, and I hope that it can be realized in ten years.
Producer: Guo Jing Bai Zhonghua
Moderator: Su Yang
Editors: Wang Xin, Qiao Renhui, Yin Yukun