Emblem school jade carving. Photo courtesy of Shushan District Cultural Center
Jade carving is a traditional folk carving art, mainly using a variety of jade, jadeite, agate, coral and other raw materials, carved out of the furnace bottle, characters, flowers, birds and animals and other products, strange shape, fine carving, fine texture, warm and smooth, exquisite and transparent.
Sun Xuemei learned the design and production of jade carving technology from Master Bu Rongqing and Zhang Wenling, the inheritors of jade carving, and then went to Shanghai to learn the theoretical knowledge and carving skills of jade carving, and established Sun Xuemei Jade Carving Studio in Anhui Province- He Yuzhai to inherit jade carving culture.
Sun Xuemei has always adhered to the traditional gouge, bas-based carving, relief, relief, hollowing, carving, embossing, yin carving, punching, polishing and other jade carving techniques, taking the traditional, courageous innovation, north-south compatibility, unique style, its own school, the creation of jade carving art works have won a number of national and Anhui province jade carving art awards, deeply loved by jade lovers from all walks of life. Inheriting the tradition and developing innovative Huipai jade carving, inheriting and promoting intangible cultural heritage is the purpose of Sun Xuemei, the representative inheritor of the Huipai jade carving project, who has worked hard all his life.
Emblem gang tailor. Shushan District Cultural Center
Founded in 1920, Huibang Tailor is an independent brand of Chinese national costumes. Over the past hundred years, adhering to the first generation of Mr. Wang Yunmao's original compilation of "four skills, six stitches, nine methods, sixteen tips" and other hand-stitching techniques, its handmade buckle, hand-embroidered emblem embroidery, hand-stitched, exquisite craftsmanship, unique. After three generations, it has always adhered to the original design, tailor-made, single version, hand-sewn, based on the Qipao, wedding dress, wedding dress and other Chinese dresses for men and women, and adhered to the inheritance of traditional clothing culture. Each costume of the "Emblem Gang Tailor" is embedded with a strong emblem culture element in the style design.
Wang Jun, the inheritor of the Hui gang tailor, is from Jixi, and his grandparents and fathers are engaged in tailoring craftsmanship. Hu Shi once wrote a handwritten letter for his grandfather - "Strive to be a badge camel", and the original manuscript is still well preserved. Nowadays, Wang Jun carries the banner of "Hui gang tailor", with the letter "H" and the eight-leaf lotus plate buckle as the combination pattern, successfully registered the brand trademark of "Hui Gang tailor", inherits the traditional hand tailoring skills, provides customized clothes, fully hand-sewn plate buckle embroidery process, each cheongsam, dress is a unique work, inheriting the traditional taste, so that people in the era of industrial assembly line production feel the charm of traditional handicrafts. (Zhang Juan)