Li Jin's works are displayed. Photo by Yuan Chen (People's Photo)
Huang Yangwei, 24, is a student at Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology and a Li Jin entrepreneur. Born in a Li village in Hainan, he was attracted by the patterns of traditional costumes from an early age. Six years ago, he began to learn Li Jin's skills in the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Skills into The Campus" class in high school, and now he and his cousin have opened a Li Jin clothing store in Wuzhishan City. In addition to selling Li costumes, Huang Yangwei will also live-stream Li Jin products and Li culture from time to time. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Liyun
In 2021, the Li Jin Skills Training Class was opened and welcomed by the traditional textile, dyeing, weaving and embroidery practitioners of the Li ethnic group in Hainan Province. The training content of the seminar includes traditional Li Jin skills learning and e-commerce, short videos, etc. The picture shows student Fu Huili (second from the left) learning to weave Li Brocade under the guidance of her teacher. Photo by Yuan Chen (People's Photo)
Hainan Lijin, is the earliest cotton textile in China, which integrates spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery, and can be called the "living fossil" in the history of Chinese textiles. It originated from the production practice of Li women to make clothes and other daily necessities from materials such as cotton thread, twine and other fibers. Hainan Lijin is not only closely related to the production and life of the locals, but also an epic poem of the li people's soul. The Hainan Li people embody their worship of nature such as the sun, moon, stars, thunder, lightning, water and fire in the patterns of Li Jin, which is a vivid embodiment of the local life style, cultural customs and artistic accumulation. The colors from nature, coupled with the pure handicraft of spinning, dyeing and embroidery, make Li Jin have a unique artistic charm.
In October 2009, the traditional textile, dyeing, weaving and embroidery skills of the Li ethnic group (Lê Kam Đồi) were listed by UNESCO as an item on the Mainland Intangible Cultural Heritage List of Urgent Need of Protection. More than 10 years have passed, and Li Jin's skills have been freed from endangered conditions and have achieved productive protection and inheritance. Let's feel the dazzling brilliance of Today's Li Jin through the following set of pictures.
(Hu Zhi)