Cover news reporter Zeng Jie according to the interviewee
If the Dazu Stone Carving was a stage play, what would it look like? Who is the director? Who is the character who has been "performed" the most times on stage?
On April 23, the cover news reporter learned from the Dazu Rock Carving Research Institute that after nearly two years of planning and production, the Series of Micro-videos of Dazu Rock Carvings were first released to the world. As the first exhibition content of the "100 episodes of micro-videos" in the "400 Project" of Dazu Rock Carvings, 9 episodes of micro-videos were released online this time, and a total of 20 episodes will be launched this year, which will be released to the world in the form of Bilingual in Chinese and English.
Dazu Stone Carving Micro Video Exhibition Poster
This series of micro-videos begins with "If Dazu Stone Carvings are a Stage Drama", which uses a new perspective to interpret the Dazu Stone Carvings in a panoramic way, let the Thousand Hands Guanyin blink, let all kinds of stone carvings pose, giving people a refreshing feeling; the video "Leave the Stone Carvings to the World, Let the World See the Dazu Stone Carvings" and the participants of the "Complete Collection of Dazu Stone Carvings" face to face, presenting the wishes and stories behind the Dazu stone carvings with simple sentences, which is very touching.
These micro-videos creatively focus on the popularity and fun of Dazu rock carving culture, as well as the uniqueness and ornamentation of art. In terms of picture expression, repeatedly considering the particularity of grotto art, using diversified shooting techniques such as angle, composition, light, and tone, we strive for accurate and unique expression of the picture, and strengthen visual viewing and cultural memory.
The contents of the first video include the "National Treasure of the National Treasure" Baoding Mountain Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Guanyin Statue, "a pearl in the crown of Chinese grotto art" Beishan No. 136 Wheel Through the Tibetan Grottoes, the "Extremely Precious Tang Dynasty Architectural Complex Pattern", the "Beishan No. 245 Niche", "The Disguised Appearance of the Buddhist Sutra of Infinite Life" and other works representing the peak of Dazu stone carving art, and also vividly reproduced the secular statue works such as "Abstinence Map" in the "Baoding Mountain Hell Disguised Map".
Dazu stone carvings
Li Fangyin, president of the Dazu Rock Carving Research Institute, introduced that the Dazu Rock Carving Research Institute is committed to promoting and displaying the artistic charm and humanistic spirit of Dazu rock carvings to the world, and is currently accelerating the construction of a world-renowned research institute, focusing on the goal of "a model for cultural relics protection, a demonstration of inheritance and utilization, and a benchmark for the integration of culture and tourism", and continuously improving the level of research and utilization of Dazu rock carving protection. In recent years, the "Four Hundred Project" has been launched with a collection of 100 exhibitions, 100 lectures, 100 museums donating books, and 100 micro-videos.
"In preparation for more than a year, we tried to use the eyes of an expert, a tourist, a video worker, and even a stranger to observe the Dazu stone carvings that have been eroded by the precipitation of time and the erosion of wind and frost, so that these statues can come alive and move in our eyes, in the lens, and in the text." The creator revealed that as the scholars and experts of the "Complete Collection of Dazu Stone Carvings" in the video said, "When you see that these cultural relics are constantly losing information with the passage of time, in fact, your heart is very painful." "This sense of mission of our cultural relics people is to engrave the picture of this Dazu stone carving on paper and draw it in our hearts." The creation of this series of micro-videos is to share the Dazu stone carvings with the world and let the world know Dazu.
Dazu stone carvings
【Know a little】
As the only world cultural heritage in Chongqing and one of the important cultural symbols in Chongqing, Dazu Rock Carvings are known as the last monuments in the history of human grotto art, and are also known for their grand scale, exquisite carvings, diverse themes, rich connotations and well-preserved. The Dazu stone carvings set the essence of the "three religions" of Buddha, Taoism and Confucianism, with distinct folklore and life characteristics, a large number of physical images and written historical materials, showing the unique style of Chinese grotto art from the 9th to the 13th centuries, with irreplaceable historical, artistic and scientific value.