Original title: Linyi Intangible Cultural Heritage Gourd Carving: Carved out of the world between the square inches, knives and pens and flowers show the cultural heritage
Source: Lightning News
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Gourd harmonic "Fluke",
Its carved artworks have been passed down through the millennia,
It means auspicious, festive and peaceful.
In Linyi County, Dezhou City,
Ren Debin, the inheritor of gourd carving, used a knife as a pen,
Using skillful knife techniques to create pieces of different forms,
Works with rich connotations,
Pass on the culture of craftsmanship in carving.
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Ren Debin is a county-level intangible cultural heritage in Linyi County
Representative inheritor of the gourd carving craft project,
He has been engaged in gourd carving for six years.
In 2017 he set up a gourd carving studio,
Representative works include "Meilan Bamboo Chrysanthemum"
"Four Great Kingdoms", "Fulu Shouxi" and so on.
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With a gourd in one hand and a carving knife in the other,
In Ren Debin's studio,
He is working on his new work "The Four Kingdoms"
Carry out the final refinement work,
The Four Kingdoms include martial arts, medicine, Peking Opera, and calligraphy.
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Ren Debin combines ancient books with modern art,
While doing a good job of pre-composition,
Engraved, polished, painted, ironed,
Glazing and other processes,
Let each gourd have both artistic beauty and cultural heritage.
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Ren Debin said,
"Gourd carvings not only have to be deep
The foundation of fine arts and the skillful technique of knife technique,
And it's different from wood carving,
The skin of the gourd is only about one centimeter,
To engage in relief, there must be many levels,
It needs to be portrayed in great detail.
It takes about six or seven days to make a gourd piece. ”
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It is understood that
Gourd carving as an ancient skill,
After hundreds of years of continuous development,
Nowadays, it is very beautiful,
The cultural connotation it carries comes from life,
It is more to serve life.
In Ren Debin's view,
Gourd carving works should be taken from real life,
Pay attention to social life, publicize the idea of Sinology,
Let more people appreciate the charm of gourd culture.
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Ren Debin said,
"With the progress of the times,
Some modern techniques are integrated into our lives.
Now I don't just combine hand knives and electric grinding,
It also intends to combine the connotations of modern culture and traditional culture,
Add some new connotations to gourd carving. ”
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As a non-hereditary heir,
Ren Debin while doing a good job in improving his skills,
Also actively raise their own children,
Let them slowly master this skill in a subtle way,
Constantly demonstrate the mission and responsibility of non-hereditary inheritors,
Do everything in your power to perpetuate cultural memory,
Let this skill be better passed on.
Source: Lightning News
Editor of this article: Liu Lyric
Reviewer: Huang Pengwei