In the second episode of the large-scale intangible cultural heritage program "New Life and All Things", the initiator Yang Lan will be Shan Jixiang, president of the Chinese Cultural Heritage Society, and two groups of cutting-edge designers, Su Su and Yang Songyao, the managers of the well-known Asian design group 1983ASIA MUA; Independent designer, color expert and artist Zhi Chen walked through the famous Tea Horse Road to Zhoucheng, the "hometown of ethnic tie-dye", to experience and visit the intangible cultural heritage skills of Bai tie-dye, which has been passed down for thousands of years.
To make tie-dye, dyes are a key step. When they saw Duan Shukun, the eighteenth generation inheritor of the Bai tie-dye, Shan Jixiang and Zhi Chen were just shocked by the large blue and white dyeing cloth in the courtyard. Duan Shukun introduced: "Forty or fifty acres of plate blue can make a cylinder of dye. "But the original appearance of Banlan is not as thick and heavy as in the dyeing vat.
On the other side, in the planting shed, Yang Lan and his party met Zhang Hanmin, the prefectural inheritor of the Bai tie-dye. Under Zhang Hanmin's explanation, they were surprised to find that this tank of dye needed to "eat", maltose, rice, wine, etc. are all substances that help the dye ferment. "There is food and drink, and the food is quite good!" Yang Lan said with a smile. Not only that, these vivid "blue babies" are also very expensive, and they have to undergo a very detailed "physical examination" every day to ensure that the PH value is between 11-12.5. "Throw a tantrum if you're not careful." Su Su sighed. In the face of this tank of dye that makes it temperamental and "delicious", Yang Lan also sighed, saying that his previous cognition of dyes was completely different.
In the plot of this intangible cultural heritage small theater, a girl named Jinhua made a butterfly tie-dye handkerchief for her sweetheart Arun. In fact, tie-dye is not only a way for Zhoucheng girls to express their love, but also an important witness for every Zhoucheng people throughout their lives. When the program was recorded, the villagers were praying for the 100th day of birth, and the child was dressed in tie-dyed cloth and wore a tiger hat, and received the best wishes at birth, and Shan Jixiang also gave the child a name with far-reaching meaning.
Also receiving love is the oldest grandmother among the weavers in Zhoucheng. Many years ago, her lover gave her tie-dyed headscarf as a gift for pursuit. Hearing this, Yang Lan immediately gossiped, "Then do you like it?" What kind of answer did it make the audience laugh? However, the grandparents who have had a "diamond wedding" for 60 years have not yet owned a wedding photo. So Yang Lan asked them to change into tie-dye clothes, and under the camera, in front of the loom, they left the most beautiful figure.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zu Weiwei
Editor/Gong Lifang