Intangible cultural heritage craftsmanship, as the core competitiveness of world cultural innovation, it carries the wisdom of life and regional aesthetic characteristics. This kind of dynamic static cultural force is of great significance for balancing the spiritual life of modern urban people. The immersive and interactive intangible cultural heritage handicraft experience project, as the fundamental cultural core of the sustainable development of economic forms such as cultural tourism projects, helps to enhance the cultural quality and level as a whole, so as to realize the authenticity of the human tourism experience.
Wang Xingji fan-making, Ye Guozhen Southern Song Dynasty official kiln, West Lake silk umbrella, Tianzhu chopsticks, a resounding intangible heritage handicraft brand and the legendary story of a "craftsman" all arouse people's reverence and yearning for these "living fossils" in Hangzhou. "Hangzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Tour (Bilingual)" will take you to listen to the moving stories of Hangzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage, feel the unique charm of excellent traditional culture, and lead you to deeply experience the diverse and wonderful world.
The sixth stop is Tianzhu chopsticks
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Tianzhu chopsticks are a famous traditional specialty product in Hangzhou, originating from the Qing Dynasty and have a history of more than 300 years.
Tianzhu chopsticks are famous for the Tianzhu Temple on Tianzhu Mountain, which has a deep Buddhist relationship and a solemn cultural connotation, and enjoys a high reputation.
"Tianzhu Mountain" brand Tianzhu chopsticks, taken from natural small bitter bamboo, refined by more than 20 hand-made crafts, with natural bamboo color, texture and bamboo fragrance, the design of the pattern cleverly condenses the cultural landscape of Hangzhou and Jiangnan, appearing natural, simple and wild.
(The Twelve Zodiac Signs of Tianzhu Chopsticks)
Tianzhu chopsticks, a famous traditional characteristic product of Hangzhou, originated in the Qing Dynasty and have a long history. They are famous for Tianzhu Temple on Tianzhu Mountain, which have deep Buddhist affinity and dignified cultural connotation and enjoy a high reputation.
With the “Tianzhu Mountain” brand, Tianzhu chopsticks are made from natural bamboo, which is refined by more than 20 manual processes. They have natural bamboo color, texture and bamboo fragrance. The design of the patterns ingeniously concentrates the humanistic landscape of Hangzhou and the south of the Yangtze River, showing their natural, simple features as well as rustic charm.
【Brand Origin】
The emergence of Tianzhu chopsticks is not accidental, bamboo as chopsticks is a source to find, this custom has a long history, can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period, local materials to make bamboo chopsticks, used for eating, fine and appropriate, bamboo fragrance still exists.
According to the legend of Tianzhu chopsticks, when the incense of the three temples of Tianzhu (Faxi Temple, Fajing Temple and Fajing Temple) flourished, there were often pilgrims from afar who needed to stay overnight, that is, "Su Zhai". At the time of fasting, there are more chopsticks and fewer chopsticks, more bamboo in the mountains, cut bamboo into chopsticks, and it is convenient to use and discard. Later, the monks in the temple wrapped the end of the empty chopsticks with tin skin, like a monk's hat, and the bamboo chopsticks were out of the category of "disposable". The chopsticks that come out of the temple are contaminated with Buddha's qi, and they are endowed with a kind of spirituality, which has the meaning of increasing the mouth and adding good luck, and can retain a "Buddha's heart stay" of piety, so it is widely praised among pilgrims, and pilgrims have taken home as souvenirs, with the blessings of their families. (Hangzhou.com 2018)
(Xia Tianzhu Fajing Temple)
【Cultural Kaleidoscope】
1. Chopstick culture
Chopsticks, is one of the important symbols of Chinese food culture, about 5,000 years of inheritance history, chopsticks a round, a square, the symbol of the circle of heaven, the symbol of the square, corresponding to the heavenly circle place, the standard length of chopsticks is seven inches and six minutes, representing people have seven emotions and six desires, to show that there is an essential difference with animals. In the chopstick culture, sending chopsticks is also exquisite, for example, the joy of the newlywed to send chopsticks, it means "soon to give birth to a noble son", chopsticks meet the joy of housewarming, that is "sending happiness", and so on.
2. Bamboo culture
China is the world's most abundant bamboo resources, the largest bamboo forest area, the earliest development and utilization of bamboo resources of the country, known as the "bamboo kingdom". (Huang Xiaoxiong et al., 2003) Su Shi once said, "It is better to eat no meat than to live without bamboo", bamboo is an important resource for the construction of material civilization, and deeply penetrates and condenses in spiritual culture, constituting a unique color of Chinese culture and forming a long-standing Chinese bamboo culture. Bamboo is humble and upright, high and upright, symbolizing the integrity of the chinese people's hearts, and integrating bamboo into their own food, clothing, shelter and transportation, naturally has a different meaning.
3. Buddhist culture
As one of the intangible cultural heritages, Buddhist culture has a rich artistic pursuit, but also contains profound philosophical ideas. Tianzhu chopsticks and Buddha have an indissoluble relationship, Hangzhou Tianzhu Mountain Tianzhu Temple is famous for its Buddhist holy places, pilgrims flock to the endless stream, Tianzhu chopsticks were born because the monks cut bamboo into chopsticks for pilgrims to eat, today's Tianzhu chopsticks are carved with Buddha statues, which not only responds to this Buddha's fate, but also responds to the pursuit and yearning of spiritual culture in people's hearts.
(Tianzhu chopsticks associated with the Buddha)
Achievements of the Zhejiang Provincial Federation of Social Sciences popularization of social sciences
Issue number: 19YB57
Topic Title: Hangzhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Experience Tour (Bilingual)
Project Leader: Huang Hui
Project unit: Zhejiang Tourism Vocational College